Published: 31 January 2012

Continuing the growth of the university, Reinhardt broke ground on its new athletic field house last week, with the project 
slated for completion in early fall 2012.

(LEFT: Reinhardt University officials, representatives from Brasfield & Gorrie, Garland Reynolds and Steve Holcombe participated in the official groundbreaking ceremony for the Waleska institution’s 22,000-square-foot athletic field house, expected to be completed early in the fall of 2012. Photo special to the Ledger-News)

“This is a very positive day for Reinhardt University; one of many to come,” Reinhardt President Dr. J. Thomas Isherwood said during the groundbreaking ceremony on Jan. 24. “The field house will give us the opportunity for every sport in Reinhardt athletics to have a home; every student athlete will now have a place to call their own.

“We will also have the addition of a new turf field where we will play football, soccer and lacrosse,” he continued. “In my opinion, we are going to have the best athletic facilities to go along with the best athletic teams in the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC).”

The 22,000-square-foot facility will have locker rooms and coaches offices for baseball, football, softball, and men’s and women’s soccer, along with a 4,800-square-foot weight room, training and meeting rooms, and concessions. An athletic turf field will be located adjacent to the building—directly outside the weight room.