OTA Karl Anderson Legacy Scholarship Recipient Announced

The Ozark Turf Association has awarded the 2025-26 Karl Anderson Legacy Scholarship to Ms. Cassie Fishel of Marshfield MO. Cassie is the daughter of longtime OTA member Tyler Fishel, of GreensPro, supplier of turf products. Cassie is a 2024 graduate of Marshfield High School, where she excelled in the classroom with a 3.4 GPA and as a track athlete, where she earned all-conference, district, and state honors and received the MHSAA girls track athlete of the year.  She also was involved with a variety of school groups.   Cassie currently attends Ozark Technical College, in Springfield MO. and is currently working on her general education classes and hasn’t chosen a major yet, but with her current experiences at Ozark Tech, she is finding her current interests are being drawn towards the science field and learning how everything works.   Cassie was on the Dean’s at list at OTC last fall and this spring and currently carries a 3.7 GPA. The Ozark Turf Association congratulates Cassie and wishes a successful school year.

The Karl Anderson Legacy Scholarship is named for long time Ozark Turf Association member Karl Anderson who worked for years as the golf course superintendent at Hickory Hills Country Club. He and his wife Patsy did not have children of their own but strongly supported the association’s scholarship efforts. Karl lost his battle with brain cancer in May of 2018. The Karl Anderson Legacy Scholarship is open to the children and grandchildren of OTA members. Awards of $3,000 are given to recipients and funded by the OTA members through their annual scholarship and research outing held each year.