| Location | State University Road, Kennesaw, Georgia, USA |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 34°02′00″N84°34′55″W / 34.033464°N 84.581850°W Coordinates: 34°02′00″N84°34′55″W / 34.033464°N 84.581850°W |
| Owner | Kennesaw State University |
| Operator | Kennesaw State University |
| Capacity | 1,200 |
| Field size | Left field: 331 feet (101 m) Left center field: 370 feet (110 m) Center field: 400 feet (120 m) Right center field: 367 feet (112 m) Right field: 330 feet (100 m) |
| Surface | Natural grass |
| Scoreboard | Electronic |
| Opened | 1984 |
| Tenants | |
| Kennesaw State Owls baseball (NCAA DI A-Sun) (1984-present) Peach Belt Tournament (1998) NCAA Division II Regional (1998) | |
Fred Stillwell Stadium is a baseball venue located in Kennesaw, Georgia, USA. It is home to the Kennesaw State Owls of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Sun Conference. Stillwell Stadium has been home to the program since its 1984 inception. Its seating capacity is 1,200 spectators. [1]
Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding. The game proceeds when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball which a player on the batting team tries to hit with a bat. The objective of the offensive team is to hit the ball into the field of play, allowing it to run the bases—having its runners advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called "runs". The objective of the defensive team is to prevent batters from becoming runners, and to prevent runners' advance around the bases. A run is scored when a runner legally advances around the bases in order and touches home plate. The team that scores the most runs by the end of the game is the winner.
Kennesaw is a city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States, located in the greater Atlanta metropolitan area. Known from its original settlement in the 1830s until 1887 as Big Shanty, it became Kennesaw under its 1887 charter. It had a population of 29,783 according to the 2010 census. Kennesaw has an important place in railroad history. During the Civil War, Kennesaw was the staging ground for the Great Locomotive Chase on April 12, 1862. The city is perhaps best known nationally today for its mandatory gun-possession ordinance.
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States or America, is a country comprising 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles, the United States is the world's third or fourth largest country by total area and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe. With a population of over 327 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the most populous city is New York City. Most of the country is located contiguously in North America between Canada and Mexico.
The park features seating from bullpen to bullpen and also terrace-style seating beyond the left field fence. A press box is located behind home plate. Stillwell is part of the Bobbie Bailey Athletic Complex, which also features a clubhouse and workout facilities. [1]
The press box is a special section of a sports stadium or arena that is set up for the media to report about a given event. It is typically located in the section of the stadium holding the luxury box and can be either enclosed or open to the elements. In general, newspaper writers sit in this box and write about the on-field event as it unfolds. Television and radio announcers broadcast from the press box as well. Finally, in gridiron football, some coaches prefer to work from the press box instead of from the sideline. For college and professional basketball, a "press row" along the sideline across the way from the scorer's table is setup instead for broadcasters and statisticians, while most writers work from a traditional press box position.
Kennesaw Mountain is located south of the field and is visible if one looks past home plate from the outfield. [1]
Kennesaw Mountain is a mountain ridge between Marietta and Kennesaw, Georgia in the United States with a summit elevation of 1,808 feet (551 m). It is the highest point in the core metro Atlanta area, and fifth after further-north exurban counties are considered. The local terrain averages roughly 1,000 feet AMSL.
In 1998, the field hosted both the Peach Belt Conference Baseball Tournament and an NCAA Division II regional tournament. [2] [3]
The Peach Belt Conference (PBC) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s Division II level. Since its inception in 1990-91, the Peach Belt has developed a consistent history of excellence which continues to this day with 30 national championships and 27 national finalists. Starting with only two championships in 1991, in men's and women's basketball, the conference has expanded to 13 championship sports with the addition of women's golf in the fall of 2009.
Division II is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environment offered in Division III.
