Columbia State Recognizes Students at 57th Annual Student Honors Convocation

More than 150 Columbia State Community College students were recently honored for excellence in academics, leadership and service at the 57th Annual Student Honors Convocation.
Bedford County: Erin Carter was honored as a TRiO Student Support Services graduate.
Cannon County: Katie Waycaster received the Beverly Mitchell Prize for Creative Writing.

Davidson County: Pictured (left to right): Scarlet Jones received an Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA; Natale Faith Mertens received a TCCAA All-Academic Athletics Soccer award and an Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA; Kaelan Christopher Hines received the Physics Academic Discipline Award; Tia Floyd received a TCCAA All-Academic Athletics Basketball award; and Miriam Eliden Galindo received the Introduction to Biology Research Academic Discipline Award. Not pictured: Abbott Lawrence received a TCCAA All-Academic Athletics Baseball award; Chaim Roehrs received an Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA; Katherine Velasquez received the Human Anatomy & Physiology Academic Discipline Award; Kayleigh Vongkhamchanh was honored as a TRiO Student Support Services graduate; Faith White received an Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA; and Saba Yarmonhammad Toski received an Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA.

Dyer County: Jamari Bostic was honored as a TRiO Student Support Services graduate.

Hamilton County: Hanna Haislip received an Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA.


Knox County: Ryan Degges received a TCCAA All-Academic Athletics Baseball award.


Limestone County: Xavier Griffith was honored as a TRiO Student Support Services graduate.
Lincoln County: Hannah Litaker received a TCCAA All-Academic Athletics Basketball award.


Maury County: Pictured (back row, left to right): Samuel Charles Fisher was honored as a nominee of the Carolyn Allred/Lewis Moore Outstanding Student award; Ethan S. Lawrence received the World History Academic Discipline Award; Joshua Patrick Alexander received a TCCAA All-Academic Athletics Basketball award; Daniel Joseph Schoenholz received the Music Academic Discipline Award and an Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA; Isabella Victoria Kline received the Communication Studies Academic Discipline Award; Lakeisha Rosales received a TCCAA All-Academic Athletics Soccer award; and Calleway Schmidt received an Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA. Middle row (left to right): Mary Kathryn Straughn was honored by Leadership U Honors Society; Joshua R. Harrison received the Agriculture Academic Discipline Award; Eric Michael Kraemer received an Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA; James Yovahnick Bautista received the Mathematics Academic Discipline Award; Brynley Childers was honored for serving as the Student Government Association Vice President in Spring 2023 and Secretary/Treasurer in Fall 2022; Kinsley Nicole Dye received a TCCAA All-Academic Athletics Soccer award; Sasha Patritzia Erickson was honored for serving as the Student Government Association Secretary/Treasurer in Spring 2023, At Large House of Representatives and Madam Chair in Fall 2022; and Emily O. Grossheim received the English Academic Discipline Award, the GFWC of Maury County Women's Club Scholarship and an Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA. Front row (left to right): Charity E. Mitten received an Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA; Cyleigh M. Dobbs was honored by Leadership U Honors Society; Carey Ann Cromer received the AST Elementary Education (K-5) Academic Discipline Award; Ellie Suzanne Brown was honored for serving as the Sigma Kappa Delta Historian; Dule Asheri Judith Gaelle received a TCCAA All-Academic Athletics Soccer award; Marietha A. Roberts was honored for serving as the Student Government Association At Large House of Representatives in Spring 2023; and Victoria Ann Grippi received an Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA. Not pictured: Stefan Borawski, Mikiela Garcia Halbig, Julie Henley, Lisa McElhiney and David Melton received Academic Excellence awards for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA. Benjamin Andrews, Makayla Baggett and Makenzie Liles were honored as TRiO Student Support Services graduates. Noah Fulton received the Jo L. Hutton Prize; Aaron Mikolay received the Engineering Academic Discipline Award; Na’Cosha Nelson was honored by the Leadership U Honors Society; Stefanie Teague received the Accelerated Advanced Emergency Medical Technician Academic Discipline Award; and Aaron Wallenburg was nominated for the Carolyn Allred/Lewis Moore Outstanding Student award.
Morgan County: Steffani Schrader received a TCCAA All-Academic Athletics Softball award.
Roberston County: Bayleigh Ballard received a TCCAA All-Academic Athletics Soccer award.

Shelby County: Patrick Green received a TCCAA All-Academic Athletics Baseball award and an Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA.
Tipton County: William Davis received a TCCAA All-Academic Athletics Baseball award.
Wayne County: Vanessa Bowlus and Jamie Clemmons were honored as TRiO Student Support Services graduates. Caroline Daniel received the Medical Informatics Academic Discipline Award and was honored as a TRiO Student Support Services graduate; Jennifer Lonesky received the Leadership Award for the Clifton Campus; and Michelle Merlo was honored for serving as the Student Government Association Senator for the Clifton Campus.

Photo Caption (DSC_2118): Williamson County: Pictured (standing, left to right): Annalesia Faith Matzirakis received the Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA, was honored for serving as Student Government Association Vice President in Fall 2022 and Phi Theta Kappa Vice President of Service, was a nominee for the All-USA Academic Team and received the Carolyn Allred/Lewis Moore Outstanding Student award; Wilson Durham Myers received the Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA; Alexa Lynn Gordon was honored for serving as the Student Government Association At Large House of Representatives in Fall 2022; Baron Charles Baril received the A.A.S. Business Management Academic Discipline Award; Alexa G. Coronado received the Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA; Cody Stephens received the Radiologic Technology Academic Discipline Award; Zaria Coleman received the Theatre Arts Academic Discipline Award; Edwin Rivera received the Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA; Jesse Cole Lampley was honored for serving as the Student Government Association At Large House of Representatives in Spring 2023 as well as received the Chemistry Academic Discipline Award and the Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA; Ethan Vickers received the Computer Information Technology Academic Discipline Award and the Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA; and Marina D. Villasenor Corte was honored for serving as the Student Government Association House of Representatives Campus Representative-Columbia Campus in Spring 2023. Sitting (left to right): April Douglas received the Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA and was honored as a TRiO Student Support Services graduate; Annette Campos Camarena received the Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA; Miranda J. Hart was honored for serving as the Student Government Association Senator for the Williamson Campus and as Phi Theta Kappa Public Relations Secretary, as well as received the Leadership Award for the Williamson Campus and the Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA; Lydia Rose Knobloch was honored for serving as the Student Government Association At Large House of Representatives, Madam Chair in Spring 2023 and as Phi Theta Kappa President; Nicole Sanchez received the Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA; Lauren Marie Redmon received the Spanish Academic Discipline Award; and Hannah Grace Riley received the Anthropology Academic Discipline Award. Not Pictured: Frances Barr, Shea Carangelo, Kennedi Christian, Victoria Cox, Mary Jo Hanks, Reese Harrub, Joshua Hastings, Sara Kastanteen, Campbell Lahman, Lyda Lee, Ella McClendon, Cassidy Porter, Emma Redmon, Katherine Simms, Sierra Sponsel, Jennifer Stein, Samantha Sturchio, Colin Sylvester, Chloe Walls, Cai Ward and Olivia Wynne-Dossat received Academic Excellence awards for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA. David Bruce received the Philosophy Academic Discipline Award; Kayla Burns received the Art Academic Discipline Award; Daniel Dingeldein received the Sociology Academic Discipline Award and the Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA; Samantha Dutton King received the A.A.S. Business Medical Office Administration Academic Discipline Award and the Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA; Trevor Johnson received the Economics Academic Discipline Award; Jonathon Lovell received the Film Crew Technology Academic Discipline Award; Ashley Ruiz was honored as part of the All-Tennessee Workforce Pathway Academic Team; Isabelle Sequra received the Business Administration Academic Discipline Award; Judy Tizol received the Biology Academic Discipline Award; and Abigail Vance received a TCCAA All-Academic Athletics Soccer award and was honored as a Tennessee Board of Regents SOAR nominee.
Wilson County: Shelby Woodard received the Academic Excellence award for maintaining a 3.9-4.0 GPA.