Head Coach Steve Jaksa speaks to the crowd during the Meet the Chipppewas event at Hunter's Ale House, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016.
There was some good news for the Central Michigan baseball team on Friday, despite dropping the first game of a three-game series at Eastern Michigan.
The Central Michigan University Board of Trustees approved a 7,000 square foot indoor practice facility which will be constructed near Theunissen Stadium. An anonymous donor sent $500,000 to the completion of the project, which will cost $1.5 million. Construction will begin in August and end in January 2017.