Llano youth’s memory lives on through annual skeet shoot, scholarship
JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF
LLANO — Dove hunters looking for some practice before the season starts can sharpen their skills and help Llano High School students attend college.
The Kyle Hohmann Memorial Scholarship Annual Shoot is 8:30 a.m. Aug. 31 at Llano County Clay Busters, north of the city on Texas 16.
“It’s our fourth year to put on the shoot for the scholarship fund,” said Debbie Coats, Hohmann’s aunt and one of the shoot’s organizers. “The way it fell this year, dove season is the next day. We’re hoping it will still be good.”[box]IF YOU GO
WHAT: Kyle Hohmann Memorial Scholarship Annual Shoot
WHEN: 8:30 a.m. Aug. 31
WHERE: Llano County Clay Busters, north of Llano on Texas 16
COST: $50 a person, which includes T-shirt, barbecue lunch and goodie bag
FOR MORE: Call Debbie Coats at (325) 247-1049[/box]
Coats said the shoot has raised enough money the past two years to give three $1,000 scholarships to graduating Llano High School seniors.
She said students who received the scholarship this year can apply for a matching one when beginning their third semester of college.
“We want to continue to do that each year,” she said.
The shoot, open to all ages, is $50 per person and includes a T-shirt, a barbecue lunch and a goodie bag. Registration is open until the day of the shoot. A shotgun will be awarded to the highest overall score, and additional prizes will go to the first-place finishers in other classes.
After graduating from Llano High School, Hohmann was killed in 2006 in a drunken-driving accident. His family established the scholarship fund in his memory and put on the shoot to continue raising money for Llano students.
“I think a lot of kids in school still know Kyle,” Coats said. “We’d like to continue as long as we can and hope to continue giving what we’re giving now in hopes of raising enough to a certain level that eventually it will fund itself.”
For more information, contact Coats at (325) 247-1049.
jared@thepicayune.com