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Don Sanders Stadium 
Location Huntsville, TX Coordinates 30°42′47″N 95°32′25″W / 30.713107°N 95.540221°WCoordinates: 30°42′47″N 95°32′25″W / 30.713107°N 95.540221°W Opened 2006 Surface Grass Capacity 1,164 Field dimensions Left Field Line - 330 feet (101 m)
Left Center - 375 feet (114 m)
Center Field - 400 feet (122 m)
Right Center - 375 feet (114 m)
Right Field Line - 330 feet (101 m)Tenants Sam Houston State Bearkats (NCAA) (2006-present) Don Sanders Stadium is located in Huntsville, TX and home to the Sam Houston State Bearkats baseball team. It opened on February 11, 2006. [1] The Stadium was originally named Bearkat Baseball Complex in 2006 and in 2007 was renamed to Don Sanders Stadium.
UIL high school playoff games are also held at the stadium. It is named after the Houston Enterpreneur Don Sanders, who donated $1 million to Sam Houston State University for enhancing the baseball program.
In 2008, Sanders Stadium was the host of the Southland Conference Baseball Tournament. Sam Houston State won the title winning all four games, including a victory over Lamar in the championship 15-7. The highlight of the tournament was in the semifinals, when Bearkat senior Keith Stein hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 9th to beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 7-5.
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Baseball venues of the Southland Conference Bear Stadium (Central Arkansas) • Vincent–Beck Stadium (Lamar) • Cowboy Diamond (McNeese State) • Ray Didier Field (Nicholls State) • Brown–Stroud Field (Northwestern State) • Don Sanders Stadium (Sam Houston State) • Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field (Southeastern Louisiana) • Jaycees Field (Stephen F. Austin) • Clay Gould Ballpark (Texas-Arlington) • Roadrunner Field (Texas-San Antonio) • Whataburger Field (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi) • Bobcat Baseball Stadium (Texas State)Categories:- Baseball venues in East Texas
- Baseball venues in Texas
- Texas sports venue stubs
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