Herkimer College Announces Launch of Major Athletic Facility Upgrades

Herkimer College has officially broken ground on a transformative series of athletic facility upgrades designed to elevate the experience for student-athletes, officials, and fans. The comprehensive renovation project will modernize existing spaces, enhance accessibility, and create top-tier competition venues on campus.

Construction on all of the athletic facility projects is estimated to be completed by the end of 2025. The renovation of existing locker rooms is already underway. As part of the project, the College will have eleven new team locker rooms—each designed to accommodate interactive coaching presentations and provide individual lockers for each athlete.

Additional upgrades include two officials’ changing rooms, an expanded athletic training room with a dedicated hydrotherapy space, and fully renovated bathrooms and showers on each floor, ensuring all new areas are fully ADA-compliant.

Herkimer College is also making a bold investment in its outdoor athletic venues in addition to indoor facility improvements. The College has set out to overhaul its storm-prone baseball field and create a companion softball stadium of equal caliber. These modernized fields will address recurring game cancellations and give student-athletes and fans a state-of-the-art, all-weather home field right on campus.

The design plan includes the complete repositioning and rebuilding of both diamonds using the latest generation of synthetic turf. Each venue will feature LED lighting systems, elevated bleacher platforms, press boxes, dugouts, batting tunnels, scoreboards, and flagpoles— all the elements required of a premier collegiate ballpark.

“This project is a major step forward for Herkimer College Athletics,” said Herkimer College Dean of Students/Director of Athletics Don Dutcher. “These upgrades will not only provide our student-athletes with the resources they deserve, but will also enhance the experience for our fans, visiting teams, and the entire campus community.”