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Monday, December 01, 2008
ATHLETIC COMPLEX
 


   HISTORY

Everett Stadium in the Athletic ComplexThe Athletic Complex contains Everett Stadium (2007, formerly Hundley Stadium 1965), Yank's Corner, Fulton Field (football, lacrosse), Bernier Field (baseball), Hellmuth-Pritzlaff Field (2006), Miller Field (soccer) and Rostan Field (lacrosse). Fulton Field has been the site of two ABC-TV Division III football broadcasts. The track along its east edge was once almost a railroad track - it was part of the right-of-way of the Orange and Keysville Railroad, abandoned in the 1890s before completion.

The Lewis C. Everett Stadium was constructed in 2007 and replaced the 40-year-old Hundley Stadium adjacent to Fulton Field. The 1850-seat facility blends with the Federal architecture of the campus, and provides space for press, scorekeepers, and radio announcers. Restrooms are located in the concourse area, with a filming platform in the cupola.

Mr. Everett '63, a native of Danville, Virginia, was a star football player while at Hampden-Sydney, earning First Team All-American honors. He still holds the H-SC record for longest punt (78 yards against Randolph-Macon College in 1962). In 1989, Everett was inducted into the Hampden-Sydney Athletic Hall of Fame. His $2.5 million gift, which made the stadium possible, adds greatly to The Hill and to the festivities of the Hampden-Sydney home football contests.

Hellmuth-Pritzlaff Field was constructed in 2006. Thanks to the generous donations of alumni, parents and friends of the Hampden-Sydney College lacrosse program, the College has completed construction on a FieldTurf field.  Ground breaking began in early May 2006 and the ribbon cutting ceremony to dedicate the field took place on Saturday, September 23, prior to the lacrosse Tigers intra-squad scrimmage.   The field lies directly between Rostan Field, the lacrosse practice facility, and the football practice fields.  The field will serve as a practice facility to the lacrosse, soccer and football teams and will be an occasional game facility for lacrosse and soccer.