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HAYMARKET PARK EARNS TOP HONOR FOR 11TH TIME

LINCOLN –For the 11^th time in as many years, Haymarket Park – the home of the Saltdogs – was selected ‘Best Playing Field’ in the American Association Thursday, as voted by league managers and media.

Josh Klute has been the Athletic Turf Manager at Haymarket Park since 2006. In addition to the six American Association titles, he also helped earn the ballpark ‘Baseball Field of the Year’ in the College/University division by the Sports Turf Management Association in 2007 – the second time Hawks Field at Haymarket Park notched that national award.

“Klute and his staff do incredible work for the baseball fans in Lincoln,” said Saltdogs GM Tim Utrup. “They continue to maintain Haymarket Park’s playing field at Major League quality.”

As a member of the Northern League, Haymarket Park garnered the award from its inception in 2001 through 2005, and has continued the title reign through all six seasons of American Association play.

“A big thank you goes out to my assistants Jen Roeber and JJ Borecky, my three interns this year: Craig Mantz, Jeremy Johnson and Marcus Liable, and my entire 2011 grounds crew,” said Klute. “We’ve spent a lot of long and tiresome hours here to keep the field in the best possible shape all year long. We take a tremendous amount of pride in our work and we appreciate this award a lot.”

Prior to his time at Haymarket Park Klute served as Athletic Turf Manager at the University of Oklahoma in 2005, Assistant Turf Manager for the Cleveland Indians minor-league affiliate in Lake County (Ohio) from 2003-2004, and as an intern with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2002.

“I also want to thank Dave Aschwege and Jeff Koncaba from stadium operations,” said Klute. “Plus the entire Saltdogs organization from top to bottom for their support, and allowing us to be the best at what we do.”

Saltdogs GM Tim Utrup was named American Association ‘Executive of the Year’ Wednesday. The league’s ‘Organization of the Year’ will be announced at the league meetings in October.

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