Indoor practice facility,baseball, etc.

MeanGreen61 · December 9, 2005

Some other stuff in the same article as above.

Baseball decision to be made soon

UNT will make a decision on whether to field a baseball team in the spring of 2008 in the next 45 days.

UNT would add the program in the fall of 2007 so the team would be ready for its first game the following spring.

“We need to make a decision if we want to go in the fall of 2007, which is what I want to do,” Villarreal said. “We are looking at the balance of dollars, the Title IX implications and what is in the best interest of the program overall.”

UNT has entered into an agreement with the Denton Outlaws, a Texas Collegiate League summer team, to build a field on UNT property across from the Mean Green Athletic Center.

The Outlaws played on a field owned by UNT that is being converted into a softball field last season.

“Eventually the Denton Outlaws will play on campus,” Villarreal said. “We hope to start construction quick enough to give them some place to play.”

Indoor facility on radar

Villarreal returned from a trip to Springfield, Mo., over the summer with a new perspective on a potential indoor practice facility for all Mean Green sports teams.

Villarreal visited the Springfield Cardinals’ facilities during his stay, including their indoor practice area.

“After talking with team officials, it was not nearly as expensive as one might have thought,” Villarreal said. “Their space was big enough for a football team to practice or have a soccer or softball team work out.

“Right now our first priority is the football stadium, but if someone comes along and wants to make a donation and have the naming rights, it would help a lot of sports.”

UNT’s APR numbers look good

All of UNT’s sports teams will exceed the pass-fail line of 925 for the two-year reporting period in the NCAA’s Academic Progress Report, while the overall program will finish around the 940 mark, Villarreal said Thursday.

The APR measures an athletic department’s performance in retaining its athletes and keeping them eligible.

“We continue to do well,” Villarreal said. “Our graduation rate is about 67 percent, but have to continue to do better and push the envelope when it comes to academics.”

NT80 · December 9, 2005

Some good stuff. Baseball would be a great addition to the overall athletic program (and in the eyes of CUSA). If we manage to someday get a new football stadium, new baseball facility, and an indoor practice facility we'll be set with facilities for many years. All we'd need then would be a new track facility relocated to Eagle Point someday.

PMG, did you notice this:

“Right now our first priority is the football stadium, but if someone comes along and wants to make a donation and have the naming rights, it would help a lot of sports.”

greenjoe · December 9, 2005

I had understood that when the new football stadium was built that the West stands at Fouts would be removed and the East stands would be left for track events etc. Yes ?

NT80 · December 9, 2005

I had understood that when the new football stadium was built that the West stands at Fouts would be removed and the East stands would be left for track events etc. Yes ?
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Someone on one of the boards had suggested this. It may happen for the short term, but the land Fouts is on is to become part of the core campus, ie. dorms, academic buildings and parking. The Eagle Point master plan has a track facility on it, south of the tennis complex.

UNTLifer · December 9, 2005

I had understood that when the new football stadium was built that the West stands at Fouts would be removed and the East stands would be left for track events etc. Yes ?
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The original Master Plan for the Eagle Point project showed a T&F stadium on the southern part of the property.

Green92 · December 9, 2005

I thought there was a small opera building somewhere in the Fouts parking lot area on the master plan.

MeanGreenBuzz · December 9, 2005

Why don't they just make a few minor modifications and turn Fouts into the mens and womens soccer facility with track and field? It would be cheaper than building a new soccer facility and a track facility....

MeanGreen61 · December 9, 2005

Why don't they just make a few minor modifications and turn Fouts into the mens and womens soccer facility with track and field? It would be cheaper than building a new soccer facility and a track facility....
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Hello......... The new soccer facility HAS already been built.

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Team practicing at their new soccer facility

Edited December 9, 2005 by MeanGreen61

NT80 · December 9, 2005

Why don't they just make a few minor modifications and turn Fouts into the mens and womens soccer facility with track and field? It would be cheaper than building a new soccer facility and a track facility....
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Fouts needs major electrical, plumbing, and concrete work (54 years old). The land at Fouts is needed for the core campus. A new soccer facility has just been finished (former Liberty Christian football stadium).