Gleason Center

The Gleason Physical Education Center is the home of both the Warrior basketball and volleyball teams.

Built in 1971, it houses a 2,500 seat gymnasium, a swimming pool, the Edwards Weight Room and physical education classrooms and offices.

On October 18, 1986, the building was dedicated in honor of long-time Sterling College coach and athletic director Clair L. Gleason. Gleason coached football, baseball, basketball and track during his 33-year tenure at Sterling College.

The Gleason Center has also been the host site for sub-state basketball contests and the Sterling Invitational, a high school boys basketball tournament.

With this new court, it needed a name and a name that was synonymous with Sterling College and the rich basketball history on that same court. On Nov. 2, 2013, the court was dedicated and named after the all-time winningest women's basketball coach in Sterling College and in the state of Kansas, Lonnie Kruse.

Coach Kruse has amassed 30 winning seasons at Sterling, compiling a 706-244 record over his 33 years coaching the Lady Warriors Basketball program. Kruse has won the KCAC Coach of the year award 12 times, won the KCAC regular season title 12 times, had made 16 trips to the NAIA National Tournament, 10 trips to the NAIA Sweet Sixteen, two trips to the NAIA Elite Eight, and has been to the NAIA Final Four once.

During his 33 years coaching, he has coached one first team All-American Player, five Second Team All-American Players, two Third Team All-American Players, 10 Honorable Mention All-American Players, 66 First Team All-KCAC players, 2 Second Team All-KCAC players, 53 All-KCAC Honorable Mention Players, 10 KCAC Freshmen of the Year, and 42 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes.

The Gleason Center atmosphere has been upgraded with the addition of new scoreboards. The scoreboards were made possible through the support of First Bank and JACAM.

The Edwards Weight Center is located on the north side of the Gleason Physical Education Building. The center is named in memory of two brothers who were SC athletes in the early days of the college - Edward Edwards and John Edwards. The facility was made possible by a lead gift from Ed's son Harold "Gus" Edwards and his wife, Evelyn. Gus played football for SC from 1935 to 1938 and served as team captain in 1937.