DR. HENRY W. INDYK SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES


By Geri Hannah


Te application process for the 2025 Dr. Henry W. Indyk Scholarship began on July 1, 2024.Te deadline for receipt of applications is October 31, 2024.


Te Dr. Henry W. Indyk Scholarship was established by Te Lawn Institute (TLI) in 2006 to honor a founding father of Turfgrass Producers International (TPI) while demonstrating TPI’s commitment to education and offering a valuable member benefit. For 2025, TLI will be awarding two scholarships: a one-time $2,500 scholarship and a four-year scholarship valued up to $10,000 (U.S.), which consists of an initial award of $2,500, renewable up to three times, pending certain criteria.


Any current TPI Class A Turfgrass Producer or Class B Supplier/ Manufacturer member in good standing is eligible to apply. Furthermore, the immediate family of a Class A or Class B member, or an employee, or the employee’s child, is eligible to apply. Scholarship applicants can major in any given field but must plan on attending, or be attending, an accredited educational facility as a full-time student to be eligible.


For more information, and to access the application, please visit www.TurfgrassSod.org.


Obviously, the scholarship funds are a huge benefit to the students and their families. TLI’s investment in the future of these young people also reaps huge benefits for the turfgrass industry. Te outstanding past Dr. Henry W. Indyk Scholarship recipients (listed here) make the future even brighter for natural grass!


Geri Hannah is administrative manager for Turfgrass Producers International. ghannah@TurfgrassSod.org


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YEAR RECIPIENT 2024 Preston Pooler


Ava Morgan COMPANY Tri-Turf Sod Farms, Inc., Paris, TN Poinsett Turfgrass Company, Harrisburg, AK Garrett Gavranovic Horizon Turf Grass, Inc., Wharton, TX


2023 Weston Guetterman Grassroots Sod LLC, Bucyrus, KS Avery Lawrence


Helt’s Turf Farm, LLC, Pleasant Hill, MO


2022 Andrew James Smith Sandy Plain Sod, LLC, Beulaville, NC Krystal Dixon


2021 Carlie Gardner Lillie Gardner Aidan Cooper


2020 Nathan Heuver Mikhail Kidd 2019 Sara Lechlider Krista Bouchard 2018 Lanie Carl Emma Hedgpeth 2017 Amy Wilber Sara Lechlider


2016 Andrew Aposhian 2015 Adam Aposhian 2014 Cody Anderson


Molly Maroney Taylor Thompson


2013 Cameron Blair Grant Youmans


2012 Chase Cochran 2011 Trevor Smith


DMG Turf and Farms, Angier, NC DMG Turf and Farms, Angier, NC Red Hen Turf Farm, Inc., Carlisle, IN


Eagle Lake Prof. Landscape Supply, Alberta, Canada


Cloverdale Nursery & Turf Farm, Boise, ID


Laytonsville Landscaping, Inc., Laytonsville, MD


Kingston Turf Farms, West Kingston, RI Carl & Son Turf, Harrisonville, MO


Columbia River Seed, Plymouth, WA Oakwood Sod Farm, Inc. Delmar, MD


Laytonsville Landscaping, Inc., Laytonsville, MD


FireFly Equipment, Farmington, UT FireFly Equipment, Farmington, UT K’ntucky Turf, Othello, WA


Hope Plantation Turf, Telephone, TX Red Hen Turf Farm, Inc., New Carlisle, IN


Green Velvet Sod Farms, Bellbrook, OH Green Acres Turf Farm, Furman, SC


Turf Merchants, Inc., Tangent, OR


William Warpinski Central Sod Farms, Inc., Centerville, MD Southwest Sod Inc., Maricopa, AZ


2010 Michael Anderson Sarah Wilber


2009 Amanda Bush Kelsey Lain


2008 Kevin Coombs 2007 Jaclyn Thorson


Nathan Bush Michael Anderson


Christopher Utterback Utterback Sod Farm, Sacramento, CA K’ntucky Turf, Othello, WA


Oakwood Sod Farm, Inc., Delmar, MD Bush Sports Turf, Milan, IL


Pine Island Turf Nursery, Pine Island, NY Coombs Sod Farms, LLC, Elmer, NJ Todd Valley Farms, Inc., Mead, NE


Bush Sports Turf, Milan, IL K’ntucky Turf, Othello, WA


2006 James (Jay) McCurdy McCurdy Farms, Dyer, TN Mindy Brandt


American Sod Corp., Palatine, IL TPI Turf News July/August 2024


DeBuck’s Sod Farm of New York, Inc. Pine Island, NY


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