This year’s Dietrich Memorial Scholarship award winner is Patrick A. Light of Elk Grove, California. Patrick will be attending Duke University and majoring in Psychology.

He is a National Merit Scholar, is the son of LTC Ronald Light a USBA member since 1985, and was selected on the basis of academic achievement, leadership accomplishments and participation in community activities.

The scholarship commemorates former USBA Executive Director and President, the late Maj. Gen. William A. Dietrich, USAF, and is awarded every year to a child of a USBA member in good standing who’s a graduating high school senior.