Dennis Shane Mitchell, 20 was the recipient of the first-ever Leroy F Aarons Scholarship Award from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association forward March 16. Named in memory of NLGJA's institutor the $5,000 award was established to support the education of gay youths who plan forward careers in journalism. Mitchell, a second-year journalism major at Arizona State University, was named the Arizona Interscholastic Pres Association Journalist of the Year in 2004