Kevin Saal has five core values he wants to instill in the athletic department at Wichita State – character, integrity, knowledge, stewardship and competitive excellence.
Saal was hired as Wichita State’s nineteenth athletic director in June. As a part of Saal’s interview process, he created a document called “The Shocker Way,” which Saal plans on incorporating within the Athletic Department. “The Shocker Way” has three components – core values, student-athletes and broad based competitive excellence.
“When you take care of those four (five) things, the championships come,” Saal said. “You can’t shortcut winning.”
Saal said with the Shocker’s being a part of a conference as competitive as the American Athletic Conference, many donors and supporters of the university have been asking him what his goals are.