Students recognized at 2023 spring banquet

The Department of Soil and Crop Sciences congratulates all our students who received scholarships and awards during its annual Awards and Recognition Banquet held on Thursday, April 13 at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center.

Former professor Sam Feagley, Ph.D., delivered the keynote address.

The 2022-2023 Soil and Crop Sciences Outstanding Students were recognized. The recipients of the Outstanding Plant and Environmental Soil Science Student Awards are:

• Hallie Cook: Outstanding Freshman
• Jenna Mark: Outstanding Sophomore
• Chris Barron: Outstanding Junior
• Ryan Schronk: Outstanding Senior

The recipients of the Outstanding Turfgrass Science Student Awards are:

• Cabot Ellis: Outstanding Freshman
• Brandon Moczygemba: Outstanding Sophomore
• Megan Muesse: Outstanding Junior
• Canute Janish: Outstanding Senior

Scholarships were also awarded during the evening to several students, including:

• Aliyah Abdur-Razzaq: Nathan R. Boles ’63 Norman Borlaug Endowed Scholarship
• Gabriel Baguso: Dr. Cleveland and Frances Gerard Scholarship
• Christopher Barron: H&H Ranch Scholarship, Luther Jones Outstanding Junior Scholarship, Milton and Carolyn E. McDaniel ’75 Scholarship, Pat and Ed Runge Future Leaders Endowed Scholarship
• Brandon Bei: Milton and Carolyn E. McDaniel ’75 Scholarship, Dean Ide P. Trotter Sr. Memorial Scholarship
• Meredith Clay: Luther Jones Outstanding Junior Scholarship, Milton and Carolyn E. McDaniel ’75 Scholarship, and Olin and Thelma Smith Scholarship
• Hallie Cook: H&H Ranch Scholarship, Morris G. Merkle Endowed Scholarship, Henry Jean Mills Memorial Scholarship, Billie B. and Gloria S. Turner Production Scholarship
• Emily Cox: McAfee Memorial Scholarship
• Cabot Ellis: Texas Turfgrass Research Education Extension Scholarship, Jack Hulgan Memorial Scholarship, Sequor Foundation Endowed Turfgrass Scholarship
• Arturo Espana: Warren and Helen Church Scholarship, Candelario ‘Cande’ Gonzalez ’74 Scholarship, Kenneth Lindsey Memorial Scholarship
• Alex Gage: James Hubert Foster Scholarship, Kenneth and Marion Porter Endowed Scholarship, Billie B. and Gloria S. Turner Production Scholarship
• Brook Isbell: J.C. and Judy Blue Undergraduate Scholarship, Ezra “Ezzy” Leschber Memorial Scholarship, Milton and Carolyn E. McDaniel ’75 Scholarship
• Stadler Kirsten: Billie B. and Gloria S. Turner Production Scholarship
• Ted Machacek: Paul Drummet Texas Turfgrass Scholarship, Sequor Foundation Endowed Turfgrass Scholarship
• Alejandro Macias: Dean Ide P. Trotter Sr. Memorial Scholarship, Billie B. and Gloria S. Turner Production Scholarship
• Andrew Marchetti: James Hubert Foster Scholarship, H&H Ranch Scholarship, Dick Holland Endowed Scholarship, Olin and Thelma Smith Endowed Scholarship, Texas Seed Trade Association Scholarship
• Jenna Mark: Milton and Carolyn E. McDaniel ’75 Scholarship, Billie B. and Gloria S. Turner Production Scholarship
• Brandon Moczygemba: Sequor Foundation Endowed Turfgrass Scholarship, Joseph D. Whitaker ’63 Scholarship
• Megan Muesse: A.W. Barbara Crain Scholarship and the Keith Ebanks Memorial Scholarship
• Paige Patel: J.F. Mills Endowed Scholarship
• Dillon Petri: Charles A. Schneider ’70 Memorial Scholarship and the Charles ’63 and Lynann ’66 Simpson Endowed Scholarship
• Maverick Raesz: Martha F. and Albert Novosad ’47 ’54 Scholarship
• Gabriel Ramthun: Allen and Joan Wiese Endowed Scholarship
• Carson Reed: Sequor Foundation Endowed Turfgrass Scholarship
• Elliott Sankus: Sequor Foundation Endowed Turfgrass Scholarship, Texas Turfgrass Association Scholarship
• Takanori Someya: Cecil and Ola Beasley Goodman Undergraduate Scholarship, Sunoco Energy Development Endowed Scholarship
• Joshua Swaringen: J.C. and Judy Blue Undergraduate Scholarship
• Reed Terrell: Billie B. and Gloria S. Turner Production Scholarship
• Rute Tesfay: Billy, Gloria and Gerry Conrad Scholarship, Billie B. and Gloria S. Turner Production Scholarship
• Ren Uyehara: Bill McLaughlin Texas Turfgrass Scholarship, Sequor Foundation Endowed Turfgrass Scholarship
• Caden Vick: Frances and Miles Hall ’39 Endowed Scholarship, Allen and Joan Wiese Endowed Scholarship
• Pedro Villanueva: Nathan R. Boles ’63 Norman Borlaug Endowed Scholarship
• Logan Vincent: Joe S. Campise Memorial Scholarship, Dick Holland Endowed Scholarship
• Heston Vollmering: Allen Mengers Memorial Scholarship, Sunoco Energy Development Scholarship

Banquet attendees also learned about the department’s student organization activities and accomplishments and departmental activities and accomplishments throughout the academic year.