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AWARDS

St. Andrew's Wins SCAP
2008 Athletic Department of the Year

St. Andrew's Parks and Playground earned the South Carolina Athletic Programs 2008 Athletic Department of the Year award at the annual SCAP conference in Myrtle Beach Dec. 15. SCAP is a division of the South Carolina Recreation and Parks Association. The 2008 recognition marks the fifth time in seven years that St. Andrew's has earned the honor (St. Andrew's also won the award in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005).

St. Andrew's Wins STMA
2008 Field Complex of the Year


For the third time in four years, St. Andrew's Parks and Playground earned the South Carolina Sports Turf Managers Association's Field Complex of the Year Award for Volunteer Park. The award was presented at the annual South Carolina STMA chapter conference Dec. 16 in Columbia.

St. Andrew's Wins SCRPA
2008 Innovative Programming Award

St. Andrew's Parks and Playground was recognized as the winner of the South Carolina Recreation and Parks Association's Innovative Programming Award at the annual SCRPA conference in Greenville on Sept. 9. The summer camp "Child vs. Wild," where campers learned outdoor skills and finished the week with an overnight camp out, earned the award. St. Andrew's also won the Innovative Programming award in 2004.

2007: St. Andrew's becomes only two-time winner of NAYS Excellence in Youth Sports Award

The National Alliance for Youth Sports recognized St. Andrew's Parks and Playground as the 2007 recipient of its Excellence in Youth Sports Award at the annual Athletic Business conference in Orlando in Dec. 2007. The 2007 award made St. Andrew's the only two-time winnerof the honor, which recognize programs that are doing superior jobs of conducting diverse activities with a focus on providing safe and positive experiences for all participants -- including children, parents and coaches. This award was developed by the National Alliance for Youth Sports and Athletic Business magazine.

Volunteer Park Wins 2006 STMA Complex of the Year in South Carolina!


For the second consecutive year, St. Andrew's Parks and Playground earned the South Carolina Sports Turf Managers Association's Field Complex of the Year Award for Volunteer Park. St. Andrew's also won the award in 2005.

St. Andrew's Named 2005 Winner of
Sports Illustrated Good Sports Award



St. Andrew's Parks and Playground earned the 2005 Sports Illustrated Good Sports Award for providing an outstanding youth sports experience. St. Andrew's is profiled in the Dec. 12, 2005 Sportsman of the Year issue of Sports Illustrated. Click here to read the profile and more about the Good Sports program.

 

Charleston Metro Sports Council Recognizes St. Andrew's Twice in 2005 Awards!

National Recreation Team of the Year - The 2005 Dixie Boys World Series Champions

Recreation Agency of Excellence - St. Andrew's Parks & Recreation

 

St. Andrew's Parent Named 2005 P.A.Y.S. Parent of the Year in Denver, Colorado

Susan Mayo

This award is given to one parent, nationally, that exhibits all the PAYS qualities that make up the model youth sport parent.

 

Volunteer Park Wins 2005 STMA Complex of the Year in South Carolina!


2005 SCAP Parent of the Year

Susan Puckhaber, St. Andrews Parks & Playgrounds

 

St. Andrew's Receives the 2005 Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award

This program recognizes companies for innovative programs and policies that stand out for their facilitation of a psychologically healthy workplace.


St. Andrew's Executive Director Kevin Walsh
Wins SCRPA Professional of the Year Award



Kevin Walsh, the Executive Director of St. Andrew's Parish Parks and Playground, was named the 2005 South Carolina Recreation and Parks Professional of the Year on November 15. Click here for the details.


St. Andrew's Wins 2005 Dixie Boys
World Series!

Front row, L-R: Kurt Cubberley, Josh Hickman, Robert Judelsohn, Corey Forrester, Brian Solomon, Ryan Connolly. Back row, L-R: Coach Alan Cooper, Nick Berry, Brandon Stone, Travis Cooper, Manager Butch Forrester, Ryan Walker, Ethan Mayo, Brison Celek, Chaz Cooper, Coach Cary Hickman

St. Andrew's won the Dixie Boys World Series in Muscle Shoals, Alabama by defeating Newton County, Ga., 6-0 and 6-5, in two championship-round games.


SCAP Athletic Department of the Year...Again!



St. Andrew's Athletic Department has received recognition from the South Carolina Recreation and Parks Association (SCRPA) as the 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 SCRPA Athletic Department of the Year.


SCRPA Southern District Merit Award

2005 Melissa Fuller
2002 Lisa Crochet


SCRPA Announces Athletic Director
of the Year in 2004

Tim Orvin was recognized by SCRPA as the 2004 Athletic Director of the Year.


St. Andrew's Parks & Playground Earns National Excellence in 2004!

The Excellence in Youth Sports Awards honor programs that are doing superior jobs of conducting diverse activities with a focus on providing safe and positive experiences for all participants -- including children, parents and coaches. This award was developed by the National Alliance for Youth Sports and Athletic Business magazine. St. Andrew's Parks & Playground earned the award in 2004, which was presented by Cal Ripken, Jr.


St. Andrew's Parks & Recreation Earns SCRPA Agency of the Year!

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SCRPA Young Professional of the Year

2003
Lisa Crochet
Programs Director
2004
Frank Stefan
General Manager



St. Andrew's Parks Recognized as Time Out! Community in 2004



The St. Andrew's Parish Parks and Playground Commission is well aware of the violence disrupting youth sports programs around the country and it has no intention of allowing that to occur at its facility. That's what led to it becoming a Time Out! for better sports for kids community partner.


RAP Branch Innovative Programming Award

2002 "The Ponderosa Project"
2002 Seniors and Youth United
2003 Mardi Paws
2004 Scooper Bowl

 

2004 NRPA Outstanding Commission Award

St. Andrew's Parish Parks & Playground Commission

 

St. Andrew's Parks & Playground Earns 2004 Governor's Council on Physical Fitness Award

 

2004 SCRPA Citizen Lay Award

Commissioner Jeff Gladwell


Dorothy Mullen Arts & Humanities Award

2001 Special Populations Program

 


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