In 2009, the Princeton Review praised Hendrix College for its new Wellness and Athletic Center, Bob Courtway Pool and four outdoor playing fields by ranking it 13th in the country among all 2,500 four-year colleges. That includes all NCAA Division I, II and III schools.
Hendrix joined Wabash College (Crawfordsville, Ind.) and Middlebury College (Middlebury, Vt.) as the only other NCAA Division III schools to make the Top 20 list.
The Warriors finished construction of their athletic facilities in August of 2007. The new buildings and playing fields replaced the 46-year-old Grove Gymnasium. Hendrix is currently finishing construction of the new Student Life and Technology Center, which has been erected on the west side of Harkrider where Grove Gymnasium formerly sat.
In September 2013, Hendrix opened four more facilities - Young-Wise Memorial Stadium, Sturgis Athletics Center, Warrior Field (turf) and the Indoor Tennis Center.
The Princeton Review praises the college for its involved student body and accepting atmosphere. Hendrix students are quoted extensively throughout the review, discussing everything from the "phenomenal [financial] aid that would be ridiculous to turn down" to the "awesome theme parties". A political science major noted that "one of Hendrix's selling points is the personal relationships that students build with their professors," while another student credited professors for being "courageously friendly."
The Princeton Review's Best Athletic Facilities
Based on student's rating of campus athletic facilities
1. University of Maryland, College Park
2. University of Florida
3. Pennsylvania State University-University Park
4. Wabash College
5. Georgia Institute of Technology
6. Texas A&M University-College Station
7. University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
8. Texas Christian University
9. The Ohio State University-Columbus
10. Loyola University Maryland
11. West Virginia University
12. University of Georgia
13. Hendrix College
14. University of Alabama at Birmingham
15. University of Richmond
16. Lafayette College
17. Clemson University
18. United States Military Academy
19. Middlebury College
20. University of Texas at Austin
Hendrix Athletic Facilities
Beach Bear Sand Courts
Bob Courtway Pool
Crafton-Faulkner Field at Young-Wise Memorial Stadium
Garrison Court at Grove Gymnasium
Sturgis Athletics Center
Warrior Command Center  (Esports)
Warrior Baseball Field
Warrior Soccer Field
Warrior Softball Field
Warrior Tennis Courts & Hatcher Tennis Center
Warrior Lacrosse Field (Women's Lacrosse)
Wellness and Athletics Center
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