Farm Bureau Insurance Achievment Award winners
CHARLOTTESVILLE,
VA—A
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total of 39 high school seniors from across Virginia have won regional honors in
the 2007 Farm Bureau Insurance/VHSL Achievement Award program, which recognizes
outstanding achievement in athletics and academic activities.
A
committee of educators, media members, and Farm Bureau Insurance representatives
will select 10 state winners of $1,000 scholarships from these regional
finalists. The Farm Bureau
Insurance/VHSL Achievement Awards are the Virginia High School League's
premier program for the recognition of individual students involved in athletic
and academic activities.
The
state winners will be announced and honored during a luncheon at the Marriott
Richmond West on May 14. The regional winners are:
Group
A - Male Athlete
Region
A
Cleon Rice, Lancaster High School, Lancaster
Region
B
Justin William Brake, Riverheads High School, Staunton
Region
C
Joseph Daniel Leech, Eastern Montgomery High School, Elliston
Region
D
Justin E. Lawson, Twin Springs High School, Nickelsville
Group
A - Female Athlete
Region
A
Katelyn Tignor, Essex High School, Tappahannock
Region
B
Amanda C. Caporelli, Buffalo Gap High School, Swoope
Region
C
Cara Leigh Delp, Rural Retreat High School, Rural Retreat
Region
D
Nakeshia LaRay Boggs, Twin Springs High School, Nickelsville
Group
A - Academic Activities
Region
A
Jordan Mellington, Arcadia High School, Oak Hall
Region
B
Alfred Anderson ("Corbin") Puryear, Jr., Madison County High School,
Madison
Region
C
James Thomas Rogers, Radford High School, Radford
Region
D
Matthew Owens, Twin Springs High School, Nickelsville
Group
AA - Male Athlete
Region
I
Horace Fenton ("Twon") Smith, III, Greensville County High School,
Emporia
Region
II
Benjamin Biber, Potomac Falls High School, Potomac Falls
Region
III
Jamey Lee Smith, Alleghany High School, Covington
Region
IV
Dustin R. Echols, Tunstall High School, Dry Fork
Group AA - Female Athlete
Region
I
Jenna Cinalli, Chancellor High School, Fredericksburg
Region
II
Jillian M. Pollack, Millbrook High School, Winchester
Region
III
Jennifer Harvey, Cave Spring High School, Roanoke
Region
IV
Allison Rolston Hunter, Tazewell High School, Tazewell
Group AA - Academic Activities
Region
I
Michael T. Lin, York High School, Yorktown
Region
II
Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Charlottesville High School, Charlottesville
Region
III
Robert Carl DeMath, Appomattox County High School, Appomattox
Region
IV
Morgan Elaine Hamilton, Patrick County High School, Stuart
Group AAA - Male Athlete
Central
Richard Thomas Reese, Midlothian High School, Midlothian
Eastern
Andrew Zohorsky, Hickory High School, Chesapeake
Northern
Patrick Edmund Campbell, Fairfax High School, Fairfax
Northwest
Elliott Robert Brennan, E.C. Glass High School, Lynchburg
Group AAA - Female Athlete
Central
Mary C. ("M.C.") Miller, Midlothian High School, Midlothian
Eastern
Ashleigh L. Joseph, Oscar F. Smith High School, Chesapeake
Northern
Emily Barry, Lake Braddock Secondary School, Burke
Northwest
Kathleen Wade, Colonial Forge High School, Stafford
Group AAA - Academic Activities
Central
Cara McMenamin, Douglas S. Freeman High School, Richmond
Eastern
Ian Lumaban Marpari, Princess Anne High School, Virginia Beach
Northern
Nadia Khatouri, West Springfield High School, Springfield
Northwest
Brian Kitta, Colonial Forge High School, Stafford
Andrew Mullins Courageous Achievement Award
Katherine Anne
Butters, Madison County High School, Madison
Amy Nicole Clinger,
Warren County High School, Front Royal
Crystal Hazelwood,
Lee-Davis High School, Richmond
The
Farm Bureau Insurance/VHSL Achievement
Awards have been presented since 1992 to the outstanding male athlete, female
athlete and academic activities participant in Groups A, AA and AAA.
One students will also be recognized with the Andrew Mullins Courageous
Achievement Award, which honors courageous achievement in overcoming exceptional
circumstances to find success in VHSL activities.
This year, a total of 438 students were nominated by 197 public
high schools.
Students
must have earned a minimum 3.00 grade point average and have made significant
contributions to VHSL activities in order to qualify for consideration. Nominees
are also heavily involved in other activities and volunteer work in the school
and in the community. A completed application includes a 500-word student essay,
letters of recommendation from two people who know the student's work well,
and an endorsement by the school principal.
The
Virginia High School League offers athletic competition in baseball, boys and
girls basketball, cheer, boys and girls cross country, field hockey, football,
boys and girls golf, gymnastics, boys and girls lacrosse, boys and girls soccer,
softball, boys and girls swimming, boys and girls tennis, boys and girls indoor
and outdoor track, boys and girls volleyball and wrestling. Academic activities
are student publications (newspaper, magazine and yearbook), creative writing,
theatre, forensics, debate and scholastic bowl.
The
VHSL is an outgrowth of the Washington and Jefferson Societies at the University
of Virginia, and today includes 308 accredited public schools. More than 165,000
students participate each year in VHSL athletic programs, and an additional
25,000 students take part in VHSL academic programs.
Virginia's public high
schools, through their alliance as the Virginia High School League, serve their
youth by establishing and maintaining standards for student activities and
competitions that promote education, personal growth, sportsmanship, leadership
and citizenship.
Virginia
Farm Bureau Insurance Services is committed to providing products that best meet
the insurance needs of Virginia's families and small businesses.
An organization with more than 148,000 members served by more than 100
county offices throughout the Commonwealth, Farm Bureau Insurance also offers a
wide range of financial planning products and services.
It has been a proud sponsor of the Farm Bureau Insurance/VHSL Achievement
Awards scholarship program since 1998. Visit
Virginia Farm Bureau at www.vfbinsurance.com.
