Morgantown Teen Becomes West Virginia's First Female Eagle Scout
By: KDKA-TV News Staff
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (KDKA) - A teen from Morgantown made history when she became West Virginia's first female Eagle Scout.
The Mountaineer Area Council says 17-year-old Frannie Kitzmiller passed her board of review on Feb. 4. She now joins her brother in the ranks.
Girls were first allowed to join Scouts BSA in 2019. Only 6 percent of scouts earn the rank of Eagle Scout.
Frannie's community service project was working with Chestnut Ridge Park and Campground, enhancing an old schoolhouse building turned nature center by replacing and expanding a deck and seating and creating an outdoor classroom with socially-distanced seating and a chalkboard.
The Inaugural Class of Female Eagles will be officially dated as Feb. 8.
Also in that inaugural class will be two sisters from Westmoreland County.
