The project costs $100,000, and is paid out of the athletic department’s general use fund.
Hitting one out of the park may be slightly more challenging this year at Wilkins Stadium.
Wilkins Stadium, home of the Wichita State softball team, will be upgraded with padded fencing. The updated structure will be one foot taller — up to six feet — extending three feet in center field.
Renovation plans were enacted after “significant work” was needed to maintain the old fencing, said Brad Pittman, associate athletic director and head of facilities and operations.