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By ZACH ALVIRA
Cronkite News

PHOENIX — Manicured grass and modern buildings line the campus of Grand Canyon University, but a trip to the west side of the campus reveals a hidden gem.

It’s Brazell Stadium, the school’s baseball facility.

Named after the founder of GCU’s baseball program, Dave Brazell, the stadium opened in 1962 with not much more than wooden benches and a chain-link backstop.

Renovations to the field in 1985 added new seating. The field, which was dedicated to Brazell in 1987, is the oldest baseball facility in the Western Athletic Conference. And it is one of few buildings on campus that shows the age of the burgeoning university.

But GCU coach Andy Stankiewicz sees that as an advantage.

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