Partners in the Game

The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington, Texas. They compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the American League West division. The Rangers play at their home stadium, Globe Life Field, in Arlington, Texas. Their new field features Shaw Sport Turf's B1K Natural, a revolutionary system designed to meet the specific needs of baseball and closely mimic the characteristics of natural grass. 

The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami, Florida. The Marlins compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the National League East division. Their home park is Marlins Park. The franchise began play as an expansion team in the 1993 season as the Florida Marlins. The Marlins play on Shaw Sports Turf's revolutionary B1K Natural system at their home stadium in Miami, Florida - Marlins Park. 

The Arizona Diamondbacks, often shortened as the D-backs, are an American professional baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The club competes in Major League Baseball as a member of the National League West division. The D-backs play on a revolutionary Shaw Sports Turf, B1K field in their home stadium - Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ.

The Indianapolis Colts are a Professional American football franchise based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Colts currently compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) South Division. The Colts Lucas Oil Stadium is a Shaw Sports Turf Surface.

The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens compete in the National Football League as a member of the American Football Conference North Divison. The Ravens practice facility is Shaw Sports Turf.

The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football franchise based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Bengals currently compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league's American Football Conference North division. The Bengals Paul Brown Stadium field is a Shaw Sports Turf surface.

The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team baseball team in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) East division. Since its inception, the team’s home venue has been Tropicana Field. The Rays play on a Shaw Sports Turf surface.

The Fredericksburg Nationals are a Minor League Baseball team that is the Low-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals. They are located in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and play their home games at New Fredericksburg Ballpark, with a capacity of 5,000 people.

LakePoint Sporting Community is on track to be one of the world’s largest and most unique destinations for travel sports. With more than 1,300 acres nestled in the foothills of the North Georgia mountains and adjacent to beautiful Lake Allatoona, LakePoint will feature state-of-the-art sports venues and five million square feet of amenities including onsite hotels, restaurants, themed retail, bowling, ziplines, water parks, and much, much more.

Founded in 2003, the Synthetic Turf Council is a non-profit association dedicated to serving as a resource for trustworthy information about synthetic turf. Our objective is to encourage, promote and facilitate better understanding among all parties involved in the manufacture, selection, delivery and use of today’s synthetic turf systems. To that end, we make every attempt to dispense information that is neutral, objective and validated by independent, current and credible research. As an action-oriented organization, we promote high standards and high quality in our industry through a respected member certification program and strict code of ethics. Our semi-annual membership meetings provide a forum for cooperative learning and issue resolution, while outreach initiatives encourage cooperative relationships between industry and end-user organizations.

The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation uses baseball- and softball-themed programs to help build character and teach critical life lessons to underserved youth residing in America’s most distressed communities. Founded in 2001 by members of the Ripken family in memory of their patriarch Cal, Sr., the Foundation works to create programs that positively impact at-risk youth through active community partnerships with America’s most successful youth service organizations. The Ripken Foundation uses the baseball and softball field to help teach life’s critical lessons such as perseverance, loyalty, nutrition, hard work and leadership to young people residing in disadvantaged communities. The Foundation is also designing and building Youth Development Parks, multi-purpose, synthetic surface fields in underserved communities to give kids a clean and safe place to play and learn. The Ripken Foundation has impacted over 1 million kids nationwide through its Youth Development Park initiative and Badges for Baseball programming.

Italgreen S.P.A. is a leading Italian industrial company manufacturing high-performance synthetic turf systems. Founded in 1983, Italgreen S.p.A has produced and installed top quality synthetic turf systems worldwide for over 30 years. Italgreen SPA is well known in the world for its innovative DNA and has been the first company introducing organic infill for synthetic turf market, Geofill®, internationally registered and patented product. Italgreen is a FIFA licensee company with partners around the world.

E & I Financing is a not-for-profit buying cooperative established by members of the National Association of Educational Procurement (NAEP). E&I is the nation’s largest buying consortium for colleges and universities with a compelling all-in-one offering that can be used in lieu of what can be a very expensive, complex and labor intensive request for proposal process. PSS, a division of E&I Cooperative Purchasing, leverages its consortium purchasing expertise to connect state government agencies, cities, municipalities, counties and school districts (K-12) with high quality, offer best-of-breed value to the public sector. It is created in accordance with public purchasing rules and regulations that govern nearly all states.

National Joint Powers Alliance® is a national municipal contracting agency providing national contract purchasing solutions and other related programs.

TIPS is available for use by all public and private schools, colleges, universities, cities, counties and other government entities in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.

The Association of Educational Purchasing Agencies (AEPA) is a multi-state non-profit organization made up of Educational Service Agencies / political subdivisions organized through a Memorandum of Understanding between all participating states. AEPA is a true “cooperative” that serves to leverage purchasing power to benefit all schools and agencies, regardless of size, with the ability to purchase at equal buying levels.

The NJCAA has played a vital role in collegiate athletics for the past eight decades and continues to be the leader in championing academic and athletic opportunities for student-athletes. This section of the association's website is dedicated to celebrating the NJCAA's rich history and tradition as the national governing body of two-year college athletics.