Donna J. Hardesty Sports and Recreation Complex

The Donna J. Hardesty Sports Complex is home to The University of Tulsa softball team.

The complex, which opened for play in 2002, did so as TU softball's first on-campus softball home. The softball stadium is a picturesque setting featuring a burmed sitting area with a facade of Tennessee Ledgestone that matches the rest of the TU campus. The field also features a shrub-lined outfield fence, as well as an outfield warning track, bullpens and batting cages along with a press box and scoreboard. Sunken dugouts are located just below the seating, which includes a capacity of approximately 800.

In its eight-year history, the Hardesty Complex has provided the scenery for some of the greatest moments in Tulsa softball history:

- 2002, TU posted a 16-2 home record in the new stadium, still the best home winning percentage in program history.
- 2006, Tulsa won the Conference USA Championship in its first season in the league with a 3-0 defeat of Marshall with an eighth-inning three-run walk-off home run.
- 2009, Tulsa won the C-USA regular season championship on its home field on the final weekend of the season with a sweep of Southern Miss.

The complex, named in honor of TU alumna Donna Hardesty, also includes the soccer field, track, multi-purpose recreational field, student health and fitness center, student apartments and additional campus parking. The cost of the development exceeded $30 million.

The 30-acre development to the west of Delaware Avenue extends from 10th Street to Fourth Place and Delaware Avenue to Columbia Avenue.

Roger Hardesty, president of The Hardesty Companies, served as a member of the TU Board of Trustees from 1995-1998.

The namesake of the facility, Donna Hardesty, is a TU alumna. Their daughter Debbie Cristo is also a TU alumna, and daughter Michelle Clary attended TU.

The facility has impacted all facets of the softball program since the first game took place during the 2002 campaign.