Annika Thorup of Taylorsville High School is Utah’s winner in the Veterans of Foreign Wars Voice for Democracy audio-essay scholarship competition.

The program just finished its 69th year and requires high school student entrants to write and record a three to five minute essay on the theme, “My Vision for America.”

Annika was sponsored by VFW Post 7442 in West Valley City, and is the recipient of the $1,000 Gilbert N. Nelson – Post 1326 and their Auxiliary – Bismarck, North Dakota Scholarship. She plans a career in piano performance.