The Broad Athletic Facility’s foundation will be supplanted this month and the hunt for naming opportunities has begun.

Since The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Foundation donated $2 million to the project earlier this year, four rooms and four lockers of the facility were named.

The track and field coach’s office has been named the Sacramento Builder’s Association Head Coaches Office; the football team lounge is now Coach Ray Clemons Football Team Lounge; the reception area is named the Macias Gini and O’Connell Reception Area; and one meeting room is now known as the Roger Valine Vision Service Plan Meeting Room.

Four track and field lockers were named by David Wagner, vice president of Human Resources, and his wife Chris Wagner.

The facility, which has an estimated cost of $11 million, received $10 million in funds from donations given by three major sources: The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Foundation, Alex G. Spanos and Pepsi.

About $1.3 million is needed to finish the facility’s second floor and $300,000 is needed for weight room equipment; these will be funded by gifts, sponsorships and other private support, said Associate Vice President for Development Vince Sales.

“We got the building named and have had positive feedback from the community,” Sales said. “Athletics is helping with getting former athletes and coaches involved.”

The President’s Executive Committee, a volunteer advising organization made up of local business leaders, is in charge of campaigning for support.

Sales said the committee has many proposals pending and several prospects. He added that the committee has already raised $347,000 and that its goal is set at $930,000.

The donations have ranged between $25,000 and $150,000: Sacramento Builders’ Exchange Inc. donated $25,000; Gary and Judy Quattrin on behalf of former football coach Ray Clemons gave $62,000; Roger Valine of Vision Service Plan donated $150,000; Macias Gini and O’Connell LLP gave $25,000; and David and Chris Wagner bought the names to four lockers for $250 each. Football lockers are available for $500 each.

David Wagner, who ran cross country and track and field in high school, became interested in donating to the project after discovering that the list of former students that participated in sports other than football, basketball and baseball are sparse.

“My wife and I sat down and agreed that it would be a way to remember what I did in high school and acknowledge a less glamorous sport,” Wagner said.

Wagner has worked at Sacramento State for more than 30 years as a debate coach and the department chair in Communications Studies. Along with his wife, he has donated to several scholarship funds and multicultural programs.

They plan to split the four lockers by two, giving each other two naming opportunities. Two will be men lockers and two will be women lockers.

Wagner said the Spanos Sports and Recreational Complex, as a whole, will provide a “real focus to the students and encourage them to participate in campus life.”

“I am pleased there was an opportunity to donate something that won’t just go into a money pit,” Wagner said.

The Executive Committee has until December 2007 to reach the goal of $1.3 million as construction of the Broad Athletic Facility is set to be completed by January 2008.

The design and location of the name plates in the rooms and lockers will be worked out with the architects when the design has been completed, said Associate Vice President of Public Affairs Frank Whitlatch.

“This month they will be doing the utility work and putting down the foundation and pretty soon, people will see a lot of activity out there,” Whitlatch said.

The two-story field house will take up nearly 20,000 square feet south of Hornet Stadium and will include men and women’s locker rooms, a hydrotherapy facility, team lounge, coach offices and a video/production room, among other amenities.The old field house, located north of Hornet Stadium, will be torn down following the completion of the Broad Athletic Facility.