Congratulations to Our Scholarship Winners

By Melanie Bonds, Executive Director, ATA

The Board of Directors of the Alabama Turfgrass Association is pleased to announce the winners of the two Legacy scholarships as well as the Alabama Turfgrass Association Endowed Scholarship through Auburn University.

Bryan Floyd is the son of Paul Floyd. Bryan was one of the recipients of the ATA Legacy Scholarship. Bryan attends Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky, having previously attended Austin High School in Decatur, Alabama. Bryan’s major is Geography and Geographic Information Systems. He is a talented musician and plays trombone.

Jordan Patterson is the other recipient of the ATA Legacy Scholarship. Jordan is the son of Paul Patterson and is attending the University of Alabama in Huntsville where he is majoring in Finance. Jordan was in the top 10% of his graduating class of Madison County High School and continues to distinguish himself in his academic career at UAH. Lucy Trosper was awarded the Endowed Scholarship from Auburn University. Lucy is the daughter of Doug Trosper (Diamond R Fertilizer). She is majoring in Environmental Science in the School of Agriculture at Auburn and doing well having made the Dean’s list during the Fall Semester. In the future, Lucy would like to help with water quality issues in third world countries.

Applications for the Legacy scholarships are accepted from any student that is a child or grandchild of a current ATA member that meets the criteria. Guidelines and the scholarship application are found on our website, alaturfgrass.org.