Dan L. Duncan Scholarships Awarded By Houston Safari Club

HOUSTON - Aug. 7, 2015 - PRLog -- Houston, TX – Houston Safari Club (HSC) once again proudly announces the 2015 recipients of its Dan L. Duncan Scholarship awards. The twenty-five winners were chosen from hundreds of applicants.

These applicants must have a desire to protect and promote the sport of hunting and the principles of conservation. Applicants for these scholarships are undergraduate and graduate students majoring in Wildlife Management and/or Range Management. The ideal candidate must demonstrate academic excellence, leadership qualities and complete a thorough application process including recommendations, transcript reviews, and in some cases, providing thesis information.

Following a thorough review of all applicants, the Scholarship Selection Committee awarded twenty-five $5,000 scholarships. HSC, in conjunction with its charitable arm the American Conservation and Education Society (ACES), has awarded scholarships of over $1.6 million dollars. A list of this year’s winners may be viewed here (http://www.houstonsafariclub.org/2015-scholarship-recipie...).

“The HSC Dan L Duncan Scholarship has consistently been given to the cream of the crop of dedicated, passionate, hunter conservationists across the state of Texas producing recipients working as ranch managers, professors in wildlife studies, research biologists and US Fish and Wildlife employees.” said Deb Cunningham, HSC Dan L. Duncan Scholarship Program Chairman. “We are extremely proud of this outstanding program and we know that Dan would be equally proud.”

About Houston Safari Club

Houston Safari Club (HSC), established in 1972, is a volunteer non-profit organization based in Houston, Texas. Our mission is to preserve the sport of hunting through education, conservation and the protection of hunters’ rights. HSC proudly provides one of the largest scholarship programs of its kind, in conjunction with its charitable arm, the American Conservation and Education Society (ACES). Together, HSC and ACES have provided millions of dollars for conservation, education and sporting rights initiatives worldwide. For more information, please visit our website at www.houstonsafariclub.org or call 713.623.8844.