Awards

 

Sewanee Mountain Grotto surveyors received a Silver Medal in the survey contest at the 2009 International Congress of Speleology in Kerrville, Texas.

 L-R: Maureen Handler, Anne Grindle, Jason Hardy, Julie Schenck Brown

Photo by Steve Holt

 

 

Members of our grotto are regular participants in regional maps salons at the SERA Winter Business Meeting and the TAG Fall Cave-In. Our cartographers have won the following awards for their cartographic productions:

Richard Schreiber award, 2011 SERA winter business meeting:Jason Hardy
First Place, 2011 ____:Louis & Mark Cave, Marion Co., TN (TMN470):Julie Schenck Brown
Second Place, 2011 ____:Martin Springs High Hole, Marion Co., TN (TMN22): Jason Hardy
Merit award, 2011 ___:Swell Well, Marion Co., TN (TMN346): Jason Hardy
Merit award, 2011 ___:Swell Well map (TMN346): Jason Hardy
First Place and Best of Show, 2011___: Dixie Drop, Madison Co, AL (AL4353): Jason Hardy
First Place, 2006 TAG Fall Cave-In
Cavers Choice Map Salon:Richard O’Hara’s Bloody Elbow Cave, Cartography By: Julie Schenck Brown
Merit Award, 14th Annual SERA Map Salon:Varnedoe Cave, Cartography By: Julie Schenck Brown
Best of Show, 15th Annual SERA Map Salon:Horseshoe Bend Pit, Cartography By: Julie Schenck Brown
Merit Award, 15th Annual SERA Map Salon:Bo’s Cave, Cartography By: Julie Schenck Brown
First Place, 16th Annual SERA Map Salon:Hytop Drop, Cartography By: Julie Schenck Brown
Merit Award, 16th Annual SERA Map Salon:Paul’s Cave, Cartography By: Julie Schenck Brown
Best New Cartographer, 16th Annual SERA Map Salon:Can Do Cave, Cartography By: Jason Hardy

Honorable Mention, 2012 NSS Convention – Doodlebug Hole Blowing Cave, Cartography by: Jason Hardy

Richard Schreiber Award, 2012 SERA Winter Business Meeting: Kelly Smallwood