Maryville, Mo. - The Northwest Missouri State University and Maryville community are doubling-down on all Bearcat varsity sports teams by building a huge indoor complex called the Carl & Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse. The Hughes Fieldhouse will be located northwest of College Park and Bearcat football stadium on the Northwest campus. The Fieldhouse will be a host site for a wide range of University and community activites. The biggest contribution to Northwest Missouri State University will be to the spring varsity sports programs such as the Bearcat baseball team, the Bearcat softball team, and Bearcat track and field teams. The project to construct the Hughes Fieldhouse is the single largest public-private partnership in Northwest's 112-year history. The Maryville community approved a hotel-bed tax a year or so ago where part of the revenue generated from the tax will help pay the cost of the building. When it comes to putting your money where your heart is, the Maryville community stepped up to make this revolutionary project a reality.
As stated above, the Hughes Fieldhouse's biggest benefactors will be the Northwest spring sports programs in baseball, softball, and track and field. The Fieldhouse will feature 137,250 square feet of recreation, multi-purpose and exhibition space. In other words, there is an indoor practice facility for Bearcat baseball and softball to finally have the ability to practice at full speed with game dimensions during their seasons. If there is a cold or extremely snowy spring in Maryville, the Bearcat baseball team will still be able to do a full infield workout and outfield drills at game speed. Previously, your Bearcat baseball team would make it work with 3 batting cages and 2-3 mounds in the basement of Bearcat Arena. The team would do infield drills with rubber baseballs on a covered basketball court in Bearcat Arena until the weather warmed up for the season. The Hughes Fieldhouse will now give your Bearcat baseball team a recruiting and performance bonus that is necessary for northern college baseball teams to win and challenge for championships. The Hughes Fieldhouse will have a 100-yard practice turf, 300-meter indoor competition track, spectator seating, and tiered meeting rooms.
The entire Hughes Fieldhouse project will cost an estimated $20 million dollars to complete.
There is approximately $500,000 left to raise to complete this amazing project. Since your Bearcat baseball team is one of the biggest benefactors with this project, there is an opportunity for Bearcat baseball families, fans, and alumni to step-up to raise the remaining amount by making a donation in one of the several ways where donors can see the impact of their contribution. As of right now, Bearcat baseball fans, families, and alumni can donate money and have a brick or paver etched with your name ($150-$300). In addition, Northwest is part of the Missouri Arborteum and donors can have a tree planted in their name in a Walk of Champions for $1,500. In addition, donors can place a bench along the Walk of Champions in their name for $5,000. According to Northwest, financial gifts of $10,000 will be honored via a video donor list in the facility. Finally, the Founding 50 is a team of leadership donors who commit gifts of $50,000 or more. The Founding 50 members will be honored at the facility's donor wall
You can find more information about the Hughes Fieldhouse by clicking on the link below:
https://www.nwmissouri.edu/HughesFieldhouse/index.htm
Your Bearcat baseball team has always been a scrappy and tough bunch of guys that overcame the odds to win in the toughest baseball division in the NCAA division 2. It hasn't been an even playing field for your Bearcats...until now. Now, several people have worked very hard to give our guys the resources they need to completely shake-up the MIAA baseball hierarchy. Bearcat baseball fans - click on the link to put your mark on Northwest athletics and community. It will be a contribution that you can show your kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids.
One of the great treasures of Northwest Missouri State is Associate Athletics Directors for Development and External Affairs Scott Nielson. Scott can work with your budget so you can make a lasting contribution to the Hughes Fieldhouse that will be remembered forever. Call Scott at 660-562-1669 to see how easy you can work a contribution in with your family's budget.
Go Cats!!
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