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The seventh annual Cal
Ellis Memorial Junior Scholarship Awards were presented by Scholarship
Committee Chair Larry Braico at the ANJRPC Annual Meeting. The 2004
awards included two first prize scholarships of $1500 each and a
runner-up scholarship of $500.
Winners were selected
from applications color-coded to protect the applicants’ anonymity. In
addition to Larry Braico, the panel of judges included Tammie Maddox,
Bob Viden, Peggy Bodner, Mike Cutrera (all ANJRPC Regional Vice
Presidents) and ANJRPC member Steve Serna.
First
Prize Award Winners
Michelle Bauer
of Blackwood, a 2004 graduate of Triton Regional High School, is
advancing her education this fall at the University of the Sciences in
Philadelphia. In eight years participating as a junior shooter, Michelle
has achieved these classifications in the following disciplines: Expert
– Outdoor Prone; Expert – Outdoor 3-Position; Sharpshooter –
International 3-Position Outdoor; Master – 3-Position Indoor;
Sharpshooter – 4-Position Indoor; Master – International 3-Position
Indoor.
In 2000, Michelle was
Sub-Junior Champion for 3-Position at Camp Perry, and USA Shooting
National Champion Women’s Sport Rifle 3x20 and Air Rifle Sub Junior
Champion. In 2002, she was National Junior Olympic Women’s Sport Rifle
3x20 Intermediate Junior Champion , and took 8th place overall after the
finals. In 2003, she took 2nd place National Junior Women’s Sport
Rifle 3x20 Intermediate Junior and 8th place overall after the final.
Danielle Cardone of
Allendale, a 2004 graduate of Northern Regional High School, is
furthering her education at Washington and Lee University in Lexington,
Virginia. Danielle’s shooting experience is limited so far to her
father’s instruction on the safe handling and respect for firearms. In
keeping with the criteria for the consideration of these awards by the
judges, Danielle, in addition to her academic and athletic achievements
as a champion swimmer, seems to have impressed the judged with her
overall outstanding status as a young, caring human being.
Runner
Up Winner
Daniel Szeszko of
South Amboy is a graduate of South Amboy High School who is furthering
his education at Middlesex County College. In his five years as a
competitive junior shooter, Dan has garnered classifications in: Outdoor
Prone, Indoor Prone, Outdoor 3-Position, International 3-Position
Outdoor, Indoor 3-Position, and Indoor 4-Position.
The competition is open
to any New Jersey high school senior with verifiable plans to further
his or her education. Application forms for the 2005 scholarships will
be available in the spring.
Each of the winners was
presented with an award plaque. This year’s plaques carry a quote from
former President Ronald Reagan, who passed away earlier this year.
President Reagan was a Life Member of the NRA, and the first sitting
President to address the NRA’s Annual Meeting. “The Constitution
does not say Government shall decree the right to keep and bear arms.
The Constitution says ‘the right of the people to keep and bear arms
shall not be infringed.’”
The Association
gratefully acknowledges all of the contributors to the Cal Ellis
Memorial Scholarship Fund, both those who contributed throughout the
year, as well as those who contributed at the Annual Meeting. We would
also like to thank the NRA Foundation. Without their help these young
achievers could not be so generously recognized.
2005 Scholarship
Application
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