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Forest Hill, MD – The American Sports Builders Association (ASBA), the national organization for builders, designers and suppliers of materials for athletic facilities, has announced its officers and directors for the coming membership year. The new slate took its place at the conclusion of the ASBA’s Technical Meeting, held recently in Houston, Texas. The meeting served as a testament to ASBA’s growing membership, as well as its reach in the industry, having a record-breaking attendance of 1,100 individuals, an increase of more than 30% over any of the Association’s meetings to date.

Randy Resley of Sport Court of the Rockies, LLC (Highlands Ranch, Colorado), has been named Chairman of the Association. Resley, who previously served as Chairman-Elect, as well as President of the Courts Division of the Association, has been extensively involved with ASBA, serving on the Board of Directors and as a part of the editorial committee for the new publication, Courts and Recreational Facilities: Construction & Maintenance Manual.

Allen Verdin, CFB, of The Motz Group in Cincinnati, Ohio, is the ASBA’s new Secretary/Treasurer. Verdin previously served as the Association’s Secretary-Treasurer-Elect.

The new President of the Supplier Division is Anthony Graham (MAPEI, Dalton, Georgia). Graham previously served on the board as a representative of the Supplier Division.

New members of the ASBA Board of Directors are the following:

• Alex Fletcher (Sportsfield Specialties, Delhi, New York), Supplier Division
• Rick Hardin (Stockmeier Urethanes USA, Inc., Clarksburg, West Virginia), Supplier Division
• Sam Titchener (Colony Landscape & Maintenance, Alviso, California), Builder Division

Continuing in their positions on the Board of Directors are the following: President of the Tennis Division-Todd Dettor (Fast-Dry Courts, Inc. & 10-S Tennis Supply, Pompano Beach, Florida); Kirk Grego, CFB (Mid-America Golf and Landscape, Inc. DBA Mid-America Sports Construction, Lee’s Summit, Missouri), President of the Fields Division; Jordan Fisher, CTB (Fisher Tracks, Inc., Boone, Iowa): President of the Track Division; and Craig Honkomp, PE, PS, LEED, AP (Sportworks Design, West Chester, Ohio): President of the Professional Division

Continuing in their positions on the Board of Directors as representatives of the Builder Division are Ryan Auer (Leslie Coatings, Indianapolis, Indiana), Fred Kolkmann, CTCB (Fred Kolkmann Tennis & Sport Surfaces, LLC, Grafton, Wisconsin), John Nelson, CFB (Peacock Services, Ft. Myers, Florida) and Jonathan Wright, CTCB (Court One, Youngsville, North Carolina).

Continuing in their positions as representatives of the Professional Division are Tim Gerrits, ASLA (GMB Architecture + Engineering, Holland, Michigan) and Sean Hufnagel, PLA, ASLA (HNP, LLC, Birmingham, Alabama).

David Clapp, CTB, CTCB, of Baseline Sports Construction in Knoxville, Tennessee, remains on the board for the 2023-2024 membership year as the Association’s Past Chairman.

The ASBA is a non-profit association comprised of designers, builders and suppliers in sports facility construction. The ASBA sponsors informative meetings, publishes a quarterly magazine, books and technical construction guidelines for athletic facilities, produces a mobile app containing diagrams of sports facilities and keeps its members aware of the latest developments in the industry. It also offers voluntary certification programs in tennis court, running track and sports field construction, as well as a certificate program in pickleball court construction. It also has a philanthropic initiative, the American Sports Builders Foundation (ASBF).

For information on the ASBA, as well as on its publications, activities and upcoming meetings, contact the Association at 2331 Rock Spring Road, Forest Hill, Maryland 21050. The phone number is 443-640-1042. The ASBA also may be reached electronically via its website: www.sportsbuilders.org, or via e-mail at [email protected].