Good morning! Get amped up because baseball’s Brian Green is back again with the best gif in all of baseball. New signings are heading to Wichita, and we can’t wait to see who all is making their way to Eck Stadium.

What all are we mixing into today’s Brew?

🏀 Summer League Champ
🏆 Woman of the Year
🌾 ​And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Summer League Champ. Wichita State’s very own Craig Porter Jr. has earned himself a ring to start off his professional career. The Cleveland Cavaliers took home the NBA2K24 Summer League title where the former Shocker helped lead his team to a 6-0 record behind 12 points, seven rebounds and five assists per game. Summer League champion sure does have a nice ring to it.

🔼 Basketball Is Back. Get ready, because The Basketball Tournament is getting started tomorrow with the 2023 debut of the AfterShocks. The team made up of Shocker legends such as Markis McDuffie and Conner Frankamp take center stage Thursday night for the first game of the Wichita region.

Still need tickets to the big game? Don’t miss out on seeing this team in action, as well as the reunion of the 2013 Final Four team at halftime!

🔼 A Global Game. The Shockers’ finalized their women’s tennis roster for the 2023-24 season with the addition of three new international signings making their way to Wichita.

🎾 Xintong Wang, a native of Hangzhou, China, joins the team after having compiled a record of 28-13 so far on the pro circuit.
🎾 Giorgia Roselli, a native of Pescara, Italy, becomes the fifth Italian to join the program since coach Colin Foster arrived on the scene.
🎾 Anne Knuettel, a native of Fuccsstadt, Germany, is both a U16 and U18 German National Champion in doubles and boasted a 14-3 record in singles play last year.

🔼 Save the Date! The inaugural Black and Yellow Gala will be later this summer on August 19th at the Charles Koch Arena. The event will go directly toward the support of all Shocker student-athletes and teams. Join us for this fantastic fundraising event by purchasing tickets down below.

🔼 More Reminiscing. The Roundhouse Podcast is back it at again with another walk down memory lane of the incredible 2012-13 men’s basketball season.

Listen in with radio voice Mike Kennedy and former Wichita columnist Bob Lutz as they provide a different perspective of just how magical of a season that Final Four team provided.

🤔 SHOCKER TRIVIA

Blazing Speed. In another piece of news, Shocker track and field athlete Iestyn Williams finished second in the British Milers yesterday to put himself at 10th place on the Shockers’ all-time list.

Our question today — which event did Williams race in to get himself into the record books?

Think you got it? Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🌾 ONE BIG THING

She’s back at it again folks.

Sydney McKinney has been nominated for the 2023 NCAA Woman of the Year. The three-time All-American found herself on a list with 264 other student-athletes vying for the prestigious honor. While the winner won’t be announced until January 2024, we will make her case for why she should win right here, right now:

🥎 3x AAC All-Academic Team member
🥎 2023 Consensus First Team All-American
🥎 WSU single-season record holder in hits, batting average and runs
🥎 No. 1 overall pick in AU College Softball Draft
🥎 Graduate of one of the best universities in all the land

If that isn’t a convincing resume, we’re not sure what is.

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: The 1500m!

Iestyn Williams finished his 1500-meter race in a time of 3:46.77 to put himself into the Shockers’ record books. That’s some serious speed.

Have a great Wednesday, y’all.