CONFERENCE RECAP
Dr. James Watson Undergraduate Scholarship( 4-year): Evan Dupuis, Purdue University
SAFE Undergraduate Scholarships( 4-year): Benjamin Kuiters, Iowa State University; and Dante Filadoro, UMass Amherst
Dr. James Watson Graduate Scholarship: Ava Veith, Penn State University
SAFE Graduate Scholarship: Faishal Khan, Washington State University
“ The SAFE Foundation is honored to support these exceptional individuals whose academic achievement, dedication, and professional promise reflect the future strength of our industry,” said SAFE Foundation Board Chairman Matt Anderson, CSFM.“ By investing in education and development, we are building a more capable and innovative sports field manager workforce.”
SAFE FUNDRAISERS Teams came together for the SAFE Night of Bowling to compete for a chance to win prizes while raising money for the foundation. The top scorer was Derek Hollanitsch with a score of 206. The winning team included Ben Boeding, CSFM, Marcus Campbell, Cody Pamperin, Ed Tietel and Derek Hollanitsch.
The SAFE Cornhole Tournaments offered fun, friendly competition to support scholarships, grants, and research in the sports field management industry. The SAFE Cornhole winning team was Josh Webber and Mason Modjeski.
NEWLY CERTIFIED SPORTS FIELD MANAGERS( CSFM) SFMA recognized seven professionals who earned the Certified Sports Field Manager( CSFM) designation during
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