Around The Commonwealth
Recipients of 2019 VSGA-VIP Scholarship
awards gather on the steps at Richmond
Country Club for VSGA Day on May 6.
SCHOLARS HONORED
The VSGA-VIP Scholarship Foundation
honored 29 high-school seniors and two
Ph.D. students in the turfgrass research
program at Virginia Tech during its annual
VSGA Day ceremony, held May 6 at Rich-
mond Country Club.
The Foundation provides grants and gifts
for scholarships, scientific and educational
research, and other charitable purposes.
This year’s grants total $88,000 and since
being launched 35 years ago, the program
has distributed nearly $2.4 million to 1,023
students. Funding for scholarships is gen-
erated primarily from the sale of the VSGA
VIP Golf Card. Visit VSGA.org for more
information on purchasing a card.
vsga.org
2019 Scholarship Recipients
Spencer-Wilkinson Awards: Lisa Qin ($6,000) and Virginia Adams ($4,000). Both graduated
from Maggie Walker Governor’s School in Richmond.
C. Dan Keffer Award ($6,000): Aaron Liu (Vienna/James Madison HS)
David A. King Award ($4,000): Leslie Lytle (Alexandria/T.C. Williams HS)
Red Speigle Award ($4,000): Rebecca DiNunzio (Norfolk/Granby HS)
Richard Smith Award ($4,000): Jimmy Taylor (Alexandria/Gonzaga Prep)
$3,000 awards: Jordan Baker (Richmond/Richmond Community HS); Evan Blanton (Big Stone
Gap/Union HS); Jackson Bruns (Charlottesville/Albemarle HS); Catherine Burton (Winchester/
Handley HS); Benjamin Choe (Oak Hill/Oakton HS); Caleb Choe (Virginia Beach/Cape Henry
Collegiate); Roman Cutler (Merry Point/Lancaster HS); Lucia Eovino (North Chesterfield/Maggie
Walker); Leonard Park (Virginia Beach/Kellam HS); James Tyler (Virginia Beach/Cape Henry
Collegiate).
$2,500 awards: Ross Funderburke (Roanoke/Hidden Valley HS); Peter Jacobsen (Arlington/
Wakefield HS).
$2,000 awards: John Altizer (Smithfield/Smithfield HS); Gerry Lee Jones Jr. (Suffolk/home
school); Caroline Michaelian (Virginia Beach/Salem HS); Gabriel Parker (Richmond/Trinity
Episcopal); Jacob Pfeiffer (Stafford/North Stafford HS); Killian Quirk (Sterling/Potomac Falls
HS); Cassandra Robinson (Emporia/Greensville County HS); Wesley Runnion (Midlothian/Cosby
HS); Daniel Smith (Rustburg/Rustburg HS); Mackenzie Wall (Virginia Beach/Frank Cox HS);
Jonah Winistorfer (Blacksburg/Blacksburg HS).
$1,500 Turfgrass Research Awards: John Brewer (Blacksburg) and Jordan Craft (Newport).
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