At the start of the 2018-2019 NBA season, there are three former Shockers in the highest professional league in the land — Fred VanVleet, Ron Baker, and Landry Shamet.
Fred VanVleet
VanVleet is...
The Wichita State women’s basketball team is young this year, which means it’s up to upperclassmen like Maya Brewer to lead them to victory. Brewer is a transfer student from State Fair Community College,...
Freshman guard Jamarius Burton is referred to by his teammates as “Grandpa.”
“He has a lot of grandpa traits,” Wichita State freshman Chance Moore said.
“Jamarius is granddad because all...
From Columbia to Kansas, Jaime Echenique’s dream of playing in Division-I college basketball is about to come true.
Echenique has not followed a typical path on the way to becoming a Shocker basketball...
Freshman guard Jada Peacock was born into a basketball family. Both of her parents played collegiate basketball. Her father, Dexter, played at Langston University and her mother, Miniki, played at Louisiana...
Growing up in France, freshman guard Carla Bremaud and sophomore forward Alyssia Faye played against each other. Now, the two are teammates on the Wichita State women’s basketball team.
Bremaud, a...
Cesaria “Cez” Ambrosio has been in Wichita for four years, and has caught onto the lifelong problem for many Wichitans — there’s not much to do here.
“Basically, I just go to school, practice,...
Wichita State’s off-season was full of departures. Two of Gregg Marshall’s assistant coaches left the program to accept positions at other schools.
Donnie Jones left to accept an assistant position...
Asia Henderson didn’t originally plan to attend Wichita State.
Henderson, a redshirt freshman, was fully committed to UTEP going into her freshman year — in no small part because of Keitha Adams,...
Sophomore Asbjørn Midtgaard (Pronounced Azz-bYORN MIT-Guard) didn’t experience much of a culture shock when he came to the United States.
Midtgaard is from Denmark, a country defined by the people,...
Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage grew up just like any other child — with a few exceptions.
Her parents were both born deaf.
“Sign language was my first language,” Lozada-Cabbage said. “I first started...
