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Recipients... Griffin Brown University of Nebraska Griffin grew up in Sioux Falls, SD. While attending Roosevelt High School he worked different jobs and participated in a variety of extracurricular activities, the most important to him being cross country and track. In the Fall he will be attending the University of Nebraska, in Lincoln. He will be majoring in Finance,
Shelby Lee
South Dakota State University
Mikiah Van De Kieft
Western Iowa Tech Community College Mikiah grew up on a farm just outside of Canton, SD. She is an early high school graduate with two semesters of college completed. Her grandpa was an over-the-road truck driver for over 50 years. Her uncle is a truck driver (Scott Van De Kieft (Dunky Trucking) and her father owns Van De Kieft Trucking. She got her love for the outdoors, the farm, and the trucks from my father, and “everything else “ from her mother. She is working toward an Agricultural Management Degree and then will go back for Veterinary Assistant Diploma, both from Western Iowa Community College in Sioux City, IA. She has worked hard and appreciates the support of her family and friends.
Isaac Johnson
South Dakota State University
Isaac grew up in Milbank, Shelby Lee SD. He found recently graduhis passion for the outdoors ated from early. Some Milbank High of his fondest School, in Milmemories are bank, SD. She being out at his participated grandparents in volleyball, farm. During dance, and high school he got a job at Berens Groceries. Within boys basketa couple of months there he was promoted to help ball management. She was also involved in National with the processing and packing of fresh meat. This Honor Society, Teens Against Tobacco Use (TATU), allowed him to work directly with drivers, assisted Tobacco Coalition and Health Occupational Students with loading and unloading trucks daily. At 16 he got a job at Valley Queen Cheese where he has been of America (HOSA). She currently works as a CNA at for two years. He works in the quality assurance St. Williams Care Center and a PCT at Milbank Area department. He understands the value of the truckHospital. She will be attending South Dakota State ing industry. He is scheduled to start at SDSU this University this Fall to major in Nursing and minor in fall where he will study civil engineering. He is very Biology. excited to further his education and sharpen his academic skills. (Continued on page 23)
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