Eric the Red
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Damn, they didn't call it... Eric the Red practice facility. What my money's no good here.
BY STEVEN M. SIPPLE / Lincoln Journal Star
The new indoor practice facility on the NU campus has a new name — the Howard and Rhonda Hawks Championship Center.
The university also announced Wednesday that the Hawks family made “a very generous gift” to the NU Athletic Department for the new Memorial Stadium expansion project. The family has asked that the amount remain undisclosed.
The naming of the practice facility — which features a full-length football field — will become official with approval by the NU Board of Regents, of which Hawks is a member.
“The greatest asset we have in Nebraska are terrific people,” Husker athletic director Steve Pederson said in a prepared statement. “I cannot think of two finer people in the state than Howard and Rhonda.”
Howard Hawks said his family was excited to help the university.
“This allows us to show our appreciation of the entire athletic department, led by Steve Pederson, and the student-athletes’ commitment to competitive excellence, sportsmanship, and character in all sports,” he said in a statement.
The Nebraska football team late last season began practicing in the center, part of a far-reaching plan to upgrade Husker athletic facilities, originally announced by Pederson in November of 2003. Work continues on the $50 million project, expected to be completed this summer.
Although Pederson hasn’t released exact figures recently, between $16 million and $22 million is believed to have been raised and/or pledged toward the project.
Hawks has been an ardent supporter of NU athletics. In March of 2000, his donation enabled the university to move forward on the baseball stadium project near Lincoln’s downtown that since 2002 has been home to the Huskers. Hence the stadium’s official title, Hawks Field at Haymarket Park.
In addition, the College of Business Administration has an endowed chair in business ethics and leadership named for Hawks, and he was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the college in 2004.
BY STEVEN M. SIPPLE / Lincoln Journal Star
The new indoor practice facility on the NU campus has a new name — the Howard and Rhonda Hawks Championship Center.
The university also announced Wednesday that the Hawks family made “a very generous gift” to the NU Athletic Department for the new Memorial Stadium expansion project. The family has asked that the amount remain undisclosed.
The naming of the practice facility — which features a full-length football field — will become official with approval by the NU Board of Regents, of which Hawks is a member.
“The greatest asset we have in Nebraska are terrific people,” Husker athletic director Steve Pederson said in a prepared statement. “I cannot think of two finer people in the state than Howard and Rhonda.”
Howard Hawks said his family was excited to help the university.
“This allows us to show our appreciation of the entire athletic department, led by Steve Pederson, and the student-athletes’ commitment to competitive excellence, sportsmanship, and character in all sports,” he said in a statement.
The Nebraska football team late last season began practicing in the center, part of a far-reaching plan to upgrade Husker athletic facilities, originally announced by Pederson in November of 2003. Work continues on the $50 million project, expected to be completed this summer.
Although Pederson hasn’t released exact figures recently, between $16 million and $22 million is believed to have been raised and/or pledged toward the project.
Hawks has been an ardent supporter of NU athletics. In March of 2000, his donation enabled the university to move forward on the baseball stadium project near Lincoln’s downtown that since 2002 has been home to the Huskers. Hence the stadium’s official title, Hawks Field at Haymarket Park.
In addition, the College of Business Administration has an endowed chair in business ethics and leadership named for Hawks, and he was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the college in 2004.
