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Sixth-Grader Kerryn Stroud Named to 2006 All-American Fishing Team Additional
Links: "At dawn, my family and I were heading out to Little River Inlet to go redfishing. We were in our twenty-foot center console, and my mom and I had made the rigs the previous night. We spooled our rods with twenty-pound braided line, four-ounce sliding egg sinkers, a five-foot, fifty-pound mono leader with 6/0 circle hooks." The start of the essay submitted for the 2006 Kids All-American Fishing contest clearly demonstrates that sixth-grader Kerryn Stroud knows a lot about fishing, but it wasn't only her prowess as an angler that caused the judges to select her. Daniel Johnson, president of Hooked on Fishing International (HOFI) places more emphasis on finding young people who "actively seek to better themselves and the communities in which they live." Kerryn fits that description perfectly. Her involvement is extensive, whether packaging and shipping clothes for Hurricane Katrina victims, delivering Meals on Wheels, working with children at A Child's Haven, or playing bingo with nursing home residents. Many of her volunteer activities are through the CCES Service Learning program. Kerryn is also active as a junior varsity cheerleader, and is known throughout the school for her clogging talents. Last year her clogging dance team won the Overall Grand National Amateur Championship. The judges at Hooked on Fishing International (HOFI) felt strongly about her selection, writing to her, "Given the number of qualified entries, you are to be truly commended on the excellence of your application package." Certainly the
recommendation of Lower School Chaplain Valerie Riddle confirmed
their choice. "Kerryn is a model student, a model citizen and
human being. She has a depth beyond her years…her leadership
is one of quiet strength."
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