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[1972Shocker]

This guy is to WSU volleyball what 3G is to basketball.

Not sure I totally agree with that. At least WSU men's basketball had some tradition and a loyal fan base in place. I think comparing Lambo to Gene Stephenson is a better comparison although Gene started with absolutely nothing. At least WSU had a program in place when Lambo took over. When Lambo started at WSU the team played their matches in the Heskett Center. The players, coaches and officials outnumbered the crowds. So we have come a long way from those days. However, the spotlight Lambo works unders is not nearly as bright or intense as the one 3G and Gene worked under. At least not yet.

[1972Shocker]

Thank you so much for this information! Maggie got a huge chuckle and ear-to-ear smile out of seeing the photograph of #20 while at dinner. She was more knowledgeable about Shocker volleyball than I knew. She didn’t know any of the current team but had only kind remarks about the head coach. Apparently, he built this program from scratch and is some sort of super guru. Is this true? I had no way to relate but she paraphrased it by saying he’s the Bill Belichick of college volleyball. If that’s true, then we’ll have to make it out to this event as I’m afraid we’re not even ready for a 100 level course.

Lambo is known as a deep thinker when it comes to Volleyball and he is not afraid at all to think outside the box and to experiment with new approaches. It is amazing how he and Shannon manage a roster of 25 players when he only has 12 volleyball scholarships to give (and he can't divide those up). Not sure I would call him the Bill Belichick of college volleyball because he hasn't won any National Championships and probably won't. However, what Lambo loves is teaching the game. While he is competitive and wants to win I have heard him say he likes the teaching and training aspects of Volleyball more than he likes the actual matches. Lambo seems very popular with his fellow coaches and he is an ambassador of the game. The other reason I wouldn't compare Lambo to Bellichick is because personality wise they are totally different. Lambo loves to talk about Volleyball. If you have 3 questions for him you probably have a 30 minute interview. He is extremely knowledgable and very interesting to listen to. But he can talk a blue streak about other things as well. Sports in general. He's a big San Francisco Giants fan and I think that extends to the Warriors and 49ers as well. He also likes classic cars and loves to talk shop about that also.

Shocker Match Club Members have access to Lambo for a pre-game scouting report for all home matches.

When they first started the VB101 dinners they hoped to raise a few bucks to augment their recruiting and travel budgets. IIRC Shannon told me they hoped maybe they could attract 50 - 70 attendees. I think they had 300 or something like that. They were Shocked Shockers. I think that show of support has gone a long way towards keeping the Lambs in Wichita.

While Lambo is the Engineer his wife Shannon deserves a tremendous amount of credit in the success of WSU Volleyball. Probably much more credit than she actually receives.

[Shocker1976]

. It is amazing how he and Shannon manage a roster of 25 players when he only has 12 volleyball scholarships to give (and he can't divide those up). a pre-game scouting report for all home matches.

This made me wonder how female and male scholarships compare at WSU. There are 22 more female athletes identified on WSU team rosters than men, which begs the question - anyone know the answer? I could not find it on WSU official site.

[1972Shocker]

This made me wonder how female and male scholarships compare at WSU. There are 22 more female athletes identified on WSU team rosters than men, which begs the question - anyone know the answer? I could not find it on WSU official site.

Assuming we use the maximum allowable scholarships in each sport WSU would have total 46.3 equivalent scholarships for men with 13 being in Basketball, a head count sport, and 33.3 for Baseball, Golf, Tennis and Track & Field (including XC) which are all equivalency sports. WSU would have a total of 71 equivalent scholarships for women with 35 being in Basketball, Volleyball and Tennis, which are head count sports, and 36 for Golf, Softball, and Track & Field (including XC) which are all equivalency sports.

The only sport I know that doesn't always use all of their alloted Scholarships is Women's basketball. I think Jody Adams-Brich used all of her 15 scholarships only once during her 9 years. Jody averaged about 11 scholarship players during her tenure. Next year Keitha Adams appears that she will use 14 of her 15 scholarships.

I do not know the how many athletes are receiving athletic scholarships as the equivalency sports can slice and dice the scholarships in a lot of different ways subject to whater the restrictions the NCAA may have in place. For example, baseball has 11.7 scholarships to divy up. The must give at least a 1/3 scholarship but can give no more than 27 scholarships. If everyone got the same award they would each get a 43.3% ride. However, I doubt that is the case. Also, HCTB may or may not give 27 players scholarships. He can divide the 11.7 over a lesser number of players if he wants to.

Here is a link to the scholarship limits by sport.

[1972Shocker]

Division 1 members must sponsor 7 men's sports and 7 women's sports or alternatively 6 men's sports and 8 women's sports. There must be two teams sports for each gender.

Wichita State sponsors 7 men's sports and 8 women's sports. Cross Country, Indoor Track & Field and Outdoor Track & Field are counted as 3 separate sports although they are all on the same roster and the Track and Field scholarships limits of 12.6 for men and 18 for women cover all 3 sports.

Basketball and Baseball are our two men team sports. Track & Field, Cross Country, Golf and Tennis are not teams sports although they compete both individually and in a team format.

Basketball, Volleyball and Softball are women's team sports.

We could drop 1 men's non-team sport or, alternativley, we could drop 1 women's sport and still be Division I compliant. Don't see that happening.

Title IX compliance is a bit more complicated. But we could probably add 1 or 2 men's sports (other than football) and still be Title IX compliant I would think with the scholarship discrepancy we currently have. Men's soccer would only add 9.9 scholarships for example. Title IX compliance is way out my sphere of what minimal knowledge I have. We do have more female undergrads than male and I think that can be a factor although I think there are several different methods a school can use to show Title IX compliance.

Since we don't have football adding men's soccer which is played in the fall and appears to have the highest level of fan interest of any option would seem to be the sport to add if WSU were inclined to add a fall sport. But if we are still harboring hopes of bring back football then we probably won't be adding any additional men's sports. And, of course, if we do bring football back additional women's sports would have to be addes as well.

[Shocker1976]

Thanks 1972Shocker for the scholarship information and links, very informative reads. I would like for the Shockers to add Lacrosse, Swimming/Diving and maybe soccer when the finances are available to support these teams.

[Half Brother Dan]

The tarps at CKA are being taking off the floor as I type this. I'm assuming the updated conference logos on the court will begin here shortly

[Shockerman]

Lambo is known as a deep thinker when it comes to Volleyball and he is not afraid at all to think outside the box and to experiment with new approaches. It is amazing how he and Shannon manage a roster of 25 players when he only has 12 volleyball scholarships to give (and he can't divide those up). Not sure I would call him the Bill Belichick of college volleyball because he hasn't won any National Championships and probably won't. However, what Lambo loves is teaching the game. While he is competitive and wants to win I have heard him say he likes the teaching and training aspects of Volleyball more than he likes the actual matches. Lambo seems very popular with his fellow coaches and he is an ambassador of the game. The other reason I wouldn't compare Lambo to Bellichick is because personality wise they are totally different. Lambo loves to talk about Volleyball. If you have 3 questions for him you probably have a 30 minute interview. He is extremely knowledgable and very interesting to listen to. But he can talk a blue streak about other things as well. Sports in general. He's a big San Francisco Giants fan and I think that extends to the Warriors and 49ers as well. He also likes classic cars and loves to talk shop about that also.

Shocker Match Club Members have access to Lambo for a pre-game scouting report for all home matches.

When they first started the VB101 dinners they hoped to raise a few bucks to augment their recruiting and travel budgets. IIRC Shannon told me they hoped maybe they could attract 50 - 70 attendees. I think they had 300 or something like that. They were Shocked Shockers. I think that show of support has gone a long way towards keeping the Lambs in Wichita.

While Lambo is the Engineer his wife Shannon deserves a tremendous amount of credit in the success of WSU Volleyball. Probably much more credit than she actually receives.

I would love to see WSU build a new 4000-5000 seat arena on campus for women's basketball and Volleyball. It would allow Lambo to put down a Volleyball specific floor for the duration of the season. The whole building could be tied in with the new beach Volleyball program and sand courts. It would make the atmosphere at both programs games significantly better.

[Shockerman]

Thanks 1972Shocker for the scholarship information and links, very informative reads. I would like for the Shockers to add Lacrosse, Swimming/Diving and maybe soccer when the finances are available to support these teams.

Women's Rowing-20
Women's Soccer-14
Beach Volleyball-3
Women's Bowling-5

All of these "fit" with Wichita, the Midwest or Wichita State culture.

[1972Shocker]

I would love to see WSU build a new 4000-5000 seat arena on campus for women's basketball and Volleyball. It would allow Lambo to put down a Volleyball specific floor for the duration of the season. The whole building could be tied in with the new beach Volleyball program and sand courts. It would make the atmosphere at both programs games significantly better.

I would love to see Shocker VB and WBB teams average 4,000 to 5,000 in attendance (or more) but not holding my breath on that. A volleyball specific floor would be nice. The U.S. Men's national team put down a nice volleyball specifice floor when they played their matches at WSU a few years back.

Creighton's VB and WBB team share the 2,500 seat D.J. Sokol Arena. There is a about a month overlap of playing seasons (more if you include practices). Not sure what kind of flooring systems Creighton has or where the teams practice.

Now all we need is a very deep-pocketed booster or two who support VB and/or WBB and would like their name on a building on the WSU Campus.

[WuShock16]

I would love to see WSU build a new 4000-5000 seat arena on campus for women's basketball and Volleyball. It would allow Lambo to put down a Volleyball specific floor for the duration of the season. The whole building could be tied in with the new beach Volleyball program and sand courts. It would make the atmosphere at both programs games significantly better.

You do realize that you would be talking about a MINIMUM $50 million project...and probably a lot more than that, right? High Point is building a 5,000 seat arena and conference center for $70 million.

I love Lambo and the volleyball girls and am very hopeful that the new women's basketball coach can have some great success...but I can think of so many better things that the department could do with that kind of jack.

[1972Shocker]

You do realize that you would be talking about a MINIMUM $50 million project...and probably a lot more than that, right? High Point is building a 5,000 seat arena and conference center for $70 million.

I love Lambo and the volleyball girls and am very hopeful that the new women's basketball coach can have some great success...but I can think of so many better things that the department could do with that kind of jack.

Creighton's D.J. Sokol Arena which seats 2,500 for WBB was built $19 million in 2009 according to Wikipedia. Still that is a chunk of change.

[AZ Shocker]

Creighton's D.J. Sokol Arena which seats 2,500 for WBB was built $19 million in 2009 according to Wikipedia. Still that is a chunk of change.

I'll pick up the tab Saturday after the lotto blesses me with some good news. No worries...

[1972Shocker]

I'll pick up the tab Saturday after the lotto blesses me with some good news. No worries...

I can assure you that am not worried in the least about your chances of winning the lottery.

[AZ Shocker]

I can assure you that am not worried in the least about your chances of winning the lottery.

Haha - yeah I guess it wouldn't help if I dont play. I don't know...does buying a ticket 3-4 times a year count as playing? Lol