Hawley Field

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Hawley Field
Location Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Coordinates 39°39′03″N 79°59′05″W / 39.650715°N 79.984793°W / 39.650715; -79.984793
Opened 1971
Renovated 2013
Owner West Virginia University
Operator West Virginia University
Surface Natural grass
Capacity 1,500
Field dimensions Left Field: 325 ft
Left Center Field: 375 ft
Center Field: 390 ft
Right Center Field: 375 ft
Right Field: 325 ft
Tenants
West Virginia Mountaineers baseball (1971-present)
A-10 Tournament (1985)

Hawley Field is a baseball field in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. Along with Appalachian Power Park in Charleston, West Virginia, it is one of two home venues of the West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team. The stadium holds 1,500 spectators.

Hawley Field hosted the 1985 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament, which the Mountaineers won on their home field.[1]

Prior to the 2013 season, the facility's infield was resodded.[2]

West Virginia joined the Big 12 Conference following the 2012 season. Since Hawley Field does not meet Big 12 Conference standards, and the state legislature turned down a plan for a taxpayer funded replacement, the Mountaineers will, in 2013, play three of their four home conference series at Appalachian Power Park in Charleston and one at Linda K. Epling Stadium in Beckley (160 and 185 miles from campus, respectively). Non-conference games will continue to be played at Hawley Field.[3]

In 2013, the Mountaineers ranked 50th among Division I baseball programs in attendance, averaging 1,328 per home game.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Record Book". CSTV. Atlantic 10 Conference. p. 17. Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2012. 
  2. ↑ Dovey, Grant (January 9, 2013). "Hawley Field Receives Facelift". WVUSports.com. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2013. 
  3. ↑ Toquinto, Jeff (May 20, 2012). "Bridgeport Still Option for WVU Baseball, but Charleston, Others to See Team in 2013". Connect-Bridgeport.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2012. 
  4. ↑ Cutler, Tami (June 11, 2013). "2013 Division I Baseball Attendance - Final Report". Sportswriters.net. NCBWA. Archived from the original on July 20, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2013. 

External links

Baseball parks of the Big 12 Conference
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