Good morning! What a ride it was for Shocker baseball. After exceeding expectations in 2024, head coach Brian Green and the rest of the team will look ahead toward improving for the 2025 season.

What else are we mixing into today’s Brew?

👟 Three Shockers headed to NCAA Championships
🥎 Barnard and Wong earn All-American status
🌾 ​ And much, much more!

🌾 ONE BIG THING

Shocker track and field had two more student-athletes qualify their way into the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Brady Palen punched his ticket to the NCAA Championships for the second straight season with a top-12 performance in the high jump at the NCAA West Preliminaries, clearing 2.17m on his first attempt. Destiny Masters followed suit by finishing top 12 in the high jump to qualify for the NCAA Championships.

The duo, alongside distance runner Lucy Ndungu, will compete in Eugene, Oregon from June 5-8 for a chance at bringing home gold for Wichita State.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Three’s Company. Is anybody surprised? For the third time in her collegiate career, Addison Barnard was named an All-American, this time on the Second Team. The Most Outstanding Player of the 2024 AAC Tournament finished the season batting .397 with 24 home runs and 48 RBI.

🔼 MIP. Shocker softball’s most consistent bat earned herself Softball America’s Most Improved Player of the Year award. The honor came in conjunction with being named All-American First Team. After only having 20 hits in 2023, CC Wong won the AAC Player of the Year in her first season with the Shockers with a .470 batting average, 14 doubles and 14 home runs. 

🔼 Sun’s Out. Shocker volleyball has made its way to Brazil for the team’s trip abroad for the summer. The team will compete in exhibition matches and see the sights on their tour around the country.

👍️ Follow @GoShockersVB for all the up-to-date info on the team’s trip to Brazil

🤔 SHOCKER TRIVIA

Long Ball. Shocker softball’s CC Wong showed that it’s not how you start, but how you finish when it comes to confidence at the plate.

Our question today: do you know how many home runs Wong hit last season?

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

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📆 LOOKING AHEAD

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Zero!

After hitting zero home runs a season ago, CC Wong blasted 14 balls over the wall en route to earning her list of accolades.

🌾 Have a great Wednesday, y’all!