J. O. Christian Field
Encyclopedia
J. O. Christian Field is a baseball
stadium
in Storrs, Connecticut
. It is the home field of the University of Connecticut
Huskies college baseball
teams. The stadium holds 2,000 people. It is named after former UConn baseball coach and athletic director, J. Orlean Christian
.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
stadium
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
in Storrs, Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut
Storrs is a census-designated place and part of the town of Mansfield, Connecticut located in eastern Tolland County. The population was 10,996 at the 2000 census...
. It is the home field of the University of Connecticut
University of Connecticut
The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...
Huskies college baseball
College baseball
College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. Compared to football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a less significant contribution to cultivating professional players, as the minor leagues primarily...
teams. The stadium holds 2,000 people. It is named after former UConn baseball coach and athletic director, J. Orlean Christian
J. Orlean Christian
J. Orlean Christian was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator in the United States. He served as the head football coach at the University of Connecticut from 1934 to 1949 and as the head baseball coach there from 1936 to 1961...
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