 The new baseball diamond was constructed at the north end of campus; first used in April 1967, it was named for Guy Wicks in May 1969.Wicks (1902–68), a UI graduate, was a Vandal baseball player in the early 1920s, a head coach in two sports in the 1940s, and later an associate dean of students.Prior to the construction of the library (opened 1957), it was the site of outdoor tennis courts.