Daniel Award

2011 Dr. William H. Daniel Award

2011 Dr. William Daniel Award Winner - Dr. Leah Brilman

The Dr. William H. Daniel Award is given to an individual who has made significant contributions to the sports turf industry through his or her research, teaching or extension outreach. The award was presented to Dr. Leah Brilman, Research Director for Seed Research of Oregon in Corvallis. Her research has had a profound effect on the work of sports turf managers and will continue to do so. Brilman has been a key driver of the STMA Student Challenge, presented by SAFE and Founding Partner Hunter Industries. She has also presented innumerable times worldwide and published tremendous quantities of turfgrass specific research.

Dr. Brilman (right) receives her award from 2010 winner Dr. John Sorochan.

Dr. William H. Daniel Award Winners

2011 - Dr. Leah Brilman, Seed Research of Oregon (OR)

2010 - John Sorochan, Ph.D., University of Tennessee (TN)

2009 - Tony Koski, Ph.D., Colorado State University (CO)

2008 - Grady Miller, Ph.D., North Carolina State University (NC)

2007 - Michael Goatley, Jr., Ph.D., Turfgrass Specialist, Virginia Tech University (VA)

2006 - James McAfee, Ph.D., Extension Turfgrass Specialist, Texas A&M (TX)

2005 - Jeff Fowler, Penn State Cooperative Extension (PA)

2004 - A.J. Powell, Jr., Ph.D., University of Kentucky (KY)

2003 - Pam Sherratt, Ohio State University (OH)

2002 - David Gilstrap, Ph.D., Michigan State University (MI)

2001 - Coleman Ward, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Auburn University (AL)

2000 - Andrew McNitt, Ph.D., Penn State University (PA)

1999 - Donald Waddington, Ph.D., Penn State University (PA)

1998 - Steve Cockerham, University of California/Riverside (CA)

1997 - James Beard, Ph.D., International Sports Turf Institute (TX)

1996 - Kent Kurtz, Ph.D., (deceased) Cal Poly Pomona (CA)

1994 - Dave Minner, Ph.D., Iowa State University (IA)

1993 - John N. "Trey" Rogers, III, Ph.D., Michigan State University (MI)

1992 - Henry Wilkinson, Ph.D., University of Illinois (IL)

1991 - Steve Cockerham, University of California/Riverside (CA)

(Note: The William H. Daniel Award was known as the Excellence in Research Award prior to 1997.)

* Facility listed is where employed at time of award. Check Roster for current listing