The Antwerp Chamber of Commerce would like to present our 2nd annual scholarship winner, Emily Wentland. Emily attended Vantage Vocational Center for criminal justice and graduated this spring. She is being awarded $500 towards her future education.
Emily is a very busy young lady. She obtained outstanding grades while a student at Vantage garnering praise from her teachers for her excellent leadership skill and her positive attitude. She was a member of the National Technical Honor Society in which you must have a 3.5 GPA or higher, perfect attendance, no discipline problems and have passed all End of Course Exams. After that she wrote an essay, obtained 3 teacher recommendations and had to submit a resume to the committee of teachers and staff. Emily was then chosen as she represents the best of Vantage students.
Outside of the classroom, she was very active in 4-H representing Defiance County at The Ohio State Fair in 2019. She did a tremendous job earning herself an Outstanding of the Day in Photography (top 20% of the class) in addition to earning multiple awards with her dogs. Emily works diligently at training her dogs and has trained dogs for other people.
Emily works three days a week at a horse barn to work off her horse’s board. She cleans 14 stalls a day and feeds about 30 horses but her main hobby is dog training. She has a goal to train them to qualify and compete at dog shows.
Emily has been accepted at Defiance College to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. After she graduates, she plans to attend the police academy and become a police officer. She is especially interested in becoming a K9 officer.
The Chamber of Commerce scholarship is funded by the Cutie Pie contest that is held each year during Day in the Park. Every bit of money that is raised by that contest goes to the scholarship fund.
We wish Emily all the best and who knows, perhaps someday we will see her back in Antwerp, dressed in police uniform with her trusted canine companion by her side.