MCC salutes outstanding students during awards night

Published 11:05 am Thursday, May 4, 2017

Meridian Community College sophomore Adam Mowdy received the H.M. Ivy Award from MCC President Dr. Scott Elliott during the College’s Awards Night Program held Monday in the McCain Theater.

Mowdy, a graduating sophomore from Meridian, is a University Transfer Program student who plans to pursue a career in accounting.

The H.M. Ivy Award is given to the most outstanding graduating sophomore. The recipient is active on campus and has shown a positive impact in the school and surrounding area.

The Awards Night spotlighted students who excelled in various programs throughout the 2016-17 academic year.

Tapped for awards included:

Dylan Blake Henke, Lucile Reisman Rosenbaum Memorial Scholarship; Sarah Jean Dover, the Robert Cochran Memorial Scholarship; Emma Moffett, the Royalty Education Scholarship; Nicholas Larkin, the Sammy Broadhead Memorial Scholarship; Chance Anderson, Katherine Loper and Teela Swindle, MCC Faculty Staff Association Awards; Brelan Gardner, Freshman Military/Veteran of the Year; Danielle Lewis, Sophomore Military/Veteran of the Year; James Morphis, G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery Foundation Scholarship Award; Allison Dennis, Chuck Nicholson Community Bank Veteran Scholarship;

Daniel Lane, Outstanding Biological Science Student; Donnie Carroll, Business Student of the Year; Dakota Ivy, Maude Smith English Award; Dalton Williams, Sue Key Excellence in Mathematics Award; Evan Avery, Music Major Student of the Year; Leah Burns, Outstanding Physical Sciences Student; John Taylor Champion, Jimmie Evans Social Science Award; Hannah Thaggard, Outstanding Theater Student; Alana Calderón, Outstanding Visual Fine Arts Student; Brandy Williams; Ricardo Calderón Spahish Award;

Carly Gensheimer, Outstanding Broadcast Communications Student; James Carter, Outstanding Business and Marketing Management Technology Student; Whitney S. Lewis, Outstanding Business and Office Technology Student; Tyler James Bye, Commercial Truck Driving Program Best All Around Driver; Chandler M. Boston, Commercial Truck Driving Most Improved Driver; Sarah Tucker, Outstanding Dental Assisting Student; Rosilyn Holladay, Outstanding Dental Hygiene Student; Robert Davis, Outstanding 3D CAD Engineering Technology Student; Yolanda Amie and Jessica Culpepper, “Star Polisher” Early Childhood Education; LaThomas Edwards, Outstanding Electronics Technology Student; Josh Litchfield, Outstanding Electrical Technology Student; Cole Norman, Outstanding Fire Protection Technology Student; Arthur Hyacinthe, Outstanding Graphic Design Technology Student; Kristian Brooke Vance, Outstanding Health Care Assistant Student, Fall 2016; Susan Amorin, Outstanding Health Information Technology Student; Phillip Dallas, Outstanding Industrial Maintenance Technician Student; Chelsea Bobley, Outstanding Medical Assisting Technology Program Student; Samantha McDougal, Medical Laboratory Technology Student of the Year; Sara Satcher, Outstanding Medical Office Management Technology Student; Wayne King, Excellence in Practical Nursing, Fall 2016; Katie Bounds, Excellence in Practical Nursing, Spring 2017; Natasha McGraw, Margaret Armstrong Excellence in Nursing, Fall 2016; Latesha MGruder and Kenneth L. Alling, Margaret Armstrong Excellence in Nursing, Spring 2017; Landon Ethridge, Outstanding Physical Therapist Assistant Student; Hunter W. Smith, Outstanding Precision Manufacturing and Machining Technology Student; Sidney Tyler Yates, Outstanding Radiologic Technology Program Student; Ashley Ewings, Respiratory Care Practitioner Program Student of the Year; Taijah Moore, Outstanding Surgical Technology Student; Jamal Neal, Outstanding Telecommunications Service Technology Student; Jarrod Agent, Outstanding Welding and Cutting Technology Student; Madison Vaughn, Oustanding Information Systems Technology Student; DeRondrick Harris, Outstanding Construction Trades Student; QuaDajia Hopson, Oustanding Health, Physical Education and Recreation Student;

Campus organizations were also saluted with the presentation of the B.G. Raden Memorial Award given to the top three outstanding groups. The groups named were Phi Beta Lambda Business and Office Technology; Phi Beta Lambda, Information Systems Technology and Medical Laboratory Technology Student Organization.

Jason Pimenta and Kyra Holway, Outstanding Student Athletes; John Taylor Champion and Abbey Pate, Scholar Athletes of the Year; Rachel Sollie, Phi Theta Kappa Courtyard of Scholars Recipient; John Taylor Champion, first team and Jerod James Fritts, second team, All-Mississippi Community College Academic Team; and Jerod James Fritts and Arthur A. Mitchell, Higher Education Appreciation Day Working for Academic Excellence (HEADWAE).

Recipients of Who’s Who Among Students in American Community and Junior Colleges were also named. They were: James Anderson, Lacy Billings, Hannah Boyette, Bukhari Brown, Kyler Burke, Leah Burns, Joshua Carraway, Donald Carroll, John Taylor Champion, Kevin Chance, Tucker Clark, Chase Coker, Jackson Cook, Payton Cornish, Kailey Cross, Dylan Cuevas, Madison Durmmond, Jay Fitts, Coleman Gilder, Madison Godfrey, Breno Concalves, Krystan Gore, Shelby Gossett, Susan Graham, Taylor Gray, Mallory Harmon, Dillon Henke, Hayden Hill, Kyra Holway, Jordyn Hull, Dakota Ivy, Noah James, Jackson Kercheval, Aaron Kirby, Samantha DcDougal, Taylor Miller, Emma Moffett, Caryn Morrison, Adam Mowdy, Abigail Pate, Jason Pimenta, Abbie Pope, Andrew Reel, Katie Riley, Timothy Sansing, Cory Shumate, Brandon Taylor, Taylor Thomas, Dalton Williams, Caleb Yarborough, Sidney Yates and Shelby Zachry.

National Technical Honor Society members were recognized during Monday’s program. They included Elisabeth Nicole Abel, Mason Crawford Allen, Susan L. Amorin, Elizabeth Michelle Barfield, Victoria Claire Beal, Michael Scott Bell,

Dynecia Blanks, Marquees T. Boose, Keelan JaQuez Brewster, Tiffany Danielle Browning, Christa Ann Brubaker, Shelby Elizabeth Carlisle, Morgan Elizabeth Coody, Thomas Lee Cook, Beau Thomas Corella, Kristen Gayle Covington, Hannah Grace Dallas, Robert Keon Davis, Allison K. Dennis, Nandi Ayanna Dove, Aaliyah Shante’ DuBose, LaThomas KeShawn Edwards, Latisha Alize Eiland, Adrianna Faye Gilbert,

Martha Lynn Haguewood, Morgan Jewel Hatcher, Cheyenne Hope Hedden,

Lacey Lasha Hedrick, Cyndle Holcomb Hollingshead, Braina Raynelle Isaac,

Ryan Samuel James, Jeremiah Dean Jefcoat, Shanice Tonisha Jones, John Richard Keeler, Linda Diana Lee, Allison Michelle Lewis, Kiera Nichole Long, Mai Sue Lor,

Jade Emberlea Miller, David Wayne Milling, James Michael Morphis, Marlena Morris,

Stanley Ray Murphy, Emily Brooke Partridge, Jatesha D. Pettus, Guy Winston Rawson, Andrew Thomas Reel, Katherine Elizabeth Rhaly, Charde’ Renee Ridgeway,

Stephanie Theresa Ryan, Paolo Esteban Salazar, Hunter Wayne Smith, Julia Kay Springer, Aliyah Ronshae Staten, Angel Lynn Steve, Laura Lee Taylor, Victoria Boyken Van Drunen and Sidney Tyler Yates.