Kaitlin Chaffin received a $1000 CMP Scholarship. She was a member of the Siegel HS AJROTC Air Rifle team and placed eighth overall in the National JROTC Precision Championship this year.

The MISSION of the CMP is to promote firearm safety and marksmanship training for U. S. citizens with an emphasis on youth.  Each year, the Civilian Marksmanship Program supports many junior marksmanship programs such as its Three-Position Air Rifle Summer Camps, Junior Highpower Clinics, the National Match Highpower Support Program, the National JROTC Air Rifle Championship and postal program and the Army Air Rifle Championship and postal program.  One of the important ways that the CMP promotes marksmanship among youth is through its Scholarship Program that annually awards 100 $1000 college scholarships to JROTC and ROTC rifle shooters.

Through agreements that the CMP established with the U.S. Army Cadet Command, the U.S. Naval Education and Training Command and the USMC Training and Education Command, Army, Navy and Marine Corps JROTC or ROTC cadets who are enrolled in JROTC or ROTC and who have excellent academic and leadership records are eligible to apply for the scholarships.  Applicants also must be U. S. citizens, have a minimum 2.5 GPA, excel in rifle marksmanship and be a high school senior enrolled in JROTC or a college underclassman enrolled in ROTC.

The Civilian Marksmanship Program is proud to provide this scholarship program for JROTC and ROTC cadets who excel in rifle marksmanship.  Congratulations to the following 2007-2008 CMP College Scholarship winners listed below.

For additional information on the Scholarship Program or other CMP Junior Support Programs, email programs@odcmp.com or call (419) 635-2141 ext. 1109.  The 2008-2009 CMP Scholarship Regulations and Applications Forms will be posted in January 2008 on the CMP web site at http://www.odcmp.com/Programs/Scholarship.htm.