Wichita State Shockers

The Wichita State Shockers are the athletic teams that represent Wichita State University. They compete in the NCAA Division I. They are members of the American Athletic Conference,^[2] with the women's bowling team (elevated to varsity status in 2024) playing in Conference USA.

Wichita State Shockers
University	Wichita State University
Conference	The American Conference USA (bowling)
NCAA	Division I
Athletic director	Darron Boatright
Location	Wichita, Kansas
Varsity teams	15
Football stadium	Cessna Stadium
Basketball arena	Charles Koch Arena
Baseball stadium	Eck Stadium
Mascot	WuShock
Nickname	Shockers
Colors	Black and Yellow[1]
Website	www.goshockers.com

The American Athletic Conference logo in Wichita State's colors

Varsity sports

A member of the American Athletic Conference, Wichita State University sponsors teams in seven men's and eight women's NCAA sanctioned sports.^[3]

Men's sports	Women's sports
Baseball	Basketball
Basketball	Bowling
Cross country	Cross country
Golf	Golf
Tennis	Softball
Track and field†	Tennis
	Track and field†
	Volleyball
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor

Football team plane crash

See the main article: Wichita State University football team plane crash

On October 2, 1970, the first plane carrying players and staff of the WSU football team took off from a Colorado airport after refueling. It was supposed to go to Logan, Utah for a game against Utah State University. It flew into a mountain valley too narrow to allow it to turn back. It crashed into a mountainside. This killed 31 of the 40 players, administrators and fans near a ski resort 40 miles (64 km) away from Denver.^[4] President Richard Nixon sent the president of the university a note which read, "Our thoughts and prayers go out to you in this time of sorrow."^[source?]

Bowl games

Season	Bowl	Champion		Runner-up
1947	Raisin Bowl	Pacific	26	Wichita	14
1948	Camellia Bowl	Hardin–Simmons	49	Wichita	12
1961	Sun Bowl	Villanova	17	Wichita State	9