Boston College to Dedicate Pete Frates Center

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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College will officially dedicate the Pete Frates Center on its Brighton campus on Saturday, March 26. The Pete Frates Center, Phase II of the Harrington Athletics Village, was named in honor of the late BC baseball captain Pete Frates ’07 thanks to the generosity of the Yawkey Foundation and a large community of donors.

The dedication program will begin at 11:30 a.m. ahead of the BC softball game against Virginia (1 p.m.) and the baseball game against Louisville (2 p.m.). The event will feature remarks from President of Boston College William P. Leahy, William V. Campbell Director of Athletics Patrick Kraft, and the Yawkey Foundation’s John Harrington ’57, MBA’66, H’10, P’82, ’89, GP ’15, ’21, ’21, ’23, ’24, ’25 and James P. Healey ’75, P ’05.

Frates’ siblings Jennifer Mayo ’04 and Andrew Frates will also speak during the program. Frates’ wife Julie (née Kowalik) Frates ’12 and daughter Lucy Frates will also be in attendance.

Following the start of the baseball game, the facility will be open for tours.

The Pete Frates Center, which opened in the fall of 2020, is the indoor home of the Boston College baseball and softball teams. A 31,000-square-foot facility, it features locker rooms and player lounges for each team plus sports medicine, strength and conditioning, and equipment space on its lower level. The upper level houses a state-of-the-art, eight-tunnel hitting facility with an indoor turf field and retractable netting. The upper level also has a hospitality area and deck overlooking the baseball field.

Frates passed away in December 2019 after a nearly-eight-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at the age of 34. His family continues his mission to find a cure for the disease. Frates is best recognized as one of the original driving forces in starting the Ice Bucket Challenge in 2014, which raised over $220 million for ALS research.

PETE FRATES CENTER DEDICATION

Date: Saturday, March 26

Time: 11:30 a.m.

Location: Pete Frates Center (Brighton Campus)
Address: 2125 Commonwealth Ave., Brighton
Parking: Available on the Brighton Campus by entering off Comm. Ave. or Foster Street.