Gene Michael Field
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 Schoonover Stadium
Schoonover Stadium
Location in the United States and Ohio
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| Full name | Olga Mural Field at Schoonover Stadium |
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| Former names | Gene Michael Field (1990–2003) |
| Location | 1544 Campus Center Drive Kent, Ohio, 44242 United States |
| Coordinates | 41°08′08″N 81°20′34″W / 41.135646°N 81.342913°WCoordinates: 41°08′08″N 81°20′34″W / 41.135646°N 81.342913°W |
| Owner | Kent State University |
| Operator | Kent State University |
| Capacity | 1,148 |
| Surface | Shaw Sports Turf |
| Scoreboard | Electronic |
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| Opened | 1966 |
| Renovated | 2005 |
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Kent State Golden Flashes (NCAA) (1966–present) |
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Olga Mural Field at Schoonover Stadium is a baseball venue located on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, United States. It is home to the Kent State Golden Flashes baseball team, a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in Division I and the Mid-American Conference East Division. The field opened in 1966 and was previously known as Gene Michael Field from 1990 to 2003. The field was renamed in late 2003 and renovated in 2005 with additional upgrades made from 2006 through 2008 and again in 2013 to 2014. It has a seating capacity of 1,148 people with a Shaw Sports Turf synthetic playing surface.
The field was built in 1966, replacing Memorial Field, which was located along Summit Street adjacent to Memorial Stadium. The site of Memorial Field was needed for construction of the university's new 12-story library and a science classroom building, later named Williams Hall. Memorial Field was built in 1960 and was used for games from 1961–1965. While at Memorial Field, in 1964, the team qualified for its first NCAA tournament and hosted the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Memorial Field had been built to replace the team's previous field, which opened in 1941 and was located on the opposite side of Memorial Stadium, after that area was used as a site for a new classroom building, Bowman Hall.
The first game at the new baseball field, which had no official name, was May 3, 1966 against the Ohio State Buckeyes. Initial plans called for the new field to be adjacent to a new football stadium, but the stadium would later be built at a different site further east as Dix Stadium. In 1990, the field was dedicated in honor of Kent State alumnus Gene Michael, who played and managed professionally in Major League Baseball. Later that decade, permanent bleacher seating was added behind home plate.
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