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The Round Rock ISD Board of Trustees voted to rename the Round Rock ISD Athletic Complex on Parmer Lane to the Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex. Reeves is a former RRISD teacher, coach and athletic director who passed away in Nov. 2009 after a battle with cancer. The decision was made at the Feb. 18, 2010 School Board Meeting.

The public was invited to voice their opinion on the potential name change through the web, e-mail, fax, mail and in person to the board. Roughly 270 people responded with a large majority in favor of the name change.

Reeves served as the first head football coach at Westwood High School from 1981 through 1989 when he was named the district’s Athletic Director. He held the position of AD until his retirement in 2005. During his time at RRISD, Reeves implemented artificial turf at Dragon Stadium which decreased the wear and tear on the field which had caused student injuries and limited field use to other student organizations such as marching bands.

With the opening of McNeil High School and Stony Point High School, Reeves conducted a study to construct a separate athletic complex and requested it be added to the 1999 Bond Election. He proposed a concrete stadium with artificial turf which would not only provide relief at Dragon Stadium, but would also help with future middle schools as it would allow the district to build practice fields at future middle schools and allow middle school athletes to play games at the complex. Doing so saved the district money on providing lighting, concession stands, public restrooms and seating. Reeves served on the design committee for the Athletic Complex and was there from the initial concept through when the first game was played.

Reeves has been honored by his peers around the state and was named the 1996 Athletic Director of the Year, the 1998 State Award of Merit from the Texas High School Athletic Director’s Association, elected to the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association Board of Directors (NIAAA) in 1998, and was elected to the Hall of Honor in 2000 by the Texas High School Athletic Director Association.