HERKIMER — Herkimer County Community College recently announced it has formally broken ground on a series of projects to transform the college’s athletic facilities to elevate the experience for student athletes, officials, and fans. The project will modernize existing spaces, enhance accessibility, and create “top-tier” competition venues with an expected completion by the end of […]
HERKIMER — Herkimer County Community College recently announced it has formally broken ground on a series of projects to transform the college’s athletic facilities to elevate the experience for student athletes, officials, and fans.
The project will modernize existing spaces, enhance accessibility, and create “top-tier” competition venues with an expected
completion by the end of this year. Herkimer College did not disclose a price tag for the project, nor other financial details.
“This project is a major step forward for Herkimer College athletics,” Dean of Students/Director of Athletics Don Dutcher said in the announcement. “These upgrades will not only provide our student-athletes with the resources they deserve, but will also enhance the experience for our fans, visiting teams, and the entire campus community.”
Work to renovate existing locker rooms has already begun. The initiative will create 11 new team locker rooms that will accommodate interactive coaching presentations and provide individual lockers for each athlete. Additional upgrades include two officials’ changing rooms, an expanded athletic-training room with a dedicated hydrotherapy space, and fully renovated bathrooms and showers on each floor. The work will also ensure all areas are fully ADA-compliant.
Herkimer College is also making improvements to its outdoor athletic venues including overhauling its storm-prone baseball field and creating a companion softball stadium of equal caliber. The modern fields will address recurring game cancellations by providing a “state-of-the-art, all-weather home field” on campus. The design plan includes the complete repositioning and rebuilding of both diamonds using synthetic turf, LED lighting systems, elevated bleacher platforms, press boxes, dugouts, batting tunnels, scoreboards, and flagpoles.
The Herkimer Generals have 19 intercollegiate athletic teams that participate in NJCAA Division III.
