athleticsstaffKnights’ Athletic StaffAdministrationSkip WelchAsst. Dir. of <strong>Athletics</strong>/Dir. of Event Mgmt.Jim VargoAsst. Director of <strong>Athletics</strong>/Director of RecruitingMarilyn StaplesAsst. Director of <strong>Athletics</strong>/Sr. Women’s AdministratorAnn JirkovskyFaculty <strong>Athletics</strong> Rep.Linda Burt<strong>Athletics</strong> Secretary/Office ManagerTraci SiemensAdministrative AssistantDavid KrebsHead Athletic TrainerHeidi NeitzkeAssistant AthleticTrainerBrad BluestoneAssistant AthleticTrainerJohn SpugnardiSports InformationDirectorPatrick CrushAsst. SportsInformation DirectorChris CooperGrad. Asst. SportsInformation DirectorHead CoachesDeron SpinkBaseballScott DavenportBasketball, Men’sDavid SmithBasketball, Women’sJim VargoCross Country,Track & FieldDon HubbuchField HockeyErnie DenhamGolf, Men’sArt HenryGolf, Women’sBart SullivanLacrosseTim ChastonaySoccer, Men’sJonathan VelottaSoccer, Women’sRenee HicksSoftballJohn MicanTennis, Men’s & Women’sDan PalmerVolleyballknights <strong>2011</strong>36
athleticfacilitiesOwsley B. Frazier StadiumIn the fall of 2007, <strong>Bellarmine</strong> dedicated the $5.1 million Owsley B.Frazier Stadium on the school’s campus, just off of Newburg Road. Thisstate-of-the-art facility is now the home of <strong>Bellarmine</strong>’s soccer, fieldhockey, lacrosse, and track teams. The artificial field surface, called theJoseph P. and Janet A. Clayton Field, was installed by the Motz Groupand is the same “24/7” product as can be found at the football fieldsused by the Miami Dolphins and the <strong>University</strong> of Kentucky. The trackfacilities include an eight-lane dual-durometer polyurethane pouredsurface provided by Benyon Sport Surfaces, as well as three long jumppits, two pole vault areas, a high jump pit, and a water steeplechase pit.The field can also be fully lit for night play. It seats approximately 2,000spectators and has a concession stand and press box facility.Knights Field<strong>Bellarmine</strong>’s baseball and softball teams each have a home at KnightsField. Both diamonds are natural grass and are located on campus. Thebaseball field was built in 1954 and has been renovated several times.It now features an elevated press box overlooking home plate as wellas covered dugouts, bullpens, a batting cage and a large electronicscoreboard in right field. The field dimensions are 360 feet down theleft field line (where the fence is now 20-feet hight), 385 feet to deadcenter, and 340 feet down the right-field line.The softball field has a full service concession stand located behindhome plate as well as covered dugouts and an electronic scoreboardlocated in left field. The field dimensions are 190 feet down the foullines and 220 feet to center. Both fields have bleacher seating to accommodate300 spectators as well as ample hillside grass seating.Eddie Weber tennis complexHome to the men’s and women’s tennis teams, the Eddie Weber TennisComplex features six hard surface courts, which were recentlyconverted from clay. The Knights tennis teams also practice and competeon three indoor courts within the adjacent Sports, Recreationand Fitness facility.knights <strong>2011</strong>37Knights HallKnights Hall is home to <strong>Bellarmine</strong> basketball and volleyball. Builtin 1960, Knights Hall has an atmosphere all its own and can seat upto 2,400 passionate Knight fans in its current configuration. While“retro” in appearance, Knights Hall has plenty of modern amenities.The newly remodeled President’s room, complete with couches anda bar, overlooks the court from the east baseline, while the recentlyre-painted court includes the BU logo and the NBA charge line. Thescorers’ bench features five back-lit tables and a modern sound andpublic address system.Besides housing all of <strong>Bellarmine</strong>’s home basketball and volleyballcontests, Knights Hall is also used for numerous high school games,graduation ceremonies, and concerts. The Hall was dedicated in 1960with a home game against the <strong>University</strong> of Louisville and has sincefeatured some great matchups starting in the ’60s with rival and NAIAnational champion Kentucky State, to Fly Williams and his teamsfrom Austin Peay, all the way up to the Knight’s women’s basketballregional championship games of the ’90s. The arena has also hostedsome very special guests including Mother Teresa, the Grateful Dead,Jimmy Buffett and Pete Rose among others. In 2007, Knights Hallwas featured on ESPN when NBA greats such as Bill Walton, DarrellGriffith, and Kenny “Sky” Walker judged the McDonald’s High SchoolAll-American Slam Dunk Contest.