{"id":4985,"date":"2011-04-15T14:26:14","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T18:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=4985"},"modified":"2016-10-20T14:00:16","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T18:00:16","slug":"grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/04\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Grote Scholar Tyson Ward to return to studies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grote Scholar Tyson Ward plans to return to campus as a junior in fall 2011 after recovering from a horrific boating accident that occurred nearly a year ago.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

From left, Jenna Bussell, Tyson Ward, Jordan Foutch chat at the Chemistry Awards Banquet<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI\u2019m ready and I am really looking forward to coming back to UTC,\u201d Ward, 22, said.<\/p>\n

His survival has been nothing short of miraculous, as Ward\u2019s girlfriend, UTC junior Jenna Bussell, said.\u00a0 \u201cHis doctors said he nearly died three times,\u201d Bussell shared.<\/p>\n

Ward and his father Edgar were fishing on J. Percy Priest Lake near Nashville, Tennessee, on June 10, 2010, when a collision occurred with another boat, causing serious injuries.<\/p>\n

Tyson Ward remained in a coma until September 17, 2010.\u00a0 He has endured a dozen surgeries, including arm surgery.\u00a0 He spent three months at the Shepard Center in Atlanta, a spinal cord and brain injury rehabilitation hospital.<\/p>\n

His therapy sessions, once five times a week, have been reduced to two or three times a week.\u00a0 Ward says for four months, his memory was not present.\u00a0 When he began to regain his memory, he realized there were many people working on his behalf.<\/p>\n

\u201cCampus Crusade for Christ provided tons of support,\u201d Ward said.\u00a0 \u201cChi Omega, the sorority my sister belongs to (Camille Ward, UTC alumna and 2009 Homecoming Queen) held a yard sale fundraiser and my church provided donations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ward was chosen as a Grote scholar after his second year at UTC, according to Dr. Gretchen Potts, UC Foundation Associate Professor.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had impressed the chemistry faculty and we rewarded him with a two-year scholarship.\u00a0 After the accident last June, the Chemistry Department decided to hold his scholarship until he was ready to return to UTC,\u201d Potts said.\u00a0 \u201cTyson has been working very hard during his recovery.\u00a0 I went to visit Tyson three times and was so impressed with his progress each visit.\u00a0 \u00a0Since returning home to Mt. Juliet, he has continued to work hard in therapy.\u00a0 We are excited to learn that Tyson will be returning to UTC in the fall.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Grote Scholar Tyson Ward plans to return to campus as a junior in fall 2011 after recovering from a horrific boating accident that occurred nearly a year ago.<\/p>\n

Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,12659],"tags":[957],"class_list":{"0":"post-4985","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-college-of-arts-sciences","7":"category-events-entertainment","8":"tag-chemistry-department","9":"entry","10":"has-post-thumbnail"},"yoast_head":"\nGrote Scholar Tyson Ward to return to studies | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Grote Scholar Tyson Ward plans to return to campus as a junior in fall 2011 after recovering from a horrific boating accident that occurred nearly a year\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grote Scholar Tyson Ward to return to studies | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Grote Scholar Tyson Ward plans to return to campus as a junior in fall 2011 after recovering from a horrific boating accident that occurred nearly a year\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/04\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-04-15T18:26:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-10-20T18:00:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/04\/2011Banquet05-300x225.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Laura Bond\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Laura Bond\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Laura Bond\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4a960a1e10408393ae1de2cb063c9d7c\"},\"headline\":\"Grote Scholar Tyson Ward to return to studies\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-04-15T18:26:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-10-20T18:00:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":354,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/2011Banquet05-300x225.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Chemistry Department\"],\"articleSection\":[\"College of Arts and Sciences\",\"Events and Entertainment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\\\/\",\"name\":\"Grote Scholar Tyson Ward to return to studies | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/2011Banquet05-300x225.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-04-15T18:26:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-10-20T18:00:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4a960a1e10408393ae1de2cb063c9d7c\"},\"description\":\"Grote Scholar Tyson Ward plans to return to campus as a junior in fall 2011 after recovering from a horrific boating accident that occurred nearly a year\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/2011Banquet05.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/2011Banquet05.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":960,\"caption\":\"From left, Jenna Bussell, Tyson Ward, Jordan Foutch chat at the Chemistry Awards Banquet\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Grote Scholar Tyson Ward to return to studies\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\",\"description\":\"Official news releases of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4a960a1e10408393ae1de2cb063c9d7c\",\"name\":\"Laura Bond\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1f0a731c33fdb9c2583eb66351ea400092e5f92aaa51b3e9342ef058aa8aeb56?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1f0a731c33fdb9c2583eb66351ea400092e5f92aaa51b3e9342ef058aa8aeb56?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1f0a731c33fdb9c2583eb66351ea400092e5f92aaa51b3e9342ef058aa8aeb56?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Laura Bond\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/author\\\/bnz288\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Grote Scholar Tyson Ward to return to studies | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","description":"Grote Scholar Tyson Ward plans to return to campus as a junior in fall 2011 after recovering from a horrific boating accident that occurred nearly a year","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Grote Scholar Tyson Ward to return to studies | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","og_description":"Grote Scholar Tyson Ward plans to return to campus as a junior in fall 2011 after recovering from a horrific boating accident that occurred nearly a year","og_url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/04\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\/","og_site_name":"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTChattanooga","article_published_time":"2011-04-15T18:26:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-10-20T18:00:16+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/04\/2011Banquet05-300x225.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Laura Bond","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UTChattanooga","twitter_site":"@UTChattanooga","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Laura Bond","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/04\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/04\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\/"},"author":{"name":"Laura Bond","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/4a960a1e10408393ae1de2cb063c9d7c"},"headline":"Grote Scholar Tyson Ward to return to studies","datePublished":"2011-04-15T18:26:14+00:00","dateModified":"2016-10-20T18:00:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/04\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\/"},"wordCount":354,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/04\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/04\/2011Banquet05-300x225.jpg","keywords":["Chemistry Department"],"articleSection":["College of Arts and Sciences","Events and Entertainment"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/04\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\/","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/04\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\/","name":"Grote Scholar Tyson Ward to return to studies | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/04\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/04\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/04\/2011Banquet05-300x225.jpg","datePublished":"2011-04-15T18:26:14+00:00","dateModified":"2016-10-20T18:00:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/4a960a1e10408393ae1de2cb063c9d7c"},"description":"Grote Scholar Tyson Ward plans to return to campus as a junior in fall 2011 after recovering from a horrific boating accident that occurred nearly a year","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/04\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/04\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/04\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/04\/2011Banquet05.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/04\/2011Banquet05.jpg","width":1280,"height":960,"caption":"From left, Jenna Bussell, Tyson Ward, Jordan Foutch chat at the Chemistry Awards Banquet"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/04\/grote-scholar-tyson-ward-to-return-to-studies\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Grote Scholar Tyson Ward to return to studies"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/","name":"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","description":"Official news releases of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/4a960a1e10408393ae1de2cb063c9d7c","name":"Laura Bond","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f0a731c33fdb9c2583eb66351ea400092e5f92aaa51b3e9342ef058aa8aeb56?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f0a731c33fdb9c2583eb66351ea400092e5f92aaa51b3e9342ef058aa8aeb56?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f0a731c33fdb9c2583eb66351ea400092e5f92aaa51b3e9342ef058aa8aeb56?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Laura Bond"},"url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/author\/bnz288\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Laura Bond","author_link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/author\/bnz288\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4985"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16281,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4985\/revisions\/16281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}