The Hartnell College Athletics Department is holding an official groundbreaking ceremony for the Athletics Field House on Wednesday, September 26, at 11:30 a.m. on the main campus in Salinas.
The field house is a 5,000-square-foot facility that includes classrooms, exercise rooms, concessions, and other amenities. This building begins Phase II of the Athletics Master Plan. Phase I consisted of championship-quality new softball and baseball diamonds, soccer field, and a renovated track.
The Hartnell College Athletics Complex on the west end of campus is an outstanding facility providing excellent resources to our student athletes, whose rate of transfer to four-year colleges and universities is 76 percent, well above the state average of 40 percent.
What: Groundbreaking Ceremony for Hartnell College Field House
When: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Where: Hartnell College Athletics Complex, 411 Central Ave., Salinas, CA, 93901 - Ceremony held at the soccer field
Who:
Invited community leaders, business owners, and Hartnell athletes, past and present
Master of Ceremony: Dennis Lehnen, KSBW TV
Speakers:
- Erica Padilla-Chavez, President, Board of Trustees Hartnell Community College District
- Bruce Adams, Vice President of Central Coast Federal Credit Union, member of the Athletics Fund Committee and Hartnell College Foundation Board
- Dr. Willard Lewallen, Hartnell College superintendent/president
- Daniel Teresa, Hartnell College athletics director
For more information, please contact Jackie Cruz, executive director of advancement, at 831-755-6810, or jcruz@hartnell.edu.
