FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The Wichita State men's golf team opens the 2025-26 season Thursday at the Ram Masters Invitational, hosted by Colorado State.
 
Judd Easterling enters his seventh season as head coach in 2025-26. The Wichita State golf all-time great led his alma mater to a 74-60-2 record last season, setting a new career high for victories in a season. 
 
Last season, the Shockers recorded four top five team finishes, including a win in the Grier Jones Shocker Invitational on Oct. 8, 2024. Wichita State ended last year ranked No. 158 in the Scoreboard end-of-season rankings.
 
Easterling's group brings back most of its lineup from last year, led by Jose Miguel Ramirez, who finished as the runner-up individually at the 2025 American Championship.
 
The Shockers welcome four newcomers to the roster, with three true freshmen and one transfer, with three of the additions making their Shocker debuts in Fort Collins.
 
A challenging field awaits the Shockers in Colorado, as the field features three teams who ended last year ranked in the top 50 (Colorado, Long Beach State, & UC San Diego) and one who finished just outside in Colorado State. 
 
Wichita State last played in the Ram Masters Invitational in 2022, finishing eighth in a 15-team field. 
 
Fast Facts – Ram Masters Invitational 
Dates: Thursday, September 11 – Friday, September 12
Venue: Fort Collins Country Club
Location: Fort Collins, Colo.
Host: Colorado State
Yardage: 7,049
Par: 71
Format: Stroke Play
Results: Scoreboard
The Field: 17 Teams
Colorado, Colorado State, CSU Fullerton, CSU Northridge, Denver, Illinois State, Long Beach State, Sacramento State, UC Davis, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, Utah State, Utah Tech, Utah Valley, Weber State, Wichita State, Wyoming
 
For the Shocker lineup, newcomer and NAIA All-American transfer Michael Robson secured the top spot for the Shockers by a wide margin. Returners Ramirez and Mitchell Revie took the No. 2 and 3 positions, while freshmen Jace Chaney and Rhett O'Rear earned spots four and five, qualifying to make their collegiate debuts.
 
Shocker Five:
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…

Jose Ramirez (Sr.) – Transfer from Indian Hills Community College…Second year Shocker…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 same year…2023 GCAA Arnold Palmer Award winner…
 
Mitchell Revie (Jr.) – 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…Once posted 64 round score, which was the third lowest in IHCC history…
 
Jace Chaney (Fr.) – First-year Shocker…2024 Oklahoma 4A Individual State Champion...Won six high school tournaments as an individual...Recorded 31 top ten finishes in junior amateur career...Finished seventh at the Taylor Gooch Foundation American Junior Golf Championship and a top five finish at the 2024 Oklahoma Junior Red River Golf Tournament...Three-time first-team all-conference selection at Plainview High School
 
Rhett O'Rear (Fr.) – First-year Shocker… Recorded tournament wins on the Texas Legends Junior Tour (TLJT) and the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Tour...Most recent amateur win came in October of 2024 at the TLJT James A. Ragan Memorial in October at Corpus Christi Country Club...Recorded two additional top five finishes during the year