While the students are the ultimate winners of the Wayne Community College Foundation Scholarship Invitational, a few players took home bragging rights from this year’s tournament at held June 15 at Walnut Creek Country Club.
The team with the best net score, at 57, was the Woodard Realty team of Mike Woodard, Pat Kennedy, Kathy Woodard, and Michael Woodard. Second place with 58 went to Berkshire Hathaway McMillen Home Services’s team of Frank Smith, David Mercer, Danny Southerland, and Todd Jones. The Southern Bank team of Mark Raynor, Dan Ellis, Scott Newton, and Greg Shackelford placed third with 59.
Coming in first with a gross score of 55 was the team sponsored by BB&T consisting of Hayden Gardner, Julie Daniels, Joe Democko, and Eric Williams. Second was Bryan Corbett, Mark Conway, Warren Jackson, and Jason Pate, as the Wells Fargo Bank team, also with a score of 55. The winner between BB&T and Wells Fargo was determined by scorecard playoff. Third belonged to the Piedmont Natural Gas team of David Bowden, Chuck Fraser, Travis Buckley, Ian Bushman, scoring 56.
The tournament provides scholarship funds for students at the college. The 25th annual event will be held June 2017.
The Foundation of Wayne Community College is a non-profit organization that works to broaden the base of community support for educational opportunities at the college. In addition to providing scholarships, it funds innovative campus projects and employee recognition, and offers cultural programs for the community.
