Bethany College Bethel College Friends University Kansas Wesleyan University McPherson College Ottawa University Southwestern College Sterling College Tabor College University of Saint Mary KCAC Philosophy of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Our intention is that intercollegiate athletics, among Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) members, be an integral part of the total educational process. Through athletics, participants find one more avenue to experience and understand themselves, others, and the world in which they live. In the act of competition there is an emphasis on commitment, cooperation, high achievement, and working toward a common goal. Member institutions, although varied and diverse, share a common commitment to Christian values, high standards of character development, moral integrity, and social values. The KCAC supports equality in all facets of athletics. The KCAC is subject to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) rules and regulations. The governance of the KCAC, like that of the NAIA, is based upon the integrity of member institutions. The KCAC embraces the concept of “acting so as to bring about the greatest possible good” and considers specific “conditions” when making decisions that will impact either the conference or individual institutions. Purpose of Stadium Guide This 2009-2010 stadium guide is the first of its kind for the KCAC from the conference level. The guide is designed with the express purpose of highlighting the excellent football and soccer facilities at each KCAC member institution. Our schools continue to provide superior complexes for their student athletes. The commissioner’s office hopes this guide to be accurate and a food resource. This stadium guide should help new and returning fans of the KCAC understand more about each school’s football and soccer facilities. Each page is filled with facts and statistics of the individual football and soccer stadium’s in the conference. Acknowledgements This stadium guide was the idea and creation of Bryant Tyler, a college student who completed an internship with the KCAC conference office in the Summer of 2009. Many thanks go out to Bryant for collecting the information from the member schools and building these pages. I would personally like to thank all the sport information director’s of the KCAC who provided this information and delivered it to Bryant. - Dr. Scott Crawford, Commissioner • The Anderson Athletic Complex includes the newly- named, Lindstrom Football Field and the D.L. Anderson Memorial Track • Capacity: 2,500 • The locker rooms, training rooms, and changing rooms for the officials are all located adjacent to the football field and are easily accessible during games. Facility Features: • Electronic Scoreboard • Handicap Accessible • Lights • Concession Stand • Artificial Turf • Press box with media resources • Lindstrom Football Field is not only home to Swedes football, but also Swedes men’s and women’s soccer. • The main parking lot is located south of the gym, which is located just south of the stadium. Several hundred spaces are available here. Street-side parking also is available along the street that runs parallel behind the stadium. • Joe W. Goering Field at Thresher Stadium • Capacity 2,500 • The newest addition to our facilities is the $5.5 million Thresher Stadium. It is home to Thresher football, soccer and track. Football and men’s and women’s soccer compete on the artificial turf of Joe W. Goering Field Facility Features: • Locker rooms with showers • Changing rooms for officials • Electronic Scoreboard • Lights • Concession Stand • Artificial Turf • Press Box with media resources, and internet capability • Sound system • Thresher Stadium is also home to Thresher’s men’s and women’s soccer. • Parking Capacity for Thresher Stadium is 296 spots with an additional 132 available parking spaces across the street at Kaufman Museum . • Hoyt Field at Adair-Austin Stadium • Capacity 3,000 • In the winter of 2006, Falcon Athletics installed a state of the art Sportexe Momentum 46 brand turf system, which will accommodate both their football and soccer prgrams. This field sets in Friends’ Adair-Austin Stadium, which also houses a “Eurotan S” Sandwich Track surface system, one of the best grades of track available. This state of the art system provides superior workout facilities Falcon Athletics' track and field programs. Facility Features • Electronic Scoreboard • Lights • Concession Stand • Artificial Turf • Press Box with media resources, and internet capability • Sound system • Spotters nest • Adair-Austin Stadium is also home to the men’s and women’s soccer teams of Friends University. • The main parking lot is located just north of the stadium, Parking capacity for Adair-Austin Stadium is 300. • Salina Stadium • Capacity. 7,000 • Salina Stadium is the home for Kansas Wesleyan Football and some soccer matches this year. The Stadium seats nearly 7,000 fans and is complete with synthetic turf, a new scoreboard which was built in 2007. Salina Stadium: Facility Features • Locker rooms with showers • Changing rooms for officials • Electronic Scoreboard • Lights • Concession Stand • Artificial Turf • Press Box with media resources, and internet capability • Sound system Gene Bissell Field at Martin Stadium Salina Soccer Complex • Martin Stadium is also home to Kansas Wesleyan men and women's soccer. • The men’s and women’s soccer team will also play at the Salina Soccer Complex, Bissell Field, and Salina Stadium. • Martin Stadium with a capacity of 2,500. • Gene Bissell field will be the site of two KWU soccer matches and all of JV football games in 2009. • McPherson Stadium • Capacity: 3,000 • McPherson College and the McPherson school district joined forces on a $3.9 million athletics facilities renovation project on the Stadium and Sport Center. • Improvements to the Stadium included a new track and Sprinturf playing field for football and soccer. McPherson also host’s men’s and women’s track and field events. Facility Features: • Locker rooms with showers • Changing rooms for officials • Electronic Scoreboard • Lights • Concession Stand • Artificial Turf • Press Box with media resources, and internet capability • Sound system • Spotters nest • McPherson Stadium hosts Bulldog football and Bulldog men’s and women’s soccer. • There is on-site parking available to all fans. • Peoples Bank Field • Capacity: 3,000 Facility Features: • Locker rooms with showers • Changing rooms for officials • Electronic Scoreboard • Lights • Concession Stand • Artificial Turf • Press Box with media resources, and internet capability • Sound system • Peoples Bank Field is not only home to OU football but also OU men’s and women’s soccer. • There is on-site parking available to all fans. • Art Kahler Field at Sonnor Stadium • Capacity 4,000 • Available parking is around campus and on nearby side streets. Facility Features: • Locker rooms with showers • Changing rooms for officials • Electronic Scoreboard • Lights • Concession Stand • Artificial Turf • Press Box with media resources, and internet capability • Sound system • Southwestern men’s and women’s soccer teams play their home games at the Southwestern Soccer Complex. • Capacity 750 • Available parking is around campus and on nearby side streets. • McCracken Field at Smisor Stadium • Capacity 3,000 • Smisor Stadium is the home of the Sterling College Warrior football program. It is a great setting for college football and a dominate landmark on the Sterling College campus. • In 2008, Smisor Stadium received a greatly needed face-lift through a cooperative agreement between the Sterling USD and the college. The field is natural grass, a perfected athletic blend of fescue and bluegrass that sits on a sandy loam foundation. The best spot for viewing the field is the newly renovated press box area atop the stadium. Facility Features: • Locker rooms with showers • Changing rooms for officials • Electronic Scoreboard • Lights • Concession Stand • Natural Grass • Press Box with media resources, and internet capability • Sound system • The Sterling men’s and women’s soccer teams play their home games at Sterling College Soccer Field. • Capacity 250 • There are available parking spots on both sides of Smisor Stadium. • Sterling College Soccer Field has available parking on the east side only. • Joel H. Wiens Stadium • Capacity 3,000 • Scheduled for completion for the upcoming 2009-10 sports season, Tabor College's new 2,500-seat Joel H. Wiens Stadium is a state-of -the-art athletics facility for football, track and field, and soccer built in a cooperative effort between Tabor College and the Hillsboro School District (USD 410). Synthetic field turf has been installed on historic Reimer Field , and a new synthetic surface has been laid on the 400 meter track. In addition, excellent new field event venues have been created outside of the stadium. For spectators, elevated stadium seating has been added on the home side along with a new press box, concession stand and restroom facilities. At the north end of the new stadium lies the new Tabor Athletic Center, housing locker rooms, athletic offices, and the Tabor College Bluejays Hall of Fame. Facility Features: • Locker rooms with showers • Changing rooms for officials • Electronic Scoreboard • Lights • Concession Stand • Artificial Turf • Press Box with media resources, and internet capability • Joel H. Wiens Stadium is also home to the Tabor College men’s and women’s soccer. • There are 230 available