The UMC Sports Center consists of Lysaker Gymnasium and the Athletics Department and its offices.  The indoor complex includes three full-sized basketball/volleyball courts, fitness center, racquetball courts, training room with sauna , and varsity locker rooms. The Lysaker Gym serves UMC's varsity teams, as well as local and regional volleyball and basketball tournaments, and other campus events. Seating in the gym is approximately 3,200.

Sports Center Floor Plan - First Floor
Sports Center Floor Plan - Second Floor

Services, Offices, and Points of Interest

• Athletic Fields (south of campus)
• Athletics Department
• Fitness Center
• Golden Eagle Sculpture (outside north door)
• Lysaker Gym - Hardwood floors installed Fall 2007
• Racquetball Courts
• Staff Offices
• Widseth Field
  
  
• Lysaker Gym 360° View
• Fitness Center 360° View
  
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History
Lysaker Gymnasium , built in 1981, was named for former athletic director, Herschel "Hersch" Lysaker.  Lysaker served as UMC's athletic director from 1966-1976. Hersch received the UMC Torch and Shield Service Award in 1975 for his outstanding contribution to the college community. In 1977 he was inducted into the Minnesota Football Hall of Fame. Lysaker began his work for the campus in 1944, when he joined the staff of the NWSA as athletic director and home projects supervisor. He spent a total of 44 years in education, including his previous service at high schools in Adams, ND, Northwood, ND, Warren, MN, and Crookston.

(Former) Knutson Hall was named in honor of Oscar R. Knutson, a 1919 NWSA graduate who was appointed Chief Justice of the Minnesota State Supreme Court in 1962.   It was built in 1930.  It includes a gymnasium, locker-room space, and the campus fitness center.

Physical education outdoor complex, located south of the south road, was completed in 1981 as part of the UMC Sports Complex.  It includes an outdoor all-weather track, varsity football field, varsity baseball field, varsity softball field, and numerous intramural fields. In 1997 the track and football field were renovated, and new bleachers were constructed. The effort was a cooperative one in partnership with the Crookston School District, which now also uses the track and field.