Aleah Scheick
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Aleah Scheick-Cousino is a beauty queen and aspiring sportscaster
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Scheick won the Miss Alaska USA
crown in late 2004, and represented Alaska in the Miss USA 2005
pageant, held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005. She failed to make the cut at the pageant, which was won by Chelsea Cooley
of North Carolina
. Scheick had previously placed in the top five at the Miss Alaska USA
2004 pageant won by Cari Leyva.
Scheick, who is originally from The Village of Brooklyn, Michigan, has pursued a degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Alaska Anchorage
, aided by the scholarship she received from winning the Miss Alaska USA
pageant. Her ambition is to be a broadcaster on ESPN
, and her particular passion is ice hockey
.
Her work has included hosting Around the WCHA
on cable channel KMDM, camera time with ESPN2
at the 2003 Great Alaska Shootout
for the Duke and Purdue Championship game, and intermission reports at Seawolf hockey games.
Scheick's interests include traveling and working with children, which she has combined by working as a nanny in Italy
on two occasions. In 2006, this work allowed her to experience the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin
. She reported on the games for The Northern Light
, an independent newspaper of the University of Alaska Anchorage
.
On 4 November 2006, Scheick passed on her Miss Alaska USA
crown to Noelle Meyer
of Fairbanks.
Sportscaster
In sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...
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Scheick won the Miss Alaska USA
Miss Alaska USA
The Miss Alaska USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Alaska in the Miss USA pageant.Alaska's highest placement was in 1964, with Patricia Marlin as the second runner up. Alaska's most recent placement was in 1990 when Karin Meyer placed in the top 6...
crown in late 2004, and represented Alaska in the Miss USA 2005
Miss USA 2005
Miss USA 2005, the 54th Miss USA pageant, was held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 11, 2005. It was won by Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina.Fifty-one state titleholders competed for the title of Miss USA in the Hippodrome Theatre on April 11, 2005...
pageant, held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005. She failed to make the cut at the pageant, which was won by Chelsea Cooley
Chelsea Cooley
Chelsea Cooley is a beauty queen from Charlotte, North Carolina who has competed in the Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants and who has held the Miss USA 2005 title....
of North Carolina
Miss North Carolina USA
The Miss North Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state North Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. This state is part of the RPM Productions group....
. Scheick had previously placed in the top five at the Miss Alaska USA
Miss Alaska USA
The Miss Alaska USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Alaska in the Miss USA pageant.Alaska's highest placement was in 1964, with Patricia Marlin as the second runner up. Alaska's most recent placement was in 1990 when Karin Meyer placed in the top 6...
2004 pageant won by Cari Leyva.
Scheick, who is originally from The Village of Brooklyn, Michigan, has pursued a degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Alaska Anchorage
University of Alaska Anchorage
The University of Alaska Anchorage is the largest school of the University of Alaska System, with about 16,500 students, about 14,000 of whom attend classes at Goose Lake, its main campus in Anchorage....
, aided by the scholarship she received from winning the Miss Alaska USA
Miss Alaska USA
The Miss Alaska USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Alaska in the Miss USA pageant.Alaska's highest placement was in 1964, with Patricia Marlin as the second runner up. Alaska's most recent placement was in 1990 when Karin Meyer placed in the top 6...
pageant. Her ambition is to be a broadcaster on ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
, and her particular passion is ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
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Her work has included hosting Around the WCHA
Western Collegiate Hockey Association
The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates over a wide area of the Midwestern and Western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as an ice hockey-only conference....
on cable channel KMDM, camera time with ESPN2
ESPN2
ESPN2 is an American sports cable television network owned by ESPN. The channel debuted on October 1, 1993.Originally nicknamed "the deuce," ESPN2 was initially branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross,...
at the 2003 Great Alaska Shootout
Great Alaska Shootout
The Great Alaska Shootout is an annual college basketball tournament in Anchorage, Alaska that features colleges from all over the United States. The University of Alaska Anchorage hosts the tournament every Thanksgiving. Tournament games are played at Sullivan Arena in Anchorage...
for the Duke and Purdue Championship game, and intermission reports at Seawolf hockey games.
Scheick's interests include traveling and working with children, which she has combined by working as a nanny in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
on two occasions. In 2006, this work allowed her to experience the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
. She reported on the games for The Northern Light
The Northern Light
The Northern Light is a weekly newspaper covering parts of three counties in western Maine. It is published by Country News Club, Inc., which also publishes The Conway Daily Sun of Conway, New Hampshire....
, an independent newspaper of the University of Alaska Anchorage
University of Alaska Anchorage
The University of Alaska Anchorage is the largest school of the University of Alaska System, with about 16,500 students, about 14,000 of whom attend classes at Goose Lake, its main campus in Anchorage....
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On 4 November 2006, Scheick passed on her Miss Alaska USA
Miss Alaska USA
The Miss Alaska USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Alaska in the Miss USA pageant.Alaska's highest placement was in 1964, with Patricia Marlin as the second runner up. Alaska's most recent placement was in 1990 when Karin Meyer placed in the top 6...
crown to Noelle Meyer
Noelle Meyer
Noelle Anne Meyer is a beauty queen from Wasilla, Alaska who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.Meyer won the Miss Alaska USA 2006 title in late 2005. It was her third attempt at the title...
of Fairbanks.