Abercrombie & Fitch Global Leadership & Diversity Awards
$1,000 College Scholarship for NSHSS Members
Christopher Bailey, Temecula, CA
Fairuz Dakam, Kyle, SD
Taylor Gentry, Manassas, VA
Alaina Herrera, FPO, Guam
Shea Jackson, Valencia, CA
Troy Lewis, Hanover, MD
Yilong Li, Bellevue, WA
Maria-Luiza Popescu, Galati, Romania
Kyle Risley, Ambler, PA
Ryan Ruiz, Hanscom AFB, MA
IBM Innovation to be Greener Awards for NSHSS Members
The top ten finalists are assigned a professional mentor from the IBM Academy of Technology for the upcoming school year and the top three winners will be brought to the IBM headquarters in New York to present their proposals and meet with top executives from the company. IBM judges for this competition included Eric Marshall, of Try Science; Peter Haag, of the Nature Conservancy; John Coleman, IBM Fellow; and Marylou Molina, IBM Senior Program Manager
Top three winners:
Tauseef Ahmed, Shrewsbury, MA
Ryan Neff, Lincoln Park, NJ
Xin-Yu Ruan, Marietta, GA
Top ten: (in alphabetical order)
Chantelle Gibbs, Tustin, CA
Michelle Haves, Lake Mary, FL
Youssef Samy, Cairo, Egypt
Dakota Scheu, Long Grove, IL
Erik Sauber, Lakeville, MN
Travis Seidl, Clive, IA
Yibin Zhang, Belle Mead, NJ
National Outdoor Leadership School Program Scholarships
Kelsey Thompson, Arvada, CO, to attend the Absaroka Backpacking Course
Hanul Kim, Lorton, VA, to attend Baffin Island Backpacking and Whitewater Canoeing Course