The Rhode Island Golf Course Superintendents Association awarded $18,000 in scholarships for the year 2008 to the following students.
RIGCSA Scholarship Recipients:
Cathryn Arruda Rhode Island College
Ryan Chalifour Bishops University
Craig F. Devaney Assumption College
Peter Fish University of Rhode Island
Katherine Kennedy Northeastern University
Thomas Lund Quinnipiac University
Christa Piquette Florida Gulf Coast University
Craig Richard University of Rhode Island
Ross E. Smith University of Vermont
Leslie Maureen Sykes University of Rhode Island
Ryan Reynolds Legacy Scholarship
Kevin Medeiros Community College of Rhode Island
The C. Richard Skogley Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Bart van Luling, a student at the University of Rhode Island.
Each year the RIGCSA hosts a golf tournament in which all proceeds go into providing scholarships to deserving students and funding research at the University of Rhode Island. This year they will host their 26th Annual Scholarship and Research Tournament at Shelter Harbor Golf Club in Charlestown, R.I.
If you would like to contribute to this fund, please contact Julie Heston, RIGCSA Executive Secretary at 401-934-7660 or jheston@verizon.net