Washington and Jefferson College

About Washington and Jefferson College

The home site for the Washington & Jefferson College softball team, Brooks Park, underwent major renovation in 2004. It is dedicated solely to the use of the softball team and has been revamped into one of the most impressive sites in Division III. Brooks Park is enclosed by an outside fence and is handicapped accessible with ramps leading to the bleachers. The dimensions of the field are 200 feet down the lines marked by foul poles and 205 feet to straight away center field. It has a bullpen on both the home and away sides of the field. It has a sport-specific scoreboard and a flag pole that is located behind the right field fence. The field has dugouts for both home and away teams and has a storage facility on the end of the left field dugout. Brooks Park also has a pressbox located behind home plate from which the scoreboard and the new public address system are operated.

Cameron Stadium is one of the top facilities in all of Division III. It features a brand new FieldTurf and ample seating.

Henry Memorial Gymnasium serves as the home site for the wrestling, volleyball, and basketball teams, with a capacity of 2,000 bleacher-style seats. There is also an auxiliary gym located adjacent to the main court. It has a basketball court with two hoops and has entrances to two handball courts.

The Henry Memorial Natatorium is located inside of the Henry Memorial Center. It serves as the event center for the College’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams as well as the men’s and women’s water polo squads. The natatorium consists of a six-lane, 25-yard pool, ranging from four to seven feet. Diving boards (one- and three-meters) are located in a huge and beautiful diving-well area. The natatorium seats its spectators in a balcony that overlooks the pool area. It holds approximately 300 fans.

The brand new Janet Swanson Tennis Center serves as the home site for the W&J men's and women's tennis teams. Situated behind Greek Row on the upper North end of campus just off East Chestnut Street, the new Swanson Tennis Center features six fully lit courts with a central observation area. The tennis center also has two bathrooms, an equipment storage building, a beautiful brick entryway and spectator seating around the perimeter of all six courts.

The most recent addition to the athletic facilities at Washington & Jefferson College are Ross Memorial Park and Alexandre Stadium. Alexandre Stadium hosts the college’s men’s and women’s soccer teams in the fall and the men’s and women's lacrosse squads in the spring season, while Ross Memorial Park serves as home to the W&J baseball team.

Ross Memorial Park served as the site of the NCAA Division III Baseball Mideast Regional in three consecutive years (2015, 2016 and 2017). Ross Memorial Park was just one of eight regional sites across the country during those seasons.

The playing surface is entirely made of FieldTurf, a synthetic playing surface that W&J has used at Cameron Stadium since its renovation in 2001. A FieldTurf representative indicates that Ross Memorial Park and Alexandre Stadium combined represent the largest continuous artificial playing surface in the world.

The 233,000-square foot playing surface accommodates two full soccer/lacrosse fields. When not in use for soccer or lacrosse, this facility can be converted for use by W&J baseball. The baseball outfield overlaps one of the two soccer fields. By erecting a removable fence and revealing the base areas, the facility can be converted for use by baseball for games and practices.

Four hundred chairback seats surround Ross Memorial Park in addition to a press box, state-of-the-art scoreboard, and public restrooms. Also, behind the backstop of the baseball field is a two-level structure that houses public restrooms on the bottom level while the upper level will boast a training room, press box area, and a president’s box.