The 20th annual Herkimer Region College & Career Scholarship Foundation Golf Tournament raised more than $13,000 to provide scholarships to students pursuing college or employment in their field of study following a vocational education in high school.
This year’s tournament took place on Monday, Aug. 14, at the Cedar Lake Club in Clayville with a record 36 teams participating. The next tournament will be on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, at the same location.
The Herkimer Region College & Career Scholarship Foundation is a not-for-profit community scholarship foundation. A group of local citizens from many professions works voluntarily to generate scholarship funds for graduates of technical programs in the region.
To date, the Herkimer Region College & Career Scholarship Foundation has provided more than 360 scholarships – totaling more than $205,000 – to students in technical programs at Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES and its 10 component school districts: Central Valley, Dolgeville, Frankfort-Schuyler, Herkimer, Little Falls, Mount Markham, Owen D. Young, Poland, Richfield Springs and West Canada Valley.
The following were the winning teams from this year’s golf tournament and the raffle drawing winners:
- Men’s team first place: LeChase Construction LLC-2
- Men’s team second place: Herkimer College
- Men’s team third place: Frankfort Schuyler Central School District
- Mixed team first place: Day Automation Systems Inc.-4
- Mixed team second place: NBT Bank
- Mixed team third place: Herkimer BOCES Tech Ed I
- Challengers Cup (school trophy): LeChase Construction LLC-2
- Skins: LeChase Construction LLC-2
- Women’s longest drive: Bri Koegel
- Men’s longest drive: Corey Pike
- Women’s closest to the pin: Bri Koegel
- Men’s closest to the pin: William Connor
- Raffle for two tickets to Syracuse University or New York Knicks basketball game: Fran Barres
- Raffle for basketball autographed former Syracuse University and NBA player John Wallace: Abby Izzo Broekhuizen
- 50/50 raffle: David Etsen
If interested in participating in or sponsoring next year’s golf tournament or supporting the foundation and its fundraisers in any other way, please contact Herkimer BOCES School to Careers secretary Kelly Mills at 315-867-2000 or kmills@herkimer-boces.org.
The LeChase Construction Services LLC-2 team won men’s team first place, the Challengers Cup (school trophy) and the skins competition during the 20th annual Herkimer Region College & Career Scholarship Foundation Golf Tournament on Monday, Aug. 14, at the Cedar Lake Club in Clayville. Team members pictured from left are: Erin Louis, future Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES District Superintendent Donald “D.J.” Shepardson and Brayden Shepardson. Not pictured: team member Bob Davenport.
Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES District Superintendent Sandra Sherwood and District Clerk Shawn Maxson present the Challengers Cup (school trophy) to the LeChase Construction Services LLC-2 team during the 20th annual Herkimer Region College & Career Scholarship Foundation Golf Tournament on Monday, Aug. 14, at the Cedar Lake Club in Clayville. The team also won men’s first place and the skins competition. Pictured, from left: Sherwood, Maxson, LeChase team member and future Herkimer BOCES District Superintendent Donald “D.J.” Shepardson, LeChase team member Brayden Shepardson and LeChase team member Erin Louis. Not pictured: LeChase team member Bob Davenport.
Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES District Clerk Shawn Maxson (left) poses with Bri Koegel, who won the women’s longest drive and women’s closest to pin competitions during the 20th annual Herkimer Region College & Career Scholarship Foundation Golf Tournament on Monday, Aug. 14, at the Cedar Lake Club in Clayville.
Gehring-Tricot Vice President of Manufacturing Gary Farquhar Jr. (right), who also is vice president of the Herkimer Region College & Career Scholarship Foundation, presents Fran Barres with the winnings from a raffle at the 20th annual Herkimer Region College & Career Scholarship Foundation Golf Tournament on Monday, Aug. 14, at the Cedar Lake Club in Clayville. Barres won two tickets to his choice of a Syracuse University or New York Knicks basketball game.
