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Around The Commonwealth
Year in 2021 , has been both a stroke-play medalist and finalist at the VSGA Women ’ s Amateur , sports a 4.58 GPA , and is headed to the University of Pennsylvania .
BY THE NUMBERS

$ 10,000

35 Scholarship recipients in 2022 ( including 31 high schoolers )

Grants distributed to the C . Dan Keffer and Spencer-Wilkinson Award winners , the largest awards ever given by the Foundation

$ 128,500

Grants distributed in 2022

$ 2.6 million Money distributed by the VSGA-VIP Scholarship Foundation since its founding in 1983

56

Young women who have earned Spencer- Wilkinson awards

4

Turfgrass research grants awarded to graduate students at Virginia Tech

1,089

Students who have earned Foundation awards
BEN WALLS ( TYSON ); COURTESY ( RAO AND SUN )
JOE TYSON - Bluefield / Graham HS Received $ 10,000 and the C . Dan Keffer Award . He will attend Princeton University and was top of his high-school class with a 4.38 GPA .
ANASTASIA RAO Lorton / Saint John Paul the Great Catholic HS Received the $ 7,500 David A . King Award . Rao had a 4.38 GPA and will attend Catholic University in Washington , D . C .
REBECCA SUN Virginia Beach / Ocean Lakes HS Received the $ 7,500 Red Speigle Award . She ranked fifth in her class at Ocean Lakes with a 4.59 GPA , was the captain of the Ocean Lakes ’ golf team , and is headed to Georgia Tech .
ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
Name
Hometown
High School
College choice
Mary Blackwood
Roanoke
Salem
Undecided
Bella Bray
Vienna
Oakton
Georgia
Griffin Butt
Virginia Beach
Frank W . Cox
High Point
Kate Chrestman
Alexandria
Annandale
Ole Miss
Will Clarkson
Glen Allen
J . R . Tucker
Virginia
Brian Cohn
Norfolk
Granby
William & Mary
William Croyle
Winchester
Millbrook
High Point
Sydney Hackett
Ashburn
Rock Ridge
Western Kentucky
Jake Koffman
Daleville
Lord Botetourt
Virginia Tech
Andersen Moore
Dublin
Pulaski County
King University
Bay Moore
Dublin
Pulaski County
King University
Campbell Moore
Dublin
Pulaski County
King University
Nick Owen
Midlothian
James River
Virginia
Jake Rashap
Leesburg
Loudoun County
Virginia
D ’ yan Robinson
Richmond
Collegiate School
Christopher Newport
Fei Rosebro
Richmond
Veritas School
Virginia
Teddy Ross
Alexandria
The Potomac School
Washington & Lee
Medhnaa Saran
Vienna
Pinnacle Academy
Maryland
Oen Shikimachi
Virginia Beach
Princess Anne
Undecided
Ethan Snow
Richmond
Deep Run
James Madison
Joe Steiman
Alexandria
West Potomac
Michigan
Andrew Steis
Fredericksburg
Massaponax
Virginia Tech
Samuel Stoke
Crozet
Western Albemarle
Virginia Tech
Caleb Weissinger
Chesapeake
Greenbrier Christian
Liberty
Sydney Witcher
Martinsville
Bassett
James Madison
David Zhang
Blacksburg
Blacksburg
Carnegie Mellon
TURFGRASS RESEARCH AWARDS :
Shannon Bradley , Caleb Henderson , John Peppers , Matthew A . Tucker
VSGA PODCAST
VSGA P . J . Boatwright intern Ben Walls caught up with the five winners of named scholarship awards at VSGA Day . To hear those interviews on the Golf in the Commonwealth podcast , scan the QR code .
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