The GCSAA, a golf course management organization, has awarded 13 college students with scholarships.

The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America has awarded scholarships to 13 college students as part of the GCSAA Scholars Program, funded and administered by GCSAA's philanthropic organization, The Environmental Institute for Golf.

First place winner, John S. Parvin, a student at Michigan State University will receive a $6,000 scholarship, and will be honored as the Mendenhall Award Winner.

The second place winner, Fernando Exp??sito Mu????(R)????oz of Jaen, Spain, will receive a $5,000 award and is designated as the recipient of the Allan MacCurrach Award. The MacCurrach Award is funded by the PGA Tour. Exp??sito Mu????(R)????oz will also receive an additional $2,500 award by earning the Ambassador Award. He is an international student at Michigan State University.

Both Parvin and Exposito Munoz also will each receive an all-expense-paid trip to the 2014 Golf Industry Show in Orlando (February 1st – 6th).

Other recipients include:

• Dalton T. Wayman, University of Tennessee, $2,500


• Cody Stewart, California Polytechnic State University, $2,000


• Teddy Norman, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, $1,500


• Paul M. Jacobs III, Michigan State University, $1,500


• Thomas Jacobs, Michigan State University, $750


• Brian P. Hogan, Institute of Applied Agriculture, $750


• Eric Lewellen, California Polytechnic State University, $500


• Gordon M. Porter, Florida Gateway College, $500


• James Morgan, Florida Gateway College, $500


• Jacob S. Fawaz, Michigan State University, $500


• Cory A. Yurisic, University of Tennessee, $500