WICHITA, Kan. -- Head coach
Brian Green announced the 2027 Wichita State baseball schedule on Thursday morning, a 54-game slate that includes 33 home games at Eck Stadium, Home of Tyler Field at Gene Stephenson Park.
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The Shockers start the 2027 campaign at home on February 19 against Hofstra, kicking off a season-opening stretch loaded with home games. Eighteen of the first 23 games take place in Wichita, split up by a weekend series at Gonzaga (March 12-14) and a pair of midweek matchups at Nebraska (March 16-17).
The home slate includes two, four-game series: Hofstra (February 19-21) and UMass (Feb. 26-28), and a three-game series vs. South Dakota State (March 5-7). The Hofstra and UMass series' each include a scheduled doubleheader on Feb. 20 and Feb. 27, respectively.
The final non-conference tuneup before American Conference play comes in the way of a weekend series vs. UIC (March 19-21) and a midweek showdown vs. Kansas on March 23.
In conference action, the Shockers host Memphis (March 25-27), East Carolina (April 9-11), UTSA (April 23-25), UAB (April 30-May 2) and South Florida (May 20-22), while traveling to Charlotte (April 2-4), Rice (April 16-18), Tulane (May 7-9) and Florida Atlantic (May 14-16). The American Conference Championship will once again take place at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Fla., beginning May 19 and concluding with the championship game on May 24.
Wichita State's midweek schedule features many familiar names, highlighted by home-and-home series against in-state foe Kansas, a home-and-home midweek series vs. Omaha and a single midweek vs. K-State in Wichita. The Shockers will also host Oklahoma State and travel to UT Arlington and Oral Roberts for midweek matchups. The annual Kid's Day Game is scheduled for April 6 against Tabor College, the first time the Shockers and Bluejays have squared off on the diamond since 2010. It will also be a homecoming for the head coach of the Bluejays, former Shocker baseball Hall of Famer Mark Standiford. Standiford still holds the Wichita State career home run record (69). He also set the single-season home run record (28) during his senior campaign. Standiford has been inducted into the Wichita State Pizza Hut Shocker Sports Hall of Fame, the Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame and the Wichita Sports Hall of Fame.
Brian Green returns for a fourth season as head coach, leading a new-look roster that includes 27 newcomers to the program. Green's junior college recruiting class was ranked #3 nationally by JBB.