Athletics department grounds crew honored

Jason Bowers, a sports turf and grounds manager who oversees Worsham Field and the football practice fields, and the rest of the grounds crew for the Tech athletics department earned a prestigious award recently, as Pioneer Athletics named the department – and thus, crew – a winner of the 2007 Field of Excellence Award. Pioneer specializes in painting lines and logos on playing fields, and its Field of Excellence program honors outstanding athletic fields and the hard-working crews who maintain them.

Colleges, universities, high schools, and parks and recreation departments from all over the U.S. submitted photos, letters of recommendation, and application forms describing their institution’s detailed athletics field maintenance programs. A judging process yielded 22 winners, and Worsham Field in Lane Stadium was one of those 22.

The Tech athletics department will receive a certificate of recognition and a Field of Excellence banner that can be displayed at Lane Stadium. Pioneer may also use the picture of Tech’s field in its upcoming publications and annual calendar.