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SCC’s 30th Annual Academic Awards Ceremony Held

State Board of Community Colleges member, Mr. K. Ray Bailey, was the featured speaker during Southwestern Community College’s Academic Awards Ceremony Tuesday, April 16, on the Jackson Campus.

The 30th Annual Academic Awards Ceremony highlighted the academic achievements of more than 300 students including award nominees of NCCCS Academic Excellence, All USA Today, Dallas Herring, and Who’s Who Among Junior Colleges.

To qualify for participation in the Awards Ceremony, a student must have earned a minimum of 30 semester hours’ credit within the last four years by the end of fall semester at SCC, be enrolled spring semester and have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or above.


Cherokee County: Aaron Smith


Haywood County: Connor Luckey-Smith


Jackson County, from left, (front row) Nadzeya Heller, Ellen Ward, Leigh Coffey, Waylon Hawes, Sarah McCall, Amber Moss, Emily Solomon, Ariel Vanlienden, Channing Lovett, Kayla Creason, Kate Hernandez, Michael Redmond; (middle row) Sibrina Miglino, Marlene Allen, David Ivey, Taylor Horne, Kendall Wilson, Morgan King, Emily Ward, Lindsey Turrentine, Desiree Tritt, Rayna Crisp; (back row) Cameron Taylor, Kyle Dowling, Anthony Heltsley, Joshua Wilkey, Kaleb Frizzell, Rebecca Robinson, Diane Robinson, Julia Hartbarger, Wesley McKnight


Macon County, from left, (front row) Katherine Sevigny, Amelia Owens, Sarah Davis, Emily Ritter, Rebecca Dills, Linda Browning, Ariadna Mendoza-Aparicio, Edith Jennings, Cori Sellers, Debra Dills, Jessica Kanai, Joy Hutcher; (middle row) Briana Yokel, Lexie Edwards, Rachel Stewart, Holly Poole, Jennifer Williams, Kayla Pruett, Kara Seaman, Alisha Seaman, Chantelle Rondel, Emily White, Antonieta Pasquariello, Jonathon Dunford, Rachael Cook, Peter Wolf, Shanda Dendy, Kelle Evans; (back row) Shannon Crisp, Susan Bradshaw, Randall Ruffner, James Allen, James Lequire, Keith Giles, Nathan Miles, Daniel Reategui, Andrew Timan, Mark Conner, Jason Schaeffer


Swain County, from left: Vance Tyson, Megan Smoker, Matthew Heisler, Jennifer Walkingstick, Laura Holden

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