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How amazing is this! What a generous family!
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Cook Family Donates Funds for Tennis Center

Liberty Athletics has announced that long-time University and Athletics supporters Sherwin and Lora Cook have provided the lead gift for the Cook Tennis Center, soon to be the new operations center for its men's and women's tennis programs.

"We are all grateful to Sherwin and Lora Cook for their wonderful gift to our tennis program," said Jeff Barber, Liberty's Director of Athletics. "Facilities play a vital role in the ability for our institution to recruit and compete at the highest level. The Cook Center will provide our tennis programs with an outstanding home and with a better chance to be the type of program we strive to be."

The facility will be constructed adjacent to the program's 12 new championship tennis courts located on Liberty's Campus North. The 2,500-square foot building will house two locker rooms, training and laundry rooms, a stringing room, four offices for coaches, a kitchen area, team room and a balcony that will overlook the tennis courts.

Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Cook!!!

EDIT: PAmedic (link added, quoted portion abbreviated per copyright restrictions)

This has been a longtime coming. Thank God for the facilities and for Mr. and Mrs. Cook.

That's fantastic news!

would love to see renderings. Nice to see they took our suggestion re: balcony(s) into consideration.

meanwhile, nice pic of the new courts

I am looking forward to one day sitting on that balcony and watching some amazing tennis!
What a wonderful way to spend an afternoon!
It's going to be GREAT!!!

VERY NICE!! this will help the tennis programs take it to the next level.

a few pics of the six new courts i took a few weeks ago.



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schweeeeet

PS: I really needed my raincoat last weekend SMOOTH. It was friggin' sleeting

bigsmooth wrote:a few pics of the six new courts i took a few weeks ago.



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Are those lights enough to play a match at night? They just look like the same lights in the parking lot?

To answer your question '09, yes they are. They are much better than the lighting at the old facility, and many tennis facilities across the country have similar lighting styles now.

shut your yap shorty did they run out of "creme-filled" at dunkin donuts??...i told you i would send it to you....PM me your address so i can send it and then that whining will stop....lol. now get back in the smart-car, keep patrolling the gated neighborhood, and dont forget to check the mail for the rich people that are vacationing in florida.

i know they said adjacent to the courts, but im trying to figure out excatly where this place will be...

bigsmooth wrote:i know they said adjacent to the courts, but im trying to figure out excatly where this place will be...

Probably behind the six new courts which are across the street from the other six courts beneath the LCA softball field.

"Since Liberty Athletics' announcement in early November that the Cook family would provide the lead gift for the Cook Tennis Center, steady progress has been made toward beginning the facility's construction.

The architectural drawings (viewable from the above link) show the design for the new home of Liberty's tennis programs, which will be built adjacent to the 12 championship tennis courts located on Liberty's Campus North."

For the full story:
http://www.libertyflames.com/index.cfm? ... ewsID=6920

To see the architectural drawings:
http://www.libertyflames.com/media/1912 ... Center.PDF

pretty darn close to my original rendering. I think I deserve a cut of the architect fees here.

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Cool!

I REALLY need to come visit. I can't handle all these changes going on. I've had mountain withdrawl for awhile now. This looks awesome.

Flamesfilmguy, you need to visit! You won't be disappointed!
We just visited Liberty and everything is looking amazing!

What are the chances liberty and Mercer play next year?

tennisfan - I was at the invitational a couple of weeks ago and took a few pics and put them up on Facebook. Unfortunately, your daughter wasn't playing at the time. The facility has really turned into a great venue. There was a nice buzz around the event. Parking was actually tough to find as well.

BJWilliams wrote:What are the chances liberty and Mercer play next year?

in football? zero. our schedule is already finished. but i have hope that Liberty by some miracle goes to the socon so we could play every year

Sly, you were there??? How in the world did I not meet you? I am so disappointed! The facility is looking great and the team very strong. I think it is going to be a great year! So, so sorry I didn't know you were at the tournament!

I need to walk around with a shirt that has a pic of Swiper on the front.

Swiper no swiping!