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Curtis and Margaret Morse Athletic Fields
The university's baseball and softball teams have played home games at this complex, located across from the Wheeler Sports Center on Fulton Street and Villa Road, since 1989. The baseball field has bleacher seating for 250 and a brand new full-scale electronic scoreboard, while the softball field underwent a facelift in the summer of 2017 with the installation of new bleachers, dugouts, bullpens, a press box and sound system. The facility seats roughly 251 and features a new full-scale electronic scoreboard.
The complex was renovated using a major donation from Curtis and Margaret Morse, avid supporters of Bruin athletics. The Morse family has had a long association with George Fox, with four generations of the family having attended the Newberg school. The baseball facility first underwent renovation in 2016 after a two-year fundraising mission brought in artificial turf for the infield. The Bruins are now the fourth team in the Northwest Conference to shift away from natural grass. The Diamond Series turf is made specifically for baseball fields, and George Fox was the first Division III school on the West Coast to install the surface. The facility received a second round of renovations in 2018 to update the grandstand and press box.
The softball field finished its renovation process prior to the 2018 season. In addition to the new amenities, it features protective padding inside the field along the backstop, and the bullpens feature an open layout with netting covering the front from top to bottom.
Fundraising efforts are still ongoing for further renovations to the Morse Athletic Fields that will eventually result in lights for night games, placing the Bruins' home facilities among the best in the nation at the Division III level.
