The Alabama Turfgrass Association is pleased to be able to sponsor a Legacy Scholarship each year for members. Applications will be accepted from any student that is a child or grandchild of a current ATA member that meets the criteria of the guidelines below.

The Legacy scholarship application is online the ATA website: www.Alabamaturf.org. Essays and transcripts should be mailed or e-mailed to the ATA office. All applications are due by July 31st of the year. We plan to have the scholarship awarded for spring term of 2025. Two scholarships are awarded annually in the amount of $1,250 each.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact the ATA office at 334-821-3000.

Information for Applicants

General

The Alabama Turfgrass Association Legacy Scholarship Program offers educational aid to the children and grandchildren of ATA members. Two scholarships will be awarded each year in the amount of $1,250 each.

Applications will be reviewed by the Alabama Turfgrass Association Board of Directors. All decisions of the committee will be final.Applicants will be notified by mail of their status prior to the annual meeting of the year submitted. All scholarship award checks will be made payable to the university. The ATA Committee reserves the right to make their selection.

Eligibility

1. One or more of the applicant’s parents or grandparents must have been an Alabama Turfgrass Association member for five or more consecutive years and must be a currently active ATA member. Competition is open to natural or adoptive offspring of ATA members. Children or grandchildren of deceased members are also eligible if the member was currently active at the time of his or her death.

2. The student must be enrolled full-time at an accredited institution of higher learning. Rising high school seniors will not be considered.

3. Past winners are ineligible to apply the following Year. They may reapply after a one-year hiatus.

4. Although any number of students from the same family may apply, only one student per family will be eligible to receive an award.

Criteria

1. Applicants will be evaluated based on academic achievement, extracurricular and community involvement, leadership and outside employment.

2. The student’s composition of an original 100-word essay relating to his/her goals.The essay must be original and not previously submitted to ATA.

How to Apply

Students may complete the application on-line at alaturfgrass.org or they mail or e-mail the application to ATA at the address below.

Transcripts from all high schools and colleges attended as well as the 100-word essay must be mailed or e-mailed to the address below.

Scholarship Committee
Alabama Turfgrass Association
P.O. Box 70
Auburn, AL 36831
Or e-mail: mailbox@alaturfgrass.org