David
C. Brooks ’95, M ’00
Summer 2006
Agricultural education teacher
David Brooks of Fountain Inn, along with his students, received the
National Sports Turf Managers Baseball Field of the Year Award at
the National Sports Turf Managers Association Convention earlier
this year.
A teacher at Hillcrest High School in Simpsonville, Brooks holds
Clemson degrees in animal science and agricultural education. His
national win is the first for a South Carolinian in the baseball
field category.
Brooks began the sports turf program at Hillcrest six years ago modeled
somewhat on Clemson’s turf management program. Through laboratory
work, his students manage turf for the school’s football, baseball,
softball, soccer and lacrosse fields.
Brooks also collaborates with University grounds director extraordinaire
Mike Echols to arrange field trips for his turf students to tour Clemson
athletic fields.
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