ASBA Announces 2017 Award Winners
FOREST HILL, MD (Dec. 5, 2017) - The American Sports Builders Association (ASBA), the national organization for designers, builders and suppliers of materials for athletic facilities, has announced the winners of its annual awards. Awards are presented each year to facilities built by ASBA members, which best exemplify construction excellence.
Awards are presented in various categories: Tennis Courts, Running Tracks, Sports Fields, Indoor Facilities and Track and Field Facilities. Within some categories, there are divisions; for example, the Tennis Court category recognizes facilities in Indoor, Residential and Outdoor divisions.
Presentation of award plaques was made at the Technical Meeting, recently held in New Orleans, Louisiana. The meeting had an all-time-high attendance of well over 600 industry members and more than 60 exhibitors in the trade show.
Projects are scored individually based on considerations such as layout and design, site work, drainage, base construction, surface, amenities, innovation and overall impression. Winning entries are those whose cumulative scores meet or exceed the standard.
Winning projects are as follows:
*Distinguished Track Facilities *
*Distinguished Outdoor Track Facilities *
Durango High School Track & Field Durango, Colorado General Acrylics Inc., Phoenix, Arizona
Bowman County Track & Field Bowman, North Dakota Fisher Tracks, Boone, Iowa
Greyhound Stadium Portales, New Mexico Fisher Tracks, Boone, Iowa
Hillsboro Public Schools Athletic Complex Hillsboro, North Dakota Fisher Tracks, Boone, Iowa
Paxton Consolidated Schools Athletic Complex Paxton, Nebraska Fisher Tracks, Boone, Iowa
Robert L. Peterson Memorial Field Dakota Valley, South Dakota Fisher Tracks, Boone, Iowa
MIT Steinbrenner Stadium Cambridge, Massachusetts Cape and Island Tennis & Track, Pocassett, Massachusetts
Sheila and Morris Cregger Track Columbia, South Carolina Medallion Athletics Inc., Mooresville, North Carolina
ADM Community School District Stadium Adel, Iowa Fisher Tracks, Boone, Iowa
*Distinguished Indoor Track Facilities *
Clemson University Indoor Track Clemson, South Carolina Medallion Athletics Inc., Mooresville, North Carolina
Franklin & Marshall College ASFC Schnader Field House Lancaster, Pennsylvania Sasaki Associates Inc., Watertown, Massachusetts
*Distinguished Track & Field Facility *
Espanola High School Athletic Facility Espanola, New Mexico Lone Mountain Contracting Inc.
*Distinguished Tennis Facilities *
*Distinguished Outdoor Tennis Facilities *
Winding Cypress Naples, Florida Welch Tennis Courts Inc., Sun City, Florida
The Wheeler School Tennis Facility Seekonk, Massachusetts Cape and Island Tennis & Track, Pocassett, Massachusetts
West Ottawa Middle School Tennis Facility Holland, Michigan GMB Architecture + Engineering, Holland, Michigan
Miami University Women’s Tennis Courts Oxford, Ohio Sportworks Field Design, West Chester, Ohio
Coopersville High School Tennis Facility Coopersville, Michigan GMB Architecture + Engineering, Holland, Michigan
Southern Wesleyan University Tennis Facility Central, South Carolina Baseline Sports Construction LLC, Knoxville, Tennessee
Daly Field Tennis Facility Brighton, Massachusetts Activitas Inc., Dedham, Massachusetts
City of Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Fast-Dry Courts Inc., Pompano Beach, Florida
Laguna Beach High School Laguna Beach, California Zaino Tennis Courts Inc., Orange, California
Loomis Chaffee School Tennis Facility Windsor, Connecticut Milone & MacBroom Inc., Cheshire, Connecticut
Trump National Doral Miami Doral, Florida Fast-Dry Courts Inc., Pompano Beach, Florida
Hudsonville High School Tennis Facility Hudsonville, Michigan GMB Architecture + Engineering, Holland, Michigan
Kearney High School Kearney, Missouri McConnell & Associates Corp., Kansas City, Missouri
*Residential Tennis Facilities *
Lower Merion Residence Gladwyne, Pennsylvania Pro-Sport Construction Inc., Devon, Pennsylvania
Pinecrest Residence Pinecrest, Florida Fast-Dry Courts Inc., Pompano Beach, Florida
*Distinguished Field Facilities *
*Single Field Facilities * Northland College Ponzio Stadium Field Ashland, Wisconsin Rettler Corp., Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Tufts Unviersity Ounjian Field Medford, Massachusetts Stantec Sport Group, Boston, Massachusetts
The Rivers School-Nonesuch Field Weston, Massachusetts Stantec Sport Group, Boston, Massachusetts
Sacramento State Baseball Field Sacramento, California Siegfried, Sacramento, California
Pine Lake Preparatory Athletic Complex Mooresville, North Carolina Medallion Athletic Products Inc., Mooresville, North Carolina
Lakeside Field at Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois SCG Fields, LLC, Brecksville, Ohio
Drexel University Vidas Field Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Stantec Sport Group, Boston, Massachusetts
Grand Canyon University Phoenix, Arizona Elite Sports Builders, Phoenix, Arizona
Harvard University-Field Hockey Boston, Massachusetts Activitas Inc., Dedham, Massachusetts
Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, Massachusetts Activitas Inc., Dedham, Massachusetts
Calvin Falwell Field at City Stadium Lynchburg, Virginia SCG Fields, LLC, Brecksville, Ohio
Dick Meador Stadium Lawrenceburg, Indiana Civil & Environmental Consultants Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio
The Fessenden School Kumin-Loring Field Newton, Massachusetts Stantec Sport Group, Boston, Massachusetts
Southeast Missouri State University Capaha Field Cape Girardeau, Missouri Byrne & Jones Construction, Bridgeton, Missouri
Brooks School North Andover, Massachusetts Huntress Associates Inc., Andover, Massachusetts
Agawam High School Baseball Facility Agawam, Massachusetts Milone & MacBroom Inc., Cheshire, Connecticut
New Milford High School Athletic Facility New Milford, Connecticut BSC Group Inc., Glastonbury, Connecticut
Covrett Stadium & Fishburn Family Field Highland High School South Bloomfield Township Morrow County, Ohio Sportworks Field Design, West Chester, Ohio
Lapeer Field Lapeer, Michigan Foresite Design Inc., Berkley, Michigan
Agawam High School Track & Field Facility Agawam, Massachusetts Milone & MacBroom Inc., Cheshire, Connecticut
Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire Activitas Inc., Dedham, Massachusetts
Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium Denver, Colorado SCG Fields, LLC, Brecksville, Ohio
University of Oregon Jane Sanders Softball Stadium Eugene, Oregon Cameron McCarthy Landscape Architecture & Planning, Eugene, Oregon
Cornell University Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, New York Stantec Sport Group, Boston, Massachusetts
*Multiple-Field Facilities *
The Roxbury Latin School West Roxbury, Massachusetts Stantec Sport Group, Boston, Massachusetts
Beechwood High School Athletic Complex Fort Mitchell, Kentucky The Motz Group, LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio
Sunset High School Athletic Fields Beaverton, Oregon Cameron McCarthy Landscape Architecture & Planning, Eugene, Oregon
Daly Field Brighton, Massachusetts Activitas Inc., Dedham, Massachusetts
Newman Elementary School Athletic Fields Needham, Massachusetts Weston & Sampson, Worcester, Massachusetts
Boston College High School Athletic Facility Boston, Massachusetts Activitas Inc., Dedham, Massachusetts
Colby College Baseball & Softball Complex Waterville, Maine Activitas, Inc., Dedham, Massachusetts
*Distinguished Court & Recreational Facilities *
*Outdoor Pickleball Facilities *
Sun City Festival Pickleball Park Buckeye, Arizona General Acrylics Inc., Phoenix, Arizona
Chicken N’ Pickle North Kansas City, Missouri McConnell & Associates Corp., Kansas City, Missouri
*Residential Pickleball Facility *
Herreid-Rivet Residence Chatham, Massachusetts Boston Tennis Court Construction Co., Inc., Hanover, Massachusetts
*Indoor Pickleball Facility *
Chicken N’ Pickle North Kansas City, Missouri McConnell & Associates, Kansas City, Missouri
Courts & Recreation Facilities Cape Girardeau Sportsplex Cape Girardeau, Missouri Jaypro Sports LLC, Waterford, Connecticut
Kingswood Oxford School West Hartford, Connecticut Hinding Tennis Courts, West Haven, Connecticut
Within each category, specific facilities were chosen from among all winning entries to represent the best of athletic facility construction. The winners were as follows:
*TRACK DIVISION *
Outstanding Outdoor Track Facility of the Year MIT Steinbrenner Stadium Cambridge, Massachusetts Cape and Island Tennis & Track, Pocassett, Massachusetts
Silver Award Sheila and Morris Cregger Track Columbia, South Carolina Medallion Athletics Inc., Mooresville, North Carolina
Bronze Award ADM Community School District Stadium Adel, Iowa Fisher Tracks, Boone, Iowa
Outstanding Indoor Track Facility of the Year Clemson University Indoor Track Clemson, South Carolina Medallion Athletics Inc., Mooresville, North Carolina
Silver Award Franklin & Marshall College ASFC Schnader Field House Lancaster, Pennsylvania Sasaki Associates Inc., Watertown, Massachusetts
*TENNIS DIVISION *
Outstanding Outdoor Tennis Facility of the Year Trump National Doral Miami Doral, Florida Fast-Dry Courts Inc., Pompano Beach, Florida
Silver Award Hudsonville High School Tennis Facility Hudsonville, Michigan GMB Architecture + Engineering, Holland, Michigan
Bronze Award Kearney High School Kearney, Missouri McConnell & Associates Corp., Kansas City, Missouri
Outstanding Residential Tennis Facility of the Year Lower Merion Residence Gladwyne, Pennsylvania Pro-Sport Construction Inc., Devon, Pennsylvania
Silver Award Pinecrest Residence Pinecrest, Florida Fast-Dry Courts Inc., Pompano Beach, Florida
*FIELDS DIVISION *
Outstanding Single-Field Facility of the Year Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium Denver, Colorado SCG Fields, LLC, Brecksville, Ohio
Silver Award University of Oregon Jane Sanders Softball Stadium Eugene, Oregon Cameron McCarthy Landscape Architecture & Planning, Eugene, Oregon
Bronze Award Cornell University Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, New York Stantec Sport Group, Boston, Massachusetts
Outstanding Multi-Field Facility of the Year Colby College Baseball & Softball Complex Waterville, Maine Activitas, Inc., Dedham, Massachusetts
*Courts & Recreation Division *
Outstanding Court & Recreation Facility of the Year Cape Girardeau Sportsplex Cape Girardeau, Missouri Jaypro Sports LLC, Waterford, Connecticut
Silver Award Kingswood Oxford School West Hartford, Connecticut Hinding Tennis Courts, West Haven, Connecticut
Outstanding Outdoor Pickleball Facility of the Year Sun City Festival Pickleball Park Buckeye, Arizona General Acrylics Inc., Phoenix, Arizona
Silver Award Chicken N’ Pickle North Kansas City, Missouri McConnell & Associates, Kansas City, Missouri
Outstanding Residential Pickleball Facility of the Year Herreid-Rivet Residence Chatham, Massachusetts Boston Tennis Court Construction Co., Inc., Hanover, Massachusetts
Outstanding Indoor Pickleball Facility of the Year Chicken N’ Pickle North Kansas City, Missouri McConnell & Associates, Kansas City, Missouri
Each year, ASBA opens its awards program in the spring with a deadline for applications of June 1.
The ASBA is a non-profit association helping designers, builders, owners, operators and users understand quality sports facility construction. The ASBA sponsors informative meetings, publishes newsletters, books and technical construction guidelines for both tennis courts and running tracks, and keeps its members aware of the latest developments in the industry. It also offers voluntary certification programs in tennis court, running track and sports field construction.
Available at no charge is a listing of all publications offered by the Association, as well as the ASBA’s Membership Directory. For information on the ASBA, as well as on its publications, activities and upcoming meetings, please contact the Association at 9 Newport Drive, Suite 200, Forest Hill, Maryland, 21050. The toll-free phone number is 866-501-ASBA, the local number is 410-730-9595, and the fax number is 410-730-8833. The ASBA also may be reached electronically via its website: www.sportsbuilders.org, or via e-mail at info@sportsbuilders.org.
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