Volleyball At The J. Martin Klotsche Center
The Klotsche Center was originally erected in 1977, and the latest renovations came prior to the 1998-99 school year. The $2 million project including the addition of comfort and chairback seating. In 1996, new wood flooring and a new indoor track were added to the Klotsche Center. The floor has been renovated as recently as this past summer with the addition of the new Horizon League logo, and the addition of the new Panther and UWM logos was completed in the summer of 1999. The Klotsche Center can hold as many as 5,000 spectators for a sporting event, and the volleyball capacity is approximately 2,000. The largest crowd to ever see a sporting event at the Klotsche Center is 4,833, present when the UWM men's basketball team faced UW-Green Bay in 2000. The record for a volleyball crowd at the Klotsche Center is 1,012, set when UWM defeated ninth-ranked Wisconsin Sept. 1, 1999. The Klotsche Center is used as a practice facility for most of UWM's varsity sports, and serves as the homecourt for volleyball and men's and women's basketball. A four-lane indoor track, added in 1996, is home to the UWM men's and women's track and field teams, and the Klotsche Center pool, located on the lower level, is home to the UWM swimming and diving teams. The Klotsche Center has been home to a number of major sporting events, including the 1999 MCC Indoor Track and Field Championships, and the 2001 WIAA Boys' and Girls' Sectional Basketball Championships. The Klotsche Center will host the Horizon League Volleyball Championships later this year. The Klotsche Center is also home to UWM's intramural program and recreation center. It features a 25-meter pool, racquetball courts, weight rooms, training rooms and classrooms for instructional use. The University's first Convocation was held in the Klotsche Center on Oct. 16, 1998, giving students its first glimpse of the newly-remodeled center. It was also used for the inauguration of UWM Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher in March 1999. |
