Meridian Community College students’ outstanding academic and athletic achievements were spotlighted during the college’s recent annual awards program.

This year, a ceremony for University Transfer Awards took place on April 22, and Career and Technical Awards Night was held the following night on April 23.

During the University Transfer ceremony, MCC sophomore Thiago Martins-Fasano received the Ivy Outstanding Student Award, given to the most outstanding graduating sophomore active on campus and has positively impacted the school and surrounding area. Martins-Fasano, who holds a 4.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale, plans to study at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma and pursue a medical career. While at MCC, he has been a member of the Ivy League Recruiters, captain of the Eagles Soccer Team, a residential assistant in Elliott Hall and a member of Phi Theta Kappa, the international academic honor society.

Also receiving accolades were MCC Foundation award winners Emma Watson, the Royalty Education Scholarship; Thiago Martins-Fasano, Lucile Reisman Rosenbaum Memorial Scholarship; and Bradon Epting, Robert F. Cochran Memorial Scholarship. Ricky Higginbotham received the Sammy Broadhead Memorial Scholarship.

Other MCC students selected for awards included:

Chloe Smith and Kiersten White, MCC Faculty Staff Association Awards; Traemond Pittman, Freshman Military/Veteran of the Year; Brianna Arrington, Sophomore Military/Veteran of the Year; Dorcia Mayer, G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery Foundation Scholarship; Marcos Aguirre, Chuck Nicholson Community Bank Veteran Scholarship; DaVanye’ Knight, Outstanding Music Major Award; Jesse Mixon, Outstanding Theater Student; Noah Garner and Malia Greer, Outstanding Visual Fine Arts Students; Emma Watson, Maude Smith English Award; Bradon Epting, Sue Key Excellence in Mathematics Award; Thiago Martins-Fasano, Outstanding Biological Science Student; Amari Davis, Outstanding Physical Science Student; Hannah Dover, Jimmie Evans Social Science Award; Lamar Gibson, Outstanding Business Student; Kylan Bernard, Male Athlete of the Year; Amari Davis, Female Athlete of the Year; Isaac James Male Scholar Athlete of the Year; Phallyn Clark, Female Scholar Athlete of the Year; Katie Hayes, Phi Theta Kappa Courtyard of Scholars; Amari Davis, Transfer Pathway Scholar, Second Team; and Bradon Epting, Transfer Pathway Scholar, Second Team.

During the Career and Technical Awards Night ceremony, Rachel McCollough, Workforce Pathway Scholar, First Team, and Jasmine Carter, Workforce Pathway Scholar, Second Team, were spotlighted.

Other Career and Technical Education award winners included Edward Jerome Rackley, Outstanding Student Producer; Madison Carr, Outstanding Business and Marketing Management Technology Student; Alyssa Franklin, Outstanding Accounting Technology Student; C’erra Foreman, Outstanding Cosmetology Program Student; Justin Pugh, Outstanding Information Systems Technology Student; Raven Satcher, “Star Polisher” Award (in Memory of Destiny Triplett) Early Childhood Education; Ean Fisher and Angel Lynne Plott, Outstanding Graphic Design Technology Students; Lolita O’Neal, Outstanding Medical Office Management Technology Student; Simone Henry, Outstanding Culinary Artist Award; Trevor McGlothin and Mark Chandler, Rising Star Award; Nicholas Brooks, Outstanding Fire Protection Technology Student; Abbagail Ingram Sifuentes, Outstanding Dental Assisting Student; Deanna Reed, Outstanding Dental Hygiene Student; Lakeitha Brown, Outstanding Health Information Technology Student; Arteshia Fortner, Outstanding Medical Assisting Technology Program Student; Jessica Suarez, Outstanding Medical Laboratory Technology Student; Catherine “Grace” Compton, Outstanding Physical Therapist Assistant Student; Addisyn Pope, Outstanding Radiologic Technology Program Student; Ashley Viverette, Outstanding Respiratory Therapy Program Student; Australia Tucker, Outstanding Surgical Technology Program Student; Lauren Lewis, Margaret Armstrong Excellence in Nursing, Fall 2023; Rachel McCollough, Jimmy Brazel, Margaret Armstrong Excellence in Nursing, Spring 2024; Olivia Peavy, Excellence in Practical Nursing, Fall 2023; Deborah Williams, Excellence in Practical Nursing Spring 2024; Alisha Pratt, Outstanding Health Care Assistant Student Fall 2023; Jarvis Campbell, Outstanding Commercial Truck Driving Student; Dorothy Ross, Outstanding Electrical Technology Student; Jake Coats, Outstanding Industrial Maintenance Technician Student (Two-Year Program); Daniel Bihn, Outstanding Precision Machining Engineering Technology Student; Quantavion Bell, Outstanding Construction Trades Student; Dennis ChildressSpinks, Outstanding Welding and Cutting Technology Student; and William Dickerson, Outstanding Utility Lineman Technology Student.

National Technical Honor Society Members recognized included: Madison McKensie Alexander, Margaret Jane Austin, Charla R. Bishop, Matilyn Rylee Blackwell, Anna G. Blount, Jessie R. Broadwater, Hannah Buchanan, Miranda S. Bullock, Hasen Caldwell, Leah M. Cameron, Madison E. Carr, Cameron Bryan Case, Savannah L. Cooksey, Atoria Crowell, Kinsey M. Davis, Amelia Llorraine Dees, David James Downs, Samuel K. Downs, Savannah Grace Edwards, Ean L. Fisher, Delvin Ford, Justina Elizabeth Gainer, Katelyn Reading Galjour, Noah Ray Garner, Madison E. Gregg, Shawanda M. Harris, Jessica K. Harrison, Hannah R. Herrington, Madison Elizabeth Hollingsworth, Aubrey S. Johnson, Daniel W. Johnson, Khadeja A. Johnson, Cordaisha Porshiya Jones, James A. Jones, Au’Zyunna Ty’Unne Lewis, Cora Rose Manning, Angelina A. Martin, Dorcia Mayer, Darlene McLaughlin, Brookly P. Mowdy, Micha Elizabeth Nelson, Olivia K. Nicholson, Bailey Erin Parker, Chandani M. Patel, Jonathan D. Polk, Justin Anthony Pugh, Deanna Nicole Reed, LeCosha Nikita Rhone, Dorothy M. Ross, Celeste K. Sharpe, Jordan C. Stevenson, LaToya A. Tubbs, Australia R. Tucker, Ashley N. Viverette, Mya Briana Wade, Kambri Welborn, Kiersten White and Tessa Camille Windham.