Texas Lutheran continues to expand and improve its athletics facilities and venues to meet the needs of its student body. The university and its leaders believe that athletics - both intercollegiate and intramural - play an important role in the educational experience at Texas Lutheran. The university is committed to providing the funding, the facilities, and the personnel to ensure that the lessons learned through athletics are available to each student at TLU.
Grossman Fitness Center
The fitness center, opened in 1998, is well equipped with Nautilus machine equipment, including a full line for all major muscle groups and some minor groups. Equipment promoting cardiovascular wellness includes four treadmills, one elliptical cross trainer, four stairsteppers, three upright stationary bikes, and three recumbent stationary bikes. Also, the center offers free-weight equipment, including a large area for free weights, an area for squat racks, four bench presses, one incline, one decline and one military press, three power clean platforms, one Smith machine, a free-weight leg press, a hack squat, and a flat bench area for various exercises.
Katt-Isbel Baseball Field
Home of the Bulldog baseball team, Katt-Isbel Field seats 650 people. The field was originally dedicated in 1992 in honor of Mark Isbel, a 1981 graduate and baseball player from San Antonio who died of cancer on June 7, 1983. The field was rededicated on Feb. 27, 1999, in honor of former Texas Lutheran head baseball coach Ray Katt.
Kieffer Kinesiology Lab
The 2,200 square-foot Kieffer Kinesiology Lab, located adjacent to the Jones Physical Education Complex, uses state-of-the-art equipment to collect and analyze two and three-dimensional human motion. The research and learning laboratory is one of a few stand-alone facilities built exclusively for motion analysis in the United States, and it provides TLU's undergraduate students with a unique opportunity to explore research problems and apply scientific theory.
Putting Green and Driving Range
For use by the TLU golf teams, the pitch-and-putt course has an elevated green and pot bunker, plus a driving range. The golf teams have access to local courses Starcke Municipal Golf Course and Chaparral Golf Club (both in Seguin) and The Bandit at Long Creek (in nearby McQueeney) for daily on-course practice.
Jones Physical Education Complex
Jones Physical Education Complex contains facilities for intercollegiate basketball and volleyball games, offices for faculty and coaches, locker rooms, racquetball courts, and an eight-lane collegiate-size swimming pool.