Logan County High School’s Class of 2012 held its commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 27, 2012 at Diddle Arena on the campus of Western Kentucky University. Approximately 3,600 people were on hand to honor the 256 graduates. Principal Casey Jaynes presided over the ceremony and was assisted onstage by Assistant Principals Alissa Todd and Mike Hoots. Student Council President Brenna Brown, daughter of Ben and Sandra Brown, delivered the welcoming address.
Jennifer Gibbs, daughter of Robert and Diann Gibbs of Lewisburg, was recognized as Salutatorian. Jennifer plans to attend Western Kentucky University, where she was awarded a Regents Scholarship. She plans to major in Mechanical Engineering. Jennifer received the Commonwealth Diploma, as well as being recognized as an Honors student and Beta Club member. She was a 2011 Kentucky Governor’s Scholar.
McKenzie Young, daughter of Chris and Cyndi Sanders of Russellville, was recognized as Valedictorian. McKenzie plans to attend Campbellsville University, where she was awarded a Presidential Scholarship. She plans to major in Pre-Pharmacy. McKenzie received the Commonwealth Diploma, as well as being recognized as an Honors student and Beta Club member.
Departmental Awards were given to the senior who had attained the highest academic achievement in each content area. These students were each awarded a departmental award trophy. The following students were departmental award winners:
Agriculture: Emily Chambers
Art: Shelby Richey
Business: Ebonie Thompson
Family and Consumer Science: Lindsey Blackford
Foreign Language: Alexis Harris
Marketing: Jessica Birchum
Language Arts: Kailee Williams
Mathematics: David Foster
Science: McKenzie Young
Social Studies: David Foster
Technology: Tyler Appling
Chester Vincent Award for Welding: Steven Nichols
Each year First Southern Bank recognizes the top 10 graduates with the highest GPA in the class. First Southern’s recognition will include a monetary gift to open a savings account, free checking and senior portrait displayed for one year in the bank. The following students were given this award: Ashley Barton, Emily Chambers, Joe Faulkner, David Foster, Jennifer Gibbs, Alexis Harris, Brittany Law, Morgan Rogers, Juliana Stamps and McKenzie Young.
Fourteen students received the State of Kentucky’s Commonwealth Diploma as well as Logan County High School’s diploma. This class set a record for the largest number students in an LCHS class to receive this diploma. These students took a minimum of 4 Advanced Placement Courses and 3 Advanced Placement tests. They are: Maegan Angel, Ashley Barton, Emily Chambers, Thomas Dixon, Jennifer Gibbs, Alexis Harris, Kaitlyn Howard, London Kutzman, Brittany Law, Barrett Rogers, Morgan Rogers, Micaela Rust, Juliana Stamps and McKenzie Young.
The following students were recognized for having enlisted in a branch of the military and were given a standing ovation in honor of their intent to serve our country:
• U.S. Army - Ben Bowman, Michael Jurmu, Matt Hamilton, Phin Parsons.
• U.S. Air Force - Tyler Sitz, Ty Thomas
• U.S. Marine Corps - Justin Holloway, Wesley Hudnall, Cody Shoemake
• Army National Guard - Kody Jordan, Samantha Collins, Jackson Pryor
Other awards presented at the ceremony included:
DAR Good Citizen: Meg Brown
Senior Year Perfect Attendance: Kristin Carpenter, Ryan Harper, Christy Knight, Curtis Romero, Megan Scarbrough, Sarah Smith, Caleb Speck, Brittany York, Abbi Zibart
Perfect Attendance for Grades 9-12: Joseph Faulkner, Kaitlyn Howard, Aaron Johnson, Jeff Tinsley
Perfect Attendance for Grades 1 -12: David Foster
Scores of Distinguished on all Kentucky Core Content Tests: Alexis Harris, Shannon MacAllister, McKenzie Young
Seniors Meeting Benchmarks on all Areas of ACT Exam: Sabrina Baldock Doepel, Ashley Barton, Michaela Belcher, Jessica Birchum, Kelsey Bond, Marisa Bradshaw, Brenna Brown, Meg Brown, Jennifer Bryant, Blake Camp, Emily Chambers, Molly Clark, Kelsey Coleman, Avrey Collier, Samantha Collins, Polly Cowan, Caleb Dawson, Thomas Dixon, Bethany Dotson, Amber Dukes, Joe Faulkner, David Foster, Austin Franklin, Alexis Garner, Jennifer Gibbs, Dalton Gunderson, Ryan Harper, Alexis Harris, Evan Harris, Jefferson Hendrix, Heather Hightower, Wesley Hudnall, Jordan Imlay, Aaron Johnson, Charlotte Johnson, Zackary Johnson, Sadie Lack, Brittany Law, Kara Lyons, Shannon MacAllister, Ryan McCraw, Elizabeth McDermott, Megan McKinney, Dustin Nash, Phin Parsons, Jacob Perry, Chelsea Pitts, Emma Powell, Delsin Raymer, Barrett Rogers, Dominic Sandlin, Megan Scarbrough, Amber Simmons, Dane Simmons, Tyler Sitz, Trevor Sowell, Caleb Speck, Juliana Stamps, Ryan Steenbergen, Aaron Stranger, Bethany Thomaston, Jeff Tinsley, Tyler Vincent, McKenzie Young and Abbi Zibart.
Eighty four students were recognized for Honors Student, Beta Club membership, and scholarships at a prior ceremony on May 19th. The Class of 2012 earned $1.1 million worth of scholarship money, plus $1.4 million of KEES money.
• Jessica Anderson: Honors Student
• Maegan Angel: Honors Student, LCHS Cheerleading Scholarship, Jesse L Richards Scholarship, Belmont University Academic Merit Scholarship, Dockins Vocational Scholarship
• Leighann Ayres: Bellarmine Treece Scholarship
• Emily Baker: Honors Student, Kentucky Child Now Advisory Council Scholarship, Logan County Republican Women Scholarship, Merle M. and Pauline F. Johnson Educational Scholarship
• Sabrina Baldock-Doepel: Honors Student
• Ashley Barton: Honors Student, Beta Club, WKU Regents Scholarship
• Michaela Belcher: Honors Student, Rotary Scholarship for Accounting and Finance
• Jessica Birchum: Hopkinsville Comm College Academic Scholarship
• Lindsey Blackford: Sullivan University Academic Scholarship, ImagineAmerica Scholarship, Sullivan University Teacher Recommendation Scholarship
• Kelsey Blick: Honors Student, Beta Club, FFA Alumni Scholarship, Gear Up Scholarship, Logan Memorial Hospital Healthcare Scholarship
• Mikel Boisseau: Hopkinsville Community College Academic Scholarship
• Kelsey Bond: Honors Student, Gear Up Scholarship, Oddvar Berg Scholarship, Sally Flowers Moody Scholarship
• Kate Brooks: Honors Student
• Brenna Brown: Honors Student, Beta Club, American Cancer Society Scholarship, Farm Bureau Scholarship, Fellowship of Christian Athletes Scholarship, FFA Alumni Scholarship
• Meg Brown: Honors Student, Beta Club, 2011 Governors Scholar, Campbellsville University Academic Scholarship, Campbellsville Baptist Leadership Award, Campbellsville Church Matching Scholarship, Campbellsville Competitive Bonus Award, Fellowship of Christian Athletes Scholarship
• Christina Caffee: LCHS Cheerleading Scholarship
• Kristin Carpenter: Honors Student, Logan County Republican Women Scholarship, Logan Memorial Hospital Healthcare Scholarship, Auburn Rotary Club
• Chambers, Emily: Honors Student, Murray State Carr Scholarship, Murray State Mabel Garrett Pullen Ag Scholarship, Murray State Leadership Housing, Murray State Alumni Life Membership Scholarship, FFA Alumni Scholarship
• Molly Clark: Honors Student, Beta Club
• Jasmine Clayton: Honors Student
• Avrey Collier: Logan County Teachers Sorority
• Winston Coots: Lee Hall Scholarship
• Polly Cowan: Honors Student, Beta Club, Gear Up Scholarship, Sally Flowers Moody, Logan County Democratic Women Scholarship, Logan County Tobacco and Heritage Festival Queen
• Alicia Croft: Honors Student
• Caleb Dawson: Honors Student, UK First Scholars Scholarship
• Amber Dukes: Brescia University Urseline Scholarship
• McKenzie Duncan: Logan County Republican Women Scholarship, Minority Resources Unlimited Scholarship
• Marissa Dupree: Hopkinsville Community College Academic Scholarship
• Caleb Epley: Imagine America Schol - NADC
• Audarshia Faulkner: NAACP Scholarship, Alpha Kappa Alpha Scholarship
• Joe Faulkner: Honors Student, Beta Club, FFA Alumni Scholarship, Logan Memorial Hospital Healthcare Scholarship, WKU Regents Scholarship, Aviles Bush Webb Scholarship
• David Foster: Honors Student, Beta Club, Boise State Archery Club Scholarship, Lewisburg Alumni Scholarship, Sally Flowers Moody Scholarship
• Alexis Garner: Honors Student
• Jennifer Gibbs: Honors Student, Beta Club, Governors Scholar, Lewisburg Alumni Scholarship, Pennyrile Electric Scholarship, Rotary Scholarship for Computer Aided Drafting, WKU Regents Scholarship, Lewisburg PTO Scholarship
• Cameron Gunderson:Gear Up Scholarship
• Dalton Gunderson: Honors Student, Beta Club, Gear Up Scholarship
• Ryan Harper: Honors Student, Cynthia Mason Kemp Memorial Scholarship, Gear Up Scholarship
• Alexis Harris: Honors Student, Beta Club, CIC Foundation Scholarship, Murray State Commonwealth Honors Academy, LCHS Rewards Scholarship, Logan Memorial Hospital Healthcare Scholarship, Murray State Regents Scholarship, Lewisburg PTO Scholarship Scholarship
• Evan Harris: Honors Student, WKU Regents Scholarship, Lewisburg PTO Scholarship, Doug Coursey Scholarship
• Jefferson Hendrix: Rotary Scholarship for Welding, American Cancer Society / Steve Phillippi SkillsUSA Scholarship
• McKenzie Hightower: Honors Student
• Kaitlyn Howard: Honors Student, Beta Club, Gear Up Scholarship
• Jordan Imlay: Honors Student, Gear Up
• Justin Inscoe: Honors Student
• Aaron Johnson: Honors Student, Beta Club, Campbellsville Academic Scholarship, Campbellsville Athletic Scholarship, CIC Foundation Scholarship, Logan County KY Farm Bureau Scholarship, CASCO Scholarship, East Logan Water Scholarship, Fraternal Order of Police Scholarship
• Jaylin Jones: Mid-Continent Univ Athletic Scholarship
• London Kutzman: Honors Student, Logan Telephone Cooperative Scholarship, Community Essay Scholarship
• Sadie Lack: Honors Student, WKU College Heights Foundation Scholarship
• Brittany Law: Honors Student, Beta Club, CIC Foundation Scholarship, Gear Up Scholarship, Murray State Provost Scholarship
• Amanda Lowe: Gear Up Scholarship
• Kara Lyons: Honors Student, New Mather Metals Achiever’s Scholarship
• Marissa Lyons: Cpl. Josh Moore Scholarship, Brescia University Achievement Scholarship
• Shannon MacAllister: Honors Student, Beta Club, Governors Scholar, Murray State Presidential Fellowship, LCHS Rewards Scholarship
• Jackee Martin: Logan Telephone Cooperative Scholarship
• Ryan McCraw: LCHS Rewards Scholarship, Rotary Scholarship for Information Technology, Sally Flowers Moody Scholarship
• Elizabeth McDermott: Honors Student, KFC Scholarship, WKU Scholarship, New Mather Metals Achiever’s Scholarship
• Jessie Meguiar: Honors Student , Beta Club, LCHS Cheerleading Scholarship, Mary C. Binkley and Curtis Binkley Scholarship, South Central Counseling Association Scholarship, Logan County Teachers Sorority Scholarship, Sally Flowers Moody Scholarship, H. Dudley Moseley Scholarship
• Hayley Miller: Gear Up Scholarship
• Brice Moore: Honors Student, Campbellsville Academic Scholarship, Clarence “Stumpy” Baker Scholarship
• Phin Parsons: Honors Student
• Jacob Perry: Gear Up Scholarship
• Charlie Porter: Rotary Scholarship for Automotive Program, American Cancer Society / Steve Phillippi SkillsUSA Scholarship
• Emma Powell: Honors Student, Pennyrile Electric Scholarship, WKU Regents Scholarship
• Michael Rager: Rotary Scholarship for Machine Tool Program
• Shelby Richey: Honors Student
• Meredith Riley: Honors Student
• Andrea Robinson: Honors Student
• Barrett Rogers: Honors Student, Beta Club, 2011 Governors Scholar, FFA Alumni Scholarship, WKU Regents Scholarship, Melinda Costellow Scholarship
• Morgan Rogers: Honors Student, Beta Club, 2011 Governors Scholar, Samford University Deans Scholarship, Samford Leadership Scholarship, Samford Legacy Scholarship
• Sydni Ross: CIC Foundation Scholarship
• Michaela Rust: Honors Student
• Megan Scarbrough: Honors Student, Caleb Slaton Scholarship, FFA Alumni Scholarship
• Tyler Sitz: Honors Student
• Brandon Sowell: Derek Robinson Scholarship
• Caleb Speck: Honors Student, Beta Club, FFA Alumni Scholarship, Merle M. and Pauline F. Johnson Educational Scholarship, National FFA Scholarship, William S Johnson Scholarship, Logan County Garden Club Scholarship, Community Essay Scholarship, LCHS Beta Club Scholarship
• Jacob Speck: William S Johnson Scholarship, Murray State Mabel Garrett Pullen Ag Scholarship, Southern States Scholarship, Logan County Cattleman’s Association Scholarship, Cattlemans Association Scholarship, Thomas Washington Scholarship
• Juliana Stamps: Honors Student, Beta Club, Robert E Beauchamp Scholarship, Russellville Masonic Lodge
• Ryan Steenbergen: Honors Student, Region 4 Officials Scholarship
• Ryan Stokes: Nashville Auto Diesel Select Scholarship, Trevon O’Neal Scholarship
• Bethany Thomaston: Honors Student, Campbellsville Academic Scholarship, Campbellsville Christian Service Scholarship, Logan Memorial Hospital Healthcare Scholarship
• Amber Thorlton: Honors Student, Beta Club
• Jeff Tinsley: Honors Student, Beta Club, FFA Alumni Scholarship, Tommy Perdue Scholarship, Cpl. Josh Moore Scholarship
• Courtney Venable: Gear Up Scholarship
• Kailee Williams: Honors Student, Beta Club, Kevin L Price Scholarship
• Amelia Wilson: Honors Student, Campbellsville Academic Scholarship, FFA Alumni Scholarship, Gear Up Scholarship, Logan County Republican Women Scholarship, Logan Memorial Hospital Healthcare Scholarship
• Katie Young: Honors Student
• McKenzie Young: Honors Student, Beta Club, LCHS Rewards Scholarship, Logan Memorial Hospital Healthcare Scholarship, Logan Telephone Cooperative Scholarship, Campbellsville Presidential Scholarship, Russellville-Logan Kiwanis Club Scholarship, Bluegrass Indo American Society Scholarship, The Learning Tree Fine Arts Center Scholarship, East Logan Water Scholarship, Fraternal Order of Police Scholarship
• Abby Zibart: Honors Student, Sara Ruth Geurin Scholarship
Robbie Davis, counselor for the Senior class of 2012, would like to congratulate the class of 2012 for its outstanding achievements and also thank the parents for their continued support.
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