Waco, TX-(June 5, 2007)-Baylor University broke ground on the $34 million Alwin O. and Dorothy Highers Athletics Complex and the Simpson Athletics and Academic Center. The SPARKS Sports project relocates all of football operations and the athletic department offices as well as a new academic center to the heart of the Baylor campus. For the first time in modern era, Baylor will have its football operations located on its campus.

SPARKS Sports, a division of Crafton, Tull, Sparks & Associates, Inc. specializes in sports projects. The firm has 320 employees with offices Birmingham, AL, Conway, AR, Little Rock, AR, Oklahoma City, OK, Rogers, AR, Russellville, AR, Tulsa, OK and Wichita, KS. They have provided architectural, engineering, interior design and surveying services across the nation since 1963. With a strong focus on providing clients with superior service, the firm was named to ZweigWhite's 2006 Hot Firm list of fastest growing architectural, engineering and environmental firms and listed on ENR's Top 500 Design Firms.

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Contact:  Shelley Bowersock, Manager Marketing/PR
SPARKS Sports, a division of Crafton, Tull, Sparks & Associates, Inc.
(918) 588-4026 / sbowersock@sparks-aei.com