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Congratulations to Jack Cundiff – Jim Claxton Memorial Scholarship Recipient 2024

Jack Cundiff is a rising Freshman at North Carolina State University, where he will be studying Turfgrass Science. He is originally from Northern Virginia, where he attended Brentsville District High School in their turf management program. Through the program, he gained numerous experiences that propelled his interest in the turfgrass industry. While at Brentsville, he participated in several trips including working on the field for the ACC Championship in 2022 and 2023, as well as the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup at the Bank of America Stadium. Furthermore, Brentsville competed in the 2024 SFMA student challenge and spoke at the Future of Sports Field Management session. With the help of Dr. Miller Ed.D. of Brentsville’s turf program, he landed a summer job at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, VA where he gained valuable insights on what it was like to work at a high-level golf course. The past two summers, he worked at the Country Club of Fairfax, where he was trained to become a spray tech. He hopes to further his education at NC State through valuable internships in the summer and work at a local course. •