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Seahawk Sports Performance Center
The Seahawk Sports Performance Center opened in August 2004 completed a full renovation in January 2024 to increase the usable space as well as upgrade all of the equipment. Home to UNCW’s 19 teams, the 4,000-square-foot facility features many tools and modalities to enhance each student-athlete’s performance in their respective sport. The space includes 10 racks which include jammer arms, triphasic bars, and multiple forms of accommodating resistance. It also houses custom dumbbells and bumper plates branded with “Seahawk Strength,” four GHD/Hyper combos, a belt squat, a bilateral/unilateral leg press, functional trainer cable machines, lat pull/low row combos, two Peloton bikes, two AssaultRunner Pro treadmills, and various other pieces of equipment to enhance the student-athlete’s training experience.
In addition, the Seahawk Sports Performance staff utilizes TeamBuildr – an online “strength and conditioning” software displayed at each station via an iPad, creating paperless programming and data tracking for each individual student-athlete. Other technologies include Vitruve velocity-based training units and Vald SmartJump jump testing.
Inside the Sports Performance Center is a fully loaded Gatorade Fuel Station stocked with Gatorade Protein and Recovery shakes, chocolate milk, and various other nutrition items to fuel our student-athletes pre or post workout, and in between training sessions. It also includes a pair of large flat-screen TVs used to display educational information on nutrition, fueling, and recovery for our student-athletes along with entertainment during training sessions.
Directions
If Traveling To Wilmington Via I-40: I-40 becomes US 132/S. College Road once the interstate ends. Continue traveling south on College Road approximately 3 miles. Turn left onto Randall Drive at the traffic light. You are now on the UNCW campus. Take the first right onto Wagoner Drive. When Wagoner Drive ends, turn left onto Hurst Drive. At the traffic light, turn left onto Hamilton Drive. Turn into Parking Lot A ¼ mile on left. The Weight room is left of Trask Coliseum.
If Traveling To Wilmington Via US 74/76: After crossing the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, US 74/76 is also called Dawson Street. Continue on Dawson Street approximately 1.5 miles. Dawson Street (US 76E) will bear right and become Oleander Drive. Continue on Oleander Drive approximately 2.5 miles until it intersects with US 132N/College Road. Turn left onto College Road. Travel approximately 1 mile north, and then turn right onto Hurst Drive at the traffic light. You are now on the UNCW campus. At the traffic light, turn left onto Hamilton Drive. Turn into Parking Lot A ¼ mile on left. The Weight room is left of Trask Coliseum.
If Traveling From The North Of Wilmington Via US 17: US 17 becomes Market Street in Wilmington. Continue traveling south on Market Street. Go under the overpass at the junction of US 117S/132S, and immediately turn left at the traffic light onto South College Road. Continue traveling on College Road approximately 1 mile. Turn left onto Randall Drive at the traffic light. You are now on the UNCW campus. Take the first right onto Wagoner Drive. When Wagoner Drive ends, turn left onto Hurst Drive. At the traffic light, turn left onto Hamilton Drive. Turn into Parking Lot A ¼ mile on left. The Weight room is left of Trask Coliseum.
If Traveling From Wilmington International Airport: As you exit the airport, turn left onto 23rd Street. Turn left onto Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. Continue to the US 132/College Road intersection, and turn right onto College Road. Travel approximately 2 miles. Turn left onto Randall Drive at the traffic light. You are now on the UNCW campus. Take the first right onto Wagoner Drive. When Wagoner Drive ends, turn left onto Hurst Drive. At the traffic light, turn left onto Hamilton Drive. Turn into Parking Lot A ¼ mile on left. The Weight room is left of Trask Coliseum.
