Senior associate athletic director Becky Endicott joins the podcast to talk about landmark year for Wichita State women’s teams – an American Athletic Conference title for volleyball, NCAA appearances for tennis and softball and more. She discusses changes coming to the American volleyball schedule and the addition of a post-season tournament and how membership in the conference is changing how Wichita State evaluates its facilities and programs. She talks about her favorite trip in the new conference and how travel changed for Shocker teams.
It’s a big weekend of baseball at Eck Stadium with South Florida visiting. Shocker broadcast voices Shane Dennis and Denning Gerig give us the scouting report on USF lefty Shane McClanahan, who is expected to go early in the first round of the June draft. Wichita State’s pitching rotation is unsettled and freshman Tyler Davis is working his way up the chart after last weekend’s performance. We discuss Wichita State’s NCAA at-large resume, which is strong in key areas and weak in others. Can the Shockers win their way back into the picture? We discuss Luke Ritter’s bounce-back junior season and Bohm’s candidacy for the Golden Spikes Award. We wrap up by reminiscing about former Shocker Darren Dreifort, the 1993 Golden Spikes winner, who celebrated a birthday last week.
The Roundhouse previews the American Athletic Conference outdoor championship with assistant director of track and field John Wise, who discusses how the new conference might change recruiting, where the Shockers expect to finish and their strongest events. We venture into movies (A Quiet Place), Cincinnati chili and how the coaches will deploy decathlete Hunter Veith this weekend. Who would win a sprint relay between Shocker coaches and Houston coaches (Hint: probably the team with Carl Lewis)?
Voice of Wichita State softball Steve Strain joins the podcast to talk about the American Athletic Conference race and the next two weeks for the Shockers. What sparked Wichita State’s four-game win streak that moved it into contention? How did a tough non-conference schedule help the Shockers? He puts senior Mackenzie Wright’s career into perspective and talks about the offensive improvement throughout the order.
Wichita State senior Gunnar Troutwine discusses his love for playing catcher, why it’s important to chat up the umpire, how the Shockers bounce back from a tough day and what it felt like to get his Clint McKeever on at Oklahoma State. Also, which Game of Thrones character does he evoke?
Grant Cohen of the Collegiate Baseball Scouting Network and American Campus Connect and Dennig Gerig of Cox Yurview Kansas joined Paul Suellentrop to talk Wichita State baseball. Who is the biggest surprise on the roster? Can the Shockers host an NCAA regional? Where did this pitching improvement come from? In the second half of the podcast, Cohen and Gerig talk about their paths through Wichita State to a career in sports journalism.
Is it possible to get good sound quality in a round building with 10,506 screaming fans? Why is the under-4-minute media timeout crucial? Wichita State director of fan engagement Reggie McIntyre discusses how his staff works to balance game atmosphere with obligations to sponsors, how he and his staff review video to judge their performances, his career path to Wichita State and the best way to promote a rifle team.
Wichita State director of athletics Darron Boatright debuts on the podcast to discuss the school’s nine months in the American Athletic Conference, the possibility of scheduling Kansas State in men’s basketball, dealing with new road trips and baseball’s clean look. He reveals that track and field coach Steve Rainbolt tried to teach him how to track a meet on his form chart at the American indoor championships. We wrap up by talking about Loyola’s Final Four run.
Shane Dennis of KFH and Wichita State baseball TV/radio joins Paul Suellentrop to discuss the Shockers 17-4 record and road trip to East Carolina. They discuss the pitching staff and how the decision for many of them to skip summer baseball worked. Who is the better Liam Eddy comp – Tim Kelley or A.J. Ladwig? Who are the young position players most likely to grow into bigger roles? Where do third baseman Alec Bohm and centerfielder Greyson Jenista fit in recent Shocker history?
Paul Suellentrop and King of All Media Bob Lutz talk Wichita State basketball and the American Athletic Conference. Where does Shaq Morris fit among the top Shocker centers? How did the NCAA bracket break for the Shockers? Has the move to the American Athletic Conference worked as well as hoped? Will Bob greet the University of Kansas basketball bus at the city limits and escort it to the NCAA games at Intrust Bank Arena?
