Architect's drawing shows new stadium for soccer, lacrosse in respect to Blackstock Stadium, other DePauw University athletic facilities. Submitted photo
Architect's drawing shows new stadium for soccer, lacrosse in respect to Blackstock Stadium, other DePauw University athletic facilities. Submitted photo
President Brian W. Casey announced Thursday that DePauw University has received a major gift to support significant improvements to the university's athletics fields as part of the implementation of DePauw's comprehensive athletics and recreation master plan.

A $5 million gift from Marshall W. and Amy Reavis will allow for the construction of a new multi-purpose stadium that will become the home for DePauw's men's and women's varsity soccer teams and men's and women's lacrosse teams.

The stadium will be located along Hanna Street, immediately south of Blackstock Stadium, and will serve as the southern anchor of the university's athletic campus. Any funds not used in the construction of the new stadium will provide endowment for the university's need-based financial aid program.

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Marshall Reavis
"If an institution wishes to compete for the best student-athletes on a nationwide basis, particularly for sports like soccer and lacrosse, it must provide the resources and facilities necessary to support these popular, growing sports," said Marshall Reavis, a 1984 graduate, four-year football letterman and member of the DePauw Board of Trustees. "Our gift will help ensure DePauw competes in this manner for the decades ahead."

The announcement follows recent championship victories from the men's and women's soccer teams in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) tournament. Both teams will represent the NCAC in the NCAA Division III Soccer Championship tournament, which begins this weekend.

Reavis' gift follows an announcement last month that Scott and Kim Welch have committed $5 million to support the construction of a new fitness center in an expanded and renovated Lilly Center.

The new multi-purpose complex will provide a synthetic turf competition field, four varsity locker rooms and stadium seating for 750 fans. Additional funds will be raised for an adjacent synthetic turf field that will be used for practices and training.

Marshall Reavis is the founder and chief executive officer of SVM LP, a provider of gasoline, restaurant and other retail gift cards. Prior to founding SVM, Reavis held numerous positions with Mobil Oil over an 11-year period. As a student, he majored in economics and was a member of one of the first cohorts of the university's Management Fellows Program.
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