Senior Morgan Stout, junior Emerson Wilford and fifth-year Izzi Strand celebrate after a point during WSU’s exhibition game against Kansas State on Aug. 24. Stout and Strand were named unanimously to the AAC’s 2024 preseason all-conference team.
American Athletic Conference coaches have picked Wichita State to be runners-up in the volleyball standings for the second consecutive year — although this time to a different team.
A year removed from finishing second in the AAC to Southern Methodist University (SMU) and winning the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC), this season’s preseason poll has the Shockers behind the Rice University Owls.