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, with the women's bowling team (elevated to varsity status in 2024) playing in Conference USA.

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.

 Baseball  Basketball Basketball  Bowling Cross country  Cross country Golf  Golf Tennis  Softball Track and field†  Tennis  Track and field†  Volleyball 

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  away from Denver. 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."

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

References

Shockers
Category:American Athletic Conference
Category:Sports in the United States