Honey Field
FACILITIES Bard Department of Athletics & Recreation
Honey Field
Honey Field is entirely AstroTurf, making it the only such facility in the region. Even after heavy rain, it will be playable. Below, there are enclosed bullpens along both baselines.
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he latest addition to Bard College's athletic facilities is Honey Field, a baseball facility which was completed in 2014. e product of an anonymous donation, it's entirely AstroTurf, making it the only such venue in the region. It's 320 feet down both lines and 390 feet to dead center field. In addition to dugouts, there are bullpens for both home and away teams and a batting cage on the home side of the field. Seating behind the plate accommodates approximately 230 fans, though the grassy hillside in right field and other spots along the baselines offer hundreds more fans a good view of the field. A press box set into the bleachers behind home plate houses the public address system and the controls for the digital scoreboard. Varsity baseball at Bard was restarted in 2012 aer a 76-year absence. e team played its first two seasons without a practice field and without a home field.
FACILITIES Bard Department of Athletics & Recreation
StevensonAthleticCenter e 69,000-square-foot Stevenson Athletic Center was expanded and renovated in 2012. It includes a 25-yard, six-lane swimming pool, state-of-the-art squash courts, a 3,300-square-foot cardiovascular, aerobics and strength training center, and a 12,500square foot gymnasium.
FACILITIES Bard Department of Athletics & Recreation
LorenzoFerrariSoccer&LacrosseComplex e Lorenzo Ferrari Soccer & Lacrosse Complex includes two grass fields: Ferrari Main, which is the lighted game field for varsity soccer and lacrosse,
and Ferrari North, which is a practice field used to both teams and by other groups as well. ese are located behind Stevenson Athletic Center.
StevensonAthleticCenterTennisCourts Located outside the North side of the Stevenson Athletic Center at the tennis courts. ere are six hard-surface courts used by both varsity programs, the public, and faculty and staff. e are lights on the courts for evening events.
Also
If you want to be active and you also want to be outside, the Bard campus offers a variety of options. e campus is checkered with miles of trails for hiking, biking, cross-country running or Nordic skiing. Many of these options offer breathtaking views of the Catskill Mountains or Hudson River.
Honey Field
Honey Field is entirely AstroTurf, making it the only such facility in the region. Even after heavy rain, it will be playable. Below, there are enclosed bullpens along both baselines.
T
he latest addition to Bard College's athletic facilities is Honey Field, a baseball facility which was completed in 2014. e product of an anonymous donation, it's entirely AstroTurf, making it the only such venue in the region. It's 320 feet down both lines and 390 feet to dead center field. In addition to dugouts, there are bullpens for both home and away teams and a batting cage on the home side of the field. Seating behind the plate accommodates approximately 230 fans, though the grassy hillside in right field and other spots along the baselines offer hundreds more fans a good view of the field. A press box set into the bleachers behind home plate houses the public address system and the controls for the digital scoreboard. Varsity baseball at Bard was restarted in 2012 aer a 76-year absence. e team played its first two seasons without a practice field and without a home field.
FACILITIES Bard Department of Athletics & Recreation
StevensonAthleticCenter e 69,000-square-foot Stevenson Athletic Center was expanded and renovated in 2012. It includes a 25-yard, six-lane swimming pool, state-of-the-art squash courts, a 3,300-square-foot cardiovascular, aerobics and strength training center, and a 12,500square foot gymnasium.
FACILITIES Bard Department of Athletics & Recreation
LorenzoFerrariSoccer&LacrosseComplex e Lorenzo Ferrari Soccer & Lacrosse Complex includes two grass fields: Ferrari Main, which is the lighted game field for varsity soccer and lacrosse,
and Ferrari North, which is a practice field used to both teams and by other groups as well. ese are located behind Stevenson Athletic Center.
StevensonAthleticCenterTennisCourts Located outside the North side of the Stevenson Athletic Center at the tennis courts. ere are six hard-surface courts used by both varsity programs, the public, and faculty and staff. e are lights on the courts for evening events.
Also
If you want to be active and you also want to be outside, the Bard campus offers a variety of options. e campus is checkered with miles of trails for hiking, biking, cross-country running or Nordic skiing. Many of these options offer breathtaking views of the Catskill Mountains or Hudson River.
