Responsible Office: Athletics
Policy Officer: VP for Student Development
Scope: |Faculty |Staff |Student

Approved By: VP/Provost

Approved Date: 7/1/2017

Effective Date: 10/10/2019

Category: Campus Use and Facilities

Description/Purpose:

Athletic Facilities

Details:

DeGol Field and Field House

This facility includes the DeGol Field and the Father Bede Hines Track. The DeGol Field is the competition site for field hockey, football, and lacrosse. The men's and women's track and field teams compete on the Father Bede Hines Track. There is stadium seating for 3,500 spectators. Storage is located under the stadium seating. The press box and coaches boxes are located at the home side of the facility. Metal spikes are not permitted on the field surface. Sunflower seeds, tobacco products, and gum are not permitted at the entire facility. There is no parking at this facility. A field house currently houses locker rooms for field hockey, football, and lacrosse, a sports medicine center, and the weight room. Coaches' offices for football, field hockey, lacrosse, are located in the DoGol Field House.

Red Flash Softball Field

The softball team practices and competes at the Red Flash Softball Field. The facility includes batting cages, press box, dugouts, a scoreboard, and bleacher seating. There is limited parking at this facility. The field is located on the hill behind the Stokes Athletics Center.

Red Flash SoccerPlex

The men's and women's soccer teams compete at the Red Flash SoccerPlex. There is a press box, dugouts, scoreboard and bleacher seating at the facility. The facility is located behind the Stokes Athletics Center.

Stokes Athletics Center

The Stokes Athletics Center is open to all enrolled students, current faculty and staff, and retired faculty and staff of the University. All users must present current University Issued ID cards upon request. The facility includes DeGol Arena, the Natatorium, the Auxiliary Gymnasium, the Sports Medicine Center, the Hill Rehab Room, the Student-Athlete Development Center, the Stokes- Twyman Room, the Champions Room, and offices for the coaching and athletics administrative staffs. DeGol Arena is the competition site for men's basketball, women's basketball, men's volleyball, and women's volleyball. The Natatorium is the competition site for the swimming and water polo. Additionally, the Natatorium offers a great variety of aquatic activities including open swim for the campus and local communities.

Stokes Athletic Center normal operating hours are:

Monday Thursday 7:00 AM 12:00 AM

Friday 7:00 AM 9:00 PM

Saturday 3:00 PM 9:00 PM

Sunday 3:00 PM 12:00 AM

Hours are dependent on staff coverage and are subject to change due to vacation periods, holidays, and special events.

Stokes Center Rules and Policies include, but are not limited to:

• Student-athletes are permitted in the building (this includes locker room areas) BEFORE or AFTER building hours ONLY if they are accompanied and/or supervised by a member of their coaching staff.
• No doors may be propped open at any times.
• Cleats and spikes are not permitted to be worn inside the building clean and remove before entering the building. They are to be cleaned and removed before entering the building.
• Metal spikes are not permitted in the balcony areas or the auxiliary gymnasium.
• No bicycles, skateboards, or roller blades are permitted in the buildings or on the track.
• Upon reasonable suspicion, Athletic Department administrators reserve the right to conduct a search of any locker located in the Stokes AthleticsCenter.

Athletic Facilities Policy:

• Use appropriate language and conduct to be considerate of others using or visiting this facility.  This includes behavior in the locker room.

• Shirts and shoes must be worn at all times in the public area of athletic facilities. Additionally, shirts/jerseys must be worn at all times (including warm-ups). Teams must utilize a locker room to change from warm-up attire.

• Animals are not permitted at athletics facilities unless accepted under the American Disabilities Act.