Getting banished to the far-flung reaches of the Pacific Northwest, LSU will at least be traveling to one of the most modern facilities in college baseball, Oregon’s PK Park. Though not a direct Nike creation like other modern Oregon facilities, it did begin construction after Nike founder Phil Knight’s famous $100 Million donation to the school’s athletic fund in 2007 that was the genesis for the modern Ducks athletic program we see today, with heavy influence from the swoosh brand seen everywhere. I was surprised to find the “PK” in PK Park stands not for Phil Knight, but Pat Kilkenny, the former UO AD who donated a hefty amount of his own money to get the park built and restart the baseball program that had been dead as a varsity sport since 1981.
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