BLINN COLLEGE - FALL ATHLETIC GUIDE 2021
BLINN COLLEGE ATHLETIC FACILITIES
Kruse Center - Volleyball and Basketball The 36,000-square-foot Kruse Center on the Blinn-Brenham Campus provides a facility the entire community can enjoy. Featuring an event arena, cardio room, men’s and women’s locker rooms, an indoor track, meeting and multi-purpose rooms, and a selfserve vending MicroMarket, the Kruse Center serves as home to the Buccaneer men’s basketball, women’s basketball, and volleyball teams, along with Blinn recreational sports. The Kruse Center provides students and the community a high-quality space for general fitness, weightlifting, dance and yoga, kinesiology classes, and meetings. The arena also is used for high school playoff games and hosts camps during the summer months. “This first-class facility will add vibrance and energy to Blinn’s campus community, helping to recruit and retain the high-achieving students who are the lifeblood of this institution,” said Dr. Mary Hensley, Chancellor of the Blinn College District, at the facility’s 2017 grand opening.
The Kruse Family The Kruse Center was designed with the support of a generous gift from siblings Mildred Kruse Bridges, Evelyn Ann Kruse, Ed. Kruse and his wife Evelyn, and Howard Kruse and his wife Verlin in memory of their parents, E.F. and Bertha Kruse. The Kruse family is involved in many civic endeavors in Brenham and throughout the state, and has been particularly supportive of Blinn College and Texas A&M University. In 2011, the Kruses were major contributors to the W.J. “Bill” Rankin Agricultural Complex, home to Blinn’s nationally renowned Agricultural Sciences Department. The family contributed to the state-of-the-art A.W. Hodde, Jr. Technical Education Center that opened in 2010, and has donated to the College’s Dr. W.W. O’Donnell Performing Arts Center, which hosts fine arts performances throughout the year. The Kruses have established endowed scholarships to help high-achieving students reach their career goals through a Blinn College education.
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Inaugural Game Day - Dec. 2, 2017
Blinn College Athletic Director Scott Schumacher, right, presents Howard Kruse with a plaque commemorating the inaugural games at the Kruse Center.
