Gene Stephenson honored in WSU baseball complex name

Eck Stadium will now be known as “Eck Stadium, Home of Tyler Field at Gene Stephenson Park.” (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…