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Around The Commonwealth
VSGA Scholarship Day
ON MONDAY, June 1, the VSGA-VIP Scholarship Foundation honored 45 high school seniors and four graduate students in the Virginia Tech turfgrass program at Richmond Country Club as part of 2026 VSGA Scholarship Day.
The day’ s festivities included the introduction of four new named awards( Jake Allison, Ned Baber, Linda DiVall, and Benny Wang), along with the distribution of a second VSGA Military Scholarship.
“ The generosity of these donors, combined with that of our VSGA-VIP cardholders, our previously established named awards, and other individual donors, allowed the Foundation to enhance our encouragement and support of Virginia’ s scholar golfers through an increase in the number of awards granted, and in the total dollar amount of scholarships,” Foundation president Joan Gardner said.
This year’ s grants total $ 238,500. Since its launch, the program has distributed nearly $ 3.5 million to 1,301 students.
Full details on each recipient can be found by scanning the QR code.
2026 NAMED AWARD RECIPIENTS C. Dan Keffer Award($ 10,000) Liam Foster, Charlottesville Spencer-Wilkinson Award($ 10,000) Kaitlyn Lee, McLean Linda A. DiVall Award($ 10,000) Alexis Goboy, Chesapeake David A. King Award($ 7,500) Henry Hung, Vienna Red Speigle Award($ 7,500) Jordyn Kyle, Virginia Beach Richard Smith Award($ 7,500) Charles Lange, Richmond
Mike Wise Award($ 7,500) Nicholas Messenger, Callaway VSGA Military Scholarships($ 7,500 each) Madison Barta, Quantico and Austin Stephens, Chesapeake Benny Wang Trust Award($ 7,500) Kevin Ren, McLean Jake Allison Award($ 7,500) Cameron Sharp, Blacksburg Ned Baber Award($ 5,000) Zuhair Mirza, Roanoke
REMAINING RECIPIENTS Claire Akin( Richmond), Alexis Andrews( Daleville), Kendri Ayers( Ashland), Gavin Bailie( Earlysville), Toby Baker( Lebanon), Carsten Beck( Blackstone), Carter Bransford( Glen Allen), Luke Copeland( Leesburg), Andrew David( Alexandria), Maxwell Dorsey( Chesapeake), Rita Eovino( North Chesterfield), Ethan Eschenmann( Blacksburg), Cameron Gallagher( Centreville), Ava Garrison( Zion Crossroads), Carson Iroler( Galax), Campbell Marshall( Williamsburg), Samantha Nguyen( Springfield), Tony Nguyen( Colonial Heights), Decker Plude( Virginia Beach), Trace Reavis( Galax), Josephine Sanchez( Alexandria), Liam Shafer( Virginia Beach), Cole Shelton( Nokesville), Charlie Stiffler( Charlottesville), Carson Street( Meadowview), Rory Tierney( Purcellville), Emily Tull( Roanoke), Ella Walker( Abingdon), Rachel Warren( Virginia Beach), Finn Watson( Arlington), Jacob White( Leesburg), Luke Winters( Charlottesville), Carter Wolfe( Gate City)
TURFGRASS AWARD RECIPIENTS Samuel Crawford, Aman Jakhar, Elisabeth Kitchin, Samuel Kreinberg
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