Austin Peay State University Athletics

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Cathi Maynard Park

Cathi Maynard Park-Cheryl Holt Field has been the permanent on-campus home for Austin Peay softball since the 2000 season, when it became its first true home facility in the program's history to that point.

The Governors have 215 wins at their home facility since moving in 2000 and had a program-record 16 home wins during the 2024 campaign.

Originally named Lady Govs Field upon its completion in 2000, the University renamed the facility in 2011 in honor of longtime administrator Cheryl Holt, who also was the program's first head coach. The current field replaced several off-campus locations that served as the softball program's home since its formation.

Located on the north side of campus, it is at the center of Austin Peay’s intercollegiate sports facilities, being surrounded by the Dunn Center (volleyball) and Joe Maynard Field at Raymond C. Hand Park (baseball) to the west, Morgan Bros. Field to the north, the Jenkins Family Fieldhouse and Fortera Stadium (football) to the east, and the Governors Tennis Courts to the south.

Austin Peay has continued to make improvements to Maynard Park/Holt Field since its completion, adding lights in 2003 and replacing the outfield fence in 2007. In addition, the dugouts (2005) and backstop (2007) were covered with bricks to complement the university's buildings.

But some of the facility’s biggest upgrades have come in the last four years, with a turf halo featuring a Governors logo put around the home plate area in 2018; new seating for 350-plus people, press box, and padded fencing in 2019; updating the bullpens with turf in 2021; new backstop netting and sound system in the spring of 2022; and a video board prior to the start of the 2024 season.

The softball program also has a hitting facility of its own, located beyond the right-field fence. Constructed in 2005, the facility was enclosed in 2014 to allow practice and instruction during inclement weather.