Location | 100 University Dr. Prairie View, TX, 77445 |
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Coordinates | 30°05′24″N95°59′44″W / 30.089932°N 95.995686°W |
Owner | Prairie View A&M University |
Operator | Prairie View A&M University |
Capacity | 512 |
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Surface | Grass |
Scoreboard | Electronic |
Construction | |
Renovated | 2013 |
Architect | Brown Reynolds Watford Architects |
Project manager | SSC Service Solutions |
General contractor | CME Builders & Engineers, Inc. |
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John W. Tankersley Field is a baseball venue in Prairie View, Texas, United States. It is home to the Prairie View A&M Panthers baseball team of the NCAA Division I Southwestern Athletic Conference. The facility has a capacity of 512 spectators and is named for John Tankersley, who was the head coach of the Panthers from 1969 to 1972 and again from 1975 to 2002. [1]
The field's features include a grass playing surface, a press box, an electronic scoreboard, dugouts, a brick backstop, restrooms, and concessions.
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is a collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I for most sports; in football, it participates in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly referred to as Division I-AA.
Prairie View A&M University is a public historically black land-grant university in Prairie View, Texas. Founded in 1876, it is one of Texas's two land-grant universities and the second oldest public institution of higher learning in the state. It offers baccalaureate degrees in 50 academic majors, 37 master's degrees and four doctoral degree programs through eight colleges and the School of Architecture. PVAMU is the largest HBCU in the state of Texas and the third largest HBCU in the United States. PVAMU is a member of the Texas A&M University System and Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
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The Prairie View A&M Panthers football team is the college football team representing the Prairie View A&M University. The Panthers play in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
The 2011 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team represented Prairie View A&M University as a member of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers were led by first year head coach Heishma Northern and played their home games at Edward L. Blackshear Field. Prairie View A&M finished the season with an overall record of 5–6 and a conference mark of 5–4, tying for second place in the West Division.
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The 2012 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team represented Prairie View A&M University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers were led by second year head coach Heishma Northern and played their home games at Edward L. Blackshear Field. They were a member of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and finished the season with an overall record of three wins and eight losses.
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The 2013 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team represented Prairie View A&M University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers were led by third year head coach Heishma Northern and played their home games at Edward L. Blackshear Field. They were a member of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
The 2014 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team represented Prairie View A&M University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers were led by fourth year head coach Heishma Northern and played their home games at Edward L. Blackshear Field. They were a member of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). They finished the season 5–5, 5–4 in SWAC play to finish in third place in the West Division.
The Prairie View A&M Panthers baseball represents Prairie View A&M University, which is located in Prairie View, Texas. The Panthers are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
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The 2017 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team represented Prairie View A&M University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers were led by third-year head coach Willie Simmons and played their home games at Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field in Prairie View, Texas as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The Panthers finished the season 6–5, 4–3 in SWAC play to finish in third place in the West Division.
Auntwan Demone Riggins is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Prairie View A&M Panthers baseball team.
The 2019 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team represented Prairie View A&M University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers were led by second-year head coach Eric Dooley and played their home games at Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field in Prairie View, Texas as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
The 2021 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team represented Prairie View A&M University in the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers played their home games at Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field in Prairie View, Texas, and competed in the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). They were led by fourth-year head coach Eric Dooley.
The 2022 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team represented Prairie View A&M University as a member of the West Division of Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Bubba McDowell, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 6–5 with mark of 5–3 in conference play, sharing the SWAC West Division title with Southern. Prairie View A&M played home games at Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field in Prairie View, Texas.