b'Montana,andNevada Recipientsan aa dt an vo eM NMT NVRecipientDane Alexander RecipientDaphne DimatulacVoted most likely to be a future mayor of Bozeman I was born to two hopeful immigrants seeking to give by a family friend, Dane Alexander is the 2020 recipient of thea better life to their three daughters,wrote DaphneWPMA Scholarship for Montana. The youngest of three chil- Dimatulac of Las Vegas, the 2020 WPMA Scholarship recipient for dren of Dan and Kim Alexander, Dane applied for the WPMAthe state of Nevada. Daphne is the third of three children of Ferdie Scholarship through Story Distributing, where his father Danand Shirley Dimatulac, and is the second child in her family to win serves as President.the Nevada scholarship, as her sister Drianna won the scholarship Dane graduated from Bozeman High School in June with a GPAin 2018! Daphne applied for the WPMA Scholarship through River of 3.4, despite the challenge of keeping up with his schoolworkCity Petroleum in Las Vegas, where her father Ferdie works as an while traveling for competitive skiing. His English teacherAccount Manager.wrote: As a student, Dane was forthright and studious. HeDaphne graduated from Southwest Career and Technical Academy always brought a smile and a sense of humor. He loves to skiin May, with a GPA of 3.5, earned while taking a schedule full of and has high ambitions in competition. He also knows the valuehonors and AP classes. During her senior year, Daphne participated of education and the power it has to positively affect his life. Hein the Jumpstart concurrent enrollment program through a local puts strong effort into both arenas.college, earning college credit to get an early start on her college Musically talented, Dane played the saxophone for 11 yearscareer. Daphne, like her sister Drianna, will be a first-generation and was awarded 1st Chair in the Bozeman Senior High Schoolcollege student in her family. Jazz Band. Outside of school, he and three friends organized aBorn in Anchorage, Alaska, Daphne moved with her family to Las band named the Saxy Sounds, which performed at local seniorVegas when she was four. Being immigrants, they were always centers, open houses, hotel lobbies and fundraisers after schoolsearching for the best opportunities for their children and felt that and on weekends. the diversity of the city would help shape us into empathetic and Dane is an avid outdoorsman, and enjoys exploring the great bright adults. A shy child, Daphne rarely ventured out of her state of Montana - fly fishing, hunting, camping and skiing. home. When she entered middle school, she started participating in As a youth, he participated in and passed hunters safety andcompetitive cheerleading, which helped to make her more outgo-bowhunters safety courses, and he has hunted a variety of game,ing. She stayed involved in cheer throughout middle school and including ducks, turkeys, deer, elk, antelope and caribou. Hishigh school. This experience allowed me to make lasting relation-continued on page 11 ships, travel around the world, and win national titles, she wrote.continued on page 11WPMA News / Summer 20209'