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When golfers play, students are winners
Scholarships will be announced soon from the United Negro College Fund tournament.
By JON WILSON
Published May 15, 2005
ST. PETERSBURG - A special note highlighted Monday's 14th annual United Negro College Fund golf tournament at the St. Petersburg Country Club.
It was an invitation to attend Donna Edwards' graduation from the University of Alabama at Huntsville, where she has earned a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering.
"That's really the essence of what this is about," said Jim Ina, tournament director. Edwards has won UNCF scholarships for three years, Ina said, and it was a treat for tournament volunteers to see the results.
As usual, this year's tournament filled up early with 144 golfers, a full contingent. Ina estimated the event collected about $50,000, and after expenses, 100 percent of the net will go to the scholarship fund.
Four to six winners for the 2005-2006 school year will be announced by month's end, he said.
Criteria include a high grade point average and economic need. The scholarships are open to students of any race, who aren't required to attend historically black colleges to be considered. Each year, as many as 50 high school and college students apply. A Web site, www.uncf.com has more information.
Since its 1992 beginning, the golf tournament has raised more than a half-million dollars for the scholarship program, Ina said.
As usual, silent and live auctions, hole-in-one contests and a banquet were features. The hole-in-one contests did not produce a car winner this year, but Rick Rogers aced the par 3 No. 17 hole, winning 36 dozen golf balls.
UNCF officers Reginald Kervin of Orlando and Maurice Jenkins of Atlanta attended.
The day's winners in the Jack Nicklaus Flight were John Nye, Tony Goff, Robert Jacks and Gary Wilder; in the Arnold Palmer flight, Bob Seel, Jimmy Seel, Tom Borschel and Brian Borschel; in the Ben Hogan Flight, Elijah Willis, Art Wright, Don Franklin and Charles Coleman; in the Sam Snead Flight, Vey Weaver, Dennis Monahan, Jeff Gamber and Paul Buchan; in the Nancy Lopez Flight, Phyllis Conroy, Anna Hayes, Barb Hetrick and Phyllis Lawson.
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