Gordon Vadakin is part of the 2022 Pizza Hut Shocker Sports Hall of Fame induction class. The class will be inducted on Sat., Feb. 5.
Run 20 rows of stairs at Cessna Stadium. Pushups. Run 20 more. Sit-ups.
When Wichita State bowler Holly Harris finished one of those workouts, she felt exhausted. She also felt a sense of accomplishment and bonding with her teammates as she listened to coach Gordon Vadakin say "You can do hard things."
Those occasional sessions at Cessna Stadium demonstrated the wonder of Vadakin's career as one of the nation's most successful college coaches.