PGMS Athletic Complex Honor Award

Dec. 21, 2023
Chris Kopach
Green Star Awards 50 Years

Again in 2023, UAFM Grounds and Labor Shop won a Green Star Award from the Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS).  PGMS is the oldest individual membership organization for grounds professionals and advances the grounds management profession through education and professional development.

Last year's awards included an Honor Award for the Hi Corbett Baseball Field and a Grand Award for the University of Arizona Campus Grounds.  This year's Honor Award was for the overall University of Arizona Athletic Complex.

"The goals of the Green Star Award program are:

  • To bring national recognition to grounds manicured with a high degree of excellence.
  • To recognize individual professional efforts leading to high maintenance standards and high quality appearance of the landscape.

The awards are significant honors for our Grounds and Labor Shop due to the challenges posed by our arid climates, as the program "salutes the grounds superintendent responsible for maintaining a well-manicured landscape year round."

Congratulations for again demonstrating that we have the best of the best!