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STMA Announces 2012 Field of the Year Winners

The Sports Turf Managers Association has announced the winners of its Field of the Year awards for 2012. They are as follows:

Field of the Year
Baseball

• Schools and Parks – Don Gaebelein Field, Wesleyan School, Norcross, GA

• College and University – TD Ameritrade Park, Omaha, NE

• Professional – Fluor Field at the West End, Greenville Drive, Greenville, SC

Football

• Schools and Parks – Panther Stadium, Oregon USD, Oregon, WI

• College and University – Jack Trice Stadium, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Soccer

• Schools and Parks – Waukegan SportsPark Field #2, Waukegan Park Dist., Waukegan, IL

• College and University – Gordon Field, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

• Professional – Dicks Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO

Softball

• Schools and Parks – Alpenrose Stadium, Little League Softball World Series, Portland, OR

• College and University – Tiger Park, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Sporting Grounds

• Schools and Parks - Infinity Park, City of Glendale, CO

Award winners will be presented with their awards on Fri., Jan. 18, 2013, at the STMA Awards Banquet. The banquet concludes the STMA Annual Conference and Exhibition, which starts Jan. 15 in Daytona Beach. Information on that banquet can be found at http://www.stma.org/.