Meng recorded a 4.5 GPA and is a
National Honor Society member and
National AP Scholar.
RED SPEIGLE AWARD ($4,500)
The Red Speigle Award is given annually
to a deserving student from Virginia’s
Peninsula/Tidewater region and is named
after teaching legend Walter Lashile
“Red” Speigle. The 2020 recipient is Zach
Deal, a four-year captain of Landstown
High School’s varsity team who ranks No.
1 in his class of 523 with a 4.39 PGA. Deal
will attend Notre Dame.
DAVID A. KING AWARD ($4,500)
An endowed scholarship established in
2002 by premier senior amateur golfer
David King, this award went to Great
Falls’ Carleton Draughn, a member of
Langley High School’s golf team. The Saxons
won the last two VHSL Group 6 titles.
Draughn sports a 4.14 GPA, is a National
Honor Society member and is a 2020
National Merit Commended Scholar.
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Melissa Meng was part of
two teams that won Virginia
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and two more that finished
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RICHARD SMITH AWARD ($4,500)
The Richard Smith Award was established
in 2017 in the name of the VSGA’s
late Director of Competitions. This
year’s recipient is Leesburg’s Michael
Brennan, the reigning VSGA Amateur
champion. Brennan, a four-year member
of Tuscarora High School’s varsity
golf team, recorded a 4.25 GPA and
will play golf at Wake Forest University.
He will play on the prestigious Arnold
Palmer Scholarship.
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ADDITIONAL RECIPIENTS
$3,000 Awards: Avery Bowers (Mechanicsville/Maggie
Walker Governors School);
Jane Thompson (Harrisonburg/Harrisonburg
HS); Grace Whitehead (Roanoke/
Patrick Henry HS)
$2,000 Awards: George Clark (South Riding/Freedom
HS); Brian Feinstein (McLean/
Langley HS); Matthew Johnson (Roanoke/
Northside HS); Michael Johnson (Roanoke/
Northside HS); Hannah Jonely (Ashburn/
Broad Run HS); Jack Kelly (Charlottesville/
Albemarle); Casey Newman (Leesburg/
Heritage HS); Sam VanDyne (Max Meadows/Fort
Chiswell HS); Margarette Wentz
(Palmyra/Fluvanna County HS)
$1,500 Awards: Channing Blevins
(Wytheville/George Wythe HS); Joseph
Brown (Blacksburg/Radford HS); Savannah
Burdsal (Virginia Beach/Ocean
Lakes HS); John Cathcart (Lexington/
Rockbridge County HS); Raymond
Ellingwood (Potomac Falls/Potomac
Falls HS); Sarah James (Fairfax/Justice
HS); Jacob Kleinschuster (Richmond/Veritas
School); Michael Magnano
(Richmond/The Steward School); Kaiya
Mitchell (Arlington/Washington-Liberty
HS); Luke Mowery (Rockingham/
Turner Ashby HS); Christopher Newsome
(Newsoms/Southampton Academy);
Meredith O’Connor (Luray/Page
County); Casey Pridgen (Midlothian/
Maggie Walker Governors School); Nick
Rakes (Evington/Rustburg); Riley Spangler
(Floyd/Floyd County HS); Austin
Vicks (Java/Chatham HS); Jonathan
Woods (Radford/Radford HS)
$1,250 Turfgrass Awards (all study
turfgrass management at Virginia
Tech): Jordan Booth, Emeline Daly,
Wendell Hutchens and John Peppers.
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