Wichita State Shockers

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Wichita State Shockers
University	Wichita State University
Conference	The American (primary) CUSA (bowling)
NCAA	Division I
Athletic director	Kevin Saal
Location	Wichita, Kansas
Varsity teams	16
Football stadium	Cessna Stadium
Basketball arena	Charles Koch Arena
Baseball stadium	Eck Stadium
Softball stadium	Wilkins Stadium
Mascot	WuShock
Nickname	Shockers
Colors	Black and yellow[1]
Website	goshockers.com

The Wichita State Shockers are the athletic teams that represent Wichita State University, located in Wichita, Kansas, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the NCAA Division I ranks, primarily competing in the American Athletic Conference (The American) since the 2017–18 academic year. The Shockers previously competed in the D-I Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) from 1945–46 to 2016–17; as an Independent from 1940–41 to 1944–45; in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIC) from 1923–24 to 1939–40; and in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) from 1902–03 to 1922–23. As of the 2020s conference realignment, Wichita State is one of two full members of The American (along with Temple) to have never been a member of Conference USA, although it became a single-sport member of that conference for bowling in 2024. They are also currently the only non-football-sponsoring institution that is a member of an FBS conference.