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2025 Master Plan for Athletic Facilities

The 2025 Master Plan for Athletic Facilities, as presented in themap to the right, places the following intercollegiate athleticfacilities in the athletics functional area as set forth in theuniversity’s 2025 Facility Master Plan:

1 Indoor Practice and Human Performance Facility – A multipurpose practice facility with an indoor track and state-of-the-art space for sports medicine, training and human performance, and rehabilitation.

2 Softball Stadium – Update to include permanent seating andpress box.

3 Golf Practice Facility – Indoor and outdoor practice space tosupport men’s and women’s programs.

4 Baseball Stadium – Update to include permanent seating and press box.

5 Soccer Stadium and Practice Field – Multifield competitionand practice facility.

6 Football Practice Fields – Realign current space to include three practice fields.

7 Football Stadium – Expand and modernize stadium to provide students, fans and supporters a unique game-day experience.

8 Aquatics Competition and Practice Facility – Competition-caliber facility to be shared with students and the Brookings community.

9 Stanley J. Marshall Building – Update and modernize current athletics offices and administration support space.

10 Frost Arena – Update with modern seating, remodeled restrooms and concession venues.

11 Wrestling Practice Facility – Expand practice area and team support areas.

12 Basketball/Volleyball/Wrestling Practice and Competition Facility – Multicourt practice facility for basketball and volleyball that also will be used as a competitionvenue for volleyball and wrestling.

The 2025 Master Plan for Athletic Facilities includes two projectsoutside the functional area on campus for intercollegiate athletics.

Tennis Competition and Practice Facility – Indoor and outdoortennis courts most likely developed at an off-campus site incollaboration with the Brookings community.

Nathelle and Lawrence DeHaan Equestrian Center – North ofthe Highway 14 Bypass, Phase 1 of the training facility wascompleted in March 2008. Future plans include a stall barn,outdoor riding arena, viewing rooms and support facilities for bothcoaches and student-athletes.

The 2025 Master Plan for Athletic Facilities presents the vision for athletic competition andpractice facilities on the South Dakota State University campus through the year 2025.

It provides direction and ideas, not details on individual projects.

The plan provides context for the location and purpose of athletic facilities in the northeast part ofcampus, the functional area for intercollegiate athletics defined in the university’s 2025 FacilityMaster Plan, updated October 2008.1

The 2025 Master Plan for Athletic Facilities embraces a core concept of the 2025 Facility MasterPlan to maintain the university’s unique identity by preserving the best architectural, landscapeand planning elements of the historic campus and incorporating them into new areas ofdevelopment.

The mission of intercollegiate athletics at South Dakota State University is to passionately andrelentlessly create an environment rooted in sportsmanship and ethical conduct where motivatedstudent-athletes can develop into lifelong champions. High-quality, modern practice andcompetition facilities support that mission by providing student-athletes the opportunity tocompete and excel at the highest levels, both athletically and academically.

Intercollegiate athletics advance the strategic goal of expanding the reach of the university inSouth Dakota, across the region and nationally.2 Suitable facilities provide a quality eventexperience for students, faculty, staff, fans, alumni and friends of the university.

Crawford Architects of Kansas City, Mo., served as the consultant for the 2025 Master Plan forAthletic Facilities. The plan drew from a thorough study of the current athletic facilities andidentified gaps to assure that athletic facilities at the university comply with the guiding principlesof the athletic facilities master plan.

The principles that guided the development of the plan are to:

• Provide student-athletes the best opportunity to become lifelong champions, to compete and succeed at the conference and NCAA championship level, and to achieve academic success;

• Optimize the quality of overall student-athlete experience, student-life experience, coaching and staff experience and fan experience;

• Assure financial integrity;

• Align with the university’s strategic plan and the strategic goal to expand the reach of the university;

• Align with the university’s 2025 Facility Master Plan (Oct. 2008); and

• Develop the intercollegiate athletics functional area in the northeast section of campus.

1 South Dakota State University, 2025 Facility Master Plan (Oct. 2008), http://www.sdstate.edu/accreditation/upload/Master-Plan.pdf

2 South Dakota State University Strategic Plan, “Achieving National Distinction, Strengthening Local Relevance,” goal 3, http://www.sdstate.edu/about/president/strategic/index.cfm

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2025 Master Plan for Athletic Facilities

The 2025 Master Plan for Athletic Facilities supports the university’s2025 Facility Master Plan. The facility master plan presents the vision forphysical transformation of the campus through 2025 and is a criticalcomponent to help advance the university’s mission and meet the academicneeds of the students.

The 2025 Facility Master Plan emphasizes a framework that:

• Celebrates the university’s land-grant mission and heritage;

• Promotes a partnership with the city of Brookings;

• Sets a standard for the quality of spaces within the campus to enrich students’ academic and campus-life experience, and engenders respect for the physical environment;

• Embraces a unique identity;

• Creates a user-friendly campus that is welcoming, easily navigable, and accommodating for visitors, students, faculty and staff; and

• Establishes an environment that nurtures interaction and communication.

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