Cleveland.com Features Athletic Training and Education Center
7/3/2017 10:25:00 AM | General
During the 2016-17 academic year, Kent State athletics opened the 10,000 square foot state-of the art Athletic Training and Education Center. On Sunday, Cleveland.com's Elton Alexander featured the facility, and took a walking tour with director of athletics Joel Nielsen. Click play in the image above to watch the tour, and see an excerpt from the story below.
Kent State's new training room facility is major upgrade from the past
BY ELTON ALEXANDER, THE PLAIN DEALER
KENT, Ohio -- As part of "The Game Plan" initiative Kent State began in 2016 to improve its athletic profile, KSU has completely revamped its athletic training facility.
The new $3 million training facility moved from the original (1950) small, one room 1,500-square foot space in the M.A.C. Center to a 10,000-square foot, two-story facility in the adjoining M.A.C. Annex and the equipment upgrades have been impressive.
And just steps away in the same building, Kent has moved and equally upgraded the KSU academic center for athletes as well.
"This has been a big gain for us,'' athletic director Joel Nielsen said during a recent tour of the facility.
Understand, Kent State has 425 athletes on scholarship. Easily up to 40 of them can be getting treatment in the new training facility at one time. The old facility could accommodate less than 10.
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