[00:00:14] Speaker A: Hello. Welcome to Roundhouse Rundown, your weekly glance at all things Shocker Athletics. Each week we give you a rapid fire listen on events, promotions, ticket deals, trivia question and Shocker History.
This week's trivia question who was the first Shocker to play in the NBA? A. Dave Stallworth? Maybe it was B Gene Wiley or C. Cheese Johnson.
As always, we make you listen to the end for the answer. Shocker Volleyball is back at Koch arena on Friday at 6pm it's the annual Dig Pink game to raise awareness for the fight against breast cancer. It is also Shocker Alumni Night with the recognition of the 2016 Missouri Valley Conference championship team. WSU plays UTSA and again that's 6pm Friday.
On Sunday, Shocker Volleyball plays Rice at noon. It is Youth Team Day.
Youth teams can register for free
[email protected] tickets are on sale for the Shocker Basketball Tip off luncheon. That's 11:45 October 23rd at Charles Koch Arena. The WSU men opened the season on November 4th versus Cal State Northridge at Koch Arena. WSU's women's basketball team plays Newman University October 28th in an exhibition.
Shocker Bowling is ranked number three nationally as it starts its season. They compete in the Mid States Championships at Bolero Northridge here in Wichita. That's Saturday and Sunday.
The Shockers open the regular season at Destination Orlando. That tournament starts on October 30th.
WSU Cross Country Men are ranked number six in the Midwest region.
They will get an idea about where they stack up nationally in one of the tougher meets of the season.
That's Friday. Shocker cross country runs in the pre national meet Terre Haute, Indiana.
Your trivia answer is B. Gene Wiley.
Wiley played for the Los Angeles Lakers during the 1962-63 season after the team drafted him in the second round. That makes him the first Shocker to appear in an NBA game. Wiley, a 6 foot 10 center, played for the Shockers from 1959-62. He was inducted into the Pizza Hut Shocker Sports hall of Fame in 1981.
Gene Wiley earned All Missouri Valley Conference honors in 1961 and 1962.
This Week in Shocker History October 14, 1972 Alan Walker wins a triangular cross country meet with Drake in Kansas State with a five mile time of 25.
The Shockers take the meet with 20 points, finishing in four of the top five spots ahead of Kansas State's 35 and Drake's 82 points.
Walker, from Derby was part of an outstanding era of distance running for the Shockers.
WSU qualified for the NCAA championships in 1971, 73, 74 and 75 under coach Herm Wilson. It won MVC cross country titles from 71 to 75 on. Walker won the 1972 Missouri Valley Conference individual cross country title and went on to finish 22nd overall at the NCAA meet.
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[00:04:03] Speaker B: Sam.
