thedrifter
05-23-09, 08:30 AM
Posted on Fri, May. 22, 2009
North graduate earns $150,000 scholarship from Marine Corps
By KEVIN WRIGHT
Jeremy Volner won’t have to worry about paying for college.
The Olathe North High School graduate is one of two recipients in the Kansas City region to receive a $150,000 Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps scholarship from the United States Marine Corps.
About 100 to 200 applicants a year in the United States are accepted into the program, which pays for the person to attend college as a member of the NROTC, and then after graduation, he or she attends officer training.
“He did extremely well in the application process,” said Sgt. Jeffrey Caraway.
Volner achieved a perfect score on his Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test, which is unheard of among military recruits, Caraway said. He also scored a 35 on the ACT, underwent a rigorous screening process, had to obtain letters of recommendation from his teachers and pass a fitness test.
Caraway said thousands of recruits apply for the program each year, and it was a “big” accomplishment for Volner to be one of the recipients from this region. The region covers Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Volner’s father, Jeff, wouldn’t describe his son as studious.
“But he’s always been this intelligent; it all came to him natural and easy, education wise,” he said.
Volner plans to study mathematics this fall at the University of Nebraska. He already had been sworn in as a Marine, but with being accepted into the NROTC, the Marines will void his previous contract and draw up a new contract, which is for eight years, Caraway said.
“They’re recognized as the best and it seemed something worthwhile to do with my life,” Volner said as to why he chose the Marines.
The Marines had a small ceremony Thursday for Volner at the military recruitment office in Olathe. They presented him a cardboard check representing the money he will receive for college.
“We wanted to present this to him at his school, but were unable to before he graduated,” Caraway said.
Ellie
North graduate earns $150,000 scholarship from Marine Corps
By KEVIN WRIGHT
Jeremy Volner won’t have to worry about paying for college.
The Olathe North High School graduate is one of two recipients in the Kansas City region to receive a $150,000 Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps scholarship from the United States Marine Corps.
About 100 to 200 applicants a year in the United States are accepted into the program, which pays for the person to attend college as a member of the NROTC, and then after graduation, he or she attends officer training.
“He did extremely well in the application process,” said Sgt. Jeffrey Caraway.
Volner achieved a perfect score on his Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test, which is unheard of among military recruits, Caraway said. He also scored a 35 on the ACT, underwent a rigorous screening process, had to obtain letters of recommendation from his teachers and pass a fitness test.
Caraway said thousands of recruits apply for the program each year, and it was a “big” accomplishment for Volner to be one of the recipients from this region. The region covers Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Volner’s father, Jeff, wouldn’t describe his son as studious.
“But he’s always been this intelligent; it all came to him natural and easy, education wise,” he said.
Volner plans to study mathematics this fall at the University of Nebraska. He already had been sworn in as a Marine, but with being accepted into the NROTC, the Marines will void his previous contract and draw up a new contract, which is for eight years, Caraway said.
“They’re recognized as the best and it seemed something worthwhile to do with my life,” Volner said as to why he chose the Marines.
The Marines had a small ceremony Thursday for Volner at the military recruitment office in Olathe. They presented him a cardboard check representing the money he will receive for college.
“We wanted to present this to him at his school, but were unable to before he graduated,” Caraway said.
Ellie