Politics & Government
Limerick Township Sports Park Names Field after Coach Thomas K. Schadt
The park's softball field was named after an inductee to the Pennsylvania Softball Hall of Fame.
The softball field of Linfield’s Limerick Township Sports Park was renamed the “Thomas K. Schadt Field” after a local coach, athlete, administrator, and sponsor on the weekend of Aug. 3, according to The Phoenix Reporter & Item.
In March of this year, Schadt was added to the Pennsylvania Softball Hall of Fame.
The celebration for the softball field designation was held at the Park’s pavilion, and attended by the Limerick Township Board of Supervisors who approved the naming, over 100 of Schadt’s teammates, Pennsylvania state softball officials, and more.
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He received an embossed home plate customized for him, and photos in frames. There is a sign on the field’s fence bearing the words “Tom Schadt Field.”
His gifted home plate reads: “Thomas K. Schadt Field - This field is dedicated to Thomas K. “Tom” Schadt for his commitment to the game of softball and the fields at Linfield Sports Park. Schadt has been a softball team sponsor for 45 consecutive years from 1969-2013.”
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