Wichita State Shockers baseball
| Wichita State Shockers | |
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| Founded | 1899 |
| University | Wichita State University |
| Conference | Missouri Valley American Athletic Conference (beginning in 2018) |
| Location | Wichita, KS |
| Head coach | Todd Butler (3rd year) |
| Home stadium |
Eck Stadium (Capacity: 7,851) |
| Nickname | Shockers |
| Colors | Yellow and Black |
| National Championships | |
| 1989 | |
| College World Series Runner-up | |
| 1982, 1991, 1993 | |
| College World Series appearances | |
| 1982, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996 | |
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |
| 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013* *vacated by NCAA |
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| Conference tournament champions | |
| 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2013* *vacated by NCAA |
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| Conference champions | |
| 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010 | |
The Wichita State Shockers baseball team represents Wichita State University in the sport of baseball. The Wichita State Shockers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and in the Missouri Valley Conference.
The Shockers have made the College World Series seven times, winning the national championship in 1989. Wichita State has the fourth highest winning percentage in NCAA Division I baseball history, trailing only Texas, Florida State, and Miami (FL).
The Shockers will begin play in the American Athletic Conference during their 2018 season.
Wichita State, then Fairmount College, played its first college baseball game on April 14, 1899 against Southwestern College. For the first three years, they were coached by Harry Hess, who was also the head football coach at the time.
Over the next two decades, the program would cycle through a number of coaches, none finding particular success or lasting more than 4 years. Wichita would produce two Major League Baseball players during that time in Claude Hendrix and Lloyd Bishop.
After the 1923 season, the baseball program was shut down.
Having since joined the Missouri Valley Conference, Wichita decided to re-launch their baseball program for the 1948 season. Over the next 23 seasons, Wichita would struggle through a number of coaching changes and middling success, only once finishing at the top of the MVC's West Division.
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