Alumni Field House

AT A GLANCE

• On Saturday, November 14, 2009, Elon University broke ground on Alumni Field House, a new 30,000-square foot facility to be built adjoining the north end zone of Rhodes Stadium
• The university's board of trustees has named the field house to honor all Elon alumni. The building opened in January 2011
• The new field house includes the Hendrickson Football Center in recognition of a gift from alumni Jay '71 and Amy '69 Hendrickson of Raleigh, N.C., who made a $1 million gift in honor of Jay's father, Horace J. Hendrickson, one of Elon's all-time great coaches
• Located on Zac Walker Place, the building also contains the Walker Room and Terrace in recognition of a gift from alumnus and trustee Zac Walker '60 and his wife, Dot, of Raleigh, N.C. The Walkers made a $500,000 gift in honor of Zac's father, Zachary T. Walker Jr., a member of Elon's Sports Hall of Fame, and Zac's uncle, D.C. "Peahead" Walker, another of Elon's all-time great coaches
• The facility includes a large team meeting room and locker room for football; a conference room; an advanced athletic training facility, including a hydrotherapy area; a large strength and conditioning room; and space for student-athletes to study. It also provides offices for the athletics director and coaches in the football, lacrosse, soccer, cross country and track and field programs, as well as other athletics staff

• The Ward family - mother Cynthia, son Hunt '82 and his wife, Julia - gave $100,000 in memory of C. Max Ward '49. Rear Admiral Edward "Ted" Walker, a member of the Board of Visitors, contributed $100,000. There were many other contributions to the project, including gifts by several former football players in honor of their coaches

• Alumni Field House is pursuing Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, which is the nationally recognized benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED was created by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), a non-profit organization committed to expanding sustainable building practices. The building’s sustainable features include, but are not limited to, an energy efficient mechanical system, low flow plumbing fixtures, materials containing recycled content, regional materials and materials with low or no amounts of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The automatic irrigation system will be part of the campus wide system, which is supplied with reclaimed stormwater collected on campus. During construction, the waste generated is being recycled or reused as much as possible
• There is an interactive touch screen in the lobby of the Field House, which contains information for visitors and building users. One of the features of this touch screen is access to the campus wide electricity monitoring system, which provides real-time electricity consumption information for over 50 campus buildings and will include the Alumni Field House

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