PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Since 1999, State Farm Insurance Companies has maintained a partnership with The PGA of America and has offered all student-athletes who are participating in the PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship the opportunity to apply for the State Farm/PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Scholarship Program. To date, State Farm has donated $92,500 to 48 students who have been recipients of the scholarships.

Ten students were awarded the scholastic scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each, May 11, at the PGA Education Center in Port St. Lucie, Fla. The scholarship money will be donated to the respective universities in the name of the scholarship recipient.

"State Farm Insurance believes that it is one of the best investments that we can make as an Insurance Company to present the 10 scholarships to well-deserving students," said Michael Matlock, Agency Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for State Farm Insurance Companies who was in attendance and presented the scholarships. "We feel like we have a corporate responsibility to address the educational needs of our young people because in the long term, that will correlate with a very productive citizen — which means a lot to the legacy of State Farm. We are proud of the recipients’ academic success and their achievements in the classroom which will result in good people in the long term."

Five students were awarded scholarships for the second consecutive year. Rick Stewart, a senior from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, is a PGA Professional Golf Management student who will intern for GolfTEC next year, while Rodolfo Gamino of Guadalajara, Mexico, is a junior marketing major at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo.

The final three multiple-year recipients were sophomores: Deztany O’ve Jackson of Fort Washington, Md., a mechanical engineering major at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va.; Dustin Thompson of Bloomington, Ill., a marketing and physics major at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La.; and Melissa Uriegas of Edinburg, Texas, a biology and chemistry major at University of Texas-Pan American, also in Edinburg.

Sophomore Sara Young of Jacksonville, Fla., is a first-time recipient who is majoring in communications and psychology at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla.

"I am extremely excited and grateful for receiving the scholarship this year," said Young. "Due to the support from The PGA of America and State Farm with this scholarship, I am able to attend a large university and receive a remarkable education which will help me with my future endeavors."

The remaining four recipients joined Young as first time State Farm/PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Scholarship recipients.

Junior Clarone Mitchener of Chester, Va., is majoring in political science and criminal justice at St. Paul’s College in Lawrenceville, Va., while sophomores David Tobon of Medellin, Columbia, and Jared Williams of Lake Charles, La., are majoring in business administration at Johnson & Wales University in North Miami, Fla., and in English at Hampton University in Va., respectively.

Lastly, Hector Arroyave, from Mexico, was the only freshman recipient. He is currently majoring in accounting at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, S.C.

Twenty-eight students from 10 colleges and universities submitted a student questionnaire with their application for the State Farm/PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Scholarship Program. The committee considered the student's Grade Point Average and awarded one scholarship per school represented in the group of applications submitted. A minimum G.P.A. of 2.5 was considered.

More than 165 contestants from 36 colleges and universities, representing 13 countries comprised the field for the 2007 PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship. State Farm Insurance and the Golf Channel have combined to produce a one-hour Championship highlight programs, which will air on June 6 at 3:00 p.m. ET and again on June 23 at 4:00 p.m. ET.