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For Immediate Release

PLANET AEF SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED AT STUDENT CAREER DAYS

HERNDON, Va., April 7, 2009
— The PLANET Academic Excellence Foundation (PLANET AEF) presented 64 scholarships, totaling almost $70,000, to students at the Professional Landcare Network’s (PLANET’s) 33rd annual Student Career Days event at Cal Poly Pomona, in Pomona, California.

Each year, PLANET AEF presents scholarships to students enrolled in landscape/horticulture programs at two-year and four-year universities and colleges across the country. These schools must have a PLANET-accredited landscape contracting curriculum, be a PLANET student chapter member, or participate in PLANET Student Career Days.

Committed to the advancement of landscape professionalism, PLANET AEF was created to help the future leaders of this industry fund their education. These leaders of tomorrow will define the standards of professionalism and use their education to meet the challenges of the future.

The PLANET AEF Board is proud to announce the following 2009 scholarship recipients:

President’s Scholarship ($2,500)
Eric Ball, Brigham Young University–Idaho

Platinum Ambassador Scholarships

Damgaard Family Landscape Contracting Scholarship ($2,500)
Elizabeth Spedaliere, Dakota County Technical College

Scott Byron & Co. Scholarship ($1,500)
Kayla Shea Childers, University of Florida

Ambassador Scholarships ($1,000 each)

PLANET AEF Endowed Scholarship
Jacquelyne Nielson, Brigham Young University–Idaho

Akerman Family Scholarship
Tamara Grigg, Illinois Central College

The Theodore W. Brickman Jr. Scholarship
Nicole Charette, Shasta College

The Bruce Company Scholarship
Andrew Schaefer, Oregon State University

Chapel Valley Landscape Co. – The Reeve Family Scholarship
Ken Beasley, Hinds Community College

CoCal Landscape Scholarship
James Moylan, Michigan State University

The Davey Tree Expert Co., Commercial Grounds Management Division Scholarship
Jennifer Burns, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

David J. Frank Landscape Contracting Career Builder Scholarship
Rebecca Stansbery, Hawkeye Community College

Gachina Landscape Management, The Gachina Family Scholarship
Kristie Malecha, Dakota County Technical College

The Parley Glover Memorial Scholarship
Eric Bradshaw, Brigham Young University–Provo

The Glowacki Family Scholarship
Nanci Fioravanti, County College of Morris

Gravely Landscape Maintenance Scholarship
Steven Cooper, Hinds Community College

GroundMasters, Inc., Scholarship
Robert Emmitt III, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College

Debra Holder and Family Scholarship
Daniel Delgado Jr., Cal Poly Pomona

Hunt Family Scholarship
Kyle Gingerich, Parkland College

Hunter Industries Scholarship
Kendall Hutchings, Brigham Young University–Provo

Husqvarna Forest and Garden Scholarship
Brian Baker, Brigham Young University–Provo

Jacobsen Landscape Design and Construction Scholarship
Judy-Lynn Hoppe, North Metro Technical College

John Deere Green Industry Scholarship
Stacia Payne, Alamance Community College

Ron and Sally Kujawa Scholarship
Christopher Olson, Milwaukee Area Technical College

Tom and Carol Lied Scholarship
C. Seth Reed, Brigham Young University–Idaho

Shirley B. Mangum Scholarship
Shane Huff, Mississippi State University

Vito Mariani, Sr. Scholarship
Brandon Rowbury, Brigham Young University–Idaho

The James Martin Associates/Martin Family Scholarship
Jarett Crump, Parkland College

R.P. Marzilli and Company Scholarship
Meghan McPhee, University of Maine

The Marjorie and B. E. Minor Scholarship
Blake Draper, Kansas State University

Moore Landscape Scholarship
Michael Salazar, Kansas State University

Bill and Mary Murdy Scholarship
Whitney Checketts, Brigham Young University–Provo

OneSource Landscape and Golf Scholarship
Christopher Miller, Oklahoma State University–Stillwater

The Richard J. Ott Family Scholarship
Jessica Hartley, University of Tennessee

STIHL Landscape Contracting Scholarship
Gregory Steele, Cal Poly Pomona

Toro/Exmark Scholarship
Crystal Morter, The Ohio State University

TruGreen Companies Scholarship
Catherine Zimmer, Brigham Young University–Idaho

ILT Vignocchi Scholarship
Heidi Moss, Colorado State University

PLANET AEF Scholarships ($1,000 each)

Annette Adair, Brigham Young University–Provo

Amelia Anderson, Brigham Young University–Provo

Kynaston Butchart, Brigham Young University–Idaho

Kristin Cornwell, University of Florida

Martha Delancy, Hinds Community College

Lindsay Diewald, The Ohio State University

Amy Eddings, Alamance Community College

Cohan Fish, Brigham Young University–Provo

Adam Hall, Brigham Young University–Provo

Christopher Holthouser, Colorado State University

Linnette Kanitz, Michigan State University

Peter Lewis, Oklahoma State University–Oklahoma City

Starlene Link, Columbus State Community College

Jennifer Lougee, Brigham Young University–Provo

Megan Miller, Colorado State University

David Newsom, Mississippi State University

Kimberly Oellerich, Penn State University

Whitney Parks, University of Tennessee

Zoey Phoenix, North Metro Technical College

Jason Reibold, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College

Matthew Rietschlin, The Ohio State University

Lloyd Snapp, Brigham Young University–Idaho

Timothy Stevenson, Brigham Young University–Idaho

Samuel Thorley, Brigham Young University–Provo

Student Career Days Superstars

1st Place — $1,500       Seth Reed, Brigham Young University — Idaho
2nd Place — $1,000      Ben Roney, Alamance Community College
3rd Place — $500          Dawn Strickland, University of Georgia

For additional information about the PLANET AEF scholarship process, visit the PLANET AEF section of PLANET’s Web site, call (800) 395-2522, or e-mail Kristen Nolton.

PLANET is the association of members who create and maintain the QUALITY OF LIFE in communities across America. With more than 4,000 member companies and affiliates, these firms and their employees represent more than 100,000 green industry professionals.