OKLAHOMA CITY – On Wednesday, Sept. 2, Mid-America Christian University will be holding a ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony on the construction site of the university's new O'Brien Family Training Center. The ceremony is scheduled to start at 10:15 a.m.
The ceremony will feature several speakers, including MACU President John D. Fozard, MACU Athletic Director Marcus Moeller, as well as lead donor and MACU alumni Dr. Sean O'Brien of the Oklahoma Center of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. The ceremony will also feature a prayer of dedication given by Dr. Steve Trice of the JASCO Giving Help Foundation.
The facility, which is being constructed to the south of the Gaulke Activity Center and north of Jack Allen Field in the James Curtis Outdoor Sports Complex, will be an 18,600-square-foot and is expected to be completed in August 2021.
The O'Brien Family Training Center will include wellness and weight training rooms, new locker rooms for all of MACU's outdoor sports (baseball, softball, soccer), new coaches' offices, a new training room and an indoor practice area with portable batting cages.
"I could not be more excited about what the O'Brien Family Training Center will do in enhancing the student-athlete experience at MACU," said Moeller.
"At the core of who we are, our athletic department serves to put Christ at the center of our programs, provide a vehicle for an incredible education and achieve an unparalleled level of competitive excellence," Moeller added. "Each piece of this facility was carefully crafted to allow us to do these things at a deeper and greater level.
The O'Brien Family Training Center is the first phase of an athletic capital campaign providing necessary resources to student-athletes. Future phases of the campaign will include a second gymnasium for practices and tournaments, an outdoor facility with restrooms and concessions, and sports lighting for the outdoor athletic fields.
The groundbreaking ceremony will be live streamed on the Mid-America Christian University Facebook page available HERE.
