Nicholson Pavilion
Sports: Basketball, Volleyball
Location: 715 E Dean Nicholson Blvd, Ellensburg, WA
Capacity: 2,519
Surface: Maple hardwood
Built: 1959 (renovated with new floor and bleachers in 2008)
Named for: Leo Nicholson, former Wildcat coach and athletic director. Nicholson was the men's basketball coach from 1929-64, winning 505 career games. He also coached baseball and football over the course of his career at Central Washington.
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Tomlinson Staduim
Sports: Football, Soccer, Rugby
Location: 1610 N Walnut St, Ellensburg, WA
Capacity: 4,000 (permanent), portable seating added as needed for football
Surface: Artificial Turf
Built: 1959 (renovated in 2018 with new artificial turf, LED stadium lighting, entry gates, renovated restrooms, new box office/ticketing area, regulation-size field that can accommodate football, rugby, and soccer)
Named for: Jack Tomlinson, former Wildcat football player who was killed in World War II.
Track and Field Complex
The Recreation Sports Complex provides CWU students, the varsity track and field and cross country programs, and academic departments a new state-of-the-art facility for play and practice.
- Approximately 370,000 square feet
- Artificial turf infield
- Fully lit, 4 pole system
- Grandstands with 600 spectator seats
- 400-meter all-weather track that meets all NCAA competition specifications to accommodate all running events and multi-directional runways for jump events, i.e., high jump, pole vault, long jump, and triple jump
- Throws venue that meets all NCAA competition specifications to accommodate hammer, shot put, javelin, and discus
- Stadium style scoreboard
- Restrooms with storage facility for equipment
Baseball Stadium
Sport: Baseball
Location: Off 18th Street (parking available on 18th Street and in Nicholson Pavilion lot)
Physical Address: 801 E Dean Nicholson Blvd
Capacity: 500
Surface: Kentucky Bluegrass infield & outfield, crushed red cinder infield
Fence Height: 8 feet
Field Dimensions: LF - 324 feet, LCF - 374 feet, CF - 412 feet, RCF - 376 feet, RF - 326 feet
Built: late 1960s (renovated with new infield and addition of bleachers in 1985)
Softball Stadium
Sport: Softball
Location: E 18th Ave & N Alder St
Physical Address: 1701 N Alder St
Capacity: 300
Surface: Grass outfield, dirt infield
Fence Height: 6 feet
Field Dimensions: LF - 200 feet, CF - 215 feet, RF - 200 feet
Built: 1993
Named for: Gary & Bobbi Frederick. Gary has been the head softball coach at CWU since 1995 and has been an athletic administrator and coach since 1967
Soccer Stadium
Sport: Women's Soccer
Location: 18th & Alder Streets
Physical Address: 1701 N Alder St
Capacity: Open
Surface: Grass
Built: 2000