UWSP ROTC Cadet Anna M. Dobbe received the Plover VFW Post 10262 Rifle Squad Scholarship for $1000 in a ceremony at the Post from Post Adjutant and Assistant Rifle Squad Commander Norb Strasser. UWSP ROTC staff also present for the ceremony included Human Resources Assistant Mike Butcher (far left), Assistant Professor of Military Science Captain Harrison Koch (second from right) and ROTC office manager Judy Yenter. (Courtesy VFW)
UWSP ROTC Cadet Anna M. Dobbe received the Plover VFW Post 10262 Rifle Squad Scholarship for $1000 in a ceremony at the Post from Post Adjutant and Assistant Rifle Squad Commander Norb Strasser. UWSP ROTC staff also present for the ceremony included Human Resources Assistant Mike Butcher (far left), Assistant Professor of Military Science Captain Harrison Koch (second from right) and ROTC office manager Judy Yenter. (Courtesy VFW)

Plover VFW Post 10262 Rifle Squad awards scholarship

Metro Wire Staff

The Plover VFW awarded a $1,000 scholarship to an ROTC cadet on April 30.

The Post 10262 Rifle Squad presented the scholarship to UW-Stevens Point ROTC Cadet Anna M. Dobbe in a small ceremony at the Post. The award is typically presented at the annual Army Pointer Company ROTC Military Ball, but the 2021 event was canceled due to COVID-19.

Dobbe, currently a senior in the ROTC program, received the Plover VFW Rifle Squad award for an Outstanding Cadet from Plover VFW Adjutant and Assistant Rifle Squad Commander Norb Strasser.

She hails from LaCrosse and will graduate in May of 2021 with a major in business administration and minors in economics and military science.

Dobbe will commission on active duty for four months in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps at Fort Lee, Virginia, which provides supply and logistical support for military units. Her first assignment will be with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Dobbe has been a member of the UWSP Women’s Tennis Team throughout her four years on campus. During her free time, she enjoys hunting with her father and sister and is an avid CrossFit athlete.