Stafford, VA – The Middle Atlantic PGA has selected Efrem Perry of Woodstock, Maryland and Julie Luo of Centreville, Virginia as the 2014 recipients of the Tony Marlowe Junior Golf Scholarship. Both Perry and Luo will receive a $10,000 scholarship towards their college education.
Julie Luo is a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, where she maintains a 4.38 GPA and scored a 2210 on her SAT. Julie’s junior golf career includes multiple achievements and awards. In 2014, Julie was ranked 2nd in the State of Virginia and 157 in the United States for the Class of 2014. She has played in the National PGA Junior Championship, AJGA Polo Classic, and AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions. Although, Julie’s golf career is pretty impressive, she prides herself on academics and extra-curricular activities. Some of her highlights include President of the Science Club, member of the STEMbassadors (tutoring math and science for elementary students), and volunteering at Fairfax INOVA Hospital. Julie will be attending and playing golf at Yale University next year.
Efrem Perry will be graduating in the summer of 2015. He scored a 2050 on his SAT and holds a 4.13 GPA. Since moving from North Carolina at the age of 13, Efrem has played on the MAPGA Junior Tour (finished 2nd at the Clifton Golf Park Classic), the FIRST Tee Metro Tour, Elite Players Junior Tour, and Plantations Junior Golf Tour. Efrem has been a participant in the First Tee program for over seven years. While in the First Tee, Efrem was nominated to attend the First Tee Leadership Academy in San Diego, CA where only 96 participants were invited. The next year he was nominated to attend the IJGA Training Academy where only 48 participants were selected. Although, Efrem’s passion is golf he also participates on the local robotics team, played four years for his high school’s basketball team, and is the director and producer of Perry Studios (includes three short films.) Efrem plans to play golf and study mechanical engineering in college.
About the Tony Marlowe Junior Scholarship
A donation by Tina and Wally Uihlein (Chairman and CEO of Acushnet Company) in 2002 enabled the MAPGA Scholarship Foundation to create the Tony Marlowe Junior Scholarship in honor of Tina’s late father, MAPGA Hall of Fame Class of 2002 Tony Marlowe. The Tony Marlowe Junior Scholarship fund provides scholarships to MAPGA junior golfers to be used toward their college education. Applications are accepted through the end of October and the MAPGA Junior Golf Committee selects one boy and one girl each year as the recipients.
About the Middle Atlantic Section of the PGA of America
The Middle Atlantic Section of the PGA (MAPGA), located in Stafford, Virginia, is one of 41 Sections of The Professional Golfers’ Association of America (PGA), headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. As a part of The PGA since 1925, the MAPGA consists of over 1,100 members and apprentices in Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia and small portions of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Together, the MAPGA golf professionals, volunteers and staff support the mission of The PGA to promote enjoyment and involvement in the game of golf and to contribute to the game’s growth by providing services to PGA Professionals and the golf industry.
Contact:
Eric Southard, PGA
esouthard@pgahq.com
(540) 720-7420 ext. 101
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