Charles J. Volpe Family Field opened on April 5, 2018, as the Royals baseball team knocked off Wilkes in a non-conference match-up, 9-8. 
The facility is a synthetic-turf baseball field with more than 400 bleacher seats, home and away bullpens, two batting cages, LED lighting for night games, and a press box. In its short history, it has already hosted the 2018 and 2019 Landmark Conference playoffs and several PIAA District and State playoff games.
The name for the facility was chosen by Charles (Chuck) Volpe Jr., Esq. '82 and his wife, Ellen, in honor of the late Charles J. Volpe Sr. '61, his children, and grandchildren who are graduates of the University.
Charles J. Volpe Sr., who passed away in 1988, played baseball for the University as a student in the 1950s and early 1960s. A well-respected Scranton businessman and insurance entrepreneur who founded Foxco Insurance Management Services, he was also an active political leader. He held local and county positions, including serving as deputy mayor of the city of Scranton and as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives. His wife Eleanor, who passed away in 2017, and his son, Chuck Volpe Jr., started the Charles J. Volpe Sr. Memorial Scholarship Fund at the University, which provides assistance for a student who is majoring in history, political science or international studies; has achieved academic excellence; and aspires to pursue a career in public service.
Chuck Volpe Jr. was a member of the University's Special Jesuit Liberal Arts (SJLA) Honors Program and earned a bachelor's degree in public administration. While at Scranton, he was president of the College Democrats and class vice president of Student Government. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from Duquesne University in 1985 and practiced law as a bond counsel and a trial lawyer before joining the family business. Like his father, he too ran for political office and currently hosts The Volpe Report, a political television show currently airing on FOX56 WOLF. He received the University's Frank J. O'Hara Distinguished Alumni Award in 2017.
Directions: GPS Address: 100 Broadway Street, Scranton, PA
Take the Central Scranton Expressway (Exit 185 off Interstate 81 North & South). Follow for approximately 1/2 mile and take right onto the Cedar Avenue Exit. At the stop sign, make a right onto Cedar Avenue and then an immediate sharp left after 100 yards onto Mattes Avenue. Follow Mattes Avenue as it curls to the right to a stop light. Go straight through the stop light and the athletics campus will be one-tenth of a mile ahead.
