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MC’s Honaker Field receives new football scoreboard

Oct. 5, 2021

Photo of scoreboard dedication
Jason Brooks ’97 (second from right) was recognized during the Oct. 2 football game for his donation. Here he is pictured with his children, Hall and Mary-James; MC Athletic Director Sara Quatrocky; and MC President Dr. Bryan Coker.

Maryville College’s Honaker Field now has a new scoreboard, thanks to the generosity of MC alumnus Jason Brooks ’97 and LDA Engineering.

Brooks, president/CEO of LDA Engineering, is a member of the Maryville College Board of Directors, past president of the Maryville College Alumni Association, and a former MC student-athlete.

The scoreboard, which was installed over the summer, was dedicated on Oct. 2, prior to the home football game against Southern Virginia University. Brooks was joined on the field by his daughter, Mary-James, and son, Hall, for the recognition.

Honaker Field has been home to many student-athletes over the years. It was completed in 1950 and named for longtime Athletic Director and Football Coach Lombe Honaker, who led MC athletics from 1921 until 1959. In addition to the new scoreboard, the field also received another upgrade this summer, as part of recent athletics facilities upgrades: new goal posts, which were erected in August.

“We are grateful for alums like Jason who invest into our athletic program,” said Maryville College Athletic Director Sara Quatrocky. “Our new scoreboard has added to the overall game day experience and provided a fresh, modernized look to the Scots’ endzone. We look forward to see it light up for many years to come.”

Maryville College is a nationally-ranked institution of higher learning and one of America’s oldest colleges. For more than 200 years we’ve educated students to be giving citizens and gifted leaders, to study everything, so that they are prepared for anything — to address any problem, engage with any audience and launch successful careers right away. Located in Maryville, Tennessee, between the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the city of Knoxville, Maryville College offers nearly 1,200  students from around the world both the beauty of a rural setting and the advantages of an urban center, as well as more than 60 majors, seven pre-professional programs and career preparation from their first day on campus to their last. Today, our 10,000 alumni are living life strong of mind and brave of heart and are prepared, in the words of our Presbyterian founder, to “do good on the largest possible scale.”