Holston Gases and SoCon extend partnership
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Southern Conference announced Monday its sponsorship extension agreement with Holston Gases, which serves as the title sponsor for the league’s baseball tournament. The Holston Gases Southern Conference Baseball Championship will be played May 20-25 at Fluor Field in Greenville, South Carolina.
The deal continues an affiliation between the SoCon and Holston Gases, which dates back to 2017.
In addition to being the conference’s title baseball tournament sponsor, Holston Gases will now be the title sponsor of the SoCon’s weekly baseball players of the week. Holston Gases will also be incorporated into promotion at the league’s volleyball and basketball tournaments.
Holston Gases supplies industrial, medical, propane and beverage gases. Founded in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1958, the company now boasts 42 locations in six states, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama.
ABOUT HOLSTON GASES
Holston Gases is one of the largest independent suppliers of industrial, medical, propane, and beverage gases in the United States. Headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, Holston has grown to 42 locations in 6 states: Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina, and serving customers in Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, and Indiana. We carry all welding and industrial gases, medical, specialty and laboratory gases, beverage CO2, and propane gas. We are equipped to handle compressed cylinders, bulk facilities, and liquid requirements. We are a full line welding supply company, and we also carry safety and industrial supplies. We represent the finest lines in the industry, and we can provide them to you at competitive prices. We are financially strong and carry the inventory you expect and deserve from a top notch supplier.
ABOUT THE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE
The Southern Conference is headquartered in Spartanburg, South Carolina, consisting of 10 full member schools across six states in 20 sponsored sports. Nine other institutions serve as affiliate members in the SoCon-sponsored sports of wrestling and rifle. The SoCon is celebrating its 103rd anniversary in 2024. The fifth-oldest NCAA Division I college athletic association, the SoCon contested the first-ever collegiate conference basketball tournament in 1921, tackled freshman eligibility in 1922, became the first conference to adopt the 3-point field goal in basketball in 1980 and developed women’s championships in 1984.