FieldTurf Honors TCU Baseball Program
1/6/2011 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Jan. 6, 2011
FORT WORTH, Texas - The TCU baseball team and head coach Jim Schlossnagle were recipients of two of the four awards presented by FieldTurf and Evan Longoria as part of the 5th annual FieldTurf Baseball awards. TCU was named the NCAA Team of the Year, while Schlossnagle garnered Coach of the Year accolades.
For Schlossnagle, FieldTurf is the second entity to honor the head coach as the National Coach of the Year. The NCBWA presented Coach Schlossnagle with its National Coach of the Year award in a ceremony in Omaha. He has led the program to four straight 40-win campaigns and boasts a record of 305-134 in seven seasons as the head coach at TCU. The Frogs are one of just 14 teams to appear in the last seven NCAA tournaments.
As a team, the Frogs made program history in 2010. TCU posted a school-record 54-14 record and made its first-ever appearance in the College World Series. The Frogs took home both the Mountain West regular season and tournament titles before sweeping through the Fort Worth Regional. TCU took two-of-three at Texas in the Super Regionals to earn its spot in the College World Series. The Frogs went 3-2 in their first trip to Omaha and finished the season ranked No. 3 by all the major polls.
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FieldTurf is a company that has always been heavily involved with the well-being of sport at all levels. Our main goal is to provide the safest and best performing sports surfaces in the world to compliment the value of coaching, team play, and athletic ability throughout all levels of sport. Without good coaching and being able to work within a successful team, players of all ages and levels would not be the athletes that they are today.
From a company whose founders are former professional athletes, we at FieldTurf value the importance of teams and coaches in sport. With over 3500 installations in North America, we have played a major part in the improvement of athlete safety, field durability, and increased playing time for teams all over the world. Internally, we have seen and recognized what dedication and team play can do for a company and an industry. It is now time for us to pay hommage to those that do it on the field.
Final winners for FieldTurf's Coach of the Year and Team of the Year awards are announced based on tabulated votes from designated panel members and/or FieldTurf executives.
