Trinity Before Calgaard

Before Calgaard came to Trinity, the school offered athletic scholarships for all sports. When all athletics scholarships except for those in tennis were discontinued, the quality of those other sports programs slumped. Few wins, lack of funding for women’s teams, and low attendance at games were all indicative of the decline. The only full time coaches were for tennis, volleyball, baseball, and men’s basketball. What is now called the Bell Athletic Center was in dire need of renovation. As Justin Parker puts it, except for tennis “we were bad in the mid 80’s (“Parker Jenkins Interview”, 2019).”