Mary Jo Tomac Collegiate Golf Scholarship Presented by the Greater Lansing Amateur Golf Association Mary Jo Tomac was killed in a car crash on March 31, 2007. She was the mother of Russ Cunningham, the current President of GLAGA and the 2002 Michigan Amateur Golfer of the Year. Russ, his brother Bart, sisters Angela Lower, and Rachel Lower, as well as all family and friends who knew Mary Jo would like to thank the GLAGA board for honoring her memory in this way. The Greater Lansing Amateur Golf Association (GLAGA) will be awarding up to $3,000 in academic scholarship money to deserving Lansing area young men and women. Scholarship Application
About the Mary Jo Tomac Scholarship recipients
Name High School G.P.A. in H.S. Graduation Date Degree Seeking College Attending-or-Will Attend Mark Pawlowski Mason H.S. 3.282 6-04 Marketing Grand Valley State A member of the GVSU golf team and the 2007 GLAGA Match Play Champion Garrett Simons Grand Ledge H.S. 3.674 6-07 Prof. Golf Mgmt. Ferris State Univ. Both Garrett and his father have played in GLAGA events over the past few years and Garrett has decided to make golf a career choice Sam Bepler DeWitt H.S. 3.568 6-07 Business Olivet College A GLAGA participant while growing up and a member of the Olivet Golf Team Dugan Murphy Okemos H.S. 3.102 6-07 Education Univ. of Toledo A member of the U of Toledo golf team and regular GLAGA participant Michele Sharkey DeWitt H.S. 3.984 6-08 Pre-Veterinary MSU or GVSU A very strong student who just recently took up golf in 8th grade and a member of the state championship DHS golf team Amanda Bradley DeWitt H.S. 3.927 6-08 Secondary Ed. Undecided Amanda is an outstanding student who began playing golf a the age of seven and has been a part of two state championship teams at DHS