$59,300 in KGF Scholarships awarded to
Junior Golf Tour members
On August 2, 2016, The
Kelly Gibson Foundation
along with its community
charitable
partners
awarded $59,300 in college
scholarships to 26 members
of the Kelly Gibson Junior
Golf Tour presented by
Nestle Pure Life. Since
2010, 156 scholarships
totaling $350,300 have been
awarded to junior golfers
that participate on the Tour.
Scholarships were given to
deserving participants based
on community service,
academic achievements and
financial need.
Twelve (12) scholarships
totaling $22,800 were given
on behalf of the Kelly
Gibson Foundation. Four
(4) $2,500 scholarships
were awarded on behalf of
the Allstate Sugar Bowl to
Savannah Ennis of Abita
Springs, Brandon Garcia
of Harahan, Ray Poche
of Covington, and Taylor
Ann Price of Metairie.
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One (1) $2,500 scholarship
was awarded on behalf of
McMath Construction to
Josie Headrick of Slidell.
One (1) $2,000 scholarship
was awarded on behalf
of Entergy New Orleans
to Camille Simon of New
Orleans. One (1) $2,000
scholarship was awarded
on behalf of Treetop Merit
to Madeline Gordon of
Kenner. One (1) $1,800
scholarship was awarded on
behalf of Angelica’s Angels
to Robert Illg of New
Orleans. One (1) $1,500
scholarship was awarded
on behalf
of
Bayou
Barriere to Troy Leger
of Mandeville. Three (3)
$1,000 scholarships were
given on behalf of Cox
Communications to Carlo
Carino of Harvey, Stephen
Wall
of
Madisonville
and Caroline Hingle of
Covington.
Four (4) scholarships
totaling $15,000 were given
on behalf of the Fore!Kids
Foundation. Alison Prescott
of Patterson was awarded
the $5,000 FKF Board
Chairman
Scholarship;
Nolan Lambert of Gretna
was awarded the $5,000
FKF
Buddy
Seeling
Scholarship; Emily Pellerin
of New Iberia was awarded
the $2,500 Zurich Classic
Tournament
Chairman
Scholarship; and Kyle Estay
of Larose awarded the
$2,500 Zurich Classic Title
Sponsor Scholarship.
Five (5) scholarships
totaling $12,500 were given
on behalf of the BC Cup
Foundation in memory of
Barry Hogan and Colin
Headrick. Justin Caldwell
of Ponchatoula, Ty Dugas
of Gretna, Triston Elston
of Baton Rouge, and
Colin Troxler of Luling
were each awarded $2,500
scholarships.
Matthew
Saucier of Diamondhead
was awarded the $2,500
Gary & Gerry McCool
Scholarship.
One (1) scholarship in
the amount of $2,000 was
given on behalf of The
Mackel Foundation to Trey
Hughes of Covington.
Four (4) scholarships
totaling $7,000 were given
on behalf of the New
Orleans Golf Association.
Karrington Knight of New
Orleans and Wondell Smith
Jr. of New Orleans were
each awarded a $2,000
Toomy Moore Scholarship.
Vincent
Almerica
of
Diamondhead was awarded
the $2,000 Clarence Steeg
Scholarship.
Zachary
Barrios of Slidell was
awarded the $1,000 Gerald
Causin Scholarship.
Academy
Sports
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Outdoors was once again
the presenting partner of
the 2016 Player of the
Year Awards. Players who
earned the most points
and displayed the most
sportsmanship
in
the
summer tournaments were
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