Dec 7, 2024
Submitted photo From left, Chris Thompson, Mountaineer Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America’s Scholarship Committee chairman, presents scholarships to Caitlyn Rennix, Gracie Bowen and Amanda Cutlip.
ELKINS — The Mountaineer Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America has announced the organization’s scholarship recipients for the 2024-25 academic year.
Chris Thompson, chairman of the Mountaineer Chapter’s Scholarship Committee, presented scholarships to Caitlyn Rennix and Amanda Cutlip from Potomac State College, and to Gracie Bowen and Abigail Arbogast from West Virginia University.
Each student received a $1,000 scholarship. A total of $500 will be awarded at the beginning of the school year and the second half will be awarded midway through the school year.
Rennix, a sophomore, is majoring in Wildlife and Fisheries, while Cutlip, who is a freshman, is majoring in Animal Nutrition Science. Bowen is a freshman majoring in Wildlife and Fisheries, and Arbogast is a freshman majoring in Biology.
Applications for the 2025-26 academic year will be available in local high schools, and on the Mountaineer Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America website, in March 2025.
A point system is used to identify the most qualified students and preference is given to students majoring in conservation and environmental sciences. Each recipient must be a full-time student and maintain a 2.5 grade point average.
Preference will be given to youths who are members of the Izaak Walton League of America, or have parents/guardians that have a membership in the club. The age of the applicant must not exceed 25-years-old by the application deadline.
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