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May 30, 2018
Roane State Community College students received a variety of honors for their work during the 2017-18 academic year.
Rachel Layne of Kingston received Roane State’s highest student honor, the 2018 President’s Award.
Jordan Layne of Wartburg was named the college’s Outstanding Freshman.
Rachel Adkins of Oak Ridge: Excellence in Business Award
Jennifer Alexander of Walland: Heck Innovation Award for Creativity and Design
Madison Altenhoff of Lenoir City: Academic Achievement Award
Jesus Avila Marquez of Crossville: Outstanding Freshman Award Nominee, Dr. Anne P. Minter Chemistry Award
William Barger of Harriman: Database Award
Abigail Barron of Clinton: Outstanding Freshman Award Nominee
Shelby Bass of Oliver Springs: Academic Achievement Award
Chelsea Bunch of Sunbright: Nursing Merit Award
Jonathan Burke of Crossville: Programming Award
Hannah Burwell of Clinton: Beulah Davis Outstanding Writing Award (Literary Analysis)
Adam Carroll of Oliver Springs: Outstanding Freshman Award Nominee
Amberly Choate of Corryton: Diversity Contest Winner
Archie Clark of Spring City: Outstanding Achievement in Art Award
Hunter Clark of Harriman: Outstanding Freshman Award Nominee
Tara Conway of Powell: Middle College Sophomore of the Year , Academic Achievement Award
Sydney Cornett of Harriman: Social and Behavioral Science Award
Jose Coronilla of Philadelphia: President's Award Nominee, Outstanding Pre-Engineering Award, Academic Achievement Award
Skylar Crawford of Oak Ridge: Academic Achievement Award
Elana Douglas of Kingston: Outstanding Musician Award
Linda Dover of Oak Ridge: American Association of University Women (AAUW) Education Award, Service Learning Award, Academic Achievement Award
Brianna Duff of Kingston: Academic Achievement Award
Ansley Ellison of Decatur: President's Award Nominee
Ronnie Engelman of Mason, OH: Baseball Academic Award
Samuel Flores of Clarkrange: Beulah Davis Freshman Writing Award (Research)
Priscilla Fordham of Deer Lodge: Christine Mills Award
Brittany Gadd of Powell: Tennessee Association of Student Nurses Leadership Award
Wade Gargan of Kingston: Outstanding Freshman Award Nominee
Jennifer Gill of Rockwood: Outstanding Health Information Technology Graduate
Julia Griffin of Crossville: Christa McAuliffe Education Award
Tyler Hamby of Crossville: Spanish Academic Award
Cara Hannel of Rockwood: Academic Achievement Award
Makayla Hembree of LaFollette: History Student of the Year
Caleb Henley of Crossville: Academic Achievement Award
Kyra Hensley of Oak Ridge: Phi Theta Kappa All-Tennessee Academic Team, Humanities Award, Academic Achievement Award
Taylor Hill of Lenoir City: Excellence in Mechatronics
Makayla Holguin of Clinton: Diversity Contest Winner
Christina Hood of Kingston: Academic Achievement Award
MacKenzie Ireland of Harriman: Learning Support Outstanding Writer Award
Connor Irwin of Clinton: Occupational Therapy Assistant Student Award of Recognition
Brittany Isabell of Knoxville: Excellence in Geospatial Studies
Blake Ivey of Jacksboro: Outstanding Freshman Award Nominee, Middle College Freshman of the Year, Dr. Anne P. Minter Chemistry Award
Danielle Johnson of Crossville: Outstanding Criminal Justice Student
Lyndsey Jones of Kingsport: President's Award Nominee
Shianne Knox of Murfreesboro: President's Award Nominee
Katelyn Laughon of Powell: President's Award Nominee, Organic Chemistry Award, Sophomore Math Award, Calculus-Based Physics AwardAcademic Achievement Award
Deborah Lawson of Clinton: Outstanding Accounting Student
Jordan Layne of Wartburg: Outstanding Freshman Award Winner
Rachel Layne of Kingston: President's Award Winner
Kaitlyn Lee of Crossville: Outstanding Freshman Award Nominee
John Letner of Jacksboro: Academic Achievement Award
Bryson Light of Powell: Academic Achievement Award
Ansley Marcum of Winfield: Academic Achievement Award
Angelina Martin of Crossville: Diversity Contest Winner
Jamie Martin II of Kingston: Environmental Health Technology Program Student of the Year
J.T. Mathews of Harriman: Baseball Academic Award
Hannah McDaniel of Pikeville: President's Award Nominee, Opticianry Student of the Year
Taylor Nicole Jones of Kingston: Beulah Davis Freshman Writing Award (Exposition)
Billy Nop of Chattanooga: McFadden Occupational Therapy Assistant Alliance Award
Rachel Pearson of Kingston: President's Award Nominee, Phi Theta Kappa All-Tennessee Academic Team, Academic Achievement Award, Diversity Contest Winner
Amanda Pendley of Oak Ridge: June Bilbrey Excellence in Nursing Award
Brooke Pitchers of Harriman: Occupational Technical Student of the Year
Cheyenne Pruitte of Lancing: Academic Achievement Award
Kevin Rodriguez of Oak Ridge: Diversity Contest Winner
Paige Rose of Knoxville: Jennifer Jordan-Henley Award for Learning Center Excellence
J.R. Russell of Rockwood: President's Award Nominee, CAB/SGA Student Leadership Award
Lindsay Smith of Andersonville: Paralegal Studies Award
Kevin Spakes of Kingston: Networking Award
Austin Stanton of Kingston: Learning Center Tutor Award (Roane)
Katherine Starnes of Clinton: Women's Basketball Award
Lori Staton of Cookeville: Learning Center Tutor Award (Cumberland)
Dustin Stitt of Clinton: Diversity Contest Winner
Shelby Stout of Rockwood: Outstanding Actor Award
Abigail Stratton of Kingsport: President's Award Nominee
Joshua Thomas of Wartburg: Freshman Math Award
Jessica Thompson of Rockwood: Academic Achievement Award
Tyler Thompson of Kingston: Men's Basketball Academic Award
Katelyn Tollett of Crossville: Roane State Education Award
Nikolaos Tsiamis of Oak Ridge: Academic Achievement Award
Alyssa Turner of Knoxville: President's Award Nominee
Cory Viles of Caryville: Outstanding History Student
Hannah Walker of Smithville: President's Award Nominee
Jacob Wall of Knoxville: Outstanding GIS Student
Jeff Webster of Oliver Springs: President's Award Nominee
Whitney Welch of Knoxville: Outstanding Freshman Award Nominee
James West of Helenwood: Geology Student of the Year
John Wiley of Corryton: Academic Achievement Award
Caroline Wilson of Gray: President's Award Nominee
Emily Ziegler of Wartburg: Biology Academic Award
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