Jul 27, 2016
Matt Baty
Wichita Sports Forum

Matt Baty, is the General Manager of Wichita Sports Forum, starting in July 2015 at the very early stages of its planning.  The Wichita Sports Forum, which opened 7 months ago, is a 148,000 square-foot multi-sport facility located at K-96 and Greenwich.  Wichita Sports Forum is in its 7th month of operations. It has six (6) basketball courts, ten (10) volleyball courts, eight (8) batting cages, a soccer field that is also used for a full infield and golf driving range.  WSF also has six (6) sand volleyball courts and a state of the art trampoline park, Aviate Extreme Air Sports Trampoline Park.  The Forum estimates it will have over 350,000 unique visitors in its first year of operations, hosting over 60 events.

Prior to joining the WSF team, Matt served as the Vice President for Business Development at Equity Bank.  While at Equity Bank, he oversaw both new commercial business development and Treasury Management departments, bank wide.  Prior to joining the bank staff, he was the Assistant Athletic Director at Wichita State Athletics for Development, overseeing all fundraising aspects of the athletic department.

Matt is a native Wichitan and Maize High School graduate.  He attended the University of Kansas on a baseball scholarship.  Matt and his wife, Kris, have three children:  Bryton (6), Karsyn (6) and Madden (2).