News Release

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April 13, 2005

Boise State Student Recreation Center Receives NIRSA Outstanding Sports Facility Award

The Boise State Student Recreation Center was one of six winners nationwide honored by the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) with the Outstanding Indoor and Outdoor Sports Facility Award at the annual NIRSA conference April 7 in Orlando, Fla.

Each year NIRSA designates exceptional new and recently renovated facilities in the nation as Outstanding Sports Facilities. The selection committee judges each facility based on information submitted by the institutions. The determining factor in the selection of winners is whether the project can be considered a standard or model for which other facilities should be measured and from which they could benefit. School size and funding are not considered factors.

The $12 million, 90,000-square-foot Student Recreation Center features a three-court gym, 1/11-mile walking/jogging track, climbing wall, outdoor rental center, group exercise rooms, racquetball courts and strength training rooms. The center, which opened in 2002, logs 201,000 visitors annually. The center is open to students, faculty, staff and alumni, and their families.

“This award serves as a testament to the students of Boise State, who, over a period of seven years provided the vision, thought and financing to create such a beautiful facility,” said Joyce Grimes, executive director of Campus Recreation.

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Contact: Jared Ray, Campus Recreation, (208) 426-5674, jaredray@boisestate.edu

Media Contact: Anna Fritz, University Relations, (208) 426-1577, afritz@boisestate.edu

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