Henry Fadamiro, Ph.D., Associate Director and Chief Scientific Officer for Texas A&M AgriLife Research, and Associate Dean of College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, delivered the keynote address. View more photos of the banquet on our Facebook album.
Congratulations to all our students who were recognized with awards and scholarships during the annual Awards and Recognition Banquet that was held at the Hildebrand Equine Center on Tuesday, April 12.
Associate Director and Chief Scientific Officer for Texas A&M AgriLife Research, and Associate Dean of College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Henry Fadamiro, Ph.D., delivered the keynote address.
The 2021-22 Soil and Crop Science Outstanding Students were also recognized. The recipients of the Outstanding Plant and Environmental Soil Science Student Awards are:
- Jenna Mark: Outstanding Freshman
- Andrew Marchetti: Outstanding Sophomore
- Chris Barron: Outstanding Junior
- Grace Bodine and Ariana Lazo: Outstanding Seniors
The recipients of the Outstdanding Turfgrass Science Student awards are:
- Ted Machacek: Outstanding Sophomore
- Canute Janish: Outstanding Junior
- Ty Riley: Outstanding Senior
Scholarships were also awarded during the evening to several students, including:
- Sophia Arista: Nathan R. Boles ’63 Norman Borlaug Endowed Scholarship, Dr. Cleveland & Frances Gerard Scholarship, Dick Holland Endowed Scholarship and Texas Trade Association Scholarship
- Christopher Barron: Joe S. Campise Memorial Scholarship, Luther Jones Outstanding Junior Scholarship, Pat & Ed Runge Future Leaders Scholarship
- Keegan Crawford: Cleveland & Frances Gerard Scholarship and Morris G. Merkle Endowed Scholarship
- Arturo Espana: James Hubert Foster Scholarship, Dr. Cleveland & Frances Gerard Scholarship, Candelario ‘Cande’ Gonzalez ’74 Scholarship, and the Martha F. & Albert Novosad ’47 ’54 Scholarship
- Ty Jansky: Warren and Helen Church Scholarship, Cecil & Ola Beasley Goodman Undergraduate Scholarship, Milton and Carolyn McDaniel ’75 Scholarship, Charles A. Schneider ’70 Memorial Scholarship, and the Sunoco Energy Development Endowed Scholarship
- Alejandro Macias: Henry Jean Mills Memorial Scholarship, Dean Ide P. Trotter Sr. Memorial Scholarship, and Billie B. and Gloria S. Turner Production Scholarship
- Jenna Mark: Allen and Joan Wiese Endowed Scholarship
- Andrew Marchetti: Frances & Miles Hall ’39 Endowed Scholarship, Dick Holland Endowed Scholarship, and Olin & Thelma Smith Endowed Scholarship
- John McCurdy: Kenneth Lindsey Memorial Scholarship and Charles ’63 & Lynann ’66 Simpson Memorial Scholarship
- Megan Muesse: Kenneth Lindsey Memorial Scholarship and Milton and Carolyn E. McDaniel Scholarship and the Sequor Foundation Endowed Turfgrass Scholarship
- Maverick Raesz: Charles A. Schneider ’70 Memorial Scholarship
- Ryan Schronk: C. and Judy Blue Undergraduate Scholarship and J.F. Mills Endowed Scholarship
- Chadwick Watters: Billy, Gloria and Gerry Conrad Scholarship and the Billie B. and Gloria S. Turner Production Scholarship
- Will Hauser: W. and Barbara Crain Scholarship, Bill McLaughlin Texas Turfgrass Scholarship, Jack Hulgan Memorial Scholarship, and the Sunoco Energy Development Scholarship
- Ted Machacek: Keith Ebanks Memorial Scholarship, Joseph D. Whitaker ’63 Scholarship, Texas Turfgrass Association Scholarship, and the Paul Drummet Texas Turfgrass Scholarship
- Carson Reed: Texas Turfgrass Research Education Extension Scholarship
The 2022-2023 Freshman and Transfer Scholarship recipients are:
- Will Hauser and Carson Reed: Texas Turfgrass Research Education Extension Scholarship
- Christopher Barron, Brandon Bei, and Andrew Marchetti: H&H Ranch Scholarship
- Logan Vincent: Kenneth and Marion Porter Endowed Scholarship
Attendees also learned about many of the of the department’s student organization activities and the department’s annual accomplishments and achievements throughout the year.
Read the complete list of donors and other awards that were mentioned during the banquet from our booklet. View all the photos of the banquet at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159155044167955&type=3