FIELD OF THE YEAR SCHOOLS AND PARKS SPORTING GROUNDS
Level and category of submission : Schools and Parks Sporting Grounds Field manager : Daniel Prince Title : Riverview Sports Complex Manager Education : Bachelor ’ s Degree in Landscape Architecture
Experience : I began working on sports fields as a student worker while attending the University of Georgia in 2010 , helping maintain UGA ’ s Jack Turner Women ’ s complex , as well as helping maintain Sanford Stadium . Upon graduation , I was hired as the grounds foreman over the Jack Turner complex and worked there until mid-2015 when I accepted the softball field manager position at Georgia Tech . In 2018 I accepted the Riverview Sports Complex manager position at Pace Academy , taking care of four game fields and two practice fields .
Full-time staff : Larry Fricke Original construction : 2008 Turfgrass : Tifton 419 bermudagras Rootzone : Sand
Drainage : 4 ” sand cap with 12 ” perforated collectors , as well as a small crown to move water to our ACO trench drains on the edges of our field .
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