"The Life Given Us By Nature Is Short
But The Memory Of A Well Spent Life Is Eternal"
Cicero
If one word could be used to summarize her life, that word would be
accomplishment
STUDENT
• Member of The National Junior Honor
Society - 1982-83
• Participated In The United States Army Research Office Junior Science
& Humanities Symposium - 1985
• Selected as Outstanding Sophomore by the Hugh O'Brien Youth Foundation
- 1985
• Member of The National Honor Society - 1985-86 & 1986-87
• Selected to Who's Who Among American High School Students - 1985-86
&1986-87
• Recognized for outstanding academic achievement by the Presidential
Academic Fitness Awards Program - Ronald Reagan - 1987
• Graduated # 3 in the Class Of 1987 (Posthumously)
LEADER
• Elected Freshman Class President
- 1983-84
• Selected as Softball Team Captain - 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86.
• Completed Hammond High School Student Leadership Seminar - 1984
• Named to People To People - American Ambassador Program - 1984 (A
leadership organization funded by The Dwight D. Eisenhower Foundation)
• Elected Secretary/Treasurer of The Gavit Band - 1984-85
• Selected to attend the Hugh O'Brien Youth Foundation Leadership Seminar
At Butler University - 1985
• Delegate to Indiana Girls State Convention - 1986
• Selected as Co-Captain of Basketball Team - 1986-87
• Elected President of the Gavit Band - 1986-87
• Elected President of The National Honor Society - 1986-87
Lisa preparing to leave on her American
Ambassador tour, O'hare International Airport - 1984
MUSICIAN
• Received The Directors Award For
Band - 1983-84
• Accomplished at the piano, the flute and the clarinet
• First clarinet in the Gavit High School Band & Marching Band
• Awarded superior rating in The District Indiana State School Music
Appreciation Solo & Ensemble Contest - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987
• Received the Semper Fidelis Award For Musical Excellence from The
United States Marine Corp - 1987 (Posthumously)
Lisa playing in Gavit High School Band at
The Grand Old Opree, Nashville, Tennessee - 1985
ATHLETE
• Indiana Lake Shore Conference All-Star
Team Selection - Softball - 1983-84
• Indiana Lake Shore Conference All-Star Team Selection - Softball -
1984-85
• Leading Hitter on Softball Team - 1984-85 & 1985-86
• Indiana Lake Shore Conference Honorable Mention Selection - Basketball
- 1985-86
• Selected as Softball Most Valuable Player - 1985-86
• Indiana Lake Shore Conference All-Star Team Selection - Softball -
1985-86
• Helped Lead District 2 All-Star Team to the Big League 16-18 Yr Old
State Softball Championship - 1986
• Team leading hitter in the Softball World Series - 1986
• Member of The Gavit Letterman's Club - 3 Letter winner in Softball
- 2 Letter winner in Basketball
• Indiana Lake Shore Conference All-Star Team Selection - Basketball
- 1987
• Selected to Indiana Girls Academic All State Basketball Team - 1987
(The first female athlete in the 30 year history of Gavit High School to
receive such an honor.)
Lisa rips a hit in the Big League World Series, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1986
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