Like their namesakes of old, the Aurora University Spartans are tough competitors.
Since 2006, AU has been the dominant force among the 12 institutions belonging to the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC).
AU seized the Men’s All-Sport Championship six of the last 11 years and captured the Women’s All-Sport title five times during the same period. The Spartan intercollegiate athletic program consistently ranks among the Top 100 in Division III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Now we seek the support of our friends and alumni to ensure that AU’s student-athletes have a powerful home-field advantage for decades to come through development of the Spartan Athletic Park. New facilities will be located on an 80-acre parcel of land – less than a mile from the existing AU campus.
Only a handful of AU teams compete in university-owned facilities. Alumni Hall and its adjacent annex is the site for coach and administrator offices, locker rooms, athletic training and exercise science facilities. Thornton Gymnasium, renovated twice in the last decade, is home to Spartan basketball and volleyball. The football, soccer and lacrosse teams rely upon the adjacent Vago Field (built in 2008 at a cost of $3.8 million) for practice and competition. Aurora University’s varsity and club hockey claim home ice at a nearby arena. All other AU intercollegiate squads, including softball, baseball, golf, tennis, cross country, track and field and bowling, depend upon rented park district, commercial or public school facilities.
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Home-Field Advantage
Home-Field Advantage