Name: Brian Damiano

Honored by The Carroll County Sun for: Winning the county, district, state and regional competitions in the Elks' Hoop Shoot competition and advancing to the nationals coming up next month in Indianapolis

Age: 13

Residence; hometown: Mount Airy

Education: Attends Mount Airy Middle School; graduate of Mount Airy Elementary

Family: Mother: Karen, owns and operates a dental office in Bethesda, Montgomery County; Father: Tom, produce manager at Giant Food in Gaithersburg, Montgomery County; Brother: Kevin, attends Mount Airy Elementary

Place of worship: Calvary United Methodist Church in Gamber

Activities/hobbies: Bowling, baseball, Nintendo and collecting baseballcards

Accomplishments: Won the county and district championship of the Elks Hoop Shoot competition in 1988, won the state championshipin 1990 and state and regional championship this year

Recipient'scomments: "It's very exciting (going to Indianapolis for the national competition), I can't wait to go on a plane, the last time I was ona plane was when I was a baby. I practice about a half-hour to an hour every day unless it's raining. I'm going to try out for the (SouthCarroll High) basketball team when I'm in ninth grade."