NEWTON, Kan. – Wichita State men's golf is set to host the 2025 Grier Jones Shocker Invitational, Oct. 5–7, at Sand Creek Station Golf Club.
 
Last week, Wichita State wrapped up a fifth-place finish at the SIUE Dolenc Invitational on Sept. 30. The Shockers posted an 840 (-12) team score — the 10th-best 54-hole total in program history — but it wasn't enough to claim a victory in a tournament filled with low scores.
 
This will be the fourth consecutive year the Shockers have hosted the Grier Jones Shocker Invitational, and the third straight year it's being played at Sand Creek Station. Wichita State has won all three previous tournaments, defeating Utah Valley by four strokes in 2022, Seton Hall by three in 2023, and Incarnate Word by four in 2024.
 
In last year's event, the Shockers secured the team title despite not having any individual finish in the top 10. All five players in the lineup placed in the top 50.
 
Each of Wichita State's three tournament wins has come via a final-round comeback. No Shocker has claimed the individual title. Aston Castillo's fourth-place finish in the inaugural tournament in 2022 remains the best individual result by a Shocker.
 
The tournament is named after Grier Jones, the winningest coach in Shocker men's golf history. Jones recorded 49 tournament wins during his tenure as head coach from 1995 to 2019. He was inducted into the Golf Coaches Association of America Hall of Fame in December 2023 and is also a member of the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame and the Pizza Hut Shocker Sports Hall of Fame.

Fast Facts – Grier Jones Shocker Invitational
Dates: Sunday, October 5 – Tuesday, October 7
Venue: Sand Creek Station Golf Club 
Location: Newton, Kan.
Host: Wichita State
Yardage: 7,187
Par: 72
Format: Stroke Play
Results: Scoreboard
The Field: 17 Teams
Dodge City CC, Drake, Garden City CC, Hutchinson CC, Incarnate Word, Indian Hills CC, Midland CC, Northern Iowa, Odessa College, Omaha, SIUE, South Dakota, South Dakota State, Southern Indiana, St. Thomas, UMKC, Wichita State
 
The Shocker lineup will remain unchanged from last week's event in Edwardsville. The same five golfers will compete in the team lineup, while the remaining four players will participate as individuals. 
 
Shocker Five:
 
Emilio Arellano Lamas (Jr.) – First year Shocker…Tied for fifth in first competition as a Shocker at the Git-R-Done Invitational…One of four transfers on Wichita State's roster that spent time at Indian Hills Community College…2025 PING All-District and NJCAA Division I Men's Golf Second Team All-American…
 
Jose Ramirez (Sr.) – Transfer from Indian Hills Community College…Second year Shocker…Finished top 15 in each of the first two tournaments in the 2025-26 season…2025 American Conference Individual Runner Up…2025 All-American Conference selection…Played in all ten tournaments in first year as a Shocker, posting 71.7 stroke average and two top five finishes…Won 2023 NJCAA DI Men's Golf National Championship at Sand Creek Station Golf Course in Newton, Kan…Helped Indian Hills CC to team national championship in the same year…2023 GCAA Arnold Palmer Award winner…
 
Michael Robson (Gr.) – First-year Shocker with four years of college golf experience…two-time NAIA Men's Golf All-American…two-time all-conference selection…tied for 13^th at the 2025 NAIA Men's Golf All-American…Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Newcomer and Player of the Year at Northwestern Ohio in 2022…

Mitchell Revie (Sr.) – Second-year Shocker…Indian Hills Community College Transfer…Played in all but one tournament in first year as a Shocker, putting up a 73.9 stroke average…Won 2023 NJCAA Division I Team National Championship…Posted a 64 18-hole score, which was the third lowest in IHCC history…
 
Jose Carletta (Sr.) -- Competed in nine of ten tournaments in first season as a Shocker...Recorded 89 birdies, which was second on the team...Eagled six holes, leading the team, and recorded four individual rounds in the 60s...Tied for 11th at the AAC Championship, carding a 66 (-6) score in round three to jump up the leaderboard, also tied best individual round by any Shocker at the AAC Championship...Posted a season-best ninth-place finish on April 1 at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic...Tied for 18th to lead Shockers to eighth-place finish at the GCU Invitational on March 12...

Next up:
The Shockers get a month off before playing their final tournament, the Kapolei Invitational, in Kapolei, Hawaii, beginning on Nov. 5.