One coach is synonymous with building Wichita State University baseball into a power. This spring, his name is given proper places of honor in the stadium he helped turn from dream into one of the sport’s showplaces.
Earlier this month, “Gene Stephenson Park” was added to Eck Stadium, home of Tyler Field, at a ceremony and unveiling. On Friday, May 16, his jersey No. 10 will be recognized on the stadium’s Wall of Honor in left field before the 6 p.m. game vs. Memphis.
“Build it, he did,” WSU athletic director Kevin Saal said at the unveiling ceremony for the sign on the Eck Stadium facade. “He built a lot of something. He built decades of something from nothing.”