Charleston, South Carolina, Sept. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Founders Federal Credit Union introduced on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, a $2.1 million present to help in the development of a baseball efficiency middle on the College of Charleston’s baseball services at Patriots Point Athletics Complex. The present is the most important in College of Charleston athletics historical past.
The new constructing can be named the Founders Baseball Performance Center.
From left: Athletics Director Matt Roberts, Founders CEO Bruce Brumfield, baseball coach Chad Holbrook and CofC President Andrew Hsu.
“This partnership and naming agreement with Founders Federal Credit Union is an exciting opportunity for the College of Charleston,” says College of Charleston President Andrew T. Hsu. “Founders has done great work with their other university collaborations in the region, and I know this record-breaking gift for our athletics program will go a long way in supporting our student-athletes and coaching staff as they set new records for our Cougars baseball program.”
The facility will embrace locker rooms, staff rooms and video rooms with cutting-edge coaching expertise, a hydrotherapy coaching space, out of doors patio and membership areas for donors and new coaches’ workplaces. Earlier this 12 months, the College of Charleston Board of Trustees authorised an preliminary proposal for the baseball services to set up a brand-new turf subject, new stadium lights and a brand new video board to exchange the present one.
“We are beyond excited to be a part of the Patriots Point Athletics Complex and assist in providing this top-notch athletic program with the facilities they deserve so they can successfully compete and continue to bring attention and recognition to this region,” says Founders CEO Bruce Brumfield. “Every exchange with the College of Charleston and, most specifically their athletic coaches, staff and athletes, has been nothing but positive and encouraging as we have built this relationship. We look forward to partnering with Coach Holbrook and his team and are excited for the future of this organization, our collaboration, and the things to come at Patriots Point.”
“We are very appreciative of the extraordinary commitment given to our baseball program by Founders Federal Credit Union,” says College of Charleston Athletics Director Matt Roberts. “Their leadership embraces the vision we have to provide an elite experience for our student-athletes. The record-breaking and transformational gift to help fund our baseball performance center will positively impact hundreds of student-athletes for years to come.”
And the brand new efficiency middle will present a spread of alternatives for the baseball staff to develop and help its student-athletes.
“What a great day this is for our baseball program,” says College of Charleston head baseball coach Chad Holbrook. “Founders Federal Credit Union is a first-class organization led by a dynamic group of people who have prided themselves in giving back to the community. Our partnership with Founders will create amazing opportunities for our student-athletes and dramatically enhance their athletic experience at the College. It will also help to grow our brand both locally and nationally as we continue to recruit student-athletes who best fit our culture here at the College. We are truly humbled by the confidence Founders has in our Athletics Department and baseball program.”
The Founders Baseball Performance Center is a component of a multimillion-dollar enchancment plan to the baseball services on the Patriots Point Athletics Complex. The challenge, designed in coordination with McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture agency, seeks to equip CofC baseball with the services mandatory to stay aggressive each throughout the Colonial Athletic Association and the nationwide panorama.
- Founders Baseball Performance Center
