He may not quite be up there with death and taxes just yet, but Dan Rodamaker’s a pretty solid bet in a TVPPA-related golf tournament.
The president/CEO at Gibson EMC, Trenton, TN, teamed with Columbus, MS, L & W Electric Superintendent Marcus Rushing; TVA’s Aaron Melda and Winston Truett of Alexander Thompson Arnold to win the Power Play Scholarship Association’s annual golf tournament, played Oct. 3 at the Gaylord Springs Golf Links in Nashville, TN.
Rodamaker, Rushing, Melda and Truett combined for a select-shot score of 12-under-par 60. They finished one shot clear of Jim McClure of North East Mississippi EPA, Oxford, MS; Will White of Covington, TN, ES and Carl Brandt of Service Electric. In third place, at 10-under-par 62, were Jimmy Gregory, general manager at Upper Cumberland EMC, Carthage, TN; Dr. Wayne Fuller, a board member at Cullman, AL, PB; Josh Fawley of Terex and TVA’s Ryan Leister.
The low scorers on the golf course notwithstanding, the event’s big winners are yet to be determined. They are the 30 high-school seniors and dependents of TVPPA-member utility employees who’ll win $4,000 Power Play scholarships next spring.
Mark Meigs, TVA’s general manager for Northeast District Customer Delivery and lead on the Power Play committee, noted that, since its 1995 inception, Power Play has awarded 517 scholarships totaling more than $2 million.
“We all look forward to this special opportunity to work together in support of such a worthwhile program that is yet another example of how public power benefits the people of the Valley,” Meigs said.
“Clearly, the scholarship program would not be possible without our local power company partners, TVPPA and other customer associations, vendors and the efforts of many people,” he added.
Funds for the Power Play Scholarship program are raised not only through the annual golf tournament, this year’s edition of which drew more than 100 players, but also via association membership fees and contributions from TVA and vendors.