Scholarship

The Georgia Tree Farm System is accepting applications for $1,500 scholarships for college bound high school seniors, college freshmen, sophomores and juniors. Applicants must be a legal dependent of a Certified Georgia Tree Farmer in the Americcan Tree Farm System for at least two years. Download 2026 scholarship application here.

2025 Scholarship Recipients

Scholarships Provided by Marc and Melissa Inglese Foundation 

2025

Olivia Katherine Peters - The Rock, GA

Past Scholarship Recipients - Provided by Marc & Melissa Inglese Foundation 

2024
Colin Bradley O'Keefe - Dunwoody, GA
Sara Ann Ross -  Gray, GA
Thomas Barron Ross - Gray, GA

2023
Peyton Nicole Free - Swainsbore, GA
James William Ross - Gray, GA
Eric Alden Horton, Jr. - Savannah, GA

2022
Carys Fonner - Macon, GA
Cole Kennedy - Newnan, GA
Molly McClellan - Darien, GA
Elizabeth Peters  - The Rock, GA

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Scholarship Funds Provided by Joseph Niolon, Jr. Memorial Scholarship

2025

Ava Kathryn Burton - Statesboro, GA

Past Scholarship Recipients-Provided by Joseph Niolon Memorial Scholarship

2024
Teeghan Annabelle Jameson - Eastanollee, GA

2023
John-Thomas Padgett Rodgers, Jr. - Watkinsville, GA

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2025 Scholarships Provided by Georgia Tree Farm Program

No Scholarships in 2025

 Georgia Tree Farm

Past Scholarship Recipients

2024
John Hayden Godbee - Brooklet, GA
Marlie Ann Mathis - Nashville, GA

2023
Hannah Claire Duncan - Newnam, GA
William Duane Fore - Eastman, GA
Samuel Haygood - Marietta, GA

2022
Lillian Niolon-Kachur - Atlanta, GA
Sydney Lawson - Hawkinsville, GA
Jordan Aldridge - East Dublin, GA

2021
Brynn Morris - Loganville, GA
Skyla Morris - Loganville, GA

2020
Nolan Haley - Lumber City, GA
Pilcher Thornton - Cordele, GA

2019
Elizabeth Dixon - Wilkinson County, GA
Gracie Hunt - Jasper County, GA

2018
Madeline Wiley - Watkinsville, GA

2017
Anya Dunn - Winston, GA
Zane Holcomb - Plainville, GA

2015 
Tyler Smith - Swainsboro, GA
Samuel Johnson - Madison, GA

2014
Camilla Dartnell - Rutledge, GA 
Emily Smith - Swainsboro, GA

2013
Eliza Nixon - Augusta, GA
Alea Simmons - Cairo, GA

2012
Anna Johnson - Hazlehurst, GA
Jana Simmons - Cairo, GA

2011
Sy Crumley - Ty Ty, GA
Anne Marie McCullough - Claxton, GA

2010
Aaron Henslin - Screven, GA
Joshua Jameson - Gyton, GA

2009
Maury Johnson - Hazelhurst, GA
Kaherine Lacksen - Sparta, GA
Mary Crumley - Ty Ty, GA

2008
Malin Dartnell - Madison, GA
Kristen Hamsley - Hawkinsville, GA

2007
Rachel L. Rafferty - Griffin, GA

2006
Robert L. Allen - Peachtree City, GA
Tabitha Chaffin - Hogansville, GA
Megan S. Deloach - Gray, GA

The Georgia Tree Farm Scholarship program was established in 1987 to assist the dependents of Georgia members of the American Tree Farm System to pursue a higher education in the professional field of their choice. Recipients are selected by the Georgia Tree Farm Scholarship selection committee. The program is funded through contributions made by individual Tree Farmers of Georgia and the Silent Auction at the GFA Annual Meeting. This scholarship will be awarded without regard to race, color, nationality origin, age, sex or disability.

Recipient must be a citizen of the United States of America, and legal dependent of a Georgia Tree Farmer. The Tree Farm must have been registered in the program for two or more years.