Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
Baseball Clubhouse and Indoor Training Facility
5/29/2001 12:27:00 AM | General
The spacious Chuck Taylor Locker Room offers oak lockers for the players along with exquisite hardwood flooring. The large shower facility is located just off of the locker room area.
Offices for the entire coaching staff are also located in the facility along with a laundry and training room. The indoor training area, which is second to none, is perhaps the most impressive part of the facility. This large space features a clay floor with three mounds and two hitting cages for winter and early spring workouts. It also contains a weight room with conditioning equipment for baseball team use.
The facility opens directly onto the field area for easy access for practice and games. Soon after the construction of the building was complete, the structure was connected to the rest connected to the rest of the park with an ornate brick and iron fence and gate.
The Stephen B. Smith Clubhouse and Indoor Training Facility was formally dedicated on October 24, 1998. Coach Steve Peterson began raising funds for the project nearly 10 years prior to groundbreaking, but the end product certainly made the wait worthwhile.
The new facility is with a doubt, the finest of its kind in the region, if not the entire nation. The entire facility is just another testament to the hard work and dedication of the Blue Raider coaches, players and supporters.
However, the Stephen B. Smith Clubhouse and Indoor Training Facility does not mark the end of the line. In the words of coach Peterson at the building's dedication, "Our next project begins tomorrow."
