Five couples who have played significant roles in the life of the college are honored in the building. Russ and Doris DeVette, Bob and Marcia DeYoung, Ray and Sue Smith, Glenn and Jackie Van Wieren, and Tom and Carole Renner are recognized for their decades-long service to Hope. The main basketball gymnasium is named the "DeVette-Van Wieren Gymnasium," the volleyball gymnasium is named the "DeYoung Volleyball Gymnasium, " the weight room is named the "Smith Weight Training Center" and press row in the main arena honors the Renners.

The Holland Municipal Stadium is located on a 16-acre parcel near 16th Street and Fairbanks Avenue, south of the Hope College owned Ekdal J. Buys Athletic Complex. There is on-site parking for approximately 1,000 vehicles. The stadium has a spacious press box and two concessions stands with restrooms. Team locker rooms are available at the nearby city-owned Bouws outdoor swimming pool.

In 1991, Hope College constructed the nearby Lugers Fieldhouse to serve the college's Fall and Spring sports teams. The fieldhouse includes a fully equipped sports medicine center and lockerrooms for several varsity sports, including football.

Coach Brewer was a member of Hope's physical education (now kinesiology) faculty from 1956 to 1988, when he retired. He joined the faculty as an assistant professor, was promoted to associate professor in 1973 and was promoted to full professor in 1983. He chaired the department from 1980 to 1985.

For a 20-year period, from 1960 to 1980, he was Hope's athletic director, directing all facets of Hope sports. His leadership spanned the planning and construction of the Dow Health and Physical Education Center, which opened in 1978.

Brewer coached the men's track team throughout his years on the faculty, finishing in the top half of the MIAA in all but three seasons and winning the league championship six times. He was also assistant football and basketball coach at Hope.

He has published two books chronicling the history of Hope College athletics, " ...But How You Played the Game! A History of Intercollegiate Athletics at Hope College " and "Journey of Hope: Names and Games Remembered".

In 2001 he was presented the Hope for Humanity Award by the Alumni H-Club. He also received a "Meritorious Service Award" from the Hope College Alumni Association in 1996. The track was named in his his honor in 1991.

Coach Brewer is a 1948 Hope graduate, and also holds a master's degree from the University of Michigan. He served with the Eighth Air Force in the European Theatre of Operations during World War II, and taught in the Byron Center Public Schools and the Kelloggsville Public Schools before joining the Hope faculty.

Brewer and his wife Lorraine reside in Holland. They have four children: Robert, Lawrence, Daniel and Susan.

A renovation of the baseball and softball fields at the Buys Athletics Complex on the campus of Hope College has been completed with the new stadiums making their debuts in the spring of 2008.

The project included the installation of permanent stands for fans, a new press box and dugouts. Fans will have an unobstructed view of the playing field. The seating will accommodate approximately 300 fans. The area will have a patio suitable for tailgating.

The baseball field is being named in honor of Ronald Boeve, Hope College class of 1953 and an assistant baseball coach for nearly a quarter of century, and his wife Sonya (Sunny). Read press release

The softball field is being named in honor of Karla Hoesch Wolters, longtime Hope softball coach, and her husband Tom. Both are graduates of the Hope College class of 1973. Read press release