Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle
What it actually takes to run at Wichita State
NCAA Division I · AAC · KS
No published standards, no estimates — this is what Wichita State actually signed: 26 athletes in the 2025-26 class — including 3 international signees. What it takes, straight from the results.
Wichita State is a 12,856-student public campus in Wichita, KS and competes in the AAC. Kirk Hunter leads a staff of 10 covering 4 event groups.
Median: the middle signee’s personal best. Range: the full spread of the class, fastest to slowest. 1500m/Mile and 3000m marks read as their 1600m/3200m equivalents. Sourced from verified meets, not self-reported times.
The Wichita State program at a glance
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- AAC
- Campus
- Wichita, KS
- Enrollment
- 12,856 students
- T&F operating budget
- $1.4M men · $1.5M women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.
Women's standards
Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.
Who recruits for Wichita State
Pulled directly from the program’s athletics staff directory. Event groups coached here: sprints and hurdles, jumps and vault, throws, combined events.
- Kirk HunterHead Coach
- Steve RainboltDirector of Track and Field and Cross Country / Multis and High JumpMultis
- Aliyah FertigAssistant Coach / Pole VaultJumps
- Brown, TannerAssistant Coach
- Destiny MastersAssistant Coach
- Heidi BentonAssistant Coach / Horizontal JumpsJumps
- John HetzendorfAssistant Coach / ThrowsThrows
- John WiseAssistant Coach / Sprints and HurdlesSprints & Hurdles
- Moore, AdamDirector of Operations / Assistant Coach
- Vaughn, ConnorAssistant Coach / Sprints and HurdlesSprints & Hurdles
Direct, verified contact info for the full Wichita State staff lives in the member database.
Every verified mark in Wichita State's 2025-26 class
23 of the 26 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 3 have no verified mark on record, so they are left out rather than guessed. Not a published standard, not an estimate. Names, hometowns and the coach who recruited each athlete are the member view.
Signed out of: Kan. · Mo. · FL · NE · Ill. · Texas · +1 more
+ 1 international signee in this class — their marks are in the International view of the tables above, kept separate so the American numbers above stay readable as US high-school marks.
Signed out of: Texas Cypress · NE · Fla. Boca · KS · WY · AZ · +2 more
Members see who each of these 23 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
Where do YOUR marks fit?
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These numbers move every recruiting cycle — they’re last class’s signing marks, not a fixed bar. Programs also weigh progression, event needs, academics and open roster spots, so a mark in range starts a conversation; it doesn’t guarantee one.
Kansas permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Kansas NIL rules →
More AAC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Wichita State recruits against.
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- Florida Atlantic recruiting standards
- Memphis recruiting standards
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- Rice recruiting standards
- South Florida recruiting standards
- Temple recruiting standards
- Tulane recruiting standards
- Tulsa recruiting standards
- UAB recruiting standards
- UNC Charlotte recruiting standards
- UTSA recruiting standards
D1 standards for the events Wichita State signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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