Wildcat student-athletes are fortunate to be able to train in the state-of-the-art Powell Fitness Center, which opened in 1993 and was renovated in the spring and summer of 2007.
The center provides athletes with everything they need to become champions at the NCAA Division II level.
In the last renovation, the size of the fitness was doubled to more than 8,000 square feet. Included in the center are free weights, cable weights, hammer strength equipment, cardio exercise machines, and other exercise equipment.
The Powell Fitness Center was built in 1992 on Oliver Jackson Boulevard adjacent to Elmer Gray Stadium.
It is named for its donor, Lee Powell of Paducah, Ky. The late Powell was president of Old Hickory Clay Co., president of the ACU Alumni Association, chairman of the Advisory Board, a member of the National Development Council, 1963 Outstanding Alumnus of the Year, a recipient of an honorary doctor of laws degree from the university, and a member of the ACU Sports Hall of Fame.