Good morning! For three days, WSU is where Kansas high school athletes could see their dreams become reality. The university will host title gams for Class 5A baseball at Eck Stadium and Class 5A softball at Wilkins Stadium. Additionally, the nation's largest track and field meet begins today at University Stadium (formerly Cessna Stadium).

🗣️ "We think it will be an absolutely premier community facility." - Kevin Saal, Director of Athletics

What else are we mixing into today’s Brew?

⚾ Shocker baseball takes down the top seed
👟 Day two recap from NCAA West Prelims
🌾 ​ And much, much more!

🌾 ONE BIG THING

Wichita State erased a late deficit with 13 unanswered runs, rolling past top-seeded East Carolina 14-4 on Thursday in the AAC Tournament. Entering the sixth inning, the Shockers were down two, but an RBI single, double and three-run home run later, and Wichita State jumped out to a five-run lead. Josh Livingston finished the game with two home runs, including a grand slam that all but sealed the deal for the Black and Gold.

The Shockers advance to the semifinals of the AAC tournament, where they will await the winner of Rice-East Carolina on Saturday at 8:00 a.m.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Ticket, Punched. Wichita State's Lucy Ndungu advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships with her 11th-place finish in the 10,000m at the NCAA West Preliminaries. Needing to finish in the top 12, Ndungu ran the race in 34:23.39, her second-fastest career time to punch her ticket to Hayward Field. Ndungu is the third Shocker woman ever to qualify for the NCAA Championships in the 10,000m.

📚️ Read about how Shocker track and field’s Marissa Jensen’s detour turned into the right call

🔼 New Home. Shocker men’s tennis added Areui Luethi to its roster for the 2024-25 season. Luethi, a native of Buchs, Switzerland, will come to Wichita State after being named to the Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team. His stellar performance this past season propelled him to become the first freshman in the history of the Queens’ program to earn this honor.

🔼 Serious Studies. Wichita State student-athletes recorded the second-highest spring semester cumulative GPA in school history with a 3.399 for the Spring 2024 semester. It was also the 38th  consecutive semester of earning higher than a 3.00 cumulative GPA department-wide. Of the 198 student-athletes on the honor roll (above a 3.0), 46 earned a perfect 4.0 GPA, while 135 were named to the Dean's List (3.5 GPA) and 179 were named Shocker Scholars (3.2 GPA)

🤔 SHOCKER TRIVIA

Hot Plate. Shocker baseball’s Josh Livingston has been on fire in the first two games in the AAC Tournament, coming up clutch at the plate and bringing home crucial runs for the team.

Our question today: do you know how many RBI Livingston has through two games of postseason play?

Think you got it? Scroll down to see if you know your stuff!

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📆 LOOKING AHEAD

*All times Central

Friday, May 24

👟 Track and Field @ NCAA West Preliminaries in Fayetteville, AR | Watch | Live Stats

Saturday, May 25

👟 Track and Field @ NCAA West Preliminaries in Fayetteville, AR | Watch | Live Stats

Sunday, May 26

No scheduled events

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Nine!

Josh Livingston has knocked in nine runs through two games at the AAC Tournament.

🌾 Have a great weekend, y’all!