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Fraser Field Earns Statewide
Award for Grounds Crew Reported by Jake Weber ALBION, Mich. — Under the diligent care of grounds supervisor Mark Frever and crew, Albion College’s Morley Fraser Field went the distance this football season, to win the Michigan Sports Turf Managers’ Association Field of the Year award. Their winning effort sounds simple: at the end of the season, the field was still covered with the grass it had in August. Yet, “for a field to last an entire season is really remarkable,” said Albion College sports information director Bobby Lee. Fraser field is used for both varsity and junior varsity competition, and for weekly varsity practice sessions. Lee points out that this is more wear than is faced by most Midwestern collegiate-level fields, and many of those must be resodded midway through the season. “Very few fields in Michigan survived football season this year, because of all the rain we had,” Frever elaborated. “Our field made it through the last game, with the cooperation of the athletic department and students, as well as all the work my crew does behind-the scenes.” Frever said he and his grounds crew have been “very aggressive” over the last few years in customizing aeration and drainage systems for Fraser field. Their hard work has not been lost on the coaching staff. “After one junior varsity game, the coaches had the players cover the entire field, stomping down all the divots. That was very important to the field’s success, and it’s a cooperation that you don’t see at many schools.” Our goal is to provide a safe and consistent playing surface for the athletes,” Frever concluded. “It’s an accumulation of efforts that led us to a very successful season for Fraser field.” .
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