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| ABOVE: Richard Sneed, Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, addresses the crowd during the ceremony. BELOW: Andrew Walden (left) of Asheville and Brian Rhodes of Weaverville were among the honorees. |
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Richard Sneed, Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, served as guest speaker as more than 250 students were honored during the Academic Awards Ceremony that was held on April 19 at Southwestern Community College’s Jackson Campus.
Among the honorees were 51 “Students of Distinction” as well as a handful of individual award winners.
Trevor Gates of Webster received the “Bob Scott Leadership Award,” which is named after the former N.C. governor who also served as president of the state’s community college system for 12 years.
Angela Beck of Cullowhee won the “Dallas Herring Achievement Award,” which bears the name of one of the state’s earliest advocates for community colleges.
The Charlie McConnell New Century Scholar Award recipient was Olivia Perkins of Franklin, and Veronic Judson of Webster was named the N.C. Community College System Academic Excellence recipient for SCC.
Rotary Students of the Month were Kimberly Bailey of Franklin, Alexandria Crisp of Bryson City, Cory Gates of Waynesville and Amanda Stafford of Tuckasegee.
To qualify for the “Academic Honors” portion of the program, each student had to earn a minimum of 30 semester hours of credit within the last four years by the end of the fall semester at SCC, be enrolled in the spring semester and have a cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.5 or above.
Following are students who earned Academic Honors (special designations in parenthesis):
ASHE COUNTY
West Jefferson: Joseph William Gentry
BUNCOMBE COUNTY
Arden: Vonda Kay Stringfellow
Asheville: Erin Elizabeth Cahill, Joshua Ray Fultz, Erika Garcia, Andrew Phillip Walden and Kirsten Elliott Warstler.
Black Mountain: Izabel La Rae Evans.
Candler: Anna White.
Leicester: Matthew Wayne Ledford.
Weaverville: Brian Joseph Rhodes.
CHEROKEE COUNTY
Andrews: Daphne Dawn Browning.
Marble: Julie Dailey Roper.
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| Cherokee County honorees included Mackenzie Miller (above) and Tasha Raper (below). |
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Murphy: Shelby Alicia Crisp (Honors Project), MacKenzie Elizabeth Miller, Brittany Lucille Newton and Tasha Nicole Raper.
CHEROKEE (QUALLA BOUNDARY)
Cherokee: Hannah Leeane Carroll, Jill Carpenter Cooper (Student of Distinction), Jasper Isaac Groenewold, Kayla Jean Pheasant, Israel Milan Rodriguez, Tashina Lynn Rodriguez, Dolores R Taylor, Devona Michelle Toineeta, Holi Ramsey Colson, Elizabeth Loest Kelly, Trina Diane Sneed and Michael David Thompson.
CLAY COUNTY
Hayesville: Dina Danyella Rigal and Daniel Brian Sherlin (Honors Project).
DAVIDSON COUNTY
Thomasville: Jennifer L. Bellis (Honors Project) and Holly Elizabeth Brock.
GRAHAM COUNTY
Robbinsville: Noelle Diongco Crisp, Mariah Lauren Moody, Connor Sawyer (Honors Project), Katelyn Stevens (Robbinsville).
HALIFAX COUNTY
Roanoke Rapids: Karl Miller (Honors Project).
HAYWOOD COUNTY
Canton: Clyde Sawyer Leatherwood (Student of Distinction) and Nikki Parton Luther.
Clyde: Anna Caroline Cleaveland, Michael B Johnson, Brittney Lynn Rogers, Donna Morgan (Student of Distinction) and Daniel Keith Trantham (Student of Distinction).
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| ABOVE: Daniel Sherlin of Hayesville. MIDDLE: Mariah Moody of Robbinsville. BOTTOM: Brett Kerby of Lake Junaluska. |
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Lake Junaluska: Brett Nathaniel Kerby.
Maggie Valley: Ronald J Peters, Dustin Roche (Honors Project, Student of Distinction) and Richard Michael Walker.
Waynesville: Riki Braentner (Student of Distinction), Andrew Caldwell, Bridgette Kelly Cope, Cory Edward Gates (Honors Project, Rotary Student of the Month, Student of Distinction), Laken McKenzie Grasty, Ashley Ann Hooper, James Richard Hopkins (Student of Distinction), Tara Brooke Stevenson (Student of Distinction) and Cindy Woodbery.
HENDERSON COUNTY
Hendersonville: Elizabeth Johnson Cook and Corey Maman (Student of Distinction).
JACKSON COUNTY
Balsam: Corey Alan Smolik
Cashiers: Lisset Alheli Magana Almanza, Pollyanna Marie Ballentine, Katherine E Flynn, Alheli Morales-Maravilla, Jonathan Paulino-Velazquez, Rodica Popescu, Jonathan R Poznanski-Galvez, Aleksandra Tabakova (Student of Distinction) andYauheni Vasilevich.
Cherokee: Jasper Isaac Groenewold and Michael David Thompson.
Cullowhee: Angela Marie Beck (Dallas Herring Achievement Award, Student of Distinction), Samantha Lynn Burch, Lance R Buskey (Student of Distinction), Justin Daniel Lee Clifton, Madison Reyanne Cox, Matthew Joseph Draughon, Jordan Nicole Fox, John David Frye, Hannah Harris (Honors Project), Amanda Claire Kanack, William Caleb Long, Gifty A Mansah (Student of Distinction), April Dawn Mattox (Honors Project, Student of Distinction), Mariah Rose Mauro, Benjamin Dewey Mills, Ragan Arlene Moore, Colin Dean Morrow, Kaitlyn Cheyenne Moses, Yesenia Yazmin Navarro (Student of Distinction), Victoria Abigail Oroz (Honors Project), Mariana Monserath Ramirez, Madison Elizabeth Rogers, Lucas Leonard Sanders (Honors Project), Alyssa Anne Schaub (Student of Distinction), Dakota Shay Shapiro, Stephanie Renee Sisk, Teresa Jade Sterling, Katlin Rose Watson, Brandon Lee Wooten and Crystal Lynn Yanez.
Dillsboro: Morgan Kyle-Anna Biddix, Debra Jean Cumbie, Selena Marie Robertson and Dereka Marie Taylor.
Glenville: Zoe Renee Alvarez and Sarah Maylakaye Jennings.
Sylva: Ameer Maqbool Adam, Josiah Christopher Akers (Honors Project), Clayton Justice Ammons, Alexander C. Baker (Honors Project), Kanan Bipinchandra Bengali (Student of Distinction), Elizabeth Helene Branscome (Honors Project), Jessica Casey Bumgarner, Bryan Eugene Burkett (Student of Distinction), Susan L Burrell, Christianna D Castro, Lisa M. Connolly, Nancy R Crawford, Angel Davis (Student of Distinction), Caitlyn Marie French, Emily Rose French, Jessica Lane Gibson, Steven E Grady, Jessica Marialice Hall, Tammy L Haskett, Morgan Paige Hawkins (Student of Distinction), Isaac Clayton Hensley, Nicholas Christopher Jacobs, John Jarvis II, Grey Jenkins (Student of Distinction), Sarah Danielle Johnson, Destiny Jones (Student of Distinction), Kennedy Danielle Jones, Semanur Karayaka, Scarlett Elizabeth Kinkaid (Honors Project), Wioletta Agnieszka Koniecko Sikorska, Leilani Marie Kosempa, Rebecca Ann Lind (Honors Project), Phil Dexter Maynor, Thoma Howard Meek (Honors Project), Chace Hunter Morgan, Maleia Rebecca Parris, Sherry Pless Parris, James Alexander Powell, Jackson Philip Ridenour, Elizabeth Ann Sellers, B Austin Sherman, Kayla Elaine Sloan, Brian Alan Strong (Student of Distinction), Morrow Lee Tritt (Student of Distinction) and Levi Jihon Weigand.
Tuckasegee: Emilee Ashe (Student of Distinction), Lowery Elizabeth Messer and Amanda Stafford (Rotary Student of the Month, Student of Distinction).
Webster: Natalie Marie Brewton, Trevor Mark Gates (Bob Scott Leadership Award, Student of Distinction), Veronica June Judson (Honors Project, NCCCS Academic Excellence Award, Student of Distinction), Carrie Jo Shuler and David Joseph Walsh.
Whittier: Isaac Barrera Arellano, Jutta Farrer Kacey Leigh Fontenot, Chloe Lucille Langston (Student of Distinction), Noah Bryan Leamon, Autumn Elena Pine, Elijah Michael Quillen, Karen Miranda Reddish, Alma Gail Russ, Noemi Genesis Santoyo, Trenton Nathaniel Sawyer, Gabriel David Sessoms, Calli Anna Sutton, Natalie Swayney, Chelsea Nicole Ward and Jessica Gladden Watkins (Student of Distinction).
LENOIR COUNTY
Kinston: Ryan Grady.
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| (CLICK ON PHOTO ABOVE FOR LARGER IMAGE) Jackson County residents honored in SCC’s Academic Awards ceremony on April 19 in Sylva included, front row, from left: Katlin Watson of Cullowhee, Kacey Fontenot of Whittier, Selena Robertson of Dillsboro, Elizabeth Branscome of Sylva, Carrie Shuler of Webster, Trevor Gates of Webster, Scarlett Kinkaid of Sylva, Madison Rogers of Cullowhee, April Mattox of Cullowhee and Jutta Farrer of Whittier. Middle row: Madison Cox of Cullowhee, Angela Beck of Cullowhee, Elijah Quillen of Whittier; Susan Burrell of Sylva, Sarah Johnson of Sylva, Semanur Karayaka of Sylva, Jessica Gibson of Sylva, Kaitlyn Moses of Cullowhee, Jessica Bumgarner of Sylva, Victoria Oroz of Cullowhee and Amanda Stafford of Tuckasegee. Back row, from left: Jordan Fox of Cullowhee, Veronica Judson of Webster, Nicholas Jacobs of Sylva, Lucas Sanders of Cullowhee, Josiah Akers of Sylva, Bryan Burkett of Sylva, John Frye of Cullowhee, Justin Clifton of Cullowhee and Debra Cumbie of Dillsboro. |
MACON COUNTY
Franklin: Britany Lorin Beck, Abrianna Jordan Berry, Judy D Blanton (Student of Distinction), Allison Nichole Burd, Madeline Paige Burr, Jason Malone Casada, Bethany Rose Cocke, Julio Cesar Cruz, Sandra S Deats, Izabel La Rae Evans (Honors Project), Faith Ann Farnum, Jennifer Fuentes-Hernandez, Michaela Meschial Guffie, Matthew William Guthrie, Tyler E Hance, Elizabeth Ashley Hazellief, Travis J Hedden, Tanner Blake Higdon, Sophia Hincapie-Rodriguez (Honors Project), Alex V Hurst, Cristina Guadalupe Hurtado, Gabrianne Lye Ivey (Honors Project), Jessica Leigh Jones, Amy L Justus, Ariana Kathleen Kimsey (Honors Project), Tonya Marie Land, Sandra Lapp, Kuteka Nicole Lopez, Olivia Cobian Marquez, Morgan Danyel Mason, Morgan Renae McClure, Stephen Mercier, Nicole Elizabeth Morgan, Lacey L Morrow, Dyanna Lynn Newsome, Shannon Newsome, Billy G. Newton, Olivia Carol Perkins (Honors Project, Student of Distinction and Charlie McConnell New Century Scholar Award), Dexter Kenneth Phuong, Valerie Renee Prestia, Nichole R Rogers, Savannah Elise Sanders, Madison Nicole Shope, Nathaniel Gregory Smith (Student of Distinction), Ryan Smith (Student of Distinction), Jenna M. Snell, Allison Ann Southard (Student of Distinction), Dylan M. Southard, Emily Ann Southard, Sean Sullivan (Student of Distinction), Stephanie Tice (Student of Distinction), Celeste Torres, Rebecca Haas Tyrone (Student of Distinction), Alysia Nicole Viar, Timothy John Vliet, Faith Alize Webb, Matthew Sloan Wilson, Alexander Winogradow Ribeiro, Lindsay Ann Wood, Danielle Andrea Woodard (Honors Project), Angela Rose Young and Joshua Cale Boucher.
Highlands: Kyle Gabbard (Student of Distinction), Brenda Hogan Lopez and Radmila Alieva Marling.
Otto: Maria V Ereeva, Benito Garcia-Garcia, Sara Jane Messer (Student of Distinction) and Christopher N. Newsome.
RUTHERFORD COUNTY
Forest City: Keltcie L Hoppes
SWAIN COUNTY
Almond: Austin Robert Simpson
Bryson City: Rachael Marie Baines, Jacob Daniel Barker, Tessa Leah Brendle, Jessica Elizabeth Brooks, Alexandria Miles Crisp (Rotary Student of the Month, Student of Distinction), Teresa Defoor (Student of Distinction), Shayna Dickerson (Student of Distinction), Victoria Chaleon Fuller, Gillian Kathryn Gerard, Zachary Ian Grant, Sage Moonbyrd Holden (Student of Distinction), Mikel Lucaine Laws, Amanda Joy Lile, Bronson Lindsay (Student of Distinction), Bobbi Jo Mathews (Student of Distinction), Deanna Lee Miller, David Wayne Parton, Rayah Jenay Smith, Jasmine Nicole Spencer, Joshua Lee Stephenson, Aaron W. Swenson (Student of Distinction), Angela Patricia Tourtellott, Amber Marie White (Student of Distinction), and Kayla Elizabeth Wike (Student of Distinction).
Cherokee: Hannah Leeane Carroll, Jill Carpenter Cooper (Student of Distinction), Kayla Jean Pheasant, Israel Milan Rodriguez, Tashina Lynn Rodriguez, Dolores R Taylor, Devona Michelle Toineeta, Holi Ramsey Colson, Elizabeth Loest Kelly and Trina Diane Sneed.
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
Brevard: John Edward Nicholson and Mark E. Orr.
Rosman: Bethany Savannah Green.
Sapphire: Jennifer Romero.
DILLARD, GA.
Dillard, Ga.: Hannah Marie Williamson
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| (CLICK PHOTO ABOVE FOR A LARGER IMAGE) Macon County residents honored in SCC’s Academic Awards ceremony on April 19 in Sylva included, front row, from left: Olivia Perkins of Franklin, Emily Southard of Franklin, Elizabeth Hazellief of Franklin, Sara Messer of Otto, Travis Hedden of Franklin, Ryan Smith of Franklin, Ariana Kimsey of Franklin, Julio Cruz of Franklin and Nathaniel Smith of Franklin. Back row: Lindsay Wood of Franklin, Madeline Burr of Franklin, Morgan Mason of Franklin, Benito Garcia-Garcia of Otto, Izabel Evans of Franklin, Britany Beck of Franklin, Faith Farnum of Franklin and Dyanna Newsome of Franklin. |
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Bryson City residents honored during SCC’s Academic Awards Ceremony on April 19 in Sylva included, from left: Gillian Gerard, Teresa DeFoor, Bobbi Jo Mathews, Mikel Laws, Rachael Baines, Bronson Lindsay, Sage Holden and David Parton. |
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Bethany Green (left) of Rosman and Mark Orr of Brevard were honored during SCC’s Academic Awards Ceremony on April 19 in Sylva. |
