Good morning! Got any plans for lunch on October 13th? No? Good! Wichita State basketball is starting the season with a Tipoff Luncheon on the aforementioned date. Purchase your tickets now to ensure your set at the table!

What all are we mixing into today’s Brew?

👟 The Roundhouse
🏐 Incredible Career
🌾 ​And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Gang’s All Here. Shocker women’s basketball is locked in for the upcoming season. The team’s 15 roster spots have been filled, and now all that’s left to do is get back in the lab, and get to work.

📆 Check out the full 2023-24 season schedule

🔼 Incredible Career. Former Shocker volleyball player Emily Stockman officially announced her retirement from the game earlier this week. The member of the Wichita State Sports Hall of Fame is calling it quits after quite the career that included multiple wins across the landscape of professional beach volleyball leagues.

🔼 The Roundhouse. Shocker cross country raced to a strong start in the team’s opening event that saw both the men’s and women’s teams sweep the competition at the JK Gold Classic. Among them was Wales native Iestyn Williams.

Williams worked hard in the offseason to prove he belonged on the squad, and his hard work paid off with a win in college portion of the 6K race with a time of 18 minutes.

🗣️ “I surprised myself and I surprised a lot of people. I’m glad the work is paying off.” - Iestyn Williams

📚️ Read more about the Williams’ and the rest of the team’s strong start

🤔 SHOCKER TRIVIA

Coming Up. Shocker basketball is still a ways away from the season opener, but that doesn’t mean the countdown isn’t on.

Our question today — off the top of your head, do you know how many days are left until basketball returns to CKA?

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

🌾 ONE BIG THING

Shocker volleyball’s Sophia Rohling came away big this week. After completing a road sweep this past weekend, she added on a AAC Weekly Honor Roll selection.

Rohling contributed heavily in the Shockers’ wins over Illinois and Illinois State, leading the team with 24 kills in between the two matches. The Kansas native is currently hitting .256 and is averaging 2.64 kills per set through the team’s first five games of the season.

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📆 LOOKING AHEAD

Wednesday 9/6

No scheduled events

Thursday 9/7

🏐 Volleyball vs. Kansas @ 7:00pm CT | Tickets | Live Stats

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 53 days!

Shocker men’s basketball will get the party started on October 29th in the Charles Koch Arena with a matchup against Rogers State.

🌾 Have a great Wednesday, y’all!