Busch Field

GPS Address: 600 Brooks Street Williamsburg, VA 23185

Description
Busch Field has served as the home of the Tribe field hockey team since 1990.

In the summer of 2019, the Tribe Field Hockey Team Facility was completed to provide a multi-use building for the program. The enhanced facility includes a locker room, rooftop patio, meeting space and public restrooms.

As part of William & Mary's commemoration of 100 years of coeducation and women's athletics, a $2.4 million commitment was made by several donors to establish the new home for the Tribe field hockey team. The development of the Busch Team Facility was supported through a fundraising initiative called the Century Project, which was designed to enhance the experience for women athletes and the caliber of the university's facilities. The facility was made possible by the generosity of many alumni, parents and friends of the university, including the lead donors: Cathy Bessant P '18, John Clay P '18, Kelly Donahue P '18, P '21 and Chris Donahue P '18, P '21, Maryellen Farmer Feeley '85, Ed Feeley M.B.A '85, Tracy Leinbach '81 and Millie West HON '91, L.H.D '17.

The watering system was added to Busch Field in the summer of 2009. In 2012, Astroturf System 90(TM) was added as the playing surface and an upgraded computerized lighting system. The capacity of Busch Field is 2,271 in seat stadium, which ranks among the best in the nation. The press box at Busch Field was named in honor of former field hockey head coach and longtime Tribe Athletics administrator Peel Hawthorne.

The field and grandstand were made possible by a generous donation from the Anheuser-Busch Corporation, and was formally dedicated in the fall of 1989.

Busch Field was formerly the home of both soccer teams as well as the lacrosse team until the 2003-04 school year when Albert-Daly Field was completed.

In 2017, a new turf field was added to the Busch Field complex and located next to the field hockey competition field. The turf field is used primarily by campus recreation for club and intramural sports, but varsity programs have access for practice and conditioning.