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DONATED FUNDS ALLOW FOR SECOND PHASE OF SOCCER COMPLEX FEATURING PRESS BOX AND TEAM BENCHES |
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March 22, 2007
GROVE CITY, Pa. – Alumni and friends of Grove City College have donated funds that will allow the College to begin the second phase of a new varsity soccer complex. Slated to begin April 1, improvements in this phase include a three-level press box and covered team benches for the Wolverines as well as for visiting teams.
Donations from alumni, friends and former soccer players enabled the project to become a reality. These funds were added to a gift from alumnus John Arnold ’85 that was earmarked for the soccer complex. Thanks to the generosity of these donors, all funding for this phase of the project is outside the College’s operating expenses.
The $180,000 project is estimated to last eight weeks, finishing around the end of May or early June in plenty of time for the kickoff to the fall 2007 soccer season. The press box features storage on the first level, an area for the scorekeepers, timekeepers, public address announcers and scoreboard operators on the second level, and a media and filming area on the third level.
The press box phase is the second of four phases in the Grove City College soccer complex. Started under the leadership of longtime Head Coach Dr. Don Lyle, the team and initiatives are now led by Mike Dreves, a former player under Lyle and a 1997 graduate of the College.
The first phase of the project, completed in 2005, included a new field surface, irrigation and drainage, as well as a set of bleachers for fans. The press box and team benches will mark the halfway point for improvements to the soccer complex. Possible future plans include a picnic pavilion, ticket booth, restrooms and other aesthetic touches.
The design for the press box phase was done by Ligo Architects of Slippery Rock, Pa., and work will be completed by Wallace Builders of Pulaski, Pa.
The Grove City College soccer program began in 1938 under Head Coach Robert E. Thorn and has seen just six head coaches in the program’s history.
For more information on the soccer complex, contact Senior Director of Development Dave Hollenbaugh ’92 at dmhollenbaugh@gcc.edu or (724) 458-2992.
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