SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Continuing the strategic shift within the Santa Clara University Department of Athletics, the school will soon unveil a dramatic new basketball and volleyball playing surface in the Leavey Center.
The playing surface will feature a large stain painting of a photograph of the University's iconic Mission Church. Tinker Hatfield, the company's vice president for design and special projects, created the image, which also incorporates recently unveiled athletics marks. The design, which is currently underway, is believed to be the first of its kind. No known playing surface incorporates an image of a campus building in its design.