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from the issue of March 9, 2006
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Regents approve Hawks donation, facility name
The new indoor athletic facility will be named in honor of Howard and Rhonda Hawks of Omaha.
Approved by the NU regents March 4, the indoor facility will be known as the Howard and Rhonda Hawks Championship Center. Howard Hawks is a regent.
The Hawks family has supported UNL athletics and academics. The baseball field at Haymarket Park - home of the Huskers since 2002 - is named Hawks Field. Also, College of Business Administration has an endowed chair in business ethics and leadership that is named for Howard Hawks.
Howard Hawks was presented with a lifetime achievement award from CBA in 2004. Also, he was given the Clarence E. Swanson award in 2002, an honor given annually to an individual who makes outstanding contributions to the UNL athletic department.
The Hawkses are active in a number of community organizations. They also administer the Hawks Foundation, a private foundation that focuses on providing scholarships for need-based students mostly attending Midwestern universities and colleges.
The Hawkses have made a generous gift to Athletics for the new Memorial Stadium expansion project but have asked that the amount remain undisclosed.
"Rhonda and I are excited about having an opportunity to again demonstrate the Hawks family's support for the University of Nebraska, its athletic programs, and its student-athletes," Howard Hawks said. "This allows us to show our appreciation of the entire athletic department, led by Steve Pederson, and the student- athletes' commitment to competitive excellence, sportsmanship, and character in all sports."
The Hawks Championship Center not only houses a full indoor football field, but has many other features that benefit Nebraska teams and student-athletes. The entire soccer program will be housed in the building including offices, meeting rooms and a spacious locker room. The building will also house concession stands for Husker fans attending Husker soccer games, outdoor track meets and the Husker Nation Pavilion on football Saturdays.
The Championship Wing has facilities for clinics for all sports and also includes eight hitting cages that can be utilized by Nebraska's baseball and softball teams. In addition, there is an Olympic-sized sand volleyball court that can be used by all student-athletes for conditioning, and two student-athlete locker rooms for use by athletes who are training in the facility.
The field house portion of the Hawks Championship Center was completed in time for use by Nebraska's soccer and football teams last fall. The entire building is scheduled to be completed and ready for full occupancy by April 1.
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