Jeff Langley started going to Wichita State softball teams in 1989, a time when he and friends helped rake the field and keep score for coach Jim Maynard.
Now Langley is one of the loyal Shocker softball fans rewarded for years at Wilkins Stadium. They enjoyed the high points of Maynard, Walton and Bredbenner and NCAA berths in 1989, 2005, 2016 and 2018. They endured the lows. Cold, wind and anonymity as a softball fan did not dim their enthusiasm.
This spring, they are enjoying a landmark 2021 season with a strong NCAA regional resume and pondering this team's growing credentials as the best in Shocker history.