Prior to sports shutdowns across the nation due to COVID-19, Wichita State’s baseball team was off to a 13-2 start under new head coach Eric Wedge and looked to be one of the surprise teams in college baseball.
WSU players were left to wonder what their shortened baseball season could have been. But unlike many student-athletes across the country, they were given a chance to return to campus and play again.
As part of two summer leagues — the Sunflower Collegiate League and the NBC World Series — some WSU players returned to the diamond to play with college baseball players from other universities.