Wichita State has produced future NBA players like Fred VanVleet, Ron Baker, and Cleanthony Early during its rise to national prominence, but none of them could ever captivate a crowd of 10,506 at Koch Arena quite like Conner Frankamp.
He is the city’s native son, Wichita’s walking bucket. He played to sold-out crowds and became the City League’s career all-time leading scorer in his four years at North High. When he transferred from Kansas to WSU to finish his career as a Shocker, many Wichitans desperately wanted him to be a scoring star.
In that sense, Frankamp never became the player many wanted him to be.