LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Team DUI is proud to announce its inaugural Kellie Thein Scholarship competition.

The competition is named in loving memory of Kellie Thein – the daughter of Team DUI founder Judy Thein – who was killed as a result of a drunken driving tragedy.

There are two scholarships of $750 each available to graduating high school seniors.

The only eligibility requirement is that the applicants attended a Team DUI presentation at some point in their academic career.

Students should contact their high school counselor for the essay prompt and further information.

All applications are due to Robert Young at the Lake County Office of Education by Feb. 28.

Team DUI was formed as a countywide volunteer educational outreach program designed to raise awareness of the consequences and dangers of DUI through prevention with the focus on the youth of our communities in order to help prevent one more senseless death or injury.

Team DUI's goal is to make Lake County students aware of the consequences of driving under the influence, of ways to insure safety for themselves as passengers in cars and to encourage them to make wise choices in all aspects of their lives.

Concerned community members, school administrators, California Highway Patrol, Lake County Sheriff's Office, Clearlake Police, Lakeport Police, Lake County Behavioral Health Department, Victim Witness, Lake Family Resource Center, Lake County Probation Department, MADD, and Lake County Office of Education's Safe Schools, Friday Night Live, Healthy Start, and AmeriCorps programs are just a few of the partner agencies that help coordinate Team DUI.