Wichita State’s baseball complex is now known as “Eck Stadium, Home of Tyler Field at Gene Stephenson Park.”
The Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR) approved a request from Wichita State to honor Gene Stephenson, the National College Baseball Hall of Famer who coached at WSU from 1978-2013, in the stadium name on Wednesday evening.
“By naming the proposed facility ‘Gene Stephenson Park,’ WSU has the opportunity to honor Stephenson as a distinguished individual, and more comprehensively, his dedication to advancing WSU and college baseball well into the future,” WSU President Richard Muma said during the Wednesday KBOR meeting.