Scholarships Awarded Following Delta Classic Golf Tournament

Brandon Moore of Marion, Paul Wolf of White Hall and Austin Cates of Marion earned scholarships awarded following the 16th Annual Delta Scholarship Golf Classic.
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Brandon Moore of Marion, Paul Wolf of White Hall and Austin Cates of Marion earned scholarships awarded following the 16th Annual Delta Scholarship Golf Classic.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences Department in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas collected more than $20,000 for scholarships at this year’s 16th Annual Delta Scholarship Golf Classic.

The tournament was July 24 at The Ridges at Village Creek in Wynne. Since 2000, the tournament has generated more than $375,000 used to fund 139 scholarships while building an endowment for future scholarships.

Students earning a Delta Classic Scholarship include Tanner Bratton, Austin Cates and Brandon Moore from Marion High School; Drew Dillion from DeWitt High School; Seth Busby from Green County Tech High School in Paragould; Laura Ortega from Rogers High School; Zane Taillon from Beebe High School; Kaitlyn Turner from Tuckerman High School; and Paul Wolf of White Hall.

“I am currently working for a crop consultant and we scout over 13,000 acres of rice,” said Busby. “I love doing it. My dream is to one day be an independent crop scout and possibly pursue an advanced degree. This scholarship will help me gain the knowledge to teach anyone about where their food comes from and how it gets to their dinner table. I look forward to my college experience and want to help other college students after I graduate.”

“I hope to learn the skills to become a crop consultant until I save the money to start a farm of my own,” said Wolf. “I would like to earn my master’s degree and possibly a doctorate, and help future students after I begin my career.”

James L. Barrentine Endowed scholarships were awarded to Zachary Jones, a U of A junior from Paragould; Blake Bennett from Pocahontas High School; Tanner Schuck from Har-Ber High School; and Helen Sha from Fayetteville High School. Barrentine, a former Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences Department head, organized CSES alumni and friends who initiated the benefit golf tournament to support scholarships prior to his retirement in 2006.

“I want to thank our alumni and friends for their hard work in keeping this event going in the Delta,” said tournament director Darrin Malone. “I also want to thank the staff at The Ridges at Village Creek for helping make it a success. It’s been fun helping provide resources to our new and upcoming students in the Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences Department. I think our alumni and friends find great pleasure in being a small part of their future and career while they are at the University of Arkansas.”

Tournament winners include the DuPont Pioneer 1 team of Tim Sisk, Jay Cadwell, Danny Draper and Jody Gilbert, all from Wynne, in Flight A; the Southern Bancorp team of Gaylon Rogers and Edward Reginold of Blytheville, and Wayne Anderson and John Bryant of West Helena in Flight B; and the U of A Weed Science team of Bob Scott and Ward Hanna of Cabot, Clark Moore of Little Rock and Chuck Capps of DeWitt in Flight C.

“I continue to be impressed with how well everything gets done and how good the final product is,” said Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences Department head Robert Bacon. “It was very gratifying for me to see a team composed of former scholarship recipients not only supporting the tournament, but also knowing the contributions they are making to the agricultural industry in the state. The proceeds from the tournament are extremely important in maintaining the vitality of our undergraduate program.”

Corporate sponsors for the tournament were Farm Bureau of Arkansas, Dow AgroSciences/Mycogen/Phytogen and DuPont Pioneer. Premier hole sponsors were DuPont Crop Protection and Monsanto. Hole sponsors included Ag Heritage Farm Credit Services, BASF Ag Products, Farm Credit Midsouth, Gillett Grain Services, Producers Rice Mill, Riceland Foods Foundation, U of A Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, U of A Entomology Group, U of A Rice Research and Extension Center, and U of A Weed Science Group.

Team sponsors included Adams Fertilizer Equipment, Alice-Sidney Dryer and Seed Company, Armor Seed, Bayer CropScience, Crop Production Services of Bernie, Missouri, Fuller Seed and Supply, Hickory Hill Pharmacy, Mid-South Ag Equipment, Mid South Ag Consultants, RiceTec, Southern Ag Resources, Southern Bancorp, and Stanley & Co.

About the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences: Bumpers College provides life-changing opportunities to position and prepare graduates who will be leaders in the businesses associated with foods, family, the environment, agriculture, sustainability and human quality of life; and who will be first-choice candidates of employers looking for leaders, innovators, policy makers and entrepreneurs. The college is named for Dale Bumpers, former Arkansas governor and longtime U.S. senator who made the state prominent in national and international agriculture.

About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Arkansas among only 2 percent of universities in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University of Arkansas among its top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal attention and close mentoring.

Contacts

Robby Edwards, director of communications
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
479-575-4625, robbye@uark.edu

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