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First Collegiate GreenPlay Floor

Basketball Court Will Have First Collegiate GreenPlay™ Floor

Alma College is the first college or university in the nation to select a GreenPlay™ wood flooring system for its basketball arena. Here are the highlights:

  • GreenPlay™ meets and exceeds the most demanding performance standard in the world for athletic floors.

  • Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a rating system established by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). GreenPlay™ provides a greater contribution toward LEED Credit Points than any other hardwood athletic flooring system.

  • GreenPlay™ subfloor panels are manufactured from 100 percent recycled engineered polymer and offer the capability to be recycled again in the future when the life of the floor is complete.

  • Alma College enhanced its environmental selection by requiring hard maple flooring from sustainably managed forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

  • GreenPlay™’s resilient pads and steel channel anchorage further contribute to recycled content.

  • Connor Sports Flooring is located in Amasa, a town in Michigan’s Western Upper Peninsula, which also qualifies the wood floor system for LEED Regional Material Credit.

  • Connor Sports Flooring is the “Official Court Surface of the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Final Four.” This year’s men’s Final Four was played in Detroit.

For more information about GreenPlay™, visit the Connor Sports Flooring Web site.

For more information about Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), visit the U.S. Green Building Council Web site.

 

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Coach Profile

Jim Cole

Jim Cole
Graduation: 1974

Jim Cole ‘74 enters his 18th season at the helm of the Scots. In 2004, Cole led the Scots to the MIAA title and a berth in the NCAA Division III national playoffs, the second time in three years the Maroon and Cream advanced to the NCAA postseason.

A former All-MIAA and All-District quarterback for the Scots, Cole draws on the championship experiences of playing for the 1970, ‘71 and ‘72 MIAA co-champions and coaching the 1988 co-champ’s defense.

Cole sports a career mark of 105-67-0, making him Alma’s winningest football coach.

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