2023 UPDATE: Nathan let us know that he's having a wonderful
time up at school and getting plenty of fishing opportunities (as
evidenced by the photo he included).
Now I am back in New Jersey and I
am again working for Rutgers University at their Aquaculture
station in Cape May. I am taking a few online summer
classes so I can get some required classes out of the way
before my sophomore year.
I also
have been working on my scuba certification and have my first open water dive
tomorrow. Overall I have been doing very well and am very
positive about my future. Thank you for the opportunity and
support you gave me to chase my dreams.
2014 (2
winners)
Rachael Young,
Ocean City High
School
Emily Levin,
Lower
Cape May Regional High School
2013 (2
winners)
Samantha Zelinski,
Ocean
City High School
Scholarship
presentation
to winner Samantha Zelinski at our July 17 barbecue
meeting.
(left to right: scholarship
committee member Rashawn Lewis, winner Samantha
Zelinksi, committee member MaryAnne Franchetta;
not pictured: committee member
Carnen Bersani)
&
Brandon
Hudik, Bordentown
Regional High School
[no photo]
2012
Mariah
Dennis, A.P.
Schalick High School
2014 UPDATE
In the summer of 2014, University
of Maryland - Eastern Shore student Mariah Dennis
took part in the Participation Education Program (PEP) in
Woods Hole, Massachusetts. As part of this internship
she took a class in environmental science taught by
various researchers in Woods Hole. The topic of the course
was global climate change and this topic was explored
through the different areas of marine science such as
oceanography, geology, marine chemistry, and more.
She also took part in a research project dealing with the
larval succession that occurs at hydrothermal vent
communities at the Eastern Pacific Rise. She stated "This
internship showed me the different facets of marine
biology and gave me a taste of what I may want to study as
I prepare to apply to graduate school for marine science.
"
Studying
sediment
from a core sample
Analyzing
water from Sage Lot pond
2011
Conor
Cahill, Shawnee
High School
Scholarship
presentation to winner Conor Cahill at our July 20 barbecue
meeting.
(left to right: scholarship committee
member Greg Lentz, winner Conor Cahill, SJBCA President Fred
Lentz.
2010 - No
Scholarship Awarded
2009 - No
Scholarship Awarded
2008
Ryan
Risher, A.P.
Schalick High School
Scholarship
presentation
to winner Ryan Risher at our July 16 barbecue meeting.
(SJBCA President Carmen
Bersani on right)
UPDATES ON RYAN
2013 UPDATE: The above photo is
Washington College graduate Ryan Risher doing field work
in South Dakota in early 2013. As of
late 2013 Ryan was in grad school in Arkansas & was doing
research on the Red River attempting to correlate near-shore
fish densities to endangered birds' nesting success.
2018 UPDATE: Ryan is working for the NJ Division of Fish
& Wildlife.
2007
Zack
Hitchner, Cumberland
Regional High School
Scholarship presentation to winner Zack
Hitchner at our July 18 barbecue meeting.
(left
to right: scholarship committee members Greg Lentz &
MaryAnne Franchetta, winner Zack Hitchner, SJBCA President
Carmen Bersani.
2006
Neal
Armstrong, Vineland
High School
Scholarship
presentation to winner Neal Armstrong at our July 19
barbecue meeting.
(left
to right: scholarship committee members Greg Lentz, Fred
Lentz & Carmen Bersani; Neal Armstrong; applicant
sponsor Al Franchetta)
2005
Kathleen
Crum, Vineland
High School