Peterson Gymnasium

Multi-purpose arena in San Diego, California, United States

32°46′27″N 117°04′36″W / 32.7742°N 117.0768°W / 32.7742; -117.0768OwnerSan Diego State UniversityOperatorSan Diego State University Associated StudentsCapacity3,668OpenedMay 1961TenantsSan Diego State Aztecs (NCAA) (1961–present)
San Diego Conquistadors (ABA) (1972–1973)

Peterson Gymnasium (or Peterson Gym) is an indoor arena in San Diego, California, located on the campus of San Diego State University. The gym is home of the San Diego State Aztecs women's volleyball team. The Aztecs compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW).

History

Peterson Gym is named after Charles E. Peterson, who during his 37-year career at San Diego State University served as athletic director, football coach, track coach, basketball coach, Dean of Men and alumni executive secretary.

Peterson Gym has been home to several San Diego State Aztecs varsity sports teams over the years, including the now-defunct men's volleyball team (discontinued in 2000), which won San Diego State's first (and-to-date only) NCAA Division I national championship in any sport, at the 1973 NCAA men's volleyball tournament (which was hosted by SDSU and played at Peterson Gym). The men's and women's basketball teams also played at Peterson Gym until moving across the street to Cox Arena (now known as the Viejas Arena) upon its opening in 1997.

In 1972–73, Peterson Gym was home of the American Basketball Association (ABA)'s San Diego Conquistadors.^[1] The Conquistadors were coached by Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and Boston Celtics great K.C. Jones.^[2] The team finished with a 30–54 record. Following the season, the team switched its home arena to the San Diego Sports Arena.^[3]

Today, Peterson Gym also contains some classrooms for lectures.

References

^ "San Diego Conquistadors". Remember the ABA. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
^ "K.C. Jones". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
^ "1972-73 San Diego Conquistadors Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-06-22.

San Diego State University

Located in: San Diego, California

Colleges

Athletics

Varsity sports	Baseball Basketball (men's, women's) Cross country (women's) Football Golf (men's, women's) Lacrosse (women's) Soccer (men's, women's) Softball Swimming & diving (women's) Tennis (men's, women's) Track & field (women's) Volleyball (women's) Water polo (women's)
Venues	Aztec Aquaplex Aztec Lacrosse Field Aztec Tennis Center Mission Bay Aquatic Center Morley Field Peterson Gymnasium SDSU Softball Stadium SDSU Sports Deck Snapdragon Stadium Tony Gwynn Stadium Viejas Arena

Media

Campus

Facilities	Malcolm A. Love Library Aztec Student Union Hardy Memorial Tower Hepner Hall SDSU Transit Center (San Diego Trolley station) College Area
Research	SDSU Research Foundation Biological Field Stations Coastal Waters Laboratory HPWREN Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering Mount Laguna Observatory Social Science Research Laboratory Sycuan Institute on Tribal Gaming
Life	Fraternities & sororities The Koala

Founded: 1897
Students: 34,254
Endowment: 220.0 million
California State University

v t e San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball
Venues	Peterson Gym (1961–1997) San Diego Sports Arena (alternate; 1966–1997) Viejas Arena (1997–present)
Rivalries	San Diego
Culture & lore	The Show
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NAIA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

v t e American Basketball Association teams
Anaheim Amigos/Los Angeles Stars (1967–70) Baltimore Claws (1975) Carolina Cougars (1969–74) Dallas Chaparrals/Texas Chaparrals (1967–73) Denver Rockets/Denver Nuggets (1967–76) Houston Mavericks (1967–69) Indiana Pacers (1967–76) Kentucky Colonels (1967–76) Memphis Pros/Memphis Tams/Memphis Sounds (1970–75) Miami Floridians/The Floridians (1968–72) Minnesota Muskies (1967–68) Minnesota Pipers (1968–69) New Jersey Americans/New York Nets (1967–76) New Orleans Buccaneers (1967–70) Oakland Oaks (1967–69) Pittsburgh Pipers/Condors (1967–68; 1969–72) San Antonio Spurs (1973–76) San Diego Conquistadors/Sails (1972–75) Spirits of St. Louis (1974–76) Utah Stars (1970–75) Virginia Squires (1970–76) Washington Caps (1969–70)
ABA All-Time Team

American Basketball Association teams