Our graduates have found employment at the highest levels of turf managment.  A few examples are:

 

Jesse Bowers - The Bear Trace, Tims Ford

Michael Crawford - Fox Den Country Club (host of Nationwide Tour's

                              Knoxville Open)

Eric Fasbender - University of Oregon (NCAA D-1 athletics)

Jacob Godsey - Greystone Country Club

Andrew Lanford - The Cliffs, Mountain Park

Curt Moon - Birmingham Barons (minor league baseball)

Paul Paschall - Rarity Bay Golf Club

Bill Randle - Vanderbilt University (NCAA D-1 athletics)

Jason Sanderson - Cherokee Country Club

Stephen Sayres - Carolina Panthers (NFL football)

David Stone - The Honors Course

Ryan Swilling - Hampton Creek Golf Course

Frank Turner - McDonald's Corporation

 

 

 

Turfgrass information for:

• Employment Opportunities
• Curriculum
• Spring Turf Block
• Where our students have interned
• Where our graduates have worked
  
  

Contact Information

Dr. John C. Sorochan Associate Professor    Turfgrass Science
The University of Tennessee
Department of Plant Sciences
252 Ellington Plant Sciences
2431 Joe Johnson Dr.
Knoxville, TN 37996-4561 Voice: 865-974-7420
Email: sorochan@utk.edu