Good morning, Shocker Nation. A 2-0 start to conference play gets the Shockers volleyball team to 10 wins on the season. Get $10 reserved seats for this Friday’s home match versus Tulsa to ride this wave of momentum!

🏐: RECAP

What else are we mixing into today’s piping hot edition of the Shocker Brew? Find out below!

🏀 WBB Newcomers Join the RH Podcast
⛳️ SIUE Dolenc Invitational Starts Today
⚾️ Meet the 2026 Shockers
🌾 And much, much more!

🌾 ONE BIG THING

Hard Launch. Wichita State baseball head coach Brian Green has announced the program's 2026 roster, featuring 38 players. The full roster can be viewed HERE. 

The new-look Shockers return seven players from 2025. Of the remaining 31 players new to the Shocker Baseball program, 14 are transfers from other four-year schools.

⚾️: FULL ROSTER

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Role Play. Brian Amuneke knows his reputation is that of a shooter. He thinks he can do more than that, however, and he’s showing other skills as the Wichita State MBB team starts full basketball practices this week.
 
"Not a lot of people know I can make shots off the dribble," he said. "I can create space for myself and make a shot, whether it's a contested shot or an open shot. Coach [Paul] Mills says if you have the ball, he doesn't want somebody to be a ball stopper."
 
Amuneke, a sophomore transfer from Fresno State, is one of the many new Shockers whom Mills is working into new roles.

🏀: READ RH: “TIME TO THINK BASKETBALL” FOR THE FULL STORY

🔼 Sheer Madness. Basketball season is weeks away, and women's team newcomers Bella Belong, Sophie Benharouga and Karys Washington join the podcast in advance of Shocker Madness on Oct. 4. We discuss their favorite pro basketball players, their musical tastes and book and movie recommendations.

Bella describes her goal of opening an orphanage in Cameroon, while Karys' career plan is to become an orthodontist. Sophie reveals the story behind her uniform number, which is one rarely found on the basketball court.

🎤: FULL STORY

🔼 The Gateway to Good Golf. The Wichita State men’s golf team is set to open play in its third tournament of the year, the SIUE Dolenc Invitational, today at Gateway National Golf Links.
 
The Shockers enter fresh off a fourth-place finish at the Git-R-Done Invitational in Lincoln, Neb., last week—a tournament where the Shockers were only defeated by three Power Four programs. The Shockers were in contention for the lead before ultimately settling into fourth.

Wichita State opened the 2024-25 campaign at the SIUE Dolenc Invitational, where they finished as team runner-up behind host SIUE by just four strokes.
 
⛳️: FIELD & MORE

🔼 Baseball’s All Relative. Brady Pacha knows his Shocker baseball history from a first-hand perspective, sitting on the metal bleachers above the first-base dugout.
 
"It was always fun, everyone cheering them on," Pacha said. "Alec Bohm was fun to watch, because he's one of the best Shockers there was."
 
Pacha's connection to Shocker baseball doesn't end with Bohm, now playing third base for Philadelphia. He and his family are friends with the family of Carl Hall, the former outfielder who died in 2024. He also knows the Dreifort family and used to quiz them about Darren Dreifort, the 1993 Golden Spikes Award winner who pitched and hit for Wichita State.

Now, Pacha is the one who will play at Eck Stadium while youngsters watch, as he is one of four transfers on the Wichita State roster from NCAA Division II schools.
 
⚾️: FULL STORY

🌾 SHOCKER TRIVIA

An Auspicious Start. The 10-4 start to the Wichita State volleyball season is the best since what year?

Think you know the answer? Scroll to the bottom to find out!

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📆 ON THE DOCKET

*All times CT

Monday, Sept. 29
⛳️ Men’s Golf @ SIUE Dolenc Invitational (Edwardsville, Illinois) | Preview

Tuesday, Sept. 30
⛳️ Men’s Golf @ SIUE Dolenc Invitational (Edwardsville, Illinois) | Preview

Friday, Oct. 3
🏐 Volleyball vs. Tulsa @ 7 p.m. ESPN+ | Live Stats | Tickets

Saturday, Oct. 4
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Shocker Madness
👟 X-Country @ Chile Pepper Festival | Meet Info/Schedule
🥎 Softball vs. McLennan CC @ 1 p.m.
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Shocker Madness @ 6 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 5
⛳️ Men’s Golf @ Grier Jones Shocker Invitational (Newton, Kansas)
🏐 Volleyball @ Tulsa @ 1 p.m. ESPN+ | Live Stats
🥎 Softball vs. Emporia State @ 3 p.m.

🌾 Click here to see the full Wichita State Athletics Calendar

🤓 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 2017!

The 10-4 start to the Shockers volleyball season is the best since the 2017 team started 11-3.

🌾 Have a great week, Shocker Nation!