An Iowa native has gone from a fan to leading the College World Series in Omaha. Amy Hornocker is in her first year as Executive Director. Her first experience at the College World Series was as a baseball manager at Des Moines East High School.

As she said in the previous cut her first experience at the event was in 1998 at Rosenblatt Stadium.

After graduating from Iowa State, Hornocker took a job as an intern at the College World Series, would later work 10 years for the Omaha Sports Commission before returning to the CWS in 2017 for a marketing position.

Hornocker says her experience working for the event helped make the transition to Executive Director a smooth one.

Hornocker says thousands of fans from her home state will be heading to Omaha for an event the city has hosted since 1950.

The College World Series begins Friday afternoon when Oral Roberts plays TCU.