FEATURE ARTICLE
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT ON
AARON
TUCKER M
ississippi Turfgrass Association is made up of a wide range of turfgrass professionals across the state and beyond. Each of our members brings knowledge and skills to help improve our association and our industry. In this issue, we’re highlighting Aaron Tucker, a Mississippi native and graduate of the MSU Turf Program, who is now pursuing his Ph.D. in plant pathology at Virginia Tech. Aaron attended high school in Carthage, Mississippi at Leake Central. There, he was heavily involved in the Agriculture program. After graduating, Aaron earned his Associate’s degree in Golf at East Central Community College, where he played golf. “In high school, I learned to play golf. But my father is an ag teacher, and I’ve always grown up around agricultural related things. We showed cows, my brother wound up becoming a vet. I’m curious, so I like science. I didn’t want to teach golf for a living so I looked for an avenue that would encompass both golf and agriculture, and turfgrass is right down that alley. So I chose to go into turfgrass at MSU and I’ve been fortunate to be provided certain opportunities along that journey,” Aaron says.
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