Garrison Stadium is a 5,000-seat college football

College football

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 stadium located in Murfreesboro, North Carolina

Murfreesboro, North Carolina

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. The stadium has been the home of the Hawks football team of Chowan University

Chowan University

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 since the sixties. Beginning with the 2008 athletic year, the Hawks will compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association

National Collegiate Athletic Association

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 (NCAA) Division II Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association

Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association

The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association is a college athletic conference, mostly consisting of historically black colleges and universities. Recent addition Chowan University is the first non-HBCU to play in the conference. Conference teams participate in the NCAA's Division II...

(CIAA) as a football-only member.

Improvements to the stadium took place in July 2007 which included new lights, perimeter fencing and upgrades to the grass field.

External links

• Athletics website

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