UT Martin Graduate Receives Kelly Murray Award

David Weatherly, who graduated December 13 from the University of Tennessee at Martin, was voted by his classmates to receive the Kelly W. Murray Excellence in Portfolio Management Award for fall semester. The award, named for the late son of Dr. Sandra and William Murray, recognizes outstanding effort and dedication managing the UT Martin TVA stock portfolio in conjunction with the TVA Investment Challenge.

Sandra Murray, associate professor of education, is pictured with Weatherly, following the presentation December 3. TVA’s Investment Challenge is a partnership between TVA and 25 universities in its service territory that provides a real-world learning experience in portfolio management by allowing students to manage actual stock portfolios. Weatherly earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree with a major in finance. The lifelong Hickman, KY, resident plans to work full time in the financial services industry while pursuing an MBA degree at UT Martin. Weatherly is president of the Fulton County Board of Levee Commissioners and Weatherly Farms Inc. He is serving his second term as mayor pro tem for the city of Hickman.




Information provided by Bill Grimes, University of Tennessee at Martin.