STMA Affiliated Chapters Contact Information
Sports Turf Managers Association of
Arizona: www.azstma.org
Colorado Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.cstma.org
Florida #1 Chapter (South):
305-235-5101 (Bruce Bates) or Tom Curran
CTomSell@aol.com
Florida #2 Chapter (North): 850-580-4026,
John Mascaro, john@turf-tec.com
Florida #3 Chapter (Central): 407-518-2347,
Scott Grace, scott@sundome.org
Gateway Chapter Sports Turf Managers
Association: www.gatewaystma.org.
Georgia Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.gstma.org.
Greater L.A. Basin Chapter of the Sports
Turf Managers Association:
www.stmalabasin.com.
Illinois Chapter STMA: www.ILSTMA.org.
Intermountain Chapter of the Sports Turf
Managers Association:
http://imstma.blogspot.com/
Indiana - Contact Clayton Dame, Clayton-
dame@hotmail.com or Brian Bornino,
bornino@purdue.edu or Contact Joey Stevenson,
jstevenson@indyindians.com
Iowa Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.iowaturfgrass.org.
Kentucky Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.kystma.org.
Keystone Athletic Field Managers Org.
(KAFMO/STMA): www.kafmo.org.
Michigan Sports Turf Managers Association
(MiSTMA): www.mistma.org.
Minnesota Park and Sports Turf Managers
Association: www.mpstma.org
MO-KAN Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.mokanstma.com.
Nebraska Sports Turf Managers Association:
sphillips4@unlnotes.unl.edu
New England STMA (NESTMA):
www.nestma.org.
Sports Field Managers Association
of New Jersey: www.sfmanj.org.
Sports Turf Managers of New York:
www.stmony.org.
North Carolina Chapter of STMA:
www.ncsportsturf.org.
Northern California STMA:
www.norcalstma.org.
Ohio Sports Turf Managers Association
(OSTMA): www.ostma.org.
Oklahoma Chapter STMA: 405-744-5729;
Contact: Dr. Justin Moss okstma@gmail.com
Oregon STMA Chapter:
www.oregonsportsturfmanagers.org
oregonstma@gmail.com
Ozarks STMA: www.ozarksstma.org.
Pacific Northwest Sports Turf Managers
Association: www.pnwstma.org.
Southern California Chapter:
www.socalstma.com.
South Carolina Chapter of STMA: www.sc-
stma.org.
Tennessee Valley Sports Turf Managers As-
sociation (TVSTMA): www.tvstma.com.
Texas Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.txstma.org
Virginia Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.vstma.org.
Wisconsin Sports Turf Managers
Association: www.wstma.org.
Chapter Sponsors
Zachary
Avers of The Ohio State Uni-
versity was the winner of the 2013 Gary
Vanden Berg Internship Grant. Avers in-
terned at Emirates Stadium in London for
the Arsenal Football Club.
Don Scholl, CSFM, superintendent of
parks, sports fields & trees for the city of
Tracy, CA won The Terry Mellor Continu-
ing Education Grant, sponsored by Turface
Athletics. This grant funds an STMA affili-
ated chapter member's attendance to the
Conference and honors the importance of
continuing education that Terry strongly
supported his entire life.
SAFE's top scholarship in a 2-year pro-
gram is named after Fred Grau, the first tur-
fgrass extension specialist in the US. This
year's Fred Grau winner was Danielle
Booth from Mt. San Antonio College.
The SAFE undergraduate winner from a
4-year institution was Evan Fowler. He at-
tends The Pennsylvania State University
and, as the top scorer, received the James R.
Watson Undergraduate SAFE scholarship
sponsored by the Toro Company. Additional
winners of SAFE undergraduate scholarships
include Josh Alleman from Michigan State
University;
Josh Lenz, from Iowa State Uni-
versity; and oel Rieker, from Iowa State
University.
There were three graduate winners of
SAFE scholarships: the top scorer was Chase
Straw from the University of Georgia. He
won the Watson Graduate SAFE Scholar-
ship, sponsored by The Toro Company. The
other SAFE graduate winners were Kyley
Dickson, from the University of Tennessee
and Kevin Hansen, from Iowa State Uni-
versity.
As a tribute to the Dr. Watson, Master of
Ceremonies Tim Moore had everyone who
ever received a Watson Scholarship stand to
be recognized. Dr. Watson, a long-time
agronomist at Toro, passed away in late
2013. The James R. Watson Scholarship
program was established in 1998 in his
honor.
Since 1989, STMA has hosted its annual
convention at major cities across the U.S. in-
cluding Daytona Beach, Fla. in 2013. Next
year's event will be held in Denver, Colo.
Jan. 13-16, 2015. Additional future sites in-
clude San Diego, Calif. (2016); Orlando,
Fla. (2017) and Fort Worth, Tex. (2018).
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