Michigan State University students Francisco Javier García Ircio, Jimena Blanco Jaschek and Juan Muñoz Puro have each won $10,000 scholarships from the Royal Spanish Golf Federation funded by The Environmental Institute for Golf.
The Royal Spanish Golf Federation Scholarship for Golf Course Management is a two-year grant presented to individuals from Spain pursuing a turfgrass management degree from Michigan State University. Winners are selected by the Royal Spanish Golf Federation and also receive an all-expense paid trip to the 2008 GCSAA Education Conference (Jan. 28-Feb. 2) and Golf Industry Show (Jan. 31-Feb. 2) in Orlando.
García Ircio, who is from Zaragoza, Spain, earned an agronomy engineering degree from Madrid Polytechnic University's crop science program. Blanco Jaschek, who is from Salamanca, Spain, earned a degree in agricultural engineering from the University of Salamanca and also took the Higher Greenkeeper Course at The Autonomous School of Business Management (Escuela Autónoma de Dirección de Empresas) in Malaga, Spain. Muñoz Puro, who is from Sevilla, Spain, has been working for The Royal Spain Federation at the Centro Nacional de Golf.
They join 2006 Royal Spanish Golf Federation Scholarship winners Luis Manuel Casado Garcia and Eugenio Escribano de la Rosa, who are both receiving scholarships for the second consecutive year, in Michigan State's two-year turfgrass management program. Casado Garcia, who is from Talayuela, Spain, is working toward an agronomical engineering degree. Escribano de la Rosa, who is from Seville, Spain, is studying agronomy and interned at Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth, Ga.