Dusty Rhodes Field at Harmon Stadium, generally known as the Harmon Stadium, is the baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 stadium

Stadium

A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...

 at the University of North Florida

University of North Florida

The University of North Florida is a public university located in Jacksonville, Florida. A member institution of the State University System of Florida, the university is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master’s...

 (UNF), and the home field of the North Florida Ospreys

North Florida Ospreys

The North Florida Ospreys are the athletic teams of the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida. The Ospreys compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference in NCAA Division I. UNF is in its third academic year as a full-fledged member of Division I; previously, the Ospreys were members of the...

 baseball team. It is located on the university's campus in Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville, Florida

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, near the softball

Softball

Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...

 complex and aquatic center. It opened in 1993 and has a seating capacity of 1,000. The stadium is named for Doug and Linda Harmon for their contributions to constructions costs, while the field is named after UNF's first baseball coach, Dusty Rhodes

Dusty Rhodes (baseball coach)

Jack "Dusty" Rhodes is a retired American baseball coach and the former head coach of the University of North Florida Ospreys college baseball team. He was the first coach in UNF baseball history, having founded the program in the 1980s and serving as head coach from 1988–2010...

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Features

Harmon Stadium has a few qualities that sets it apart from other ballparks. The "James J. Patton Osprey Nest" is an enclosed seating area with kitchen facilities and the Osprey baseball wall of fame. The "Left Field Lounge" is a picnic area with tables, a barbecue

Barbecue

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grill, and bleacher seating for 100. The "Dusty Rhodes Batting Facility" is a covered training facility with hitting cages and pitching machines.

Future

UNF's proposed Varsity Village includes plans for renovating Harmon Stadium and turning it into a 1,200 seat softball stadium. A new baseball stadium with a capacity of 3,000 would be built on the north end of campus. The entire Varsity Village project is estimated to cost $30 million and is currently in the fundraising stage.