The 13th Annual Michael L. Carrier Memorial Golf Tournament was held on Saturday, April 26th, 2025 at Heritage Oaks Golf Course.
The event, as always, turned out to be a huge success! In all, we raised $37,048 in sponsorships. In addition, $12,942 for in-kind donations and door prizes were received! After expenses, $25,110 was given to the First Tee – Shenandoah Valley to help with achieving their mission of impacting the lives of young people by providing educational programs that build character, instill life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf.
We awarded three MLC Student Scholarships. The recipients are Ryan Hutchinson (Turner Ashby High School), Javier Molina (Harrisonburg High School), and Joshua Nafziger (Harrisonburg High School). Our golfers also donated towards the scholarships which allowed us to award $1,500 to each recipient.
A big shout out to our “tournament winners” Chris Beahm, Garrett King, Cory Redifer, and Zach Redifer. Their names will be proudly displayed on the MLC trophy.
Congratulations! Your participation and support of the Michael L. Carrier Memorial Golf Tournament is greatly appreciated!
The Michael L. Carrier Memorial Golf Tournament Committee:
Linda Carrier, Randy Combs, Matasha Farnsworth, Drew Fournier, Jarrett Hatcher, Dale
Hulvey, Matthew Hulvey, David Johns, Garrett King, Dr. Tim Miller, Cindy Noftsinger,
and Lee Shifflett
Michael L. Carrier Scholarship
The Carrier Family established this scholarship as a way to give back to the community and to help a student who exemplifies the Nine Core Values that The First Tee promotes: honesty, integrity, respect, sportsmanship, confidence, responsibility, perseverance, courtesy, and judgment. These values represent some of the many inherently positive characteristics connected with the game of golf and life. The MLC committee considers each student's character, self-motivation, their written essays, as well as an individual interview with the committee. This scholarship is only available to graduating seniors who attend high school in either Harrisonburg or Rockingham County.
Past Winners
2025 Ryan Hutchinson
2025 Javier Molina
2025 Joshua Nafziger
2024 Mia Flory
2023 Mitsilal Adhanom
2022 Daniel Jimenez
2021 Jaiden Brooks
2020 Allison Bailey
2019 Emily Villacrusis
2019 Brooke Kelley
2018 Bryce Huffman
2017 Erica Maraquin
