Shelton Gym
Despite boasting a capacity of only 1000 spectators, the Robert H. Shelton Gymnasium - referred to across the Stephen F. Austin campus as Shelton Gym - has gained the reputation of one of the most difficult venues to play in for opposing teams due to its unique game day atmosphere. Since moving their home matches from the cavernous William R. Johnson Coliseum to Shelton Gym prior to the start of the 2011 campaign, the Ladyjacks and their fans have shaped Shelton Gymnasium into an enourmous home court advantage as the program has piled up the wins on their home court. Originally, SFA called Shelton Gym home from the start of its days as a program until the 1999 campaign when they played five matches inside William R. Johnson Coliseum before moving to the facility on a full-time basis from 2000-10.
With its seating options limited exclusively to the upper portion of the facility, many spectators elect to sit along the rail of the upper concourse and let their feet dangle along the upper part of the wall on the court level. Acoustically intimidating, all of the game day action in Shelton Gym is magnified thanks to the echoes that are created within the facility. As part of SFA’s partnership with ESPN, the worldwide leader in sports, significant facility upgrades were made to the hardware in Shelton Gym to ensure that all of the Ladyjacks home matches would be broadcast nationwide on ESPN3 and the ESPN app.
In 2019, new courtside seating options were made available to fans as a premium offering, giving the opportunity to be even closer to the action and feel the game action in the same way that the athletes do.
One of the most historic moments in the history of the SFA volleyball program took place in the facility on September 5, 2015, when the Ladyjacks dispatched Columbia by a 3-0 score to give head coach Debbie Humphreys her 600th career victory as a collegiate head coach.
Originally the home of the Lumberjack men’s basketball program from 1951-74, Shelton Gym plays host to a multitude of intramural events at SFA including basketball and volleyball.
Shelton Gym Photo Gallery
