First Tee Scholarship

We absolutely love creating opportunities for our graduating seniors to share their experiences with younger golfers.  Last month, when we invited Nate Vertes to speak  along with his Mom so our Thursday evening class could hear both perspectives.   Mrs. Vertes spoke about perseverance and how Nate was able to apply the core values even moreso after attending the leadership academy last summer. Nate encouraged the golfers to stick with First Tee because the benefits go beyond learning golf.  

What Nate didn't know was that Zack Anderton from the local First Tee office would also be on site to video the entire experience.  Once the talk was complete, Coach Glen presented Nate with a special gift from First Tee.  After opening the box, Nate discovered that he won a National Scholarship from First Tee in the amount of $20,000!!

While it was difficult for the younger golfers to really understand what had happened, they understood that $20,000 is a lot of money.  For some of the pre-teens it was an eye-opening experience.  Junior Coach Annika was very excited for her friend.  She will be a senior next year so she has her eye on the prize. 

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