Students recognized during annual spring awards banquet
The department congratulates all our students who received scholarships and awards during its annual awards and recognition banquet held on Thursday, April 11 at the Hildebrand Equine Complex.
Elsa Murano, Ph.D., director, Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture and Development, Bryan-College Station, delivered the keynote address.
The 2023-2024 Soil and Crop Sciences Outstanding students were recognized after the keynote address. The recipients are:
Outstanding Plant and Environmental Soil Science student awards:
- Maizee Strelec: Outstanding Freshman
- Hallie Cook: Outstanding Sophomore
- Brooke Isbell: Outstanding Junior
- Chris Barron: Outstanding Senior
Outstanding Turfgrass Science student awards:
- Collin Chase: Outstanding Freshman
- Cabot Ellis: Outstanding Sophomore
- Brandon Moczygemba: Outstanding Junior
- Ted Machacek: Outstanding Senior
Scholarships
Thanks to the generosity of our donors, more than $100,000 in undergraduate scholarships were awarded to numerous students, including:
- Aliyah Abdur Razzaaq: Milton and Carolyn E. McDaniel ’75 Scholarship.
- Gabriel Baguzo: Milton and Carolyn E. McDaniel ’75 Scholarship and Allen and Joan Wiese Endowed Scholarship.
- John Banks: Sequor Foundation/Arthur Milberger Endowed Scholarship.
- Brandon Bei: Billie B. and S. Gloria Turner Production Scholarship.
- Collin Chase: Sequor Foundation/Arthur Milberger Endowed Scholarship.
- Pedro Chavez Villanueva: Milton and Carolyn E. McDaniel ’75 Scholarship and the Texas Seed Trade Association Scholarship.
- Hallie Cook: James Hubert Foster Scholarship, Pat & Ed Runge Future Leaders Endowed Scholarship, Milton and Carolyn E. McDaniel ‘75 Scholarship and H&H Ranch Scholarship.
- Emily Cox: Milton and Carolyn E. McDaniel ‘75 Scholarship and Charles ‘63 & Lynann ‘66 Simpson Endowed Scholarship.
- Emily De La Fuente: Milton and Carolyn E. McDaniel ‘75 Scholarship and Henry Jean Mills Memorial Scholarship.
- Cabot Ellis: Texas Turfgrass Research and Extension Education Scholarship.
- Arturo Espana: Candelario ‘Cande’ Gonzalez ‘74 Scholarship, Kenneth Lindsey Memorial Scholarship, Milton and Carolyn E. McDaniel ‘75 Scholarship.
- Victor Hernandez: Milton and Carolyn E. McDaniel ‘75 Scholarship and Billie B. and S. Gloria Turner Production Scholarship.
- Raphaela Hernandez: Warren and Helen Church Scholarship and Milton and Carolyn E. McDaniel ‘75 Scholarship.
- Alyssa Hinton: Dr. Cleveland & Frances Gerard Scholarship and McAfee Memorial Scholarship
- Brooke Isbell: J. Charlie and Judy Blue Scholarship and Luther Jones Outstanding Junior Scholarship.
- Ted Machacek: Texas Turfgrass - Paul Drummet Scholarship.
- Andrew Marchetti: Billy, Gloria & Gerry Conrad Scholarship, Morris G. Merkle Endowed Scholarship, J.F. Mills Endowed Scholarship, Texas Seed Trade Association Scholarship and H&H Ranch Scholarship.
- Jasmine Maximovich: Allen and Joan Wiese Endowed Scholarship.
- Aidan Maxwell: Texas Turfgrass - William E. “Bill” McLaughlin Scholarship.
- Kaz McBride: Jack Hulgan Memorial Scholarship and Sequor Foundation/Arthur Milberger Endowed Scholarship.
- Shane McGinnes: Texas Turfgrass Association Scholarship and Keith Ebanks Memorial Scholarship.
- Brandon Moczygemba: Joseph D. Whitaker ’63 Scholarship.
- Megan Muesse: Keith Ebanks Memorial Scholarship.
- Matthew Nolan: Milton and Carolyn E. McDaniel ‘75 Scholarship, Morris G. Merkle Endowed Scholarship, J.F. Mills Endowed Scholarship and Kenneth & Marion Porter Endowed Scholarship.
- Marcos Olivarez: A.W. and Barbara Crain Scholarship.
- Paige Patel: Joe S. Campise Memoria Scholarship and Milton and Carolyn E. McDaniel ‘75 Scholarship.
- Gabriel Ramthun: Charles A. Schneider ‘70 Memorial Scholarship.
- Daniel Roberts: Nathan R. Boles ‘63 Norman Borlaug Scholarship.
- Elliott Sankus: Texas Turfgrass Association Scholarship.
- Kyra Self: Jack Hulgan Memorial Scholarship.
- Takanori Someya: Cecil & Ola Beasley Goodman Scholarship and Milton and Carolyn E. McDaniel ‘75 Scholarship.
- Maizee Strelec: Morris G. Merkle Endowed Scholarship and H&H Ranch Scholarship.
- Wylee Strelec: Allen Mengers Memorial Scholarship and Billie B. and S. Gloria Turner Production Scholarship.
- Thomas Vades: Henry Jean Mills Endowed Scholarship.
- Caden Vick: Frances & Miles Hall ’39 Endowed Scholarship.
