Senior Dustin Braeger has carried a 4.0 grade- point average throughout his years at Glenwood Springs High School.
This year, Dustin and a teammate earned second place at the state Distributive Education Clubs of America conference in the travel tourism division.
As a result, he is representing Colorado at DECA’s International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, Calif., this month.
In his junior year, Dustin earned First Team Academic All-State honors in football, basketball and track, and this year in football. During his sophomore and junior years, he competed at the state track meet in the 800-meter relay.
He also is involved in National Honor Society, El Pomar Youth in Community Service, school choir and his church youth group.
He has a role in the school musical this spring.
Dustin plans to go to the University of Colorado at Boulder, the Colorado School of Mines or Pepperdine University in California to study pre-medicine.
Each week, The Denver Post honors an outstanding youth for his or her accomplishments. King Soopers presents each honoree with a packet including a gift certificate, a letter of commendation and an application for employment. To nominate a student, write to The Denver Post DTW, 1560 Broadway, Denver, CO 80202. Enclose information about the nominee, a photograph and the name and phone number of someone we can contact for more information. Please also write “Top Kid” on the envelope.
