University of Oregon is set to build a $19.2 million sports science center called the The Marcus Mariota Sports Performance Complex. The complex is named after the school’s 2014 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback.
The plans were approved in September and the University of Oregon has filed a permit with the city of Eugene. The co-founder of Nike, Phil Knight, and his wife Penny are funding the future 29,000-square-foot sports science center. The construction aims to start in January and finish around mid-September. Once done, Knight will donate the space back to the University.
This isn’t Knight’s first project for the University either.