HENDERSON, Nev. – Wichita State is set to compete in its second tournament in as many weeks when open play in the Lake Las Vegas Collegiate on Monday at Reflection Bay Golf Club.
 
The Shockers began the 2026 spring season by finishing fourth at the Border Olympics in Laredo, Texas. Jose Miguel Ramirez posted the second-best individual round in program history by firing a 63 in the second round. Wichita State recovered from an opening round that saw them sitting in last place to rise into the top five.
 
Wichita State has finished in the top five in all but one tournament in the 2025-26 season.

Fast Facts – Lake Las Vegas Collegiate
Dates: Monday, Feb. 23 – Wednesday, Feb. 25
Venue: Reflection Bay Golf Club
Location: Henderson, Nev.
Host: Louisiana
Yardage: 7,261
Par: 72
Format: Stroke Play
Results: Scoreboard
The Field: 13 Teams
Austin Peay, Boise State, Coastal Carolina, Jacksonville State, Kansas City, Long Island, Louisiana, Northern Illinois, San Diego, Texas State, Wichita State 
 
The Shocker lineup remains the same from the Border Olympics. 
 
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…
 
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...
 
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… 

Caden Cox (So.) – Second-year Shocker…Competed in six events as a true freshman, including the final five tournaments of the year…Birdied 40 holes, the most by any Shocker freshman since 2022…Posted season-best t-26 finish on April 1, 2025, at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic

Next up
The Shockers head to Lake Charles, Louisiana, to play in the Golden Nugget Invitational, March 2-3.