Cazenovia College Tennis Courts Named for Bernie and Tom Clark of Utica

Club and varsity tennis will be played on The Honorable Bernadette T. & Harold T. Clark, Jr. Tennis Courts

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Bernie and Tom Clark, Jr., gather with members of the Cazenovia College Club Tennis Team at the official naming dedication of The Honorable Bernadette T. & Harold T. Clark, Jr. Tennis Courts

CAZENOVIA, NY (05/20/2011)(readMedia)-- Cazenovia College students, staff, faculty, alumni, members of the Board of Trustees, and friends of the College took to the courts this spring in celebration of the official naming of The Honorable Bernadette T. & Harold T. Clark, Jr. Tennis Courts.

The April 15, 2011, naming ceremony served to thank and recognize Bernie and Tom Clark of Utica, N.Y., for their generous gift to Cazenovia College, which allowed the College to repaint the tennis court surfaces, trim a number of trees that extended out over the courts, and help support a club tennis team in 2011-12, as well as the start-up of varsity tennis.The Cazenovia College department of Fitness and Wellness implemented the club tennis program during the 2009-10 academic year with the intention that it would eventuate to a North Eastern Athletic Conference intercollegiate varsity sport in 2012.

President Mark J. Tierno noted how much he looks forward to seeing Cazenovia College varsity tennis players competing on their home courts –the newly named The Honorable Bernadette T. & Harold T. Clark, Jr. Tennis Courts– and the positive impact it will have on the College's ability to recruit and retain quality student-athletes.

Tierno also took the opportunity to thank Bernie and Tom Clark for their continued "support of Cazenovia College and their investment in our campus, but most important for their investment in our students and their experiences at Cazenovia."

PHOTO: Bernie and Tom Clark, Jr., gather with members of the Cazenovia College Club Tennis Team at the official naming dedication of The Honorable Bernadette T. & Harold T. Clark, Jr. Tennis Courts held this past April.

Cazenovia College, founded in 1824, is an independent, co-educational, baccalaureate college near Syracuse, N.Y., offering a comprehensive liberal arts education and academic and co-curricular programs devoted to developing leaders in their professional fields. Cazenovia, named one of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S. News & World Report, is also a national College of Distinction. For more information, visit www.cazenovia.edu.