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Congratulations to the winners of the ATA’s 2026 Legacy Scholarships
Emily White, daughter of Dave and Joy White, is a Junior at Auburn University and is majoring in nursing. She graduated from Westminster School at Oak Mountain and was a member of the National Honor Society. While in high school Emily also played varsity soccer and basketball, serving as Captain of the basketball team in 12th grade. Emily carried her love of sports to Auburn, where she was Auburn Women's Soccer Club 2023-present and works with the International Justice Mission (Media Director for the Auburn chapter). She serves as Intramural Sports Director for Alpha Xi Delta 2024–25. In addition to her studies, Emily currently works as a Patient Care Tech at Grandview Hospital.
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Copeland Sherrill is studying turf management at East Mississippi Community College. Copeland is a graduate of Tuscaloosa County High School where he was voted outstanding senior. He has achieved several honors including A/B Honor Roll and qualified for the President and Dean’s list. Copeland is interning at Tiger Point and has worked at Ol’ Colony in Tuscaloosa in the past. He also manages his own landscape business, Woods ‘n Water. He is a member of the Turf Club and a student member of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America.
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Legacy Scholarship
The ATA is pleased to be able to sponsor a a Legacy Scholarship each year for our members. Applications will be accepted from any student that is a child or grandchild of a current ATA member that meets the criteria of the guidelines below. This year the ATA Board voted to institute some guidelines to clarify eligibility.
The Legacy scholarship application is online on our website: www.alabamaturf.org. Essays and transcripts should be mailed or e-mailed to the ATA office. All applications are due by July 31st of the year. We plan to have the scholarship awarded for spring term of the following year. Two scholarships are awarded annually in the amount of $1,250 each.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact the ATA office at 334-821-3000.
Alabama Turfgrass Association Legacy Scholarship Program
Information for Applicants
General
The Alabama Turfgrass Association Legacy Scholarship Program offers educational aid to the children and grandchildren of ATA members. Two scholarships will be awarded each year in the amount of $1,250 each.
Applications will be reviewed by the Alabama Turfgrass Association Board of Directors. All decisions of the committee will be final. Applicants will be notified by mail of their status prior to the annual meeting of the year submitted. All scholarship award checks will be made payable to the university. The ATA Committee reserves the right to make their selection.
Eligibility
One or more of the applicant’s parents or grandparents must have been an Alabama Turfgrass Association member for five or more consecutive years and must be a currently active ATA member. Competition is open to natural or adoptive offspring of ATA members. Children or grandchildren of deceased members are also eligible if the member was currently active at the time of his or her death.
The student must be enrolled full-time at an accredited institution of higher learning. Rising high school seniors will not be considered.
Past winners are ineligible to apply the following year. They may reapply after a one-year hiatus.
Although any number of students from the same family may apply, only one student per family will be eligible to receive an award.
Criteria
Applicants will be evaluated based on academic achievement, extracurricular and community involvement, leadership and outside employment.
The student’s composition of an original 100-word essay relating to his/her goals. The essay must be original and not previously submitted to ATA.
How to Apply
Students may complete the application online at alaturfgrass.org or they mail or e-mail the application to ATA at the address below.
Transcripts from all high schools and colleges attended may be mailed or e-mailed to the address below.
The 100-word essay must be mailedor e-mailed to the address below.
Scholarship Committee
Alabama Turfgrass Association
P.O. Box 70
Auburn, AL 36831
Or e-mail: mailbox@alaturfgrass.org
