The Joe Huston Memorial Sports Complex, located at 10120 SW
Boones Ferry Road, just off Terwilliger Blvd., directly behind the
Lewis & Clark College School of Law, is home to both Pioneer
baseball and softball fields. The Huston Sports Complex is named in
honor of Joe Huston, football coach at Lewis & Clark for
seventeen seasons. As the plaque at the complex declares, Huston
was a “friend, Coach-Athletic Director-Dean of Men”
from 1947-1972.
Originally built as a practice and
intramural facility, it was upgraded to become the permanent home
of the Pioneer baseball and softball teams in the late 70’s.
Softball first began playing at “Huston Field” in 1979,
having previously called Falcon Park their home field.
Baseball moved from Sckavone Field (SE 22nd & McLoughlin) to
Huston Field in 1980.
The Huston Sports Complex has been
evolving through the years. In 1993, a baseball pressbox,
double-batting tunnels, and dugouts were added. In recent
years, new wooden grandstands were added to the softball side to
improve the fans’ game day experience. In 2005, a new
scoreboard with full line-score display was installed at the
softball field.
The softball field has bleacher seating,
as well as a renovated area with a spacious tiered wooden platform,
perfect for bringing your own comfortable chairs to sit in. The
field has great sight lines and a lush, green backdrop, making it
an incredible place to take in an afternoon of Pioneer softball.
The baseball field features traditional stadium seats behind home
plate and bleacher seating down both lines.
