Clyde Berry Field

Clyde Berry Field is the home field of Henderson Baseball. The field was built in 1974 to replace an off-campus field in Arkadelphia known as Sturgis Field. When Clyde Berry Field opened, the park did not have a scoreboard, spectator seating, or even a name. It was most often referred to as Reddie Field and was little more than just a playing field. Over the years, Clyde Berry Field has slowly become the unique ballpark it is today. In 1979, an old football scoreboard was installed at the park, and in 2001, a new 15-foot tall outfield fence was installed. It wasn't until 2002 that seating was installed at the park. Before then, the bluff down the 3rd baseline was the only place to watch the game.

In 2005, a new $40,000 scoreboard was installed, and the field was officially named after Dr. Clyde Berry. Berry played football and baseball at Henderson from 1950-1952, and was coach of the baseball team from 1964-1966 and from 1982-1987. During his years as coach, he compiled a career win-loss record of 193-115, leading the Reddies to two Arkansas Inter-Collegiate championships and was named AIC and NAIA District Baseball Coach of the Year in 1982. Coach Berry was inducted into the Reddie Hall of Honor in 1997.

In early 2011, Clyde Berry Field received numerous renovations including new dugouts, a backstop, a concession stand, restrooms and a press box. Most recently, in 2015, Clyde Berry Field received major renovations which included a new synthetic playing surface being installed, along with lights, fencing and new seating areas. Also added was a newly paved and lighted parking lot for 275 vehicles located between the baseball and football stadiums.

According to a 2005 interview Clyde Berry, in 1952 he spoke with coach Duke Wells about having a field used only for baseball games. At that time, the track team, football team, and baseball team all shared the athletic field. Coach Wells told Clyde if he could procure enough space then he would make it happen. Clyde found some land, which at the time was muddy and swampy, west of the Day Armory, and spent the entire summer clearing it off with machinery and manpower. Upon clearance, Clyde made blueprints of a baseball field and presented it to the Board of Trustees. However, when the Board discovered the amount of land that was available to Henderson, they decided to move Stuttgart Hall to this location and convert it into quarters for the Maintenance Department instead. It would be almost another decade before Henderson its own home baseball field.