WICHITA, Kan. – Wichita State softball and Wilkins Stadium will host the 2024 American Athletic Conference Championship, it was announced by the league Thursday afternoon.
Wichita State will have invested more than $2 million into renovations to Wilkins Stadium which includes new lights, batting cages, outfield turf and third base dugout. Turf is scheduled to be installed in the outfield and on the warning track, foul territory and apron areas at Wilkins Stadium this summer.
The tournament will come to Wichita for the first time as a member of the American. Wichita State hasn't hosted a conference tournament since 2015 when the Shockers were still in the Missouri Valley Conference.