NSA Hall of Fame: Freedom Florence (2011)
CATEGORY: Park Meritorious
YEAR INDUCTED: 2011
Freedom Florence, opened their doors in 1990. From day one, Freedom Florence has sanctioned their teams NSA making them the second municipality in South Carolina to register/sanction teams with the NSA. Since their beginning, Freedom Florence has hosted countless leagues, qualifying, State, Regional, and World Series tournaments. No matter the division, no matter the tournament, nor the size of the tournament, Freedom Florence has hosted every tournament as if it were a World Series.
The staff of Freedom Florence and the city of Florence, South Carolina, has supported the NSA convention by being an exhibitor and sponsor of countless hospitality venues during the convention, as well as supporting the Cystic Fibrosis/NSA Sports Hall of Fame Auction.
Freedom Florence is not just an NSA complex; Freedom Florence is one of the finest facilities in the United States, and the NSA is privileged to work with a city, staff and facility as Freedom Florence.
Jimmy Sutton, the very first State Director in South Carolina, could not have built such a successful program in the state of South Carolina without the help of Freedom Florence and their staff. Freedom Florence helped get the NSA program started in the Pee Dee area by scheduling meetings and often times opening up their complex to host the meetings with potential sponsors that would end up supporting Jimmy and the NSA program.
To say that Freedom Florence should be mentioned in any conversation as a true NSA facility, and one of the finest in the country goes without saying. For their loyalty to NSA, for their second to none staff, for the years of support, in November of 2011, Freedom Florence became the 4th Park to be inducted into the NSA Sports Hall of Fame.