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Robert & Frances Plecker Athletic Performance Center
Robert & Frances Plecker Athletic Performance Center
Quick Facts
Physical Address: 220 Champions Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Debuted: 2005
Take a self guided tour of the Plecker APC here.
History of Plecker APC
Conveniently located adjacent to Bridgeforth Stadium/Zane Showker Field, the Robert & Frances Plecker Athletic Performance Center provides JMU Athletics with one of the nation’s top student-athlete support facilities.
Opening during the spring 2005 semester, the two-story Plecker Athletic Performance Center hosts nearly every facet of the JMU football program in one structure. And while much of the Center’s space is football-related, its impact extends throughout the JMU Athletics program.
The Center houses locker, equipment, office, meeting and reception areas for the football program. It also includes academic support areas used by each of the university’s 18 intercollegiate sports programs, state-of-the-art sports medicine and strength training and conditioning facilities, reception areas that include JMU’s Athletic Hall of Fame and significant trophies. A large Duke Dog statue is positioned in the outdoor plaza. An outdoor patio area overlooks Zane Showker Field.
The original football locker room had new carpet installed in 2014 and had all lockers replaced in 2015 to a more modern and attractive layout. The locker room, renamed "The Battle Zone" in honor of former student-athlete and current university benefactor Mike Battle, opens directly to the stadium field and also features extensive modern audio and video equipment.
The football staff area includes offices for each of the team’s coaches, staff meeting and video areas, and large and small group meeting facilities. The audio/video equipment throughout was upgraded in 2014 while wall graphics throughout the football areas were updated in 2019.
The academic support area features a state-of-the-art computer lab (updated in 2020), individual office areas for each academic support staff member, large and small areas for meetings and study groups and areas for personalized tutorial sessions. The academic facility is named for Challace McMillin, JMU’s first football coach (1972-84) and a long-time university faculty member. A dedicated office area for sports nutrition was added in 2015 and a nutrition "fueling zone" added in 2018.
The 7,000-square-foot Moats Family Strength & Conditioning Facility features an extensive array of equipment in addition to two 45-inch flat-screen televisions connected to digital cameras, allowing the strength and conditioning staff to train with athletes and to provide immediate visual feedback regarding their efforts. The entire area was resurfaced in 2016 and replaced with new equipment in early 2022. The facility is named after NFL linebacker and university benefactor Arthur Moats ('09).
The Center’s 5,000-square-foot sports medicine facility provides a significant addition to the sports medicine and health care services provided to all JMU student-athletes. Included at the Center are functional rehabilitation and hydrotherapy areas (updated and expanded in 2022) and physicians’ and administrative office areas. The facility, which is among several sports medicine areas at JMU’s various athletics venues, also provides for enhanced educational opportunities for students in JMU’s athletic training curriculum.
JMU announced plans for the Plecker Athletic Performance Center during the fall of 2001, and construction on the $10-million project began during August 2002. The Center is named for Harrisonburg’s Robert and Frances Plecker, who provided a major gift for its construction.
Other contributors to the project also are recognized. The Center’s primary entrance area includes the names of major donors, columns at the front of the structure include donor names, and meeting rooms, offices and benches in the plaza area outside the Center’s main entrance include the names of contributors. Names of other contributors are included on stones that are part of the Center’s front plaza. The plaza is named in honor of the family of Dean Ehlers, JMU’s athletics director from 1971-93.
Physical Address: 220 Champions Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Debuted: 2005
Take a self guided tour of the Plecker APC here.
History of Plecker APC
Conveniently located adjacent to Bridgeforth Stadium/Zane Showker Field, the Robert & Frances Plecker Athletic Performance Center provides JMU Athletics with one of the nation’s top student-athlete support facilities.
Opening during the spring 2005 semester, the two-story Plecker Athletic Performance Center hosts nearly every facet of the JMU football program in one structure. And while much of the Center’s space is football-related, its impact extends throughout the JMU Athletics program.
The Center houses locker, equipment, office, meeting and reception areas for the football program. It also includes academic support areas used by each of the university’s 18 intercollegiate sports programs, state-of-the-art sports medicine and strength training and conditioning facilities, reception areas that include JMU’s Athletic Hall of Fame and significant trophies. A large Duke Dog statue is positioned in the outdoor plaza. An outdoor patio area overlooks Zane Showker Field.
The original football locker room had new carpet installed in 2014 and had all lockers replaced in 2015 to a more modern and attractive layout. The locker room, renamed "The Battle Zone" in honor of former student-athlete and current university benefactor Mike Battle, opens directly to the stadium field and also features extensive modern audio and video equipment.
The football staff area includes offices for each of the team’s coaches, staff meeting and video areas, and large and small group meeting facilities. The audio/video equipment throughout was upgraded in 2014 while wall graphics throughout the football areas were updated in 2019.
The academic support area features a state-of-the-art computer lab (updated in 2020), individual office areas for each academic support staff member, large and small areas for meetings and study groups and areas for personalized tutorial sessions. The academic facility is named for Challace McMillin, JMU’s first football coach (1972-84) and a long-time university faculty member. A dedicated office area for sports nutrition was added in 2015 and a nutrition "fueling zone" added in 2018.
The 7,000-square-foot Moats Family Strength & Conditioning Facility features an extensive array of equipment in addition to two 45-inch flat-screen televisions connected to digital cameras, allowing the strength and conditioning staff to train with athletes and to provide immediate visual feedback regarding their efforts. The entire area was resurfaced in 2016 and replaced with new equipment in early 2022. The facility is named after NFL linebacker and university benefactor Arthur Moats ('09).
The Center’s 5,000-square-foot sports medicine facility provides a significant addition to the sports medicine and health care services provided to all JMU student-athletes. Included at the Center are functional rehabilitation and hydrotherapy areas (updated and expanded in 2022) and physicians’ and administrative office areas. The facility, which is among several sports medicine areas at JMU’s various athletics venues, also provides for enhanced educational opportunities for students in JMU’s athletic training curriculum.
JMU announced plans for the Plecker Athletic Performance Center during the fall of 2001, and construction on the $10-million project began during August 2002. The Center is named for Harrisonburg’s Robert and Frances Plecker, who provided a major gift for its construction.
Other contributors to the project also are recognized. The Center’s primary entrance area includes the names of major donors, columns at the front of the structure include donor names, and meeting rooms, offices and benches in the plaza area outside the Center’s main entrance include the names of contributors. Names of other contributors are included on stones that are part of the Center’s front plaza. The plaza is named in honor of the family of Dean Ehlers, JMU’s athletics director from 1971-93.
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