Former Shocker lands high school coaching job
Sports Editor
July 25, 2012
Taylor Steven has been around basketball her entire life. At an early age she knew she wanted to be a coach at the high school level. “I’ve had lot of good coaches while I was growing up. My dad was always a good coach for me and I learned a lot from him,” Steven said. “When I grew up around a...
Sports Brief: Wichita State basketball mourns loss of former player
Sports Editor
July 18, 2012
Former Wichita State basketball player Warren Jabali died at the age of 65 in Miami on Friday. Jabali played three seasons at WSU under coach Gary Thompson. Jabali came to WSU as Warren Armstrong, but changed his last name to Jabali while at WSU to reflect his African roots. Jabali was a Missouri Val...
Wichita State bowler helps lead national team to gold in Thailand
Sports Editor
July 11, 2012
Everyone remembers his or her first time out of the country. For junior Kelsey Muther, that first time was to Bangkok, Thailand. Muther was part of the USA Junior Girls bowling team that took gold at the World Youth Championship last month. “This was my first time out of the country,” Muther ...
Sports Brief: Wichita State golfer succeeds in Brazil
Sports Editor
July 11, 2012
Wichita State senior golfer Rafael Becker won the Brazilian Amateur Championship for the third-straight time on Sunday. Becker, a native of Sao Paulo, Brazil, led from the start of the tournament and ended with an 8-under 276 (69-66-67-74). The 2012 Missouri Valley Conference Golfer-of-the-Year helpe...
WSU’s track team is a hidden gem
Staff Reporter
July 11, 2012
After the Wichita State men’s basketball team fell in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, WSU fans quickly shifted focus to next season. This is a reoccurring theme—only showing love for the men’s basketball team, purchasing season tickets the second they become available, and packing up WSU T-sh...
Shockers attempt to qualify for Olympics
Sports Editor
June 27, 2012
Wichita State had three different former athletes compete at the 2012 U.S. Team Trials in Eugene, Ore., this past weekend. Chandra Andrews, Kellyn Johnson and Trent Mazanec all competed at the trials. Andrews finished 15th in the women’s hammer throw with a distance of 63.02 meters. Andrews finished 24th in t...
Campers get taste of collegiate athletics with Gregg Marshall’s basketball camp
Sports Editor
June 27, 2012
This past week Wichita State basketball coach Gregg Marshall and his staff hosted their final Gregg Marshall Shocker Basketball Camp of the summer. The camp treated players between the ages of six and 16 to a variety of activities every afternoon last week. “We split the campers up into three differ...
Can we finally stop talking about Lebron James?
Sports Editor
June 27, 2012
The self-appointed “King,” LeBron James, has finally won his NBA title. I agree with James’ exact words when he explained how he feels about finally winning a ring: “about damn time.” It is about time James won a ring. I'm no fan of his and never will be. I didn't like the way he came into...
Sport Management receives accreditation
Sports Editor
June 20, 2012
Wichita State’s Sport Management program has been working to receive accreditation from the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation for more than a year. Starting this fall, the program will be one of only nine schools in the country to be accredited by COSMA. “When COSMA was first formed, Wic...
Track and field star Tuliamuk leads numerous Shockers to All-America status at Nationals
Sports Editor
June 13, 2012
The Wichita State track and field team ended its season this past week at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium. The Shockers sent eight athletes to the meet and were led by junior Aliphine Tuliamuk. The junior from Kapenguria, Kenya, placed in two different ev...
WSU baseball players named All-Americans
Sports Editor
June 13, 2012
The Wichita State baseball team saw its season end earlier than the team had wished. The Shockers lost two games in the Valley tournament against Missouri State and Southern Illinois. The two losses ultimately ended the Shockers chances of getting into the NCAA Tournament, and their season. Even with the...
PBA event brings the best out of Wichita State bowlers
Staff Photographer
June 13, 2012
Wichita State junior Blake Demore wanted to know how good of a bowler he is compared with others. He and other WSU bowlers attended the Professional Bowlers Association Southwest/Midwest Region Wichita Open this past weekend. “It’s a chance to get to see how you match up to everyone else,” Demo...
As a student at Wichita State, Jeremy Hubbard was completely unaware of the 1970 plane crash. Now as a news anchor, KDVR and KWGN in Denver,...
One weekend ago, two members of The Sunflower staff got to visit the site where 29 people lost their lives and two others died in the weeks following....
