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The Estes-Speight Family Athletic Center construction is almost complete. The new building will include athletic training space for softball, tennis, and golf. The space will include two large indoor batting cages that will double as indoor golf driving ranges, locker rooms, a student lounge, and public restrooms.

The construction of this building is possible because Chris Speight Brown, ’76, along with her siblings, gave a $1 million lead gift to name the center in memory of their mother, Mary Estes Speight, ’53, and their father, Bobby Speight.

The players’ lounge in the center has also been named by Ginger Alexander Neustadt, ’05, former Board of Trustees member. The current construction is phase one of the project. Support is needed to start phase two, which will include other amenities for the complex.

Meredith’s 11 athletic teams have had continued success. Keeping facilities up to date will support Meredith’s enrollment of student-athletes.

Inland Construction, headquartered in Garner, N.C., is the general contractor for phase one. A ribbon cutting will be held this fall. Check your email and meredith.edu for more information.

Interested in helping fund phase two of the project or naming a space? Contact Eric Douglass, director of strategic giving for athletics, at eddouglass@meredith.edu or (919) 986-5205.