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Skidmore is advancing a bold, integrated vision of health and wellness by building a new tennis and wellness center that will bring all aspects of student health and wellness support together in a single facility.
The new McCaffery-Wagman Tennis and Wellness Center is named in honor of alumnae Amy Wachenheim McCaffery '01 and Kim Wachenheim Wagman '88, P'15, both former student-athletes. It will be built alongside Skidmore's existing Williamson Sports Center and include Skidmore's Health Center, the Counseling Center, and Office of Health Promotions, which are currently located in satellite spaces across campus.
A new 10,000-square-foot fitness center will serve the entire Skidmore community and combine state-of-the-art equipment with dedicated spaces for exercise and wellness programming such as yoga, meditation, group fitness, martial arts, and spin.
An NCAA-caliber tennis complex will feature eight outdoor lighted tennis courts and four indoor courts and the larger facility will include new locker rooms and a team meeting room for student-athletes and others to share. In addition, the current Williamson Sports Center fitness center will be repurposed as a training facility for varsity athletics, enabling more dedicated space and programming for student-athletes while simultaneously creating space for recreational fitness users.
"This is a long-awaited project that will support everyone in the Skidmore community," said Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Director of Athletics Gail Cummings-Danson. "We are committed to a facility that is welcoming and accessible to all. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and sustainability are the guiding principles of this project."
The project is supported by a lead gift from Ed and Sue Wachenheim P'85, '88, '01; Amy Wachenheim McCaffery '01 and Michael McCaffery; and College Trustee Kim Wachenheim Wagman '88, P'15, and David Wagman P'15, a multigenerational family with a legacy of strong support for Skidmore.
Foundational support for the project was made possible by a generous gift from Susan Kettering Williamson '59, for whom the Williamson Sports Center is named. That gift specifically supports the tennis complex.
The entire project will be LEED-certified in line with Skidmore's longstanding commitment to sustainability. The announcement follows the recent completion of a comprehensive Campus Master Plan with robust involvement from the entire Skidmore community.
