A large crowd gathered Saturday morning for the dedication of the new Schmidt-Bickle Indoor Training Facility on the Fort Hays State campus.
Click below to listen to some of the comments from Saturday dedication…
FHSU President Dr. Edward Hammond
The 50,400-square-foot facility on the site of the former football practice field between Lewis Field and Big Creek will serve as an indoor practice venue for multiple Tiger sports teams.
The facility has a 65-yard, artificial-turf practice field; batting cages; a 70-yard, three-lane synthetic track with jump pits; a 5,000 square-foot state of the art weight room; and a team meeting room.
The total cost of the project was about $4.2 million and was made possible by major gifts from the families of Bob and Pat Schmidt and Don and Chris Bickle and by the generosity of many other donors. The Schmidts and Bickles both donated $1 million each to launch the project.