NEWTON, Kan. – The Wichita State men’s golf team will play host to the third annual Grier Jones Shocker Invitational October 6-8 at Sand Creek Station Golf Club in Newton, Kansas.
The Shockers are looking defend their crown, as they have won the team title in each of the past two installments of the tournament. The team beat Utah Valley by four strokes for the crown in 2022 and Seton Hall by three in 2023. No Shocker has won the individual crown in the tournament’s brief history.
The tournament is named after Grier Jones, the winningest coach in the history of the Shocker men’s golf program, recording 49 tournament wins during his tenure head coach from 1995 to 2019. Jones was inducted into the Golf Coaches Association of American in December of 2023 and is a member of the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame and the Pizza Hut Shocker Sports Hall of Fame.
All nine members of the 2024-25 men’s golf team will compete in the tournament with four competing as individuals only.
Fast Facts – Grier Jones Shocker Invitational
Dates: Sunday, October 6 – Tuesday, October 8
Venue: Sand Creek Station Golf Club
Location: Newton, Kan.
Start: Tee times Sunday and Monday, shotgun start Tuesday
Yardage: 7,187
Par: 72
Format: Stroke Play
Times: 9:30 AM Sunday, 8:30 AM Monday and Tuesday
Results: Golfstat
The Field: 14 Teams
Denver, Missouri State, Drake, Xavier, Central Arkansas, SIUE, Incarnate Word, Southern Indiana, Northern Colorado, Indian Hills Community College, Dodge City Community College, Hutchinson Community College, Midland College, Wichita State
*Kansas State and Oklahoma State will bring players to compete as individuals only
Shocker Five:
Jose Ramirez (Sr.) – Transfer from Indian Hills Community College…Won 2023 NJCAA DI Men’s Golf National Championship at Sand Creek Station Golf Course in Newton, KS…Helped Indian Hills CC to team national championship in same year…2023 GCAA Arnold Palmer Award winner…Placed 10th overall at the NJCAA Central District Championship with a 5-over 221 score…Member of the NJCAA Academic Team of the Year
Michael Winslow (Sr.) – Fourth year Shocker…Tied for 5th on September 10 at SIUE Dolenc Invitational…2024 AAC All-Conference selection…2024 Kansas Amateur Champion…2023 Missouri Amateur and Kansas Amateur runner-up… set career best marks for 18- and 54-hole scores at the AAC Championship on April 21…Fourth place finish at the AAC Championship was best of career and best of any Shocker at the Championship all-time
Ty Adkins (So.) – Second year Shocker…Tied for 11th in season opening tournament on September 10…Competed in two events as a freshman, both in the fall…Finished tied for 39th competing as an individual at the Big O Classic in Omaha, Neb. Last season
Mitchell Revie (Jr.) – First year Shocker…Indian Hills Community College Transfer…Won 2023 NJCAA Division I Team National Championship…Once posted 64 round score which was third-lowest in IHCC history…
Jose Carletta (Jr.) – Transfer from Indian Hills Community College…Tied for ninth at Bayou City Collegiate Classic on October 1…Won 2024 NJCAA Central District Champion by five strokes with eight-under (208) performance at IHCC…Earned NJCAA All-American distinction with eighth-place finish at NJCAA National Championship in Hobbs, New Mexico…2024 NJCAA PING All-American Honorable Mention
Next Up:
The Shockers get three months off from tournament action before returning to the links in Cancun, Mexico, on February 2 at Playa Paraiso Golf Club in the Los Vaqueros Intercollegiate, hosted by UTRGV.
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