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As the only arts college in the United States with a comprehensive athletics program, the Savannah College of Art and Design has distinguished itself as an institution that values the development of the whole student, encouraging students to participate in athletics. More and more students are integrating health, exercise and wellness as important components of their daily lives.

More than 300 SCAD students participate in varsity sports during their time at the college. The college competes at the intercollegiate level in men and women’s basketball, cross country, equestrian, golf, soccer, swimming and tennis; women’s softball and volleyball; and men’s baseball and lacrosse. Fencing, cheerleading and women’s lacrosse are also offered as club sports. SCAD also offers a comprehensive intramurals program in which approximately 1,200 students actively participate.

Each year SCAD student-athletes are recognized locally, regionally and nationally for excellence in the classroom as well as in athletic competition. Several SCAD teams have ranked among the nation’s top 25 teams in recent years including men’s golf, men’s basketball, women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s softball, men’s and women’s swimming, volleyball, men’s and women’s tennis and women’s cross country.

The SCAD athletics program and operating principles are consistent with the college’s high standards of academic scholarship, leadership, integrity and sportsmanship. The athletics department coaches, administration and staff are committed to providing all student-athletes with an outstanding collegiate athletics experience. To that end, the student-athlete is encouraged to develop both academic and athletic abilities in an environment where the foremost goal is the successful completion of the college’s academic requirements for graduation.


The New Athletics Center

The new Savannah College of Art and Design athletics center is scheduled to be located adjacent to the Ronald C. Waranch Equestrian Center on the Telfair Plantation, an 80-acre site located across the Talmadge Memorial Bridge from Savannah on Highway 17 in South Carolina.

The new athletics center will be capable of hosting local, state, regional and national events, athletic or non-athletic in nature. If needed, the center may be utilized for many of SCAD's own premier events.

SCAD currently uses facilities throughout the city of Savannah: the Civic Center, Chatham County Aquatic Center, Grayson Stadium, Allen E. Paulson Softball Complex, Savannah High School, Bacon Park Tennis Courts, St. Paul’s Activity Center, Chatham County Soccer Complex and Forsyth Park.

In the yet-to-be-named center, athletic competition, education and recreation will be integrated under one roof. For the first time, SCAD's athletics coaches and staff, now divided among different college buildings, will be able to communicate and work together with ease.

"Our sports teams have proven themselves as outstanding programs and now need facilities to support them," Senior Vice President Glenn E. Wallace Jr. said. "Both the athletics center and the Ronald C. Waranch Equestrian Center give our students opportunities to participate in a college-level athletics program typically only available to students attending liberal arts universities." The new structure will allow SCAD athletics programs and wellness endeavors to be truly integrated, not only as programs but as vital components of the educational and community life at the college.


Naming Opportunities

Athletics center	$1,000,000
Athletics arena	$750,000
Atrium entrance	$250,000
Concessions	$25,000
Ticket center	Named
Donor wall	Named
Scoreboard	$250,000
Team locker rooms	$250,000
Athletic training room	$150,000
Equipment room	$150,000
Coaches offices	$25,000 ea.
Coaches dressing rooms	$25,000 ea.
Meeting/conference room	$100,000
Press room	$50,000
Sports copy and print room	$50,000
Fitness and weight room	$250,000
Soccer, softball and lacrosse fields	$150,000 ea.
Press box and scoreboards	$100,000 ea.
Field seating (bleachers)	$75,000 ea.
Field lighting	$100,000 ea.

Donors giving $1,000 or more will be recognized on a plaque prominently displayed on the donor wall of the new athletics center. Special gift arrangements may be structured and paid over a period of time. All gifts are tax deductible.

For more information call the office of institutional advancement at 912.525.5856.


View of the New Athletics Center

Level 1

•	The atrium lobby (the athletics center entrance) is a dramatic 1,859-square-foot area focused on interactive exhibits.	Click on image to enlarge.
•	Comprised of oak wood floor courts, the gymnasium/arena is designed to accommodate 800-1,000 spectators.
•	The sports medicine suite/training room affords 1,000 square-feet of treatment space, including treatment tables, taping tables, a whirlpool machine and storage space.
•	The center also features an equipment and laundry room, a mechanical room, a varsity locker room, and opponents’ locker rooms.

Level 2

•	The weight room and cardio mezzanine (4,300 square feet) offer free weights and cardiovascular and strength training machines on two stories forvarsity teams and the SCAD community alike.	Click on image to enlarge.
•	The conference room will serve educational and recreational purposes andwill provide seating for meetings and other occasions while offering appealing views of the arena and video capabilities for coaches and teams.
•	The center also features a coaches’ locker room, coaches’ offices, a mechanical room, a climbing wall, a work room and a press box.

Athletic and Intramural Fields

•	Outdoor amenities will be comprised of two lighted multipurpose fields for the soccer teams, lacrosse team and intramural activities and one lightedsoftball field.	Click on image to enlarge.
•	Each field will include a press box and spectator seating.