Alice Lloyd College is honored to recognize the 2020 Honors Day award recipients. ALC students have shown resilience and determination during this trying time and the COVID-19 pandemic has not negated their hard work and dedication to their studies. Though today’s circumstances have kept an in-person ceremony from taking place, honoring the students is a chance for the campus community to come together in a different way and celebrate their accomplishments.
“Honors Day is an opportunity for the faculty, staff, and students at ALC to come together to recognize the achievements of our best students,” said Claude Lafie Crum, Alice Lloyd College’s Academic Dean. “So many of our students excel in academics and demonstrate such a strong character. It’s important during these unusual times to honor those students for their accomplishments.”
Appalachia has always been a region of hard-working people. From the early settlers to the coal miners, the mountain people have worked the land and provided for their families and friends. Mrs. Lloyd immediately recognized the determination, strong work ethic, and leadership potential of the residents of Appalachia. She began the College in 1917 to help nurture and develop those leadership qualities by providing a character-based and service-driven education.
Alice Lloyd College President Joe A. Stepp wishes to congratulate this year’s awards recipients, stating, “You are some of the brightest and best in all of Appalachia. May God bless each of you.”
Alice Lloyd College is pleased to announce this year’s recipients. Below is a list of the awards and honorees.
Social Science and Humanities
Art – Sarah Wagers
Billie & Curtis Owens Writing Award—Creative Nonfiction – Rachel Grace Driskill
Billie & Curtis Owens Writing Award—Fiction
1st – Claire Bowers
2nd – Jerri Whitner
3rd – Logan Smith
Billie & Curtis Owens Writing Award—Poetry
1st – Isaiah Penley
2nd – Jasmine Lykins
3rd – Joshua Baker
English – Rachel Grace Driskill
James V. Mongiardo Speech Award
1st – Callie Chaney
2nd – Rachel Grace Driskill
3rd – Jaleigh Cockrell
Theatre – Jasmine Lykins and Ryan Morris
VoA Alumni Award for Dedication and Excellence – Kaitlyn Stacy
Walter William Bettinger Endowed Award – Jerri Whitner
History – Colbi Johnson
Political Science – Nate Webb
Natural Science and Mathematics
Biology – Cadie Gay and Kelsey Gay
Dr. Anthony and Kathy Stumbo Pre-Med Scholarship – Dalton McCown
The Drs. Brandon and Hillarie Amburgey Medical Scholarship – Montana Blair and Tanton Cook
Melvin and Mae Kibler Award in Chemistry – TaLaura Mathis
CRC Freshman Chemistry Achievement – Ryan Chafin
Donald John Bettinger Chemistry Scholarship – Johnny P. Byrd
Mathematics – Andrew Tyler Lowe
Whitfield Cobb Award for Statistics (Math 250) – Austin Miller
Kinesiology – Samantha Stapleton
Education
Knott County Retired Teachers Association Award – David Bristol McGee
Edward and Charlotte Madden Award for Outstanding Education Student – Michaela Hall
Business and Leadership
Rachel D. Mullinax Award for Outstanding Senior Accounting Student – Logan Reed and Ariana Walterson
Whitfield Cobb Award for Statistics (Bus 295) – Emily Camp
Alice Geddes Lloyd Leadership Award – Joshua Baker, James P. Riley, Carlene Salyers, Logan Reed, and Haylie Maraldo
Jean H. Ingles Award – Callie Chaney
The Fred J. Becker Award in Business – Joshua Baker
Outstanding Senior in Business Administration – Katherine Moore
Whitfield Cobb Award for Leadership Education 101 – Jessica Hunt
Sports & Fitness Programs Management – Thomas Parker
All-College Awards
George I. Alden Scholarship – Katherine Moore and TaLaura Mathis
The Alice Lloyd Scholastic Society Award – Katelyn Barnhart, Trevor Belcher, Hannah Buchanan, Jaleigh Cockrell, Rachell Dean, Ashton Fugate, Jasmin Hamilton, Maria Lander Fersaca, and Sanura Mosley
Fred L. Mullinax Leadership Award – Shelby Davis
Kentucky Eta Chapter of Alpha Chi – Makayla Akers, Joshua Baker, Rayanna Baker, Johnny P. Byrd, Callie Chaney, James Counts, Rachel Grace Driskill, Kelsey Gay, Shawn Wesley Hager, Cameran Howard, Morgan Hurt, TaLaura Mathis, Alexandria May, Dalton McCown, Austin Miller, Isaiah Penley, Sarah Peters, Logan Reed, Carlene Salyers, Andrew Shrum, Whitney Sizemore, Samantha Stapleton, Ariana Walterson, and Jerri Whitner
Kossuth M. Mitchell Alpha Chi Scholarship – Rachel Grace Driskill
Katherine Anne Haigler Memorial Award – Amanda Ward
Dr. David Martin Scholar-Athlete Award – Shawn Wesley Hager and Makayla Akers
Shirley Bradley Haws Memorial Scholarship Award – Whitney Maynard
Alice Lloyd Centennial Alumni Scholarship – Jaleigh Cockrell
Will & Edith Hayes Freshman Leadership Award – Izaeyah Dotson
Earl and Eleanor Holbrook Endowed Scholarship Award – Lyndsey Adkins and Carson Oney
Student Teacher Award Sponsored by the Class of 1982 – Hannah Conley
Campus Spirit Award Sponsored by the ALC Alumni Association – Mason Schroeder
Campus Community Award Sponsored by Hindman Lions Club – Callie Chaney
Thelmarie M. Thornsberry Endowed Scholarship Award – Madison Bentley
Robert C. Thacker Endowed Scholarship Award – Hannah Dobson
Judy Ann Howard Memorial Award – Ryan Chafin
Sharlee Wright Memorial Award – Shelby Davis
Harold M. Finley Endowed Award – HazelAnn Mosely
Geraldine Snodgrass Achievement Award – Rachel Grace Driskill, Kristin McCoy, Haylie Maraldo, and Brittany Amburgey
Bobby Moore Endowed Award – Rachel Grace Driskill
Barbara Thomas Most Improved Student Scholarship Award
Fall ’18 to Spring ’19 – Samantha Smith
Spring ’19 to Fall ’19 – Rachel McCoy
Ella M. Geddes Servant Leadership Award – Callie Chaney and Kimberly Lee
Mary Mildred Sullivan Award – TaLaura Mathis
Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award – David Bristol McGee
Joseph and Irma Derderian Stepp Outstanding Senior Award – David Bristol McGee and Amanda Ward