Gallery: 2009 Star Students

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Heather Brooke Adkins
High school: Wayne High School
Grade point average: 3.8
College: Marshall University
Accomplishments: Class president, cheerleader, state chorus, WVSSAC's cheerleading playoff program cover designer, "High School Musical", elementary class reader, Huntington Mall fashion advisory board, newspaper, S.C.O.R.E.S., Relay for Life.

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Jeremy Adkins
High school: Spring Valley High School
Grade point average: 4.0
College: Washington & Lee University
Accomplishments: National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta president, Key Club, SOAR Club, Math Field Day, 2009 MSAC Student Athlete of the Year, All-MSAC basketball, Boys AAA first team All-State.

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Robert Jennings Anderson
High school: St. Joseph Central High School (Huntington)
Grade point average: 3.8
College: West Virginia University Institute of Technology
Accomplishments: National Honor Society, Eagle Scout, music ministry, Key Club, Student Council, 640 service hours, Mu Alpha Theta, swim team captain (four years, state qualifier), soccer team (captain).

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Justin Armstrong
High school: Huntington High School
Grade point average: 2.9
College: U.S. Army
Accomplishments: Ordained Army chaplain, Eagle Scout, National Honor Society, Special Olympics volunteer and coordinator, organized six American Red Cross blood drives, will be a Army National Guard captain.

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Carole Ann Vidal Bradley
High school: Spring Valley High School
Grade point average: 4.0
College: Stanford University
Accomplishments: Girls Nation representative, Student Council and class president, National Honor Society president, Quiz Bowl captain, Booth Scholar, Governor's School, All-State Orchestra, band member, Elks Most Valuable Student.

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Frances Cooper
High school: Russell High School
Grade point average: 3.75
College: Eastern Kentucky University
Accomplishments: Katrina cleanup in Mississippi, plans mission trip to Ecuador, church youth group, pole vaulter, Beta club, All -County Choir, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, National Honor Society.

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Kayla Dunfee
High school: Huntington High
Grade point average: 3.8
College: undecided
Accomplishments: Kayla is a single mother of a daughter, whose father died when she was 3 1/2 months old. She chose to complete school and graduate.

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Jillian and Lauren Eggerud
High school: Cabell Midland High School
Jillian's grade point average: 4.48
Lauren's grade point average: 4.538
College for both: University of South Carolina
Jillian's accomplishments: Thirteenth in class of 403 students, National Honor Society, Spanish Honorary Club, Key Club, Young Democrats, Mu Alpha Theta.
Lauren's accomplishments: Sixth in her class, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Spanish Honorary Club, Young Democrats, Key Club treasurer.

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Kali Edmunds
High school: Hannan High School
Grade point average: 4.43
College: Marshall University
Accomplishments: Ranked first in class out of 42, National Honor Society president, raises money for St. Jude's Research Hospital.

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Victoria (Torie) Evans
High school: Huntington High School
Grade point average: 3.8
College: Marshall University
Accomplishments: National Honor Society, senior class treasurer, Art Honorary, cheerleading (four years, All-Conference three years), newspaper and yearbook staff, Special Olympics (three years).

Chad Harvey
High school: St. Joseph Central Catholic High School (Ironton)
Grade point average: 3.91
College: University of Cincinnati, College of Pharmacy
Accomplishments: National Honor Society, S.C.O.R.E.S., soccer, baseball, basketball (Player of the Year and First Team All-State Ohio), volunteer for Hospice Nursing Homes, City Mission, Open Door School.

Bethany Hogsett
High school: Cabell Midland
Grade point average: 4.0
College: Marshall University (English education)
Accomplishments: National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Collegium Musicum, varsity starter softball, church youth group, mission work in Arizona and Washington on Indian reservations.

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Chase Kratzenberg
High school: South Point High School
Grade point average: 3.92
College: Shawnee State University
Accomplishments: National Honor Society, student body president, all-conference basketball, all-district basketball, leadership role in First Southern Baptist Church of South Point.

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Ericka Leighty
High school: South Point High School
Grade point average: 3.6
College: University of Kentucky
Accomplishments: National Honor Society, Spanish Club, Mu Alpha Theta, All-OVC and All-District volleyball and softball teams (three years), All-State Track team (two years), honorable mention OVC basketbal

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Jennifer Lyon
High school: Cabell Midland High School
Grade point average: 4.60
College: West Virginia University
Accomplishments: Tennis, MSAC All-Conference Academic Selection, Girls State, honors program, newspaper, senior magazine editor, Middlebury College Book Award, Key Club officer, St. Mary's volunteer.

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Judith Paige Nelson
High school: Chesapeake High School
Grade point average: 3.4
College: Shawnee State University
Accomplishments: Four years basketball, track and band, three years cross-country, reading club, S.C.O.R.E.S., attends Community of Grace Church.

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Katie Owens
High school: Dawson-Bryant High School
Grade point average: 4.012
College: Ohio University-Southern
Accomplishments: honor roll (13 years), volleyball, National Honor Society, CYA, Key Club, Student Council, math club, sings country music, raised $1,700 for benefit for 7-year-old boy with brain cancer.

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Lauren Phillips
High school: Fairland High School
Grade point average: 3.723
College: Ohio State University
Accomplishments: Academic Honor Roll, National Honor Society, Senior Salute, All-District volleyball, varsity captain volleyball/basketball, math and Spanish clubs, volunteers orphan animal network, Fairland dance team, babysitter.

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Kelly Brooke Plumley
High school: Lincoln County High School
Grade point average: 4.0
College: Marshall University
Accomplishments: Promise Scholarship, National Honor Society secretary, soccer captain, track, JROTC Battalion executive officer, MSAC soccer selection, MSAC Academic/Athletic Team, church puppet and music ministry.

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Jack Pritt
High school: Hurricane High School
Grade point average: 3.32
College: Marshall University
Accomplishments: ARTS in Action, drama camp assistant, over 1,200 hours of community service, editor-in-chief of student newspaper, chess club vice president, Drama Student of the Year, Promise Scholar recipient.

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Molly Russell
High school: Spring Valley High School
Grade point average: 3.97 plus 14 college credit hours
College: Marshall University or Transylvania University
Accomplishments: Booth Scholar, National Honor Society, People to People nominee, Quiz Academics Bowl, National Youth Leadership Forum, Key Club, student council, marching band, Senior Salute, Senior Historian, SOAR Club.

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Devon J. Selbee
High school: Grace Christian School
Grade point average: 3.05
College: Marshall University
Accomplishments: Hurricane Katrina relief, basketball, coached buddy basketball, class president, worked Serve-A-Thon, Nic at Night, scored over 1,000 points in high school basketball career.

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Lauren Shaw
High school: Covenant School
Grade point average: 3.329
College: Cedarville University
Accomplishments: Student Leadership Council, Ambassadors and Handbell Choir, volleyball, basketball, theater, Math Field Day, yearbook, Dominican Republic mission trips, Cedarville Leadership Camp and Leadership Scholarship, tutor.

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Casey and Dustin Shreve
High school: Wayne High School
Casey's grade point average: 3.9
Dustin's grade point average: 3.85
Casey's College: Marshall University
Dustin's College: Ohio State or Marshall University
Casey's accomplishments: Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholarship conference female representative, volleyball, newspaper editor-in-chief, Booth Scholar, High School Journalist of the Year, Softball, National Honor Society, Raze, S.C.O.R.E.S.
Dustin's accomplishments: All-State AA football team player (two years), baseball, Booth Scholar, National Honor Roll, Honor Society, baseball, newspaper sports editor, writing awards at Marshall University and West Virginia University.

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Dava Gayle Spurlock
High school: Fairland High School
Grade point average: 3.952
College: Ohio University
Accomplishments: Freshman Leadership Grant Scholarship, graduating fourth in class, Senior Salute, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Tri-M, Drama Club, Majorette, Concert and All-County Band, three-time S.C.O.R.E.S. medalist.

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Amber Michelle Staples
High school: Huntington High
Grade point average: 3.5
College: Spelman College
Accomplishments: Spanish Honorary, BETA Club, 2007 Outstanding Black High School Student, 2008 Congressional Student Leadership Conference on Medicine, National Youth Leadership Forum, United Way and Special Olympics volunteer.

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Queen Taylor
High school: Huntington High
Grade point average: 4.0
College: Marshall University
Accomplishments: Honor roll (12 years), Health Science and Technology Academy (four years), TRIO program (five years), Spanish Honorary.

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Lakin Turner
High school: Spring Valley High School
Grade point average: 3.55
College: Marshall University
Accomplishments: National Honor Society, Spanish Honors, LSIC representative, SOAR, HOSA, Senior Salute, published written work, active in church and cancer events, had cancer at the age of 5.

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Wesley Vassar
High school: Cabell Midland High School
Grade point average: 4.72
College: West Virginia University
Accomplishments: Soccer/track, MSAC All-Conference Academic student athlete, Governor's School for the Arts, Governor's Honors Academy, Toyota Community Scholar semi-finalist, AP Scholar, S.C.O.R.E.S medalist, State Math team.

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Travis Zimmerman
High school: Chesapeake High School
Grade point average: 3.7
College: University of Charleston
Accomplishments: Baseball (four years), honorable mention OVC, basketball (four years), National Honor Society, BETA Club, marching band (two years), concert band (three years), All-County band (three years).