FACILITIES & CAMP LOCATION
Camp Location:
Unless otherwise noted our camps are held at Eck Stadium.
Eck Stadium is the home of the Wichita State Shockers baseball team in Wichita, Kansas. It has played host to the Shockers since its completion in 1984. Officially called Eck Stadium, Home of Tyler Field it is sometimes informally referred to as Eck.
The stadium, which has gone through numerous upgrades since its original completion, currently seats 7,851. This number does not include theColeman Outfield Hill, made during the original construction because of lack of funding to haul the dirt away, which can seat hundreds more.
On Sept. 23, 1999, The Coleman Co. put a $500,000 exclamation point on Wichita State University's Project FutureShox, a $7.8 million effort to make Eck Stadium-Home of Tyler Field the premier collegiate baseball facility in the nation. Plans to significantly upgrade Eck Stadium-Home of Tyler field were first announced on Jan. 28, 1998, and were taken to another level with the leadership of Gene Stephenson, the winningest collegiate baseball coach since 1978.
Playing surface
AstroTurf GameDay Grass, a modern artificial surface which closely resmebles real grass, was laid down during the summer of 2009. The Shockers held fall practice on the new turf in preparation for the 2010 season.
The dimensions are 335 feet down both left and right field lines and 390 to center. Winds often blow from right field to left aiding right-handed batters trying to hit home runs.
Both bullpens are located down the foul lines on the respective 1st and 3rd baselines. Wichita State uses the first base dugout as their own for home games, unless hosting a NCAA regional or the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, where rules would regulate otherwise. The third base lines bullpen also contains batting cages WSU uses for practice.
Bombardier Learjet Indoor Practice Facility
The Bombardier Learjet Indoor Practice Facility is a climate-controlled, 29,000-square-foot practice facility primarily used by WSU's baseball and softball programs.
The building, which sits adjacent to Eck Stadium/Tyler Field, was completed in December 2009 as Phase I of the athletic department's $5.5 million "Building Excellence for the Student Athlete" campaign. Wichita aircraft manufacturer Bombardier Learjet made a $1.2 million, multi-year contribution to secure naming rights.
Designed by Schaefer Johnson Cox Frey Architecture of Wichita, the facility features a full-size infield with the same AstroTurf GameDay Grass artificial turf that covers Tyler Field, three pitchers mounds and retractable batting cages. The building was dedicated April 20, 2010.
