Salt Lake
Community College Foundation recently held its annual Gail Miller Utah
Leadership Cup golf tournament at Hidden Valley Country Club in Sandy and
raised more than $140,000 for student scholarships.
Odassis Cheeks (l-r), SLCC President Deneece G. Huftalin, Alyssa Wandell, and Gail Miller
“It is truly
humbling and inspiring to see this tournament grow each year with the
involvement of more and more community members who recognize the value of
helping to educate students at SLCC,” said Alison McFarlane, vice president of
Institutional Advancement at SLCC. “It’s also a thrill to see the golfers
taking the opportunity to speak with SLCC students – the beneficiaries of their
donations – throughout the day on the golf course.”
SLCC student
ambassadors greeted golfers from 38 registered teams at each hole to talk about
the College and their goals. Two SLCC basketball players hit long drives for
some teams. Radio hosts David James and Patrick Kinahan interviewed Miller and
SLCC President Deneece G. Huftalin during an on-site broadcast of The Zone
Sports Network.
“I thought the
golf tournament was a great way to get the community involved and to help them
see the importance as well as the need that we as students have at SLCC,” said
SLCC student Alyssa Wandell, a Jordan High School graduate who wants to be a
nurse someday. She was stationed at a hole on the course with fellow SLCC
student leader Odassis Cheeks. “Higher education is completely necessary and it
is completely expensive and it’s not always easy to get a scholarship,” she
continued. “So, I think it’s fantastic that we had the golf tournament because
it gives students the opportunity to make their goals a reality.”
A golfer tees off at Hidden Valley Country Club for the annual Gail Miller Leadership Cup
Four-person teams
began the day with a shotgun start and played an 18-hole team scramble format.
Utah Jazz broadcasters Craig Bolerjack and Ron Boone were on the course
throughout the day to take a few swings for golfers who made donations to the
scholarship fund. . The Utah Jazz Bear, Jazz Dancers and the Salt Lake
Tribune’s Kurt Kragthorpe also took part in the event, named in honor of Gail
Miller, who chairs the SLCC Board of Trustees.
The winning teams
for the three flights were: Sinclair/Grand America; George S. & Dolores
Eccles Foundation; MountainStar Healthcare; Boyer Company; Roger McQueen Group;
and Komatsu Equipment. Three generations of the M. Dale Ensign family played on
the same team this year. For more information or to become involved in next
year’s event, contact Nancy Michalko, Executive Director of Development at
(801) 957-4247 or nancy.michalko@slcc.edu.
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