{"id":1976,"date":"2023-04-17T17:57:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T17:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2023-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/eric-ray\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T17:57:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T17:57:14","slug":"eric-ray","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2023-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/eric-ray\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Ray"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"student_container\">\n<div role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Personal information about Eric Ray\" class=\"grid\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med grid-item-fixed picture\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/ray_eric_h.jpg\" width=\"270\" alt=\"Headshot of Eric Ray\">\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med grid-item-fixed nomination\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"scholar_nomination_statement\">Nomination Statement<\/h2>\n\t\tEric Ray, son of Oribel and Eric Ray, is a responsible and hardworking student that aims for the best in all that he does. He balances school and work, while maintaining outstanding grades and being an excellent worker as a Starbucks barista. He&rsquo;s a member of the Smyrna High School National Honor Society. He has shadowed a neurosurgeon at the Christiana Hospital multiple times in hopes of working in the operating room as a physician assistant. In the fall, he will be attending University of Delaware majoring in medical diagnostics (pre-physician assistant).\n\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med logo\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/smyrna_high_school.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of Smyrna High School\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med personal\">\n\t\t\t&ldquo;I personally feel my goals and the need to be successful are what strives me to do my best. I&rsquo;m always competing against myself by having standards already established before performing a task. 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