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Facilities Hershey
Hall
At the center of Tri-State University’s athletics is the Hershey Hall
athletic facility, named in honor of
Gen.
Lewis B. Hershey. One of the best small school athletic facilities
in the Midwest, Hershey Hall has a main basketball court that seats
4,500, an indoor walking track, two auxiliary gymnasiums, four volleyball
courts, racquetball courts, a free-weight
room and a fitness center. Hershey Hall has been the site of numerous
championships including the men’s volleyball MIVA championships and
the women’s volleyball NAIA bi-district playoffs. In March of 1996 and
1997, Hershey Hall was the site of the NAIA Women’s Basketball National
Championship games featuring the top 32 teams in the country.
Shive
Field
A Tri-State University trustee and alumnus decided that it was time for
the Thunder football team to come home. Wayne Shive, president and
chairman of Lifeline Corp, Fort Wayne, Ind., provided the lead gift toward
the construction of a home football field.
An
official groundbreaking ceremony for construction of the 2.500 seat
football field was held on November 3, 1998, and the Thunder’s first
home game was in the fall of 1999.
The
Tri-State Women's and Men's soccer teams play their home games on one
of the finest soccer fields in the NAIA. The field is nestled in the
middle of a excellent athletic complex that includes
Zollner Golf Course, soccer practice fields, baseball and softball
fields, football practice field, football stadium and the Hershey Hall
athletic facility. The dorms are also within walking distance.
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