The Kathleen and Tom Elam Center is a multi-purpose sports and recreation facility on the campus of the
University of Tennessee at Martin (UTM) named in honor of University of Tennessee Trustee Col. Tom Elam and his wife, Kathleen. Col. Elam, of nearby
Union City, Tennessee, was the long-time chairman of the Athletics Committee of the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees. The Elam Center houses the UTM Intercollegiate Athletics and the Department of Health and Human Performance. It features seven basketball courts with volleyball and badminton options, seven racquetball courts, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, an equipment check-out area, a weight room, an interior jogging balcony, an aerobics room, and Skyhawk Arena.
Skyhawk Arena is a 4,300-seat multi-purpose
arena located inside the Elam Center that is the home court for the
Skyhawks Skyhawk may refer to:
Aircraft and military
* Cessna 172 Skyhawk, a single-engine, four-seat light airplane
* Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, a ground-attack jet aircraft
* Seibel S-4, a helicopter evaluated by the United States Army under the designation YH- ...
men's and women's
basketball teams. The playing floor is named for UTM alumna
Pat Summitt
Patricia Susan Summitt (; June 14, 1952 – June 28, 2016) was an American women's college basketball head coach who accrued 1,098 career wins, the most in college basketball history at the time of her retirement. She served as the head coac ...
. The building was originally opened in 1963 as the Physical Education & Convocation Center, replacing the college's Physical Education Building, built in 1930, and originally sat 3,500 until a 1973-75 renovation and addition brought it to its current size and form. It received its current name in 1994.
Structural History of UT Martin: Elam Center
UTM.edu, retrieved 20 January 2018.
See also
* List of NCAA Division I basketball arenas
References
External links
UT-Martin websiteUTM athletics website
Sports venues in Tennessee
College basketball venues in the United States
Indoor arenas in Tennessee
Buildings and structures in Weakley County, Tennessee
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The Kathleen and Tom Elam Center is a multi-purpose sports and recreation facility on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Martin (UTM) named in honor of University of Tennessee Trustee Col. Tom Elam and his wife, Kathleen. Col. Elam, of ...
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