{"id":153048,"date":"2025-09-18T22:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T22:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/153048\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T22:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T22:43:07","slug":"shocker-athletics-partners-with-dynamo-capital-to-present-shocker-mens-basketball-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/153048\/","title":{"rendered":"Shocker Athletics Partners with Dynamo Capital to Present Shocker Men\u2019s Basketball Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     WICHITA, Kan. \u2013 Dynamo Capital and Wichita State Athletics today announced a six-year partnership, focused on promoting the men&#8217;s basketball program as the season presenting partner of Shocker Men&#8217;s Basketball for each year of the partnership.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe partnership, brokered by Shocker Sports Properties, a division of Playfly Sports, the sports industry&#8217;s leading revenue maximization company, covers multiple areas of promotion and exposure for Dynamo Capital, including high-profile signage, digital and social media branding, and enhanced fan engagement promotions. The deal developed out of Dynamo&#8217;s partnership with TBT and the Aftershocks&#8217; spectacular tournament run this summer.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8220;We&#8217;re excited about the new era of NCAA athletics, with NIL and the transfer portal opening fresh opportunities,&#8221; said Matthew Medrano, Managing Partner and CRO of Dynamo Capital. &#8220;Similarly exciting for us is the opportunity to forge dynamic partnerships in the Wichita community\u2014working together to support Shocker Athletics, elevate student-athletes and create experiences that bring pride and energy to the city we all call home.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8220;We are thrilled to announce a highly impactful partnership with Dynamo Capital as the season-presenting partner of Wichita State Men&#8217;s Basketball, said Wichita State Director of Athletics <a href=\"https:\/\/goshockers.com\/staff-directory\/kevin-saal\/1498\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"1498\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Saal<\/a>. &#8220;This transformative collaboration not only strengthens our program but also enhances the experience for our student-athletes, fans and community. Together, we are building momentum that will help elevate Shocker Basketball to new heights, and position it as a regular participant in NCAA postseason play.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWichita State men&#8217;s basketball fans have two more opportunities to see the team in action before the season officially begins on Nov. 4 vs. UNC Asheville. Wichita State&#8217;s annual Shocker Madness is Oct. 4 at 6 p.m. and then the Shockers host Drake in Charles Koch Arena on Oct. 11 at 1 p.m. in a charity scrimmage.<\/p>\n<p>The Shockers are under the direction of third year head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/goshockers.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/paul-mills\/1291\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"1291\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Mills<\/a>. Mills has tallied 34 wins, third most by a Shocker head coach in program history over their first two seasons. Wichita State is coming off its first postseason appearance since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Shocker Nation can experience the energy of Charles Koch Arena this upcoming basketball season by purchasing season tickets. Prices are the lowest they&#8217;ve been in 15 years. Secure your seats online at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu51260122.ct.sendgrid.net%2Fls%2Fclick%3Fupn%3Du001.9AlrPfCiKv7fMtdf946BxD4h2U5BA3US52H3M517WYTwJtcf0VycoElf9PnSKiApgTIt_mEMQBmVhasTTanttoaTtTnITm1k5DJhU6WQsJ-2FjBi6nzFA9fUgMnzp3mhXpKvB9fbzagaCb8N-2Blp90qcfXPkh09XxqK5NKkjURaXveKgSzvXlMkh46tamYzxvNz3uBEv-2F5c3U7tV38PKrKmi2xhIIstpcHFjd-2BdTM4YR4Oim-2FTgnA1TpdDvQ5wuytZXzLZLfSaaYdju-2BepBZ7lrM9HnOWw-3D-3D&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cwpletcher%40goshockers.com%7Ca675b7ecac774d8f04a108dddb3c2520%7Ce05b6b3f19804b248637580771f44dee%7C1%7C0%7C638907773564035269%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=9NCqtO%2Bz4GxnM%2BMUvK7q9atBQU%2B7EUxE36s86LAETvk%3D&amp;reserved=0\" title=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu51260122.ct.sendgrid.net%2Fls%2Fclick%3Fupn%3Du001.9AlrPfCiKv7fMtdf946BxD4h2U5BA3US52H3M517WYTwJtcf0VycoElf9PnSKiApgTIt_mEMQBmVhasTTanttoaTtTnITm1k5DJhU6WQsJ-2FjBi6nzFA9fUgMnzp3mhXpKvB9fbz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GoShockers.com\/Tickets<\/a>\u00a0or visit the Shocker Ticket Office in Charles Koch Arena during open hours (Monday-Friday, 9am \u2013 5pm).<\/p>\n<p>To receive information on Shocker Athletics partnerships, please contact <a href=\"https:\/\/goshockers.com\/staff-directory\/david-kirk\/2628\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"2628\" target=\"_blank\">David Kirk<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/goshockers.com\/news\/2025\/9\/18\/mailto:dkirk@shockersp.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dkirk@shockersp.com<\/a>.\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAbout Dynamo Capital<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDynamo Capital is a private lender built by and for Wichitans. We are a thoughtfully curated team of experts in local real estate lending, specializing in both short-term bridge and long-term financing for investment properties. Like our unwavering commitment to empowering investors, we are committed to supporting Wichita and the Shockers \u2013 our community team.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; WICHITA, Kan. \u2013 Dynamo Capital and Wichita State Athletics today announced a six-year partnership,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-153048","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}