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Tom Thrash Donates $800K for Turf at Ouachita Baptist’s Stadium

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Little Rock attorney Tom Thrash has donated $800,000 to fully fund the installation of artificial turf in the Cliff Harris Stadium at Ouachita Baptist University.

Construction on Cliff Harris Stadium’s Benson-Williams Field will begin within a few weeks, and the turf will be ready for the Sept. 5 home opener.

Thrash, of the Thrash Law Firm P.A., is a 1977 graduate of Ouachita. He and his wife, Toni, made the contribution because of the university’s impact on his life.

“I owe everything I have to Ouachita,” Thrash said in a news release. “The football program taught me the importance of achieving goals when faced with adversity, a lesson that has served me well over the years. I give because I want to continue the gift of Ouachita — an environment that fosters spiritual growth, provides an extraordinary education and receives you as part of a family.”

Thrash was a four-year starter at defensive back for the Tigers and earned First-Team All-Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference honors twice while attending Ouachita. He was also inducted into the Ouachita Athletic Hall of Fame as a member of the 1975 football team.

The gift comes on the heels of a historic season for the Tigers, who finished 12-1 overall and were undefeated in the regular season. The team won the Great American Conference Championship for the fourth time in nine years, earned the top seed in the NCAA Division II Super Region 3, and captured their first playoff victory in school history.

Following his graduation from Ouachita, Thrash graduated with honors in 1980 from University of Arkansas School of Law.

His professional career began at Rose Law Firm in Little Rock, where he served as senior partner. He founded Thrash Law Firm in 1998.

Recently, the National Trial Lawyers Association named Thrash one of three members of the 2018 Class Action Trial Team of the Year. He was also named Trial Lawyer of the Year in Arkansas by the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association in 2000.

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