FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas' baseball stadium is getting a name change.
UA trustees approved a recommendation Thursday to change the name of Baum Stadium to Baum-Walker Stadium. The trustees' buildings and grounds committee approved the proposal from UA Chancellor Joe Steinmetz and UA System President Donald Bobbitt on Wednesday, and the full board of 10 trustees accepted the committee's recommendation without opposition Thursday.
Trustees are meeting this week at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.
The name change comes less than two months after the Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation pledged a $5 million lead gift toward the construction of a 40,000-square-foot operations center on the stadium grounds.