Scot Sturgill is a lifelong Wellston resident and has been employed by the city of Wellston as Recreation and Parks Director for eight years. In 2004, Scot became the first fulltime Recreation Director in Wellston, which also officially created Jackson County's first fulltime city recreation department. Prior to accepting the fulltime position, Scot worked for the Jackson YMCA as a program director, and at Splashdown Water Park as a lifeguard.

Scot has extensive recreation management experience, having played almost every major sport in school, serving as a coach or an official in basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball and soccer, supervising the player drafts for all youth league sports, managing the Wellston City Pool for five years, and overseeing the landscaping and maintenance of all our city parks, ball fields, and the Wellston Bike Path.

Scot is the NSA World Series Director of the statewide softball tournament, and he is the Southeastern Junior High Director of Softball, with over 40 teams throughout the region participating each season.

Scot is a "hands on" manager and works with city and school officials, recreation board members, local businesses, and with parents and children to address both short term and long range goals of the Wellston Parks & Recreation Department. He is highly involved with ongoing renovations at the City Pool, finishing the General Mills sports complex, planning the new Football/Soccer Stadium complex, and the long range goal of building a full service indoor recreation center in Wellston.