2026 Scholarship Recipients Announced!

Congratulations to the 2026 Scholarship Award Recipients!

The League, on behalf of the Jim Sable Scholarship for Environmental Sciences & Conservation Education, is proud to announce the 40 scholarship recipients for 2026!

Trace Bloom – Bishop Union High School, CA
Addison Elam – Eads High School, CO
Ava Hoff – Olathe High School, CO
Tyler Banulis – Olathe High School, CO
Andrew Mutchler – Grand Rapids High School, MN
Taylor Knutsen – Northern Freeze Trap Team, MN
Jackson Johnson – Osage High School, IA
Gavin Guy – Nampa Christian High School, ID
Ava Preston – St. Maries High School, ID
Logan Hockings – Parkview Christian Academy, IL
Sadie Aylward – Andale High School, KS
Caleb Hawkins – Baldwin High School, KS
Kimball Uphoff – Prairie View High School, KS
Braxton Duffin – St. James Academy High School, KS
Emmarie Ginest – Stafford High School, KS
Ronald Hustvedt – Blaine High School, MN
Rylan Ridler – BOLD High School, MN
Jairdan Jackson – Coon Rapids High School, MN
Andrew Sorheim – Hopkins High School, MN
Seamus Campbell – Moorhead High School, MN
Shelby Falz – Princeton High School, MN
Samantha Lindell – St. Cloud Tech High School, MN
Caden Grossman – St. Croix Lutheran High School, MN
Cassandra Walter – Tartan High School, MN
Wyatt Vining – Kindred High School, ND
Dalton Burnham – Attica Senior High School, NY
Justin Deleo – Byron-Bergen High School, NY
William Delehant – Hunter-Tannersville High School, NY
Ryleigh Williams – Laurens Central School, NY
Kyleigh Gay – Grand Valley High School, OH
August Gill – St. Joseph Central High School, OH
Lincoln Harris – Riverview Christian School, OR
Patrick Baniewicz – La Salle College High School, PA
Chase Temme – De Smet High School, SD
Emily Gades – Ethan High School, SD
Brad Scogin – Lake Creek High School, TX
Garrett Shepler – Marshall High School, WI
Anneliese Huss – Plymouth High School, WI
Ashlynn DeJardin – Washington Island High School, WI

Shooter, Educator, Mentor

Jim recognized that education came before anything else.  He would always ask his students if they had gotten their homework done, asked about the grades, and encourage them to succeed academically.  As a student mentor, Jim felt that it was his duty to ensure that nothing interfered with students’ academic progress.

With over 50 years of experience as a firearms safety instructor, Jim has also long recognized the importance of hunting, outdoor shooting sports, and other outdoor activities. He has always championed the symbiotic relationship between conservation funding and outdoor shooting sports activities, and that hunters and outdoor shooting sport enthusiasts are the best stewards of our environment.  It is with that relationship in mind that the League’s scholarship program was established.