Antoon golf tournament raises $7,000 for student scholarships

  • Four NSU students were awarded scholarships from the Johnny Antoon Memorial Scholarship Fund and were recognized during a preparty for the 11th annual Johnny Antoon Memorial Golf Tournament. From left are Merle Antoon, recipients Kira Calvert, Ryann Jackson, Maddie Gorum and Nevaeh Moran, Danielle Antoon Cobb and Michael Antoon.
    Four NSU students were awarded scholarships from the Johnny Antoon Memorial Scholarship Fund and were recognized during a preparty for the 11th annual Johnny Antoon Memorial Golf Tournament. From left are Merle Antoon, recipients Kira Calvert, Ryann Jackson, Maddie Gorum and Nevaeh Moran, Danielle Antoon Cobb and Michael Antoon.

    The 11th annual Johnny Antoon Memorial Golf Tournament raised more than $7,000 to support scholarships for Northwestern State University students. Twenty-four teams competed in the June 6 event that honors the memory of one of NSU’s most loyal supporters.

    “Our scholarship benefits students directly,” said Danielle Cobb, Antoon’s daughter and associate director of Donor Engagement and Stewardship at…