WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Fresh off an 18th NCAA tournament appearance and seventh-straight bowl season, Wake Forest field hockey and football, respectively, will both see new playing surfaces installed this spring as part of the ongoing Wake Forest commitment to providing a World Class Student-Athlete Experience.
“We are looking forward to the new playing surfaces being installed by AstroTurf at Kentner Stadium and FieldTurf at Truist Field,” Assistant Director of Facilities Operations Chris Williams said. “The quality of work and customer service provided by these vendors has been excellent, and I am excited to have them bring their industry leading products to our football and field hockey fields.”
“I am incredibly grateful for the generous support our program has received in order to enhance the playing surface of Kentner Stadium,” said head coach Jennifer Averill. “The turf field is top-of-the-line and is FIH-certified, which meets the highest standards required for domestic and international competition. The 2023 squad looks forward to practicing and competing on this world-class facility in the upcoming season.
In addition to being home to the three time national champion Demon Deacon field hockey program, Kentner Stadium is in daily use by Wake Forest club and intramural sports programs and the Wake Forest men’s and women’s track and field programs. The track itself is scheduled for resurfacing in 2024.
“Both these surfaces have been well used and have reached the end of their service lives,” director of athletics John Currie said. “We are grateful to Deacon Club members and fans who help ensure that we have the ability to regularly refresh a most critical element of both student-athlete experience and safety. Led by Vice President Facilities and Campus Services John Shenette, our University facilities staff do an incredible job of providing and maintaining state-of -the-art competition surfaces which quite literally are the foundation on which our student-athletes compete and train to Win Championships.”
“Wake Forest’s commitment to facilities has helped our program over the last nine years and this project is no different,” head coach Dave Clawson said. “I greatly appreciate our administration’s commitment to our players’ safety with this project. Along with the McCreary Football Complex that is slated to open this…
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