Bergman Field is located behind Saunders Fieldhouse
and between Orchard Avenue on the north and Mesa Avenue on the
south. It is the home to many of the College human performance
and wellness courses and intramural sports. The large area also
provides practice fields for athletics teams and is the home
field for Mesa State's powerhouse Women's Soccer team and RMAC
Champion Softball team.
Bergman Field is named for longtime Mesa State
coach Walter "Bus" Bergman. Bergman coached football
and baseball at Mesa from 1950 through 1980. His football record
was 102-63-9, with three conference junior college championships.
His baseball teams were 378-201, with 20 conference championships.
Bergman also led Mesa to second place finishes in the Junior
College World Series three times. In 1984, Bus Bergman was inducted
into the National Junior College Athletic Association Baseball
Coaches Hall of Fame.