LAKE CHARLES, La. – Wichita State heads to the Country Club at the Golden Nugget to play in the Golden Nugget Invitational March 2-3.
 
The trip to Lake Charles will be the third tournament of the year for the Shockers and their third consecutive week competing.
 
Last week in the Lake Las Vegas Collegiate, the Shockers took ninth, with Jose Miguel Ramirez leading the way, tying for 18th. For Ramirez, it was his sixth top 20 finish of the season in seven tournaments. 
 
Michael Robson fired the best round of the week for the Shockers with a 6-under 66 in the third round. It was his second-lowest single round of the season.
 
The ninth-place finish for the Shockers was just their second time finishing outside of the top five in the 2025-26 season.

Fast Facts – Golden Nugget Invitational
Dates: Monday, Mar. 2 – Tuesday, Mar. 3
Venue: The Country Club at the Golden Nugget
Location: Lake Charles, La.
Host: Lamar
Yardage: 7,000
Par: 72
Format: Stroke Play
Results: Scoreboard
The Field: 11 Teams
Abilene Christian, Houston, Lamar, Louisiana, Northern Colorado, Oakland, Tarleton State, Troy, UTSA, USC Upstate, Wichita State
 
Jace Chaney returns to the Shocker lineup for the first time since Sept. 22 in the Git-R-Done Invitational.
 
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… 

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 had a top-five finish at the 2024 Oklahoma Junior Red River Golf Tournament...Three-time first-team all-conference selection at Plainview High School…
 
Next up
The Shockers have almost a month off before heading to Arizona to play in the Wyoming Cowboy Classic on Mar. 31.