What is Happening in the Future with the Bell Center?
The Bell Center has some serious renovations planned for the future. In the past Trinity has not had teams (other than tennis) that were serious contenders for championships. Trinity was thought of as a school that allowed students to graduate with a great education while also having the ability to play their sport for four more years. Sports was kind of an afterthought.
The Bell Center will undergo several huge renovations. First comes the entire first floor. Trinity has decided to basically whipe the first floor clear and rebuild. The locker rooms will be upgraded to house the large number of athletes thast Trinity now has. They will be fitted with whiteboards and televisions to watch film and to draw plays. According to Seth Asbury, associate athletic director for Trinity University, "the Bell Center is used by over 75% of the campuses population, whether that is student, faculty or staff".
Not only will the locker rooms be upgraded, but so will the weight lifting facilities for both athletes and students alike. Trinity is bulding a two-story facility for students to use. The lower floor will be free wieghts and the second story will be a cardio and machine lifting room. This new structure will be attaxched where the current main entrance is and will stretch out almost to the staircase. Trinity is going to seperate the athletes from the students by building a state of the art lifting and training facility. It will consist of 20 racks with weights along with a 30 yard turf field that will be used for stretching and for short distance sprints. This new facility will be located where the current squash courts are located. They will levae one court for students to ue but the other five are being removed so this amazing facility can be built.
They have recently sanded and removed the old logos from Sams gym and Webster gym and painted the new logo on both courts.
The training room will also be extended in order to house more space for treating atheltes with their various injuries.
Trinity's Recent Sporting Success
Over the last several years, the Women's Baskekball team has reached the sweet sixteen with consistancy, the soccer team has reached the final four two years in a row, and the baseball team has won a National Championship. Trinity no longer wants to be known as the school that doesn't care about athletics or their facilities, but as the school that outfits champions and extremly smart students and student athletes.