PIONEER
HALL
Pioneer Hall was
completed in the spring of 1998 and brings much-needed academic
facilities to Texas Woman's University. Builders broke ground
on the $17 million project March 8, 1996. Several university
programs utilize the building including the Department of
Kinesiology, Dance, Recreational Sports, Conference Services,
Wellness Services, and Intercollegiate Athletics.
Pioneer Hall contains
140,000 square feet of space on three floors. The multipurpose
gymnasium, which was named Kitty Winter Magee Arena after
the longtime women's athletics pioneer, is on the ground level
and has an initial bleacher seating capacity of 1,800 that
can be increased to 2,700. Magee Arena is used as the competition
site for volleyball, basketball, gymnastics, and recreational
sports. A natatorium is also on the first floor. The pool
width is sized to accommodate eight lanes of non-competitive
swimming and six lanes of competitive swimming. The athletic
training room and team locker rooms are located on the first
floor as well. The remaining space houses classrooms, conference
rooms and seminar rooms. The laboratories - multimedia, research
and teaching - have state of the art technology.
TWU Intercollegiate
Athletics is on the second floor along with the Department
of Kinesiology. There are also more classrooms, academic offices,
racquetball courts, a fitness room, and a weight room with
the latest equipment.
Two large dance/aerobics
studios can be found on the third floor. Also, a one-tenth
mile suspended track overlooks the playing arena.
ATHLETIC TRAINING
ROOM
TWU Athletic
Training seeks to provide the finest preventive education,
medical care and physical rehabilitation possible for
all Pioneer student-athletes.
The TWU training
room features the most modern physical therapy and therapeutic
exercise equipment available. It is located on the first
floor of Pioneer Hall.
Even though
every preventive measure is taken, injuries do occur.
The TWU athletic training staff develops an individualized
rehab program for each injured athlete. Each athlete's
progress is closely supervised.
Before an
athlete is allowed to return to competition, she must
receive medical clearance from the team physician and
pass a series of tests that measure strength, endurance,
range of motion, and functional skill.
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TWU TENNIS COURTS
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With the construction
of Pioneer Hall, the TWU Tennis Courts had to be removed
and new ones built on the east side of campus adjacent
to Pioneer Field and the TWU Golf Course. Eight high-quality
courts were finished in 1996, and the Pioneers hosted
the 1997 Lone Star Conference Men's and Women's Tennis
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FIELD
Pioneer
Field is nestled between the TWU Golf Course and the
university president's residence on the east side of
campus. It has an excellent spectator area with a sloping
hill overlooking the field. The softball complex, which
features a press box and bleacher seating, recently
had permanent lights added. The complex was constructed
to meet the requirements  to
host NCAA regional and national tournaments as well
as high school playoff games.
The grass,
the same type found in The Ballpark in Arlington, home
of the Texas Rangers, is a mixture of rye in the winter
and bermuda in the spring and summer.
Each dugout
has a restroom, a water fountain, electricity, benches,
and storage for gear. The 27-foot scoreboard features
inning by inning scoring.
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