OXFORD – Jon Thomas Flint of Meridian is among 70 University of Mississippi College of Liberal Arts students inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious undergraduate honors organization, at the University of Mississippi this spring.

Flint, a senior biochemistry major at UM, is also a Taylor Medalist. He is the son of Gary and Jane Flint.



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Clay Bounds is the recipient of the Northwood Men’s Golf Association Scholarship at Meridian Community College. This $1,500 award is funded through the MCC Foundation by the local group.

Bounds is a 2007 graduate of Lamar High School. A Dean’s List scholar, he was recently inducted into Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year college students. Bounds, who is captain of the Eagle Golf Team, was named to the MCC Golf All Academic Team and was named Second Team All State by the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges.

Bounds is in the University Transfer Program studying business. His next goal is to play golf at the Division I level and beyond that he aspires to become a professional golfer.



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Juan Nicolas Zabrodiec of Paraguay, South America, is the George J. Blackwell Scholarship recipient at Meridian Community College. This $1,400 award is funded through the MCC Foundation. Blackwell is remembered as a conservationist and an avid sportsman. He hosted a popular outdoor segment for WTOK Television for several years.

Zabrodiec is completing the University Transfer Program with a 4.0 grade point average. He has played No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles for the men’s tennis team that recently won the Region XXIII/MACJC State Championship. Zabrodiec was selected for the Mississippi USA All Academic First Team. A President’s List scholar, he is a member of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year college students.

Zabrodiec is a member of the MCC Guitar Ensemble and is a tutor for the Spanish Department. His career goal is to become a civil engineer.



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Alycia LeMerle is the recipient of the Marilyn Hampton Memorial Scholarship at Meridian Community College. This $1,500 award is funded through the MCC Foundation. Hampton is remembered as an avid tennis enthusiast.

LeMerle is sophomore in the University Transfer Program. A native of Victoria, Australia, she is pursuing a career in sports medicine. LeMerle has been an integral member of the MCC Lady Eagle Tennis Team for the last two years. The team just completed their regular season by capturing the 2008 MACJC State/NJCAA Region 23 championship. LeMerle was state champion in No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles. She will play tennis for University of Tennessee Martin next year.



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Randi Earwood has been selected to receive the National Association of Retired Federal Employees Scholarship at Meridian Community College. This $400 award is funded through the MCC Foundation by the local group.

Earwood is a 2001 honors graduate of Louisville High School. She is in her last semester of the Associate Degree Nursing Program. A President’s List scholar, Earwood is a member of the Organization of Student Nurses and Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year college students. Her plans are to continue her education through the master’s level.



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Following is the Meridian High School Wise Cat and Honor Roll lists for

the second nine-week grading period:



Sophomore Wise Cats – 3.50-4.0-plus



Blackwell, Catherine; Blaine, Andrew; Blaine, Anna; Burt, Ivey; Campbell, Candace; Cole, Rico; Dean, Brandon; Dubose, Quadarius; Edwards, Preshasa; Emerson, Duanika; Ethridge, Tyson; Ferry, Erical Grace, Breosha; Hopson, Juanita

Hubbard, Tursaula; Hudson, Toriano; Irby, Iesha; Ireland, Lindsay; James, Amber; Johnson, Chiquita; Johnson, Joya; Jones, Devionn; Kelly, Jacquita; Koch, Jordan; Lewis, Tiffani; Love, Miyatah; Luster, Maya; Maloney, John; Martinez, Nohemi; McCoy, Dominque; McWilliams, Craig; Mosley, Tremarcusl; Nicholson, Donna; Offenberger, Sean; Parker, Crystal; Peden, Marcie; Pratt, Quionnia; Shaffer, Amber; Sims, Wilbur; Smith, Valerie; Smoot, Melody; Springer, Korissa; Steele, Jasmine; Sterling, Michael; Stokes, Angela; Taylor, Brieontae; Thedford, Sierra; Trotter, Jasmine; Ward, Samra; Watson, Jeremy; Watson, Tiffany; Williams, TaNeria



Junior Wise Cats – 3.50-4.0-plus



Anderson, Shaniqua; Bajus, Brieanna; Betts, Nicholas; Boswell, Rebecca; Both,Johan; Boutwell, William; Boyken, Victoria; Brantley, Emily; Breaizel, Kia; Brown, Breauna; Brown, Britney; Bueno, Hector; Carey, Charla; Carter, Kandyce; Carv, Abel; Chambers, Kristina; Chesney, Allyn; Clark, Natalie; Cody, Jennifer; Cumberland, Taylor; Curuvija, Marijana; Edwards, Chiquita; Fletcher, Kathrine; Ford, Kimberly; Forester, Katherine; Garrett, Seth; Geisel, Jonas; Gilmer, DeVonna; Glover, Hampton; Gressett, Ellen; Hannah, Dallas; Harper, Dylan; Huff, Sarah; Hunter, Joshua; Iverson, Katherine; Jones, Akeem; Jones, Shandorean; Jordan, Nicholas; King, Donesha; Lang, Lindsay; Lucovich, Alli; McCauley, Kavondra; McCoy, Joseph; McGinnis, John; McKey, Dynasty; Minor, LaCHastitee; Mosley, LaDena; Parker, Tyneshia; Purvis, Lauren; Roberts, Ashley; Robertson, Chasity; Scheerer, Katharina; Schmidt, Karoline; Scott, Zachary; Sheely, Andrew; Smith, Terica; Stephens, Chris; Tamayo, Kala; Terrell, Ci’ara; Thomas, James; Watson, Natalie; Williams, Grant; Willis, Emily; Wilson, Meredith



Senior Wise Cats – 3.5-4.0-plus



Adkins, Brianna; Alexander, Mary Heflin; Alvarez, Alvaro; Anderson, Tyler

Baylor, Alishia; Bell, Ashley; Berry, TaTanisha; Betts, Ashley; Bolden, Simone; Brown, Antonio; Brown, Jenah; Bryant, Raenica; Bullock, Allyson; Carv, Bennett; Castillo, Jessica; Chaney, Alesha; Chisolm, Olivia; Cross, Ashford; Culpepper, Brandie; Culpepper, Hannah; Davis, Katherine; Deweese, Thomas; Edwards, Anna; Essix, Sha’Tara; Evans, George; Felder, Preston; Ford, Lachatcity; Gaddis, Joshua; Gordon, Courrey; Gordon, Eddie; Grissett, Brittany; Harris, Ishay; Harwell, Serena; Haw, Jacqueline; Henry, JacQues; Hicks, Ayesha; Howard, Ashley; Howard, Lewis; Huffman, Micah; Jonas, Kelly; Jones, Emillio; Jordan, Jasmine; Jordan, LaBrittany; King, Christian; King, Jasmin; Lang, Lindsay; Lee, Ashley; Logan, Breanne; Lynch, Colby; May, Patrick; McKee, Lacey; McNeil, Callie; Nichols, Joanna; Partridge, Kaitlyn; Reid, Cedric; Riess, Alexandra; Roberts, Christopher; Scarbrough, Brenarda; Scott, Takaria; Semmes, Haley; Siddiqui, Sehban; Smith, LaShaundra; Srivastava, Uma; Stevens, James; Tolleson, Amy; Travis, Stephanie; Vawters, Adam; Wade, Megan; Watson, Cononiah; Watts, Will;l Weathers, Jessica; Wheatly, LaKyma; Williams, Jacob; Williams, Jaquana; Williams, Jessica; Wilson, Alexandria; Woods, Elizabeth; Young, James



Sophomore Honor Roll – 3.25- 3.49



Anderson, Jade; Baldwin, Alkeemo; Barnett, James; Bell, Tityonah; Burge, Memoriee; Carter, Xavia; Davis, Marvon; Ferrell, Nefertiti; Gaters, Katrina; Griffin, Heather; Hairston, Miles; Handley, Kenyata; Hans, Garold; Jones, Jeffery; Jones, Lacey; King, Mariah; Little, John; Marabee, Mark; Marshall, Eric; McClinton, Tedi; Monegan, Brittany; Pickett, Eddie; Roberts, Laquita; Smith, Ashlynn; Spencer, Olympis; Thomas, Ayana; Walker, Shynice; Wilson, Destiny



Junior Honor Roll – 3.25-3.49



Alexander, Jacobie; Alford, LeQuandra; Barnes, Eulisa; Berry T’keyah; Bolden, Jasmine; Breaizel, Lia; Brown, Kenneth; Burrage, Antinieccia; Clayton, Kandice; Davis, Tashayla; Dubose, James; Hill, Sherron; Hopson, Jerrod; Kilgore, Johnny; Lutisina, Ecaterina; McCollum, Brianna; Smith, Tyrandy; Vornfeld, Felix; Word, William; Young, Nicholas



Senior Honor Roll – 3.25-3.49



Boggan, Ladarius; Burton, Britnie; Carlisle, Richard; Dew, Kyle; Dolia, Raj; Dunnigan, Kenyada; Evans, Cortney; Gordon, Darius; Harris, Bre’Anna; Hood, Tiffany; Huggins, Judah; Jenkins, Shenekia; Lewis, Jamie; Little, Kierra; Maranto, Gregory; Martin, Roddricas; Moss, Rubria; Naylor, Chase; Naylor, LaDarius; Osby, Andre’; Robinson, Clarisa; Ross, Kyle; Rue, Megan; Rushing, Charles; Sullivan, Derick; Thomas, Cameron; Thomas, Meissa; Wade, Corsica; Watson, Erika; Wells, Jessica; Williams, Varick



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The following West Lauderdale Middle School students were named to the Honor Roll:

• Grade 5: Kenneth Bates, Lacy Billings, Slade Blackwell, Blake Booker, Savanna Boyd, Paige Bowling, De’jah Brown, Meagan Buchanan, Alisa Bullock, Jamie Cantey, Michael Castle, Payton Cornish, Kailey Cross, Cole Cunningham, Noah Dooley, Dylan Driskill, Colby Ethridge, Fredrick Franklin, Jay Fritts, Mikayla Giles, Joshua Glardon, Kyle Glebe, Taylor Hasson, Brittney Hedgepeth, Taylor Hoffer, Carmen Hollis, Brittany Hudson, Jordyn Hull, Hannah Jackson, Rebekah Jackson, Dylan Lewis, Anna McDaniel, Chase McLelland, Reed Michel, Madison Miles, Trent Moore, Adam Mowdy, Will Prince, Katelyn Robinson, Tim Sansing, Breanna Sharp, Cory Shumate, Alex Vick, Karlee Vick, Vincent Watkins, Dalton Williams

• Grade 6: Rob Bible, Caroline Calhoun, Montgomery Campbell, Nathan Chisolm, Chase Daily, Aleshia Farrow, Janetta Fortner, Jacob Golseth, Tyus Harden, Grant Hartman, Alexa Hogan, Cameron Holsinger, Danny Howell, Baleigh Hull, Alexis Jenkins, Reed Kasper, Daniel Lane, Ryan Lane, Nick Langston, Jakson Little, Megan Mallette, Tanner Maye, Jason McCutcheon, Damien McFarland, Maddie Odom, Madison Overby, Shelby Plowman, Audrey Stevens, Will Stokes, Chase Tirman, Hunter Townsend, Brooke Winstead

• Grade 7: Ashley Adams, Reagan Armbruster, Taylor Baker, Corrine Bates, Bethany Bratu, Keelan Brewster, Alexis Brown, Kendra Brown, Kasey Burt, Lauren Cantey, Audri Clements, Jessica Cook, Whitney Curtsinger, Hallie Davis, Jodi Dowdy, Joseph Elfe, Corey Fox, Jesse Fritts, Becca Gilbert, Dylon Grayson, Kevin Lee Henson, Dillon Holloway, Christian Massey, Zack Miller, Jacob Munn, Chris Naiser, Jonathan Poe, Kasey Radcliff, Parker Reeves, Kirsten Reid, Damie Roberts, Macie Sheffield, Sean Shumate, Katie Sims, Ashley Singleton, Blake Slayton, Anna Taylor, Richard Thomas, Mallory Turner, Randel Walker, Mary Margaret Wamble, Tonya Weir, McGuire Williamson, Mckenzi Wright, Miranda Wright

• Grade 8: Jasmine Bates, Chelsea Bebley, Nicholas Buchanan, Nicola Callahan, Shelby Chaney, Kelly Cobler, Trey Davis, Brad Denham, Noel Douzat, Ben Eakes, Scotlynn Farmer, Elizabeth Faucette, Paige Floyd, Drew Freeman, Tabitha Gibson, Dominick Goucher, Josh Herrington, Grant Hill, Katlyn Hoffer, Lauren Hollingsworth, Reid Johnson, Chase Kasper, Daniel Lott, Dylan Miles, Seth Mitchell, Haleigh Moffett, Abbie Odom, Haley Parker, Kaitlin Polk, Jacob Poole, Trey Powell, Justin Price, Chris Rhoney, Brittany Scott, Robert Sillimon, Abby Smith, Blake Stewart, Alex Turberville, Tyler Vick, Brandon Ward, Trever Winstead, Jordan Woods

West Lauderdale Middle School All A’s Term 3



Grade: 5, Andrea Banks, Caleb Bratu, Erin Bratu, Jackson Cook, Jenna Faerber, Ana Gilbert, Josie Gordon, Taylor Gray, Erin Johnson, Kaitlyn Knuth, Jake McKinney, Abbie Pope, Rikki Scheuerman, Christian Simms, Mallory Vance, Paige Whittington, Joseah Wooten



Grade: 6, Taylor Agent, Rita Albert, Ally Elliott, Jordana Hart, Caroline Henson, Dejia Hopson, Rachel Ivy, Savannah Jackson, Houston Jones, Brandon Knight, Brooke Knight, Blake Knight, Kenneth Lovett, Erin McCain, Colton McKeithen, Anna McMahan, Adam Motes, Connor Nahrgang, Justin Sharpe, Zach Shelly, Garret Slay, Jordan Vick, Travis Ward



Grade: 7, Chase Bennett, Robert Billups, Jessica Bird, Jasmine Bush, Joshua Campbell, Tori Clearman, Taylor Crawford, Parker Elliot, Victoria Hasson, Emily Hicks, Shydai Lewis, Winson Lewis, Ryan Maybry, Rachel May, Alyson Mitchell, Jonathan Newbaker, Audrey Pierce, Ayla Porter, Allison Reaves, Derek Schulte, Kaici Speed, Meagan Stewart, Devin Stokley, Haley Sullivan, Laura Michael Sullivan, Andrew Willimas



Grade: 8, Destiny Buck, Paige Davis, Kelsey Dunlap, Sakeria Fielder, Kiana Gale, Scott Gray, A.J. McClinton, David Moulds, Aaron Ng, Ashlyn Pope, Dallas Riley, Jennifer St. Clair, Logan Williams