RISING STAR
Welcome to our coverage of the inaugural SportsField Management magazine Rising Star Awards . The pages that follow showcase the 2023 Rising Star winners .
The SportsField Management magazine Rising Star Awards highlight the best up-and-coming leaders in the sports field management industry . Nominees were submitted earlier this year from throughout the sports field management industry .*
2023 Rising Star nominees had to be under the age of 40 as of January 1 , 2023 ; or , if over the age of 40 , must have been new to the sports field management industry within the last 10 years .
Candidates were evaluated based on professional accomplishments , community and industry involvement , philanthropic efforts and other exemplary qualities .
The Rising Star Awards review panel included SportsField Management magazine staff , as well as SFMA members from all areas of the industry . So , the Rising Star Award winners were nominated by their peers and selected as winners by their peers . SFM
The SportsField Management magazine Rising Star Awards are an independent award production created and presented by SportsField Management magazine . Although SFMA members were involved in the nominee review process , the awards program is not an official SFMA award . As such , nominees did not need to be members of the national SFMA to be considered for a Rising Star Award .
18 SportsField Management | October 2023 sportsfieldmanagementonline . com