Frank Eck Stadium is a baseball stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana . It hosts the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish college baseball team. The stadium holds 2,500 people and was built in 1994. The stadium was named after Frank Eck, an alumnus, benefactor and advisor to the university.
6-475: Since its construction, the stadium has hosted three NCAA Regionals, 1999 , 2001 and 2021 . In June 1991, the university announced a decision to build a new baseball stadium southeast of the Joyce Center . Frank Eck, a wealthy benefactor and alumnus of the university, helped subsidize the cost of the new stadium with a sizable contribution; the total cost of the new stadium would be $ 5.7 million. Due to
12-519: A baseball venue in Indiana is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 1999 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#Columbus Super Regional The 1999 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1999 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball . The tournament was expanded to 64 teams for 1999, adding a Super Regional. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in
18-501: A complete remodel of the locker rooms to include 36 brand new, 30-inch wood lockers, including four specially designed corner lockers for the catchers, as well as flat-screen, HD televisions and installation of FieldTurf for the entire field. The facility has a clubhouse and locker room, training area and team rooms, indoor and outdoor hitting cages, turf field, press box, lights for night play, bench and stadium chair seating, entry plaza, concessions and restrooms. This article about
24-554: The College World Series , a double-elimination tournament in its fifty third year. Sixteen regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event, with each winner advancing to a best of three series against another regional champion for the right to play in the College World Series. Each region was composed of four teams, resulting in 64 teams participating in the tournament at
30-461: The conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The fifty-third tournament's champion was Miami (FL) , coached by Jim Morris . The Most Outstanding Player was Marshall McDougall of Florida State University . Bold indicates CWS participant. Bold indicates winner. Hosted by Rice at the Astrodome The following players were members of
36-506: The donation, the new stadium would be named after Eck. Construction on the new stadium would finish in Spring 1994, with the Irish's first game in the stadium being held on March 30, with a 7–6 win against Indiana . Since its construction, Frank Eck Stadium has been renovated several times. These upgrades include, but are not limited to: a 9,000-square foot indoor hitting and pitching facility;
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