Koch Diamond

Koch Diamond is a baseball venue in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is home to the St. Thomas Tommies baseball team of the NCAA Division I Summit League. The field opened in 2006 and is named for the former St. Thomas pitcher David Koch.^[1]

Koch Diamond

Location	Cretin Avenue S, St. Paul, MN, United States
Coordinates	44.945179°N 93.190971°W / 44.945179; -93.190971
Owner	University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)
Operator	University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)
Capacity	250
Field size	Left Field: 320 ft Center Field: 465 ft Right Field: 320 ft
Surface	AstroTurf (infield) Natural grass (outfield)
Scoreboard	Electronic
Construction
Broke ground	2005
Built	2005
Opened	April 22, 2006
Renovated	2017
Construction cost	$300,000
Tenants
St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies baseball (Summit) (2006–present)

Features

The park is located along Cretin Avenue in the Union Park neighborhood of St. Paul. The outfield is also used as both a football and soccer practice facility, which results in the centerfield fence being the deepest in all of college baseball, at 465 feet.^[2]

Naming

David Koch, for whom the venue is named, pitched for the St. Thomas baseball program in 1952.^[3]

See also

• List of NCAA Division I baseball venues