Texas A&M student Jill Eversdyk has won the 2006–2007 Gary L. Buffington Memorial Scholarship, awarded by the Industrial Supply Assn.

"All of the candidates we interviewed were very strong and would have made excellent recipients," said Steve Buffington, the Buffington family representative who served on the scholarship selection committee. "However, Jill seemed to have a unique combination of strong academic performance, a get-it-done leadership style, concern for her community and a very infectious, friendly personality."

Created in 2003 as a memorial to former Industrial Distribution Assn. executive vice president Gary Buffington, the scholarship is awarded each year to a senior in a qualified undergraduate industrial distribution program. The ISA Educational Foundation selection committee evaluated candidates from six colleges with programs in industrial distribution.

"Jill has been an outstanding student in the Texas A&M Industrial Distribution program," said Dr. F. Barry Lawrence, coordinator of the university's industrial distribution program. "Her academic achievements have been solid, and she has also been active in student leadership."

Eversdyk will graduate in the spring of 2007 and plans to begin a career in outside sales with an industrial distribution company. She is an officer with the Professional Assn. for Industrial Distribution, one of the largest student-run organizations on the Texas A&M campus.

A recipient of the Houston Electrical League scholarship, Eversdyk also is a member of the industrial distribution program's Sigma Delta honor society and the National Dean's List.