Recipients

Jacob Perine is a junior at West Virginia University, where he is majoring in Wildlife & Fisheries. He is the son of Jeff and Julie Perine of Bridgeport and a member of Ten Mile Baptist Church.

While attending school, Jacob has been on the Dean’s List, attended summer fisheries camp at WVU Jackson’s Mill and participated in a school recreational basketball league. He has worked at Della’s Deli in Bridgeport and assisted in the shooting of Fly Rod Chronicles with Curtis Fleming. He spent the summer of 2020 doing landscaping/outdoor maintenance work for McDonald’s.

An avid outdoorsman, Jacob strives to be a good steward of the state’s natural resources. He plans to one day work as an officer for the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources.