FIELD OF THE YEAR COLLEGE BASEBALL
Level and category of submission: College Baseball
Field manager: Joe Stumpo Title: Director of sports turf / grounds
Education: High School
Experience: Eight years with the Durham Bulls, Triple-A affiliate to the Tampa Bay Rays – four of those as the head groundskeeper of Historic Durham Athletic Park( DAP) where Bull Durham was filmed. During my tenure it was also home to North Carolina Central baseball, which was a Division I program in the MEAC. After my time in Durham, I took a position with the Toronto Blue Jays at their spring training facility in Dunedin, Florida, and spent roughly a full season there. I then took the position here at Georgia Southern University as director of sports turf / grounds in October of 2022, and oversee all athletic fields.
Original facility construction: 2004 Full-time staff: Matt McCutcheon
Turfgrass: Outfield is Tifway 419 bermudagrass. Infield and back arc 20 feet off is NorthBridge bermudagrass.
Overseed: Perennial ryegrass Rootzone: Sand Drainage: Drain tile and severe crown
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