FLIGHT 82 AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 2010


Sig Nelson (right) presents $1000 scholarship to SrA William Johnson at PHX ANG
(his Squadron Commander, Lt Col Mitch Culp, is on the left).


Pat Dooley presents $500 scholarship to Cadet Halvorson at NAU in Flagstaff.

This year Willie Flight awarded scholarships to four college ROTC cadets and one Air National Guard airman as shown below.  The ROTC cadets received an additional $500 from Daedalians' National Headquarters.  In addition to the college students, we supported 21 high school Junior ROTC programs with Daedalian Medal Set Packages and Certificates.

Willie Flight Scholarship Awardees:

NAME

SOURCE

FLT 82

NATIONAL

Cadet Cory Halvorson Northern Arizona State, USAF ROTC $ 500 $ 500
Cadet Jessica Mendenhall Embry Riddle Aero U., USAF ROTC $ 500 $ 500
Cadet Brian Beasley Embry Riddle Aero U., USAF ROTC $ 500 $ 500
Cadet Samantha Welch Embry Riddle Aero U., USA ROTC $ 1,000* $0*
Cadet Taylor Ellington Embry Riddle Aero U., USAF ROTC $0** $500**
SrA William Johnson Phoenix ANG, college student  $ 1,000 N/A
 

Totals:

$ 3,500 $ 2,000

*Note 1:  Cadet Welch was denied matching fund by National because of her other scholarships, so we provided the $500 she expected (and deserved).
**Note 2:  To obtain our full $2000 from National, we submitted Cadet Ellington to National.

 THANKS TO OUR FLIGHT MEMBERS WHO PRESENTED AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS.

Below is a list of Flight members who presented JROTC Awards & ROTC/ANG Scholarships:

Tony Bua
Lee Doerr x 2
Leal Behrens
Jerry Keyser
Bob Delker x 2
Ron Perkins x 2

Jim Ballard
Larry Warren x 2
Gary Zettl x 3
Pat Dooley
Sig Nelson

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