Construction Projects - Indiana University Athletics

The redesigned golf course, which will include a new clubhouse and driving range, will feature new hole layouts that challenge beginning through advanced golfers. The course also will be revitalized by returning part of the current course to native landscape, including the addition of about 70 acres of new trees, shrubs and other plantings to replace and augment dead or diseased trees. Golfers will be able to choose from several tee box locations and the greens will be designed for the approach shots of many skill levels. The par 71 course has a maximum yardage of about 7,700 yards and a minimum of about 4,500 yards, depending upon the tee location selected.

The new clubhouse with cart storage and an attached outdoor covered pavilion will be located near the Indiana University Foundation, along with the driving range. The clubhouse will include visual references to the campus including stone accents and an exterior clock with details reminiscent of the Frances Morgan Swain Student Building tower clock. The interior will include a golf shop, Alumni Hall, space to showcase the history of IU Golf, casual dining and snack bar, and public restrooms/locker rooms.

The course, which started being constructed in the fall of 2017, is expected to open for play in Spring 2019 (subject to change). You can view hole-by-hole layout here .

Wilkinson Hall - Indoor Wrestling and Volleyball Arena

Wilkinson Hall will be the competition facility for both volleyball and wrestling, as well as the practice facility for volleyball. It will also serve as a multi-sport venue, benefiting student-athletes in all 24 sports, as well as a venue for hosting department and university events. The 3,000-seat indoor arena will have permanent grandstands on the east and west sides, with telescoping bleachers on the north and south sides. Concessions and ticketing will be in the grand lobby. The venue will also include volleyball and wrestling home-team locker rooms, visitor locker rooms and volleyball offices. This new arena will bring the volleyball and wrestling matches, which currently take place at University Gym off-campus, to north of 17th street with the rest of the athletic facilities. This will make it easier for student fans to attend the matches.

Jay Wilkinson has an incredible history of support for IU Athletics, from currently serving on the Varsity Club's National Board of Directors, to making several major gifts benefitting IU student-athletes. His $10 million commitment will help provide funding for the construction of the new multi-use indoor arena to be built on the Athletics campus which will become the new home for volleyball and wrestling competition. In recognition of the gift, the venue will be permanently named Wilkinson Hall.

Wilkinson Hall will be located next to Cook Hall on Fee Lane. Construction started in the fall of 2017 and is set to be complete by September 2018.

Indiana University Excellence Academy
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The Excellence Academy building will provide a home for and thereby enhance the Excellence Academy program which, as set forth below in more detail, is one of the most innovative and effective personal development programs in all of intercollegiate athletics. The $53 million, 66,575 square foot facility will enclose the south end zone at Memorial Stadium and create a bold new "front door" to campus for Memorial Stadium and more generally the Athletics campus. The Excellence Academy construction began in the spring of 2017 and will open in the summer of 2018.

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As part of the Excellence Academy, The Dr. Lawrence D. Rink Center for Sports Medicine and Technology will be home to the Irsay Family Wellness Clinic, the Center for Elite Athlete Development as well as the Rehabilitation and Treatment Center. These facilities will provide comprehensive physical and mental healthcare for IU student-athletes with physician offices, psychologist and nutritionist offices, exam rooms, diagnostic equipment, and the like; all-inclusive space and equipment to help prevent, diagnose, rehabilitate and treat injuries to student-athletes; and research and technology to apply science to the development of champion student-athletes.

Irsay Family Wellness Cilnic
The Irsay Family Wellness Clinic will aid in the physical and mental well-being of the nearly 650 students that participate in 24 varsity sports at Indiana. It will house exam rooms, x-ray machines, procedure rooms, physician offices, sports psychologist offices, a nutrition office and a consultation room.

This was funded by IU Varsity Club Board member and alumna Kalen Jackson, who is also the vice chair/owner of the Indianapolis Colts and youngest daughter of Colts owner and CEO Jim Irsay. She is a 2010 graduate of Indiana University's School of Public Health with a bachelor's degree in sports management and marketing. She is president of the Indianapolis Colts Women's Organization and has also represented the team at NFL Owners Meetings.

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The Hancock Hiltunen Caito Center for Leadership and Life Skills will offer multi-purpose space and offices dedicated to leadership development, service learning, and career development for students who participate in collegiate athletics at IU.

This gift was funded by Dena Rae Hancock and Rob Caito. Hancock earned her degrees in 1992 in education and political science. She made her mark during her undergraduate years at Indiana University as the IU Bloomington student body President. Caito graduated from the Kelley School of Business in 1990 with a degree in business management and organizational theory with an entrepreneurial tract while also earning a minor in sociology. During his time at IU, he was a member and section leader of the Marching Hundred Drumline.

Glass Family Leadership Suite
The Glass Family Student-Athlete Leadership Suite will be housed in the Center for Leadership and Life Skills and will provide a venue for important student leadership programming. This is made possible by the gift from Indiana University Vice President and Director of Atheltics Fred Glass, and his wife Barbara. The suite will also be a home for members of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), the recognized collective voice of student-athletes at IU as established by the Indiana University Bill of Rights, another innovation established by Glass.

Glass established the Excellence Academy in 2010, and it has been one of the most innovative and effective student development programs in all of intercollegiate athletics. The gift will also name a men's basketball locker in honor of lifelong Glass family friend Bob Clifford who passed away on May 11, 2016. A portion of the gift will also go to support scholarships for students who participate in intercollegiate athletics.

Tobias Nutrition Center

The new state-of-the-art nutrition facility and dining space in the new IU Excellence Academy will be named the "Tobias Nutrition Center" after Ambassador Randall L. Tobias and his wife Deborah Tobias. Lunch and dinner will be served five days a week with a daily breakfast oasis for students. Service will be in a food station concept with stations including Italian, grill, homestyle, subs and wraps, large salad, fruit and soup bar. Menu items will be prepared fresh on site by dining staff at each of these stations. The breakfast oasis will be a morning fueling station for students with a variety of options to start the day. Two large beverage stations will be installed including a water bottle filling station as new electronic menu boards will display what is available each day.

The new courtside hospitality area in the southwest tunnel of Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall has been named the "Tobias Champions Locker Room." The recently renovated addition to the building is used on basketball game days as a way for the IU Varsity Club to continue building and encouraging support for IU students.
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In 2004, the Tobias Family Foundation founded the Tobias Center for Leadership Excellence at Indiana University. In 2016 with an initial gift from his wife Deborah to recognize his 75th birthday, together they founded the Tobias Center for International Development at the Indiana University School of Global and International Studies.

Randall is retired chairman and CEO of Eli Lilly and Company and currently serves as director of the Indiana University Foundation. He holds a B.S. from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, an honorary LL.D. from IU and five other honorary degrees. Deborah retired from professional life in 2001, after a successful career ranging from teaching high school English to serving as the Director of European Sales Operations for Juniper Networks.