WICHITA, Kan.  -- Gene Stephenson, the sole inductee of Wichita State's 2019 Pizza Hut Shocker Sports Hall of Fame class, was inducted during halftime of the Wichita State men's basketball game against Southern Miss on Dec. 15. He was also honored at a dinner Dec. 14 at the Drury Plaza Hotel Broadview.

The sold-out dinner, which included 500 guests, featured Stephenson along with keynote speakers Eric Wedge and Joe Carter.
 
Former Shockers, including Phil Stephenson and Charlie O'Brien, also participated in a roundtable to tell Shocker Baseball stories.

The addition of this year's class brings the total of former coaches and student-athletes in the Hall of Fame to 141, while there are 13 at-large selections.

Here's a look at Stephenson's success at Wichita State:
 
Gene Stephenson
Baseball Head Coach, 1978-2013
 
Head baseball coach at Wichita State for 36 years…2014 College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee…Three-time NCAA Coach of the Year…11-time Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year…1989 College World Series champion…Seven College World Series appearances…27 NCAA Regional appearances…Two NCAA Super Regional appearances…20 Valley regular-season titles…17 Valley tournament championships…Directed Wichita State to more wins than any NCAA Division I program in the country eight times…Coached 33 players at Wichita State who played in the Major Leagues…Coached three players named NCAA Player of the Year and one named NCAA Pitcher of the Year…Coached two players named NCAA Academic Player of the Year…Coached 54 players at Wichita State who earned All-America honors…Coached 33 Freshman All-Americans…Coached 20 players who earned Academic All-America honors a total of 27 times…Coached 15 conference Players of the Year…Coached 12 conference Pitchers of the Year…Member of the Missouri Valley Conference All-Centennial Team…Coached 13 MLB first-round draft picks…Won 60 or more games five times…Collected 50 or more wins 19 times.