Vermont State University engineering students enjoyed themselves at the annual Vermont Society of Engineers (VSE) golf tournament, held September 20, 2024 at the Cedar Knoll Country Club in Hinesburg, Vermont, but were unable to bring the student-team trophy back to its long-time home in Randolph Center. The Green Knights team, comprising Josh Mather of Sharon, Vermont (studying architectural engineering technology), Matt Noel (manufacturing engineering technology) and Kameron Smith (electrical engineering technology), both from Rutland, Vermont, and Evan Fletcher (of Jeffersonville, VT, civil and environmental engineering technology), competed against other student engineers, but the Norwich University team captured the trophy won by the University of Vermont last year. Matt, Kameron, and Evan competed in 2023 also.
The tournament is a student-scholarship fundraiser for the VSE, and most of the golfers were practicing engineers. The VSE invites the three engineering academic institutions in Vermont (VTSU, Norwich, and UVM) to enter a student team, as an opportunity for fun and professional networking. The Vermont State team is coordinated and sponsored by VSE member and Professor Scott A. Sabol, P.E., who noted that he often receives photos of past graduates, now working engineers, in front of his hole-sponsorship sign each year. He added, “Our students realize that golf, much like engineering, is a game of rules, ethics, and conduct. They did not bring home a trophy this year, but they are all success stories in our eyes!”
