Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 6, 1990                   TAG: 9006060229
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: DOUG DOUGHTY SPORTSWRITER
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TWO RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIP GOLF AWARDS

Rob Wolfe of Cave Spring has become the seventh recipient of the four-year Scott Robertson Memorial Scholarship, and Jamey Watt of Glenvar has received a one-year grant.

"The scholarship fund has grown," reported Ed Riley, chairman of the scholarship committee, "and our decision was whether to enlarge the one scholarship or create a second one. It has been our experience that we have been getting more than one worthy candidate every year."

Riley said the "primary thrust" of the committee remains academics.

Scott Robertson was a promising student and junior golfer who was 14 when he died in 1982.

Wolfe, who is headed to Colgate University, has a 3.5 grade-point average and ranks 36th in a graduating class of 383.

"I really am surprised [to win] because of the quality of the other candidates," Wolfe said. "I wouldn't want to use the word `competition' because it's wrong to think you beat anybody. Just speaking for the people I know, I have a lot of respect for Eric Early [of Patrick Henry] and Kevin Garbee [of North Cross]."

Watt may not be as recognizable on the local golf scene, but he played No. 5 for Glenvar and also was captain of the Highlanders' tennis team. With a 3.9 grade-point average, he ranks third in a class of 105, and he will attend the University of Virginia.

"It was a pleasant surprise because, while I really enjoy the game of golf, others have more talent and skill," said Watt, who will receive $1,000.

Riley said Wolfe and Watt were chosen from a field of 12 applicants.

"I'd say it was the strongest field we've had top to bottom," Riley said. "The last three years, it's worked out that we've had a good golfer win the scholarship, but that is not a prerequisite."

Wolfe, who will receive $1,500 per year, and Watt join a list of winners that includes John Phillips of Northside, who won the first Robertson Scholarship in 1984; Lord Botetourt's Stephen Jenkins (1985), Cave Spring's Larry Gwaltney (1986), Glenvar's Gray Roberson (1987), Richie Wolf of North Cross (1988) and Vickie Linkous of Patrick Henry (1989).