FACILITIES

Members of the Saint John’s University varsity and junior varsity baseball teams will soon have a spacious clubhouse to call home.

The facility – which will be located on-site at Becker Park –will feature space for 60 lockers, showers, a training room, laundry facilities, a recruiting room and a rooftop deck that can be used for viewing baseball games, as well as for tailgating prior to football games in the fall.

A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for April and the building itself is expected to be completed by January of 2024. The facility will be located along the left field line home dugout and bullpen. A main entrance will open to the west, while an opposite dugout entrance will allow players and coaches direct access to the field.

“The objective is to create the best Division III baseball experience in the country, and to provide the facilities that make that possible,” said John Young ‘83, the associate vice president for institutional advancement at SJU. “Our goal is to win national championships.”

“The clubhouse project enables us to continue to have a roster of 55-plus baseball players. That helps significantly with our overall student-enrollment focus.”

The clubhouse is being made possible thanks to the generous support of Johnnie baseball alumni, parents and friends, and is the latest addition to the team’s impressive baseball complex, which is among the best at any level of college baseball in the state.

Thanks to an exceptional leadership gift from Scott ’77 and Julie Becker, and their family, Becker Park (which opened in 2013) features a state-of-the-art turf field (Haugen Field) and a beautiful grandstand and press box. In 2022, a new video scoreboard was added.

In addition, the plaza in front of the baseball field is dedicated to Pat Lynch ’88 and Granite Logistics.