Get the Inside Scoop on Shocker Baseball
Fifth-year senior pitch Max Hutson takes over this season for Tyler Hill by penning weekly articles about Shocker baseball.
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Transformation of Track Merits Hall of Fame Honors
John "J.K." Kornelson, track and field coach at Wichita State from 1978 to 2000, is the newest inductee into the Pizza Hut Shocker Sports Hall of Fame.
During his 22-year career at WSU, he coached WSU's only modern day National Champion in 800-meter Einars Tupuritis.
He also witnessed key transformations in the sport of track- many of which he had a hand in. He spent 15 years on the NCAA Track Coaches Association Executive Committee immersed in projects such as eligibility, Title IX issues, national qualifying requirements and even the regional qualifying concept that current WSU head track coach Steve Rainbolt uses today.
-WSU Sports Information
Chris Lamb Coaches Shockers to Record-Setting Season
Chris Lamb, who has finished his ninth season as head volleyball coach at Wichita State, led the Shockers to their school-record sixth-straight 20-win season, fifth-straight 25-win season and to their seventh-straight Missouri Valley Conference Tournament appearance in 2008.
Lamb is the winningest coach in the mvc over the past six seasons with a 98-10 record in conference play. He coached the Shocker to their fourth MVC title in five years, with a 30-2 record overall and an 18-0 mark in conference play. He also earned his fourth MVC Coach of the Year award as he guided wsu to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
The Shockers posted a 29-0 record in regular-season play, which marked the first time in school history that a team
finished the regular season undefeated. Wichita State also won a school record 30 matches, went on a school record 29-match winning streak and earned its highest ranking in the school’s history: ninth.
— WSU Sports Information
