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Dwain Farmer Memorial Golf Tournament The Eighth Annual Dwain Farmer Memorial Golf Tournament was held on Monday, May 12. For the second year in a row, Fox Den Country Club in Knoxville, Tenn., played host to the tournament, joining three other premier East Tennessee courses as hosts. The field of 17 teams enjoyed the beautiful afternoon weather and wonderful course conditions. This year’s tournament raised over an estimated $17,000 in net proceeds for the athletic department. The annual tournament helps continue the tradition of athletic excellence at Tennessee Wesleyan College, while honoring a legend. From 1992-2006, Tennessee Wesleyan College hosted the Dwain Farmer Golf Tournament, during Homecoming weekend, to honor the legacy of the late Dwain Farmer ’58, a coaching legend at Tennessee Wesleyan College. He began as a coach for the men’s basketball team in 1965. During his 21 years at the college, he served as the golf and men’s tennis coach, athletic director and physical education professor. In the spring of 2007, the Dwain Farmer Golf tournament was expanded and improved to create a first-class tribute to Coach Farmer. Although the changes were made, the tournament’s mission continued, and still continues, to be about raising funds for athletic scholarships, facility upgrades, and team upgrades. F armer COACH DWAIN memorial golf tournament 1st Flight Champion Logan Cass, Ross Dodson, Marcus Guinn, Stan Harrison 1st Flight Runner-Up Athens Insurance Team Robert Greene, Chris Liner, Chuck Liner, Heath McKeehan 2nd Flight Champion Steve Crass, Harley Knowles, Shane Sewell, Larry Wallace 2nd Flight Runner-Up Aramark Team Joe Combs, Tim McWilliams, Dave Parsonage, Yaser Zaatini In those eight years, the tournament has raised close to $200,000 for the Tennessee Wesleyan athletic department. The proceeds each year have improved the experience for TWC student-athletes. The 2007 tournament, the first in a new location, helped double the corpus of the Dwain Farmer Endowed Scholarship, create the Coach Farmer Memorial Statue on campus, and provide additional equipment updates for the department. Some of the facility improvement projects have included renovating and expanding the bathrooms in James L. Robb Gymnasium, installing a new scoreboard and press box at the soccer/lacrosse field, and constructing batting cages and new backstop at the Jack Bowling Baseball Field at the Athens Insurance Stadium. The tournament has been a constant success because of the sponsors, participants, and the Farmer family. Dwain and Sheliah’s children, Debbie, Misti, Dalen and Mary, have all continued to support the tournament and strive to continue the legacy of their father, as well as their mother. They are at every tournament greeting, thanking the players for supporting the tournament and Tennessee Wesleyan College. Many of the participants’ lives were impacted in some way by Coach Farmer or his family, and it provides them a way to honor the legacy. Plans for the 2015 Dwain Farmer Memorial Golf Tournament are being made, so look for more information in future Tennessee Wesleyan College publications. If you have any questions about becoming a tournament sponsor, please contact Jared Wright by email, jwright@twcnet.edu or by phone, 423.746.5210. A By Jared Wright 3rd Flight Champion SouthEast Bank Team Tom Hughes, Boyd Reynolds, Bill Thompson, Scott Underwood 3rd Flight Runner-Up John Berch, Tenna Hornsby, Britany Rader, Shirley Woodcock Special Awards given each year to show the appreciation of support for the Dwain Farmer Golf Tournament and for Tennessee Wesleyan College Athletics Coach’s Award - Ross Dodson Hustle Award - John Saylors, Doug Raymer, Ray Barr, Bobby Davis MVP Award - Regenia Mayfield
Stephanie Huskey’s Faculty Perspective The Tennessee Wesleyan College campus has been the scene at whatever occupation I decided to pursue. Inspired by this, I for many important moments in my life. When I was in began designing my courses like jobs and included three rules to elementary school, I sat on the old football field, now Wesley classroom success in each of my syllabi. Students may not always Commons Lawn, and watched my dad graduate from TWC. When recall who was the Father of German gymnastics, but they will I was a student at Wesleyan, I met my future in-laws behind remember, “No slacking. No whining. No excuses.” Of course, Durham Hall while working as a student ambassador and giving a these three rules apply to assignments, but they are also important campus tour, though I didn’t know it then that they would be my rules to succeeding in a career. In class, the students’ jobs are to future family. not get fired (or fail), stay in communication with their boss (me), demonstrate that they are doing what has been asked of them I would eventually marry the guy who hit me in the face with a (following instructions on their assignments), and continually snowball behind the gym during a mass campus snowball fight. improving their skills. When I interviewed for my current position as a faculty member, I gave my sample lecture in the very classroom where I attended Since most of our students will have several careers and jobs my first college class ever and met one of my best friends. A few over their working years, I find it most valuable and rewarding years ago, I was sitting with the faculty in Nocatula Gardens as I to teach the process of learning about a topic rather than teaching watched my brother graduate. For me, TWC is intertwined with by lecture. Students often hear me relate academics to athletics. my life’s story. Learning how to succeed in a class or in a job requires the same process as exceling at a sport. So, my courses typically require For many of our students, TWC will be the source of great some amount of group work, teaching or presenting experiences, memories, but it may not be such an influence for them as it has personal reflections, and assignments that demand attention to been for me. When I began teaching at TWC, I did what I thought directives rather than relying solely upon exams. I should do as a professor: use Powerpoints to guide my lectures and give a few really difficult exams. I soon began to reflect on What I remember most from my days as a student at Tennessee the professors who had most influenced me to be a better person. Wesleyan are the class discussions, late night projects, study I learned the material that they presented, but I took much more sessions, and stressful presentations. Those experiences helped valuable life lessons from their courses. It made me consider the me in each job and career that I have engaged in. While I cannot moments when I was the most challenged to think about my life ensure our students have memorable moments across the TWC philosophies, and I realized that inside the classroom was where I campus like I have, I hope to contribute to their opportunities to really began to grow. develop friendships and cultivate skills for learning no matter what career they decide to pursue. A Those professors were not just teaching me course material. They were teaching me how to be an adult who could be successful Stephanie Huskey was named the 2014 Exemplary Teacher by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church. www.twcnet.edu 21
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