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Kevin Kehoe Student Leader of the Year Award

Joshua Fain Named 2026 Kevin Kehoe Student Leader of the Year

Joshua Fain, a senior at Auburn University majoring in landscape horticulture and minoring in business, was named the 2026 Kevin Kehoe Student Leader of the Year at the 50th National Collegiate Landscape Competition. Throughout his time at Auburn, Fain has been a selfless leader and an outstanding student academically, despite running his business, J. Fain […]

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Francisco Garcia Named Kevin Kehoe Student Leader of the Year

Francisco Garcia, a senior at the College of DuPage majoring in business management with an emphasis in horticulture, was named this year’s Kevin Kehoe Leader of the Year Award recipient at the National Collegiate Landscape Competition. This award recognizes aĀ student who has demonstrated strong leadership within their academic community, has a passion for helping others, […]

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Emily Galloway Named 2024 Kevin Kehoe Student Leader of the Year

Emily Galloway, a sophomore at Piedmont Technical College majoring in horticulture technology, is this year’s Kevin Kehoe Leader of the Year Award recipient. Previously, Galloway was a firefighter for four years. She says her start in the landscape industry was a byproduct of her firefighting career ending. Galloway sustained a severe shoulder injury during a […]

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Meet the First Kevin Kehoe Student Leader of the Year Award Recipient

Throughout his life, Kevin Kehoe, Aspire co-founder, made charitable contributions to the NALP Foundation as a scholarship ambassador and as the lead champion of the annual NALP Foundation Scholarship Reception, held in conjunction with the NALP National Collegiate Landscape Competition. He stressed the importance of giving to and supporting students to attract the next generation […]

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