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NHRA team owners Joe and Cathi Maynard of the Maynard Family Racing organization were honored Friday, Oct. 14, at Austin Peay State University for a ceremony celebrating the naming of the school’s athletic complex, now called the Joe and Cathi Maynard Family Athletics Complex. 

Located in their town of Clarksville, Tenn., the Maynards are fixtures on the APSU campus. When not at the racetrack supporting Tony Schumacher and their SCAG Power Equipment Top Fuel team, they can be seen cheering on their home team at many University and athletic events throughout the year, and they are active in the Clarksville community. The Maynards have provided APSU with sponsorship opportunities with their business, ECHO Power Engineering, and have supported multiple academic areas through the establishment of the Joe and Cathi Maynard Family Fund of Excellence. They also have made significant gifts to create the Dr. Joe E. Maynard, Sr. Education Endowment, the George J. Reed, Sr. Veterans Scholarship Endowment, and the JoAnn and Frank Hindsley Veterans Endowment.

Named Austin Peay’s 2020 Philanthropists of the Year, Joe and Cathi Maynard have given tremendously to the University since 2017, including improvements to the baseball field – now named Joe Maynard Field, and the softball park, known as Cathi Maynard Park. 

“The Austin Peay community is excited to honor Joe and Cathi Maynard for their transformative gift made to the APSU Department of Athletics,” APSU President Mike Licari said. “Their recent $15 million pledge is the largest single gift in University history, and we are proud that the Joe and Cathi Maynard Family Athletics Complex will commemorate the generous commitment this family has made to our campus community.”

For more information, please visit:  https://www.apsu.edu/news/october-2022-maynard-naming.php

Photos by Sean McCully, Austin Peay State University