Donors to YSU Watts facility honored today

YOUNGSTOWN — A few years ago, Allison Ludwig left her home in Dayton to attend Youngstown State University and cited the people, the welcoming atmosphere and the facilities as the main draws.

She couldn’t have known it at the time, but one of YSU’s newest additions would reinforce her feeling that she made the right move at the right time: the Watson and Tressel Training Site.

“I love this facility,” Ludwig, a member of the university’s soccer team, said after today’s WATTS Donor Recognition celebration in the athletic facility on the north end of campus.

Close to 100 people attended the 45-minute ceremony to recognize and thank the nearly 350 families, organizations, individuals and others who donated more than $4 million to help build the $11 million indoor practice and athletic facility, which opened last fall.

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