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WSU - Wichitans help power Shocker bowling to national tournament in Las Vegas
Wichita State’s bowling teams are in Las Vegas this week for the United States Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Singles and Team Championships at South Point Bowling Plaza. Team play begins Thursday with the singles and team finals on Saturday.The taped televised finals will air at 6 p.m. on April 25, May 2, 9 and 16 on CBS Sports Network.
The Shockers finished second in both the men’s and women’s competition in 2022 after winning both titles in 2021.
With Bonta and others, Wichita State’s select team boasts a local contingent not found on rosters since the program’s early days. Bonta, from Wichita Northwest High School, is on the men’s eight-person team competing this week. Haysville Campus High’s Piper Reams, a sophomore majoring in business administration, will bowl for the seven-person women’s team.
Additionally, the 22-person selected team that serves as Wichita State’s varsity program features junior Brandon Collins, a finance major; freshman Samuel Calderon, majoring in mechanical engineering and French; and Chloe Ciecko, a junior majoring in game design — all from Wichita. Freshman Paige Wagner, majoring in pre-physical therapy, is from Great Bend.
The 1975 women’s team that won the first ITC title consisted entirely of Wichitans. Over the next decade, the program’s reach expanded nationally and internationally. The current roster includes students from Pereira, Colombia; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Terre Haute, Indiana; and Dublin, Ohio.
“The history of the program has been built on Wichita players,” said Mark Lewis, director of Shocker bowling. “It’s grown over time to where they’re from all over the place.”
The Shockers finished second in both the men’s and women’s competition in 2022 after winning both titles in 2021.
With Bonta and others, Wichita State’s select team boasts a local contingent not found on rosters since the program’s early days. Bonta, from Wichita Northwest High School, is on the men’s eight-person team competing this week. Haysville Campus High’s Piper Reams, a sophomore majoring in business administration, will bowl for the seven-person women’s team.
Additionally, the 22-person selected team that serves as Wichita State’s varsity program features junior Brandon Collins, a finance major; freshman Samuel Calderon, majoring in mechanical engineering and French; and Chloe Ciecko, a junior majoring in game design — all from Wichita. Freshman Paige Wagner, majoring in pre-physical therapy, is from Great Bend.
The 1975 women’s team that won the first ITC title consisted entirely of Wichitans. Over the next decade, the program’s reach expanded nationally and internationally. The current roster includes students from Pereira, Colombia; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Terre Haute, Indiana; and Dublin, Ohio.
“The history of the program has been built on Wichita players,” said Mark Lewis, director of Shocker bowling. “It’s grown over time to where they’re from all over the place.”
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