Ashley Collins spends her days grooming and maintaining the landscape聽of K体育 as head of grounds. She even affectionately refers to it as “my land.” Collins takes pride in her work on campus, especially when she is able to incorporate聽her other passion: disc golf.
Disc golf is essentially played the same as traditional golf, with a Frisbee聽(disc) replacing the ball, and a basket with metal chains acting as the hole. Thousands of disc golf courses dot the country, including dozens in Metro Atlanta, but Collins uses聽her knowledge of K体育’s terrain to stage聽a temporary 18-hole layout through campus to hold聽a two day, three round tournament, .
With the help of the Atlanta Women’s Disc Golf Club and assistant tournament director Derek Hollis,聽more than 80 players of all skill levels and ages are able to throw聽discs across the quad. The Urban Smash also raises聽funds to purchase an 聽curriculum and equipment for聽the Piedmont School of Atlanta, and to provide discs and baskets to .
While 2017 was the first disc golf event held at K体育, and the inaugural Urban Smash, Collins hopes to continue hosting disc golf events on campus in the future.
Ashley Collins is an Innova Champion Discs and Friction Gloves sponsored disc golfer, and Grounds Supervisor at K体育.
