2024 ADBA Scholarship Winner
Dane Mc Tear will be attending the University of Washington at Tacoma, pursuing a degree in Nursing. His career goals is to become a highly skilled nurse anesthetist working in Washington’s only level one trauma hospital Harborview or Seattle Children’s Hospital.
Dane has spent the last thirteen years as the president of the Evergreen State APBT club. He is proud of the fact that they were able to conduct ADBA’s first every sanctioned Top Dog Athletic Event. Joel Halverson, in his letter of recommendation for Dane, stated, “Dane has been a very good steward of club assets and members. He has always been extremely welcoming to new and prospective members and doing a professional job as president. He has done all this while going to school and working. While he is not afraid to ask advice, he does a great job of doing his job his way. He is a great ambassador for our breed.”
Dane states, “As president of the Evergreen APBT Club, my leadership skills were and are constantly tested. Leadership is constantly evolving and the person in that role must also. With over thirteen years of volunteering as president of the club, my skills to lead have seen a dramatic increase in precision. This has had a positive impact in my life in every aspect. The biggest impact I will say has occurred in my career as a nurse.”
In conclusion, Dane writes, “The ADBA scholarship will assist me to keep pursuing my passion. My passion is to help others, whether that is showing someone the proper way to show a dog, helping that person heal or just by saying hello. The goal is to be a better human and through education and caring this is attainable by all who try. I am consistently striving to be better and by my receiving the ADBA scholarship the ADBA can help ensure that goal is met.”
