Good morning! He looked too small to play NCAA Division I football, so coaches advised him to wear a loose-fitting sweater to pump up his appearance. By his own admission, Maurice Foxworth didn't dedicate himself to his studies while at Wichita State University.
 
None of that ultimately impeded Foxworth, now an intellectual property lawyer and consultant who lives in Woodbridge, Va. He had help, which is one reason he will return to Wichita this weekend for Wichita State's All-Years Football Reunion.
 
"I want to honor Coach (Willie) Jeffries for making those types of opportunities possible," he said.

Read the feature on Foxworth, including more on what Coach Jeffries taught him, the generous loan Coach gave him when his tuition money ran out, and Foxworth’s ultimate academic redemption.

What else are we mixing into today’s edition of the Shocker Brew?

⛳️ Men’s Golf opens play in their third tournament of the year
🏐 Shockers Volleyball outlasts Temple
🌾 ​ And much, much more!

🌾 ONE BIG THING

And That, My Friend, Is What They Call Closure. What’s better than winning in volleyball? Watching one of the many kills that got us there.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Left For the Lone Star State. The Wichita State men's golf team opens play in their third tournament of the year TODAY in the Bayou City Collegiate Classic at Westwood Golf Club.
 
The Shockers are looking to improve from a disappointing ninth-place finish at the Git-R-Done Invitational last week in Lincoln, Nebraska.
 
This will be the first Texas trip for the Black and Yellow since October 2, 2022, when the Shockers finished 17^th in the Trinity Forest Invitational at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas, Texas.

⇢ Go here for the full rundown. ⛳️

🔼 Temple of Doom. Wichita State survived a thrilling, back-and-forth fourth set to clip Temple 25-20, 20-25, 25-16, 27-25 on Friday night at Charles Koch Arena.

Alyssa Gonzales fired a season-high 17 kills and hit .355, helping the Shockers hit .302 as a team on the night. They'd need every one of those kills to emerge victorious in the fourth set, which featured 14 ties, six lead changes, and set point opportunities for both teams.

In addition to the offensive output from Gonzales, Wichita State got 13 kills from Emerson Wilford, 12 from Brooklyn Leggett, 11 from Morgan Stout and eight from Maddie Wilson, all distributed by 48 assists from Izzi Strand.

🔼 Onward and Upward. Wichita State's Sarah Bertry and Yared Kidane recorded top-75 finishes in a field of over 300 at the Gans Creek Classic Friday morning in Columbia, Mo.
 
The Shocker men steadily moved up as a team throughout the race to place 19^th of 37 teams, and the women placed 20^th out of 38 teams.
 
"Races like this with top-level competition from around the United States are usually a slap in the face because they're so tough," head coach Kirk Hunter said. "But they're good for us, especially this time of year, because we have time to learn from what we did today and use it to get better.”

🤔 SHOCKER TRIVIA

TBD. With the Shockers volleyball team’s star on the rise, today’s trivia question asks—what place was the team predicted to finish in the AAC preseason poll?

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

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📆 LOOKING AHEAD

*All times CST

Monday, September 30
⛳️ Men’s Golf @ Bayou City Collegiate Classic in Houston, TX | Live Results

Tuesday, October 1
⛳️ Men’s Golf @ Bayou City Collegiate Classic in Houston, TX | Live Results

Wednesday, October 2
No scheduled events

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Second!

Redshirt senior middle blocker Morgan Stout and fifth-year senior Izzi Strand were also tabbed to the preseason all-conference team.

🌾 Have a great Monday, y’all!