Source: Bob Krause, 785-532-5942
News release prepared by: Andy Badeker, 785-532-6415, abadeker@k-state.edu
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
K-STATER AMONG INAUGURAL CLASS OF FIRST TEE SCHOLARS
MANHATTAN -- A new Kansas State University graduate is among the first class of First Tee scholars to graduate from college, according to the Florida organization that sponsors the golf-based scholarship program.
Angelika Huguley, Junction City, received a bachelor's degree political science. She also studied international relations and pre-law, and had a minor in leadership studies. She plans to go to law school and become a prosecutor.
"Angelika has been an outstanding student and role model for so many youngsters from across the nation," said Bob Krause, vice president for institutional advancement at K-State. "We are very proud of her and know that she will continue to be a leader and exhibit the core values of the First Tee."
Her fellow 2007 First Tee graduates include a student at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Ark., and two students at Georgetown College in Kentucky.
The First Tee, founded in 1997, is part of the World Golf Foundation in St. Augustine, Fla. It provides learning facilities and educational programs to promote character and life-enhancing values through the game of golf. Former President George H.W. Bush is the group's honorary chairman.
First Tee's scholars program was founded in 2001 by William Crouch, a trustee of Georgetown College. More than 30 colleges and universities have offered scholarships through the program to qualified participants.
At K-State, Huguley volunteered as a leadership counselor during the First Tee Life Skills and Leadership Academy in summer 2006. In 2004 she interned with the Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach, Calif. As an academy participant in 2001, she received the Renee Powell outstanding female leader award.