b'WPMA Scholarship FoundationGabe was activethe team toin school sports,the best record playing on thethey have had in varsity baseball,the past 10 years. football, andHe is upbeat and wrestling teamspositive, and at Payette Highmotivates himself all four years. Inand others to baseball Gabereach or exceed was chosen forestablished the second teamgoals.all-conference,In his free time, and received theGabe enjoys Golden Glovespending time award his sopho- with his friends more year.and family, Playing footballbarbecuing in since he wasthe summer, and five years old,enjoying each Gabriel Ramos Gabriel excelled on the Payette footballothers company. Some of his favorite pas-team. He received the Honorable Men- times include fishing, hiking, going to theMember at Large tion award three years, earned a placegym, golfing, and playing with his nieces on the second team all-conference andand nephew. I will become educated,I willserved as captain of his team as a senior. become successful, and I will become theIn March he signed with the College of best version of myselfwrote GabrielIdaho football program and looks forward Ramos, the 2023 winner of the WPMAto playing as a Yote. Member-at-Large scholarship from theGabe also wrestled four years on the Pay-state of Idaho. ette varsity wrestling team, and took first Gabriel, or Gabe, as he isplace in the district meet in his senior year. known by family andHe placed 3rd at the Idaho State Wrestling friends, is the olderTournament in both his sophomore and of two children ofsenior years. Gabe also played one year of Mallary Dollar ofJV basketball, earning Offensive Player Payette, Idaho.of the Year honors. He applied for the Gabriels school counselor wrote Gabe WPMA schol- is a determined young man. He acceptedIn the fall Gabe will attend the College arship throughand enthusiastically fulfilled leadershipof Idaho in Caldwell, where he will be Campo & Pooleroles on student council, and in sports. Hestudying Sports Medicine with a minor in Distributing, wherewas the team captain in football and ledphysical therapy. He wrote Since I was a his mother works aslittle boy, I have dreamt about becoming an accounts assistant.a sports medic where I can assist At Payette High School, Gabe worked topeople in need and make them feel keep his grades high, with a goal to gradu- better when they are uncomfort-ate in the top ten of his graduating class.able. Sports have always been a He was able to achieve his goal when hevery important thing in my life, and graduated from Payette High school inI would like to eventually become May with a 3.76 GPA, ranked in the topa sports medic for the National ten of his class of 93 students. During hisFootball League. many years in the Payette school system,Gabes athletic abilities have Gabe was awarded the parade of cham- served him well over the years, pions award every year for maintainingand he has some impressive career a GPA of 3.75 or higher. Gabe served ongoals set for himself. We wish him the Student Council as the president of histhe best of luck as he goes on to sophomore class, and continued developingbegin his college studies and play his leadership skills, taking classes such asfor the College of Idaho football Government, speech, and leadership.team this fall. S16 www.wpma.com / Scholarship 2023'