Ashley and J Scot Vann have established the Ashley and J Scot Vann '93 Environmental Engineering Endowed Scholarship. Distributions from this endowment will be used to provide one or more scholarships to full-time students in good standing pursuing an undergraduate degree in environmental engineering in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University.
J Scot and his family moved from Denver, Colorado, to Katy, Texas, as he was finishing sixth grade and although he didn't know much about Texas A&M, he started watching the annual Texas A&M versus The University of Texas football game and became an Aggie fan. “I ended up applying to both A&M and UT, but chose A&M because it felt like a better fit,” he said. “That was the best decision I could have made. Anyone who has graduated from Texas A&M has probably experienced the power of the Aggie network.”
J Scot said the biggest impact of attending Texas A&M was being able to go most places and run into an Aggie. “That certainly helped early in my career and has continued to help as I have advanced in my career,” he said. “I founded my company with a fellow Aggie and have plenty of Aggie team members. There is no shortage of comradery and telling stories of our time in Aggieland within the office.”
After graduation from Texas A&M, J Scot earned his master’s degree in environmental engineering. “I have been working in the environmental field since graduating with my master’s and believe it is a very challenging and rewarding career path,” he said.
J Scot hopes that this scholarship will help attract bright, well-rounded students to pursue a degree in environmental engineering at Texas A&M. “I was excited to learn that Texas A&M had established an environmental engineering degree plan and thought it would be a great opportunity to make an impact on the new program at this early stage,” he said. “I appreciated my experience at Texas A&M and was grateful that I had the opportunity to get my degree from such a great University. I would love for this scholarship to enhance the experience of future Aggies and help give them the same opportunity.”
Ashley and J Scot met while he was an undergraduate at Texas A&M and have been married 27 years. During their marriage it has been important to each of them to give back to their community as volunteers and leaders. Consequently, Ashley and J Scot have additional preferences that the recipient must have demonstrated leadership skills and community involvement through their consistent participation in nonacademic extracurricular activities, volunteer projects and/or organizations, and is preferably a Texas resident.
J Scot graduated from Texas A&M in 1993 with his bachelor's degree in civil engineering and received his master’s degree in environmental engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1996. He and his wife Ashley have three children together. Their oldest son graduated from The University of Oklahoma, their second son is currently attending The University of Oklahoma and their daughter is going to be a senior in high school next year. J Scot said she likes Texas A&M and will be applying in the fall.
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