Hawkins Field is a

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. It is the home field of the Vanderbilt

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.Hawkins Field
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12-24-2010 The stadium opened in 2002
at vucommodores.cstv.com, URL accessed December 24, 2010

12-24-2010 adjacent to

Vanderbilt Stadium FirstBank Stadium (formerly Dudley Field and Vanderbilt Stadium) is a football stadium located in Nashville, Tennessee. Completed in 1922 as the first stadium in the South to be used exclusively for college football, it is the home of the Vander ...

and Memorial Gymnasium and holds 3,700 people.Vanderbilt opens Georgia series Friday: Tickets are still available for wekeend (sic) matchup at Hawkins Field
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12-24-2010 In 2010, the Nashville Outlaws, a

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team of the

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, used Hawkins Field as their home ballpark. The venue is named for the family of Charles Hawkins III, a benefactor of the

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and baseball program.

Features

The Vanderbilt athletics site describes its "brick and wrought-iron fence design." Its left field wall is 35 feet high, a comparable height to the

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.Green Monster Seats
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Archived
12-24-2010 Memorial Gymnasium is behind the left field fence, and Vanderbilt Stadium's east bleachers are adjacent to the third base stands.Campus Map
at vanderbilt.edu, URL accessed December 24, 2010
Archived
12-24-2010 Hawkins Field - Home Plate

Renovations

In 2006, a complex including a

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, offices, and a

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was added along the third base line. In 2007, Hawkins Field was selected as a regional host site for the

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.Road to Omaha Starts Friday for Vanderbilt
by Will Matthews at cstv.com, URL accessed December 24, 2010

12-24-2010 Vanderbilt and Hawkins Field again hosted Regionals in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019, and hosted Super Regionals in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019. A new scoreboard was erected
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12-24-2010 and new temporary bleachers were added in right field to bring the capacity to near 3,700 for the tournament (and also the 2008 season). In late 2008, further expansions increased the stadium's permanent

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to 3,700.Vanderbilt will not host NCAA baseball regionals
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12-24-2010 This includes 2,200 chairback seats and 1,500 bleacher seats.2010 Vanderbilt Baseball Media Guide, p. 14
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Archived
12-24-2010 The dugouts were also renovated and a new trainer's room added. In 2012, artificial turf replaced the grass playing field.
URL accessed March 18, 2015.

Attendance

In 2013, the Commodores ranked 23rd among Division I baseball programs in attendance, averaging 2,695 per home game.

References

External links

Vanderbilt University's Hawkins Field
{{Baseball in Nashville, Tennessee Vanderbilt Commodores baseball College baseball venues in the United States Sports venues in Nashville, Tennessee Baseball venues in Tennessee Sports venues completed in 2002 2002 establishments in Tennessee

Features

Renovations

Attendance

See also

References

External links