The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) has awarded its 2010 Scotts Co. Scholars Program grants to Michigan State University students Eloy González and Clinton Steketee.
To be eligible, applicants must be seeking a career in the golf course industry and be a college freshman, sophomore, junior or a graduating high school senior who has been accepted at an accredited university, college, or junior college for the next academic year. The program is funded by The Environmental Institute for Golf (EIFG) and supported by the Scotts Co.
"This scholarship program is intended to increase the diversity of our industry," GCSAA President James R. Fitzroy, CGCS, said. "With the support of the EIFG and the Scotts Co., GCSAA is able to provide financial assistance for the undergraduate education of future golf course superintendents."
González, who is from San Jose del Valle, Cadiz, Spain, and Steketee, who is from Caledonia, Mich., each receive $2,500 stipends. They also will each receive an all-expense-paid trip to the 2011 GCSAA Education Conference (Feb. 7-11) and Golf Industry Show (Feb. 9-10) in Orlando. The primary goal of the program is to seek out promising students entering the golf course industry from diverse ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds, including women and minorities.