Hawk Stadium

Hawk Stadium is a baseball venue in Princess Anne, Maryland, United States. It is home to the Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks baseball team of the NCAA Division I Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.[1] The venue has a capacity of 1,000 spectators.[2] It is located behind the Hytche Athletic Center, the home of UMES basketball.[1]

Hawk Stadium
LocationCollege Backbone Drive and Hickory Road, Princess Anne, Maryland, USA
Coordinates38.211272°N 75.685598°W / 38.211272; -75.685598
Public transit Shore Transit bus: 252, 255, 705N
OwnerUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore
OperatorUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore
Capacity1,000
Field size340 ft. (LF)
385 ft. (LCF)
400 ft. (CF)
385 ft. (RCF)
340 ft. (RF)
SurfaceNatural grass
ScoreboardElectronic
Construction
Renovated2008, 2018-2019
Tenants
Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks baseball (NCAA DI MEAC)

The stadium has been renovated twice. In 2008, the field was resodded, new wind screens and foul poles were added, and the dugouts and press box were repainted.[1]

In 2018 and 2019, sod was replaced, the outfield wall was rebuilt, and a new scoreboard was installed while the Hawks played both seasons at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium in Salisbury, Maryland.[3][4]

See also

References
  1. "Facilities". EasternShoreHawks.com. University of Maryland Eastern Shore Athletics. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  2. "2012 Baseball Quick Facts" (PDF). grfx.CSTV.com. UMES Sports Information Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 30, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  3. "The Shore to play 2018 baseball season at Perdue Stadium". Maryland Eastern Shore Athletics. University of Maryland Eastern Shore. February 22, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  4. Pollitt, Richard (February 14, 2019). "UMES baseball coach Brian Hollamon looks to build program in second season". The Daily Times. Retrieved June 13, 2019. For a second straight season, UMES will play its home games at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium ... while the Princess Anne field continues to undergo improvements. As they continue to develop the Hawks’ ballpark, Hollamon hopes the renovations and new scoreboard the team added will bring more community participation to the program.
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