{"id":59848,"date":"2021-05-25T13:47:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T18:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=59848"},"modified":"2021-05-25T13:47:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T18:47:54","slug":"fhsu-criminal-justice-club-excels-at-regionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=59848","title":{"rendered":"FHSU Criminal Justice Club excels at regionals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By UNIVERSITY RELATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the Lambda Alpha Epsilon chapter at Fort Hays State University represented their university well at the Region 3 Virtual Conference of the American Criminal Justice Association\/Lambda Alpha Epsilon (ACJA\/LAE) earlier this semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Hays State won the Top Percent\nAward, which goes to the team that wins the most trophy points per member. It\nwas the first time FHSU won the group award since re-chartering with ACJA\/LAE\nin 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students and advisors from five chapters\nacross the region were pleased to participate after the national conferences in\n2020 and \u201921, as well last fall\u2019s regional conference, were canceled because of\nCOVID-19 disruptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each participating chapter was\nresponsible for facilitating each competition for the different categories:\nwritten exams, poster presentations, crime scene, physical agility, and\nfirearms. Scoresheets were returned to Dr. Tamara Lynn, chair of FHSU\u2019s\nDepartment of Criminal Justice and co-advisor of the FHSU Criminal Justice\nClub, and results were compiled for the virtual awards presentation via Zoom.\nThere were competitions designed for individuals and three-person teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The different levels at which members\ncompeted were lower level (less than 70 credit hours), upper level (undergraduate\nwith more than 70 credit hours), and professional (graduate student or\nprofessional in the field).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schools participating besides FHSU were\nCentral Methodist University (Mo.), Garden City Community College, the\nUniversity of Colorado-Colorado Springs, and the University of Central\nMissouri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helping FHSU win the Top Percent Award\nwas a former student, Lee Almon, while competing at the professional level. A\ngraduate of FHSU\u2019s Master of Professional Studies, Almon is a professional\nmember of Fort Hays State\u2019s ACJA\/LAE chapter and is currently a doctoral\nstudent at Liberty University. Almon finished first in four individual\ncategories and third in another, all in the professional division. He also was\npart of a second-place team finish in the professional division. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following are FHSU\u2019s results from the\nRegion 3 competition: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee Almon\n<\/strong>is an alumni from Dalton, Ga. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First\nplace: Corrections, Professional Level 
\nFirst place: Juvenile Justice, Professional\nLevel
\nThird place: ACJA\/LAE Knowledge, Professional\nLevel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First place: Physical agility (Male, ages 26-35)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First place: Poster presentation, Graduate Division. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Juan\nColegio <\/strong>is a senior from McAllen, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third\nplace: ACJA\/LAE Knowledge, Upper Division<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third place:\nPhysical agility (Male, ages 25-under)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abigail\nHayes <\/strong>is a junior from Baldwin City.
\nSecond place: ACJA\/LAE Knowledge, Upper Division<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second\nplace: Poster presentation, Upper Division<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\nCristina\nJimenez <\/strong>is a senior from Dodge\nCity.
\nFirst place, Corrections, Upper\nDivision<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second\nplace: Juvenile Justice, Upper Division<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second\nplace: Police Administration, Upper Division
\n
\nSavannah\nO’Reilly <\/strong>is a junior from\nArvada, Colo.
\nHonorable mention: Juvenile Justice 
\n
\nGavin\nPowell<\/strong> is a junior from Hays.
\nSecond place: Criminal Law, Upper Division <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable\nmention: Firearms
\n
\nConrad\nVajnar<\/strong> is a senior from Hays.
\nFirst place: Criminal Law, Upper Division  
\n
\nBeatrice\nWalsh <\/strong>is a senior from Thornton,\nColo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First\nplace: Juvenile Justice, Upper Division 
\nThird place, Academic poster, Upper Division<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second\nplace: Physical agility (Female, ages 25-under)
\n
\nMattie\nWindholz <\/strong>is a junior from Holdrege, Neb.
\nHonorable mention: Juvenile Justice <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crime\nScene Competition<\/strong> 
\nSecond place: Upper Division, Beatrice Walsh,\nAbigail Hayes, and Cristina Jimenez 
\nFirst place: Upper Division, Conrad Vajnar,\nEnrique Cabrera-Rodriguez, and Gavin Powell 
\nFirst place: Professional Division, Dr. Ziwei\nQi, Breanna Markley, and Brianna Smith <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firearms\nTeams<\/strong> 
\nSecond place: Professional Division, Dr. Tamara\nLynn, Lee Almon, and Gavin Powell <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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