Allison at the Atmore Rotary Club

Rotary Club honors academic excellence

By Sherry Digmon / May 15, 2013 /
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The Atmore Rotary Club held their Academic All-Stars program Thursday, May 9, honoring students in grades nine through 12 for academic excellence at Atmore Christian School, Escambia Academy, Escambia County High School and Northview High School.

Guest speaker was Allison Wetherbee, Director of Community Relations for Camp ASCCA. She was born in 1970 in Selma and was raised in Camden.

Ms. Wetherbee was born without arms and legs. She said her parents raised her to be open, outgoing and outspoken. And they raised her with an independent spirit. She learned how to write with her mouth at three or four years old. She also paints by holding the brush in her mouth.

After high school, she went on to college and has a master’s in mental health counseling from Auburn University Montgomery.

She began working with Camp ASCCA in 2007. She had a special relationship with the camp as she was growing up. Camp ASCCA, Alabama’s Special Camp for Children and Adults, is supported in part by the Atmore Rotary Club.

Scholarships

Each year, the Rotary Club awards the Randolph B. Luttrell Scholarship, a $2,000 scholarship. This year’s recipient is La’Derious Franklin, Northview High School.

Mary Joyner Grissett had the idea for the Academic All-Star program and shared it with her husband, Rotarian William Grissett who shared it with Randolph (Randy) Luttrell. The Mary Joyner Grissett Memorial Scholarship is not awarded every year, but it was this year. The recipient this year is Jazmine McGinnis, Escambia County High School.

Academic All-Stars

Following is a list of this year’s Academic All-Stars. An asterisk denotes a four-year All-Star.

Atmore Christian School

Ninth grade – Madelyn Boatwright, Christopher Gehman, Ethan Heller, Nathan Jurjevich

Tenth grade – Caleb Hochstetler, Wesley Hostetler, Darren Landis

Eleventh grade – Durrell Martin, Travis Smith

Twelfth grade – Aimee Jurjevich, Jacinda Stahly*, Narisa Wiggins* Hannah Ziglar*

Escambia Academy

Ninth grade – Noah Blue, Jay Cieutat, Saige Garrett, Madalynn Grimsley, Todd Lamb, Kajel Patel, Mikayla Spruill

Tenth grade – Claire Dawe, Jessica Glick, Baylie Godwin, Garrett Kirk, Auden Lassiter, Erin Rider, Anna Catherine Sasser, Nate Smith, Lindsey Weatherford

Eleventh grade – Abigail Akins, Grayson Emmons, Sarah Weatherford

Twelfth grade – Caitlyn Bruley*, Brandy Helton, Page Lancaster*

Escambia County High School

Ninth grade – Kindric Albert, Jakius Brown, Sky Bultron, Xavier Leslie, Ryan Mancinone, Gerald Norris, Rhykker Powell, Darris Rufus, Daniel Weaver

Tenth grade – Rodrick Felder, O’Shea Fountain, Robert Henderson, Lyricia Johnson, Ashleigh Simpkins

Eleventh grade – Tristen Boothe, Chantelle Bowens, Y’Netta Craft, Malik Deese, Shafoya Gulley, Chelsea Lawson, Dy’qwan Lee, Dy’ametue Leslie, Alexis Moorer, Annah Nichols, Ashley Prime, Larry Pugh, Matthew Quimby, Alexandria Stallworth, Aisha Stots, Davontae Walker

Twelfth grade – Scarlet Martin*, Violet Miller, Markee Segura, Heather Taylor, Bria Willis*

Northview High School

Ninth grade – Kaitlyn Noelle Abbott, Jessica Kathryn Amerson, Christopher Noah Coker, Lawrence CW Douglas, Jacob Dunsford, Abbie Elizabeth Johnson, Trevor Dale Levins, Moriah Renee’ McGahan, Jason Andrew Perritt, Bethany Cheyenne Reynolds, Danielle Chanel Robinson, Savanna Brianne Roux, Jordan Caroline Taylor, David Franklin Thorpe, Harmoni Faith Till, Jensyn Lillian Warner, Haylee Alease Weaver, Madison Page Weber

Tenth grade – E’Layzha Rikiah Bates, Annie Lorene Bobo, Joshua Joseph Borelli, Kamryn Denise Brock, Tristan Taylor Brown, Megan Paige Bryan, Kristen Renae Byrd, Kendal Brooke Cobb, Austin Blake Cunningham, Hannah Elizabeth Gibson, Kyndall Lauren Hall, Julie Beth Hester, Adriann Dawn Lee, Jessica Leigh McCullough, Aaron Thomas McDonald, Tristan Hunter Portwood, Mallory Mason Ryan, Samantha Elizabeth Sharpless

Eleventh grade – Kasie Lee Braun, Audrey Leigh Byrd, Anna Elizabeth Donald, Anna Elizabeth Fischer, Tamara Maria Green, Courtney Lynn Jones, Courtney Yvonne Solari, Jeremy Logan Stacey, Courtney Alexandra Weaver, Victoria Anne Wright

Twelfth grade – Jessica Marie Baldwin, Alison Danielle Bardin, Hannah Elizabeth Fiellin, Jazzlyn Shanece Franklin*, La’Derious Ty’Shon Franklin, Ashton Brooke Gibbs, Justin Lance Halteman, Marcus Trey Johnson, Zachary Sean Johnson*, Ashley Nicole Mooney, Dustin Todd Parker, Tyler Dewayne Roley, Julia R. Thorpe.