{"id":386756,"date":"2026-07-26T02:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T02:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/386756\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T02:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T02:25:09","slug":"texas-universitys-division-ii-move-sparks-35m-campus-overhaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/386756\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas university\u2019s Division II move sparks $35M campus overhaul"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fresh off its move to NCAA Division II, Texas A&M-Texarkana is investing nearly $35 million in an athletics complex designed to bring several Eagles teams on campus.<\/p>\n

On July 10, Texas A&M University-Texarkana (TAMUT) was accepted into\u00a0NCAA Division II. The Eagles program currently sponsors 21 varsity sports and is developing an inaugural football program scheduled to launch in fall 2027. Two sports that have thrived in Texarkana are baseball and softball, and work is currently underway to give them a permanent on-campus home.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)<\/a>, construction is underway for the Red River Credit Union Athletic Complex, which will serve as the new home for several university teams. The complex will cover over 11,000 square feet and feature two major facilities: the Jeff Morris Addison Baseball Field and the Ledwell Softball Field. These will be the first permanent, on-campus homes for the baseball and softball teams.<\/p>\n

The baseball team currently plays at George\u00a0Dobson Field, while the softball team uses Bramlett Field, both located 5 miles from campus at Spring Lake Park. The teams will move into new facilities at the complex located between main campus and University Avenue, adjacent to the existing track facility. Both fields will utilize FieldTurf\u00a0with new bullpens, press boxes, an observation deck, hospitality suite, locker rooms and athletic offices.<\/p>\n

The Eagles baseball team has averaged 33.5 wins over the last two seasons, while the Eagles softball team finished No. 25 in its final season in NAIA.<\/p>\n

“It’s going to be elite. It’s going to be a recruiting Mecca here,”\u00a0TAMUT athletic director Ryan Wall said to KTAL News in 2025<\/a>. “It’s going to be great for the community.\u00a0Keeping everybody home and having a family atmosphere on campus is great. Along with bringing families on campus instead of going off campus.”<\/p>\n

Other additions at the complex will include multiple tennis courts\u2014as the school’s tennis program also played off-campus\u2014a sports performance center, ticket booth, a food court, and an event center. A new 6,000-seat football stadium is also being built in anticipation of the Eagles\u2019 inaugural football season in the Lone Star Conference as the school’s 22nd varsity sport.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We are also leveraging support from the Texas Division of Emergency Management to build a tornado safe room,” TAMUT President Ross Alexander said to KTAL. “Which will be on site and also serve as a component of the athletic complex. So it’s a public-private partnership.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresh off its move to NCAA Division II, Texas A&M-Texarkana is investing nearly $35 million in an athletics…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[16470,16469,87172,1704,85744,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-386756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-chroncollege","tag-chronsports","tag-chronsportsbiz","tag-chronstaff","tag-chrontexas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}