Ballpark Figure Bomar Provides Lead Gift for New NGU Baseball Stadium
For the past two years, North Greenville University’s baseball team has finished the season as conference champions.
Now, with the help of longtime university supporter Dr. George Bomar, they’ll score a new stadium as they seek to continue that winning streak.
NGU officially broke ground on the baseball stadium at its Tigerville campus on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, just before a Crusaders doubleheader versus Newberry College.
“George Bomar is enabling us to move forward with Phase Two of our Ashmore Park project and provid- ing a great stadium facility to complement beautiful Ray and Bea Dillard Field,” says NGU President Dr. Gene C. Fant, Jr.
As Fant referenced, Phase One of Ashmore Park was a reworking of the current playing surface, funded by $1.2 million in private donations. Bea Dillard made the lead gift for the Ray and Bea Dillard Field portion of the project. Te refurbishments included the installation of artificial turf with a standard dirt mound, new outfield fencing, backstop fencing, a
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scoreboard, a bullpen, and batting cages. Tat phase was completed in early 2018, making NGU the first university to have an all-turf baseball field in the state of South Carolina.
With George’s recent gift of $600,000, NGU has now entered Phase Two of Ashmore Park with the construction of the George Bomar Family Stadium. Once completed, the stadium will include a pres- ident’s box suite, a hospitality/media building, an entry plaza, and a 300-seat stadium structure directly behind home plate. Te president’s box will offer an events venue at the stadium, with the hospitality/ media building providing space for a press box, restrooms, and concessions.
George notes that he has appreciated the oppor- tunity to support NGU over the years. In fact, the Tigerville native’s support of NGU began over two decades ago.
A former member of NGU’s Council of Advisors, George and his wife, Dr. Barbara Bomar, are Chris- tian Ministry Scholarship Fund and Crusader Club members. Tey have financially supported other university projects, as well. Te university’s School of
Communication facilities in the Jacks and Deborah Tingle Student Life Center are named in Bomar’s honor. Additionally, the Dr. George Bomar and Dr. Barbara Bomar Endowment Fund was established in 2007 to provide scholarships for communication students.
George previously served on several boards, includ- ing as chairman of Greenville County Council and as the first president of the South Carolina Asso- ciation of Counties. In 1995, he was awarded the state’s highest honor given to a civilian: the Order of the Palmetto. Ten in 2005, NGU bestowed an honorary doctorate on George.
A former University of South Carolina baseball catcher, George says that he is pleased to invest in the Crusaders’ baseball program, led by Landon Powell.
“If I’m a part of something, I expect to win,” George offered as a light-hearted reminder to NGU’s baseball team during his remarks at the stadium groundbreaking.
And NGU’s baseball team doesn’t disappoint on that
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