SportsField Management magazine announced the winners of its 2026 Rising Star Awards. Winners are profiled in the October issue of SportsField Management magazine, available now.
The Rising Star Awards highlight the best up-and-coming leaders in the sports field management industry. Nominations were submitted earlier this year, and candidates were evaluated based on professional accomplishments, leadership, community and industry involvement, philanthropic efforts and other exemplary qualities.*
The 2026 Rising Star Award winners are (in alphabetical order by last name):
The Rising Star Award winners will be recognized during the 2027 SFMA Conference and Exhibition in Tampa, Florida.
* The SportsField Management magazine Rising Star Awards are an independent award production created and presented by SportsField Management magazine, and are not an official SFMA award. Rising Star nominees must be under the age of 40 or new to the sports field management industry within the last 10 years. Nominations were reviewed by SportsField Management magazine staff with assistance from the SportsField Management magazine Editorial Advisory Board.
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