The Harp Recreation & Commencement Center

The 57,000-square-foot Recreation and Fitness Center opened in August 2010 and was dedicated the Harp Recreation and Commencement Center on April 22, 2022. This state-of-the-art facility features a first-class, fully equipped weight room and fitness center, an impressive 37-foot-high rock climbing wall, an elevated indoor jogging track surrounding the facility and a state-of-the-art 1,100-purple-seat, NCAA-regulation arena that serves as the home of the Mountain Lion basketball and volleyball programs.

The center also boasts multipurpose classrooms for yoga, dance and aerobics, office space and locker rooms for the athletics department and wide expanses of windows to enjoy the surrounding mountain-landscape views. YHC was awarded LEED Certification for the Recreation and Fitness Center by the Green Building Certification Institute.According to the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) project directory, YHC's Recreation Center is only the second higher educational recreation facility in Georgia to achieve this certification.