MARCH 2026 - Jenna Thompson

Wylie High School

Grade: Senior
GPA: 100.851
College: Texas A&M

ACADEMICS 

• Dual Credit Classes:
  • College Algebra, Pre-Calculus, Government, Economics
• AP:
  • AP US History, AP Language and Composition, AP Literature and Composition
• TAFE
  • President of TAFE
• Varsity Choir
  • Choir Section Leader: 2025-2026
• Show Choir
• Partners in PE: paired students with special education peers during PE.
• Instructional Practices and Practicum in Education and Training: In classrooms four days a week, observing and teaching

Community Service

• Boys & Girls Club of Abilene - Volunteer
• Church of Heavenly Rest – Nursery/Children’s Volunteer
• Abilene Dancing with the Stars – Fundraising Event Volunteer
• Community Book Drive & Free Book Fair for Low-Income School – Volunteer/Organizer

FEBRUARY 2026 - Briley Deaton

Merkel High School

Grade: Senior
GPA: 97.18
College: Abilene Christian University

ACADEMICS 

• College Courses: Cisco College:
  • Eng 1, Med Terminology, Drug Classification, A&P, US History, Public Speaking, General Psychology, American Lit, Principals of Macro Economics.
  • Second Semester: English Lit., Government, Music Theory, General Sociology
• Football Manage (9^th & 10^th)
• NHS (11^th & 12^th)
• Student Council (12th),
• Class Secretary (10^th - 12^th)
• Basketball (4 years)
• Softball (4 years)
• Yearbook Editor (10^th - 12^th)
• Yearbook, Yearbook Photographer (10^th - 12^th)
• Sports editor (11^th)
• Yearbook Photo editor (12^th)
• Homecoming Media Guide
• Competes in VASE
• Competes in West Texas Fair and Rodeo Photography
• Hendricks Internship

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Meet the Badger
• Concession for different events
• Mowing yards in the Summer for the elderly
• Helping in the Summer with Yearbook
• Giving private softball lessons

JANUARY 2026 - Payton Allred

Clyde High School

Grade: Senior
GPA: 3.5
College: Hardin Simmons University

ACADEMICS 

• Vet Assistant Certification online from Cisco
• FFA
  • FFA – Reporter (Senior Year)
  • FFA – Officer (Junior Year)
  • FFA – Radio
  • FFA – Vet Tech
• Local Goat Show – Top Showman in Showmanship in her goat group (Junior Year)
• LDE Competitions for AG
• AG Mech “Welding Program” – Blue Ribbon in Houston (Sophomore Year) 
• Beta Club
• Varsity Softball - 4 Years

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Operation Stock Show - A program that provides opportunities to special needs kids through agriculture. Payton teaches/works with a special need child to teach them about showing animals. She’ll share her goat with them and teach them about taking care of animals. 

JOBS

• Windmill Vet - Works as a Kennel Tech
• Gives softball lessons at Bases Loaded

DECEMBER 2025 - Daniel Cortinez

Atems High School

Grade: Senior
GPA: 4.0
College: Belmont University in Nashville, TN

ACADEMICS 

• Student Council
• AP Government
• AP Calculus
• AP Economics
• AP English Literature
• AP Music Theory
• AHS Orchestra
• President of Abilene High Orchestra
• Student Leader of Revolution

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Teaches younger kids how to play the instrument and learn music
• Volunteers at the middle schools in Abilene, such as Clack Middle School and Madison Middle School to play music for the kids
• Volunteers at Willow Springs, University Place nursing homes, and First Baptist Church to play music for the elderly
• Plays for the Abilene Youth Orchestra in the Philharmonic

NOVEMBER 2025 - Sydney Cripps

Cooper High School

Grade: Senior
GPA: 99.455
College: Texas Tech

ACADEMICS 

• College Courses: Cisco Junior and Angelo State
• 4 yrs varsity tennis
• 3 yrs Cooper Student Council
• National Honors
• National Technical Honors
• Student PALS (Big Brothers/Big Sisters)
• AISD Super Crew
• Cooper Table 20
• Senior Class Officers
• Student 2 Student

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Abilene Food Bank – passed out food at Rose Park Senior Center over the summer
• Love and Care Ministries - packed food bags for students in need with Care Packs for Kids
• Big Brother/ Big Sisters
• Alemeda Center

OCTOBER 2025 - Kyera Byars

Baird High School

Grade: Senior
GPA: 3.86
College: Plans to attend Sam Houston State University next Fall, majoring in Forensic Chemistry.

ACADEMICS 

• National Honor Society - President
• Student Council
• College Courses at Cisco College, Freshman - Senior Year. She’ll graduate in May with her Associates of Arts Degree. 
• UIL- Mathematics, Science, Computer Science, and One Act Play  
• Band - Plays the Clarinet

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Big Red Cub Club: she’s assigned to 2 kindergarten students that she spends time with and mentors. 
• TMCN - Texas Midwest Community Network: The 4-member group has cleaned up and completely renovated an area in downtown Baird, changing it from an empty overgrown lot to a pocket park for the town and local daycare. It'll be a place to hang out and cool off and enjoy some games. They unveiled the project on Oct 3^rd, 2025. 

SEPTEMBER 2025 - Georgia Munden

Merkel High School

Grade: Senior
GPA: 97.86
College: She has been accepted to Tarleton, West Texas A&M, and Angelo State University. We are waiting to hear from Texas A&M

ACADEMICS 

• Senior Class President
• National Honors Society President
• National Honor Society - Vice President her junior year (last year)
• College Courses (Cisco College): This Semester - College Algebra & Dual credit Sophomore American literature.
• College Courses (Cisco College): Next Semester - Statistics and Sophomore British Literature
• She’ll graduate with 24 college hours in May 2026 with a Business and Industry Endorsement on her diploma. 
• Yearbook – All 4 Years
• Business Ads Editor
• Homecoming Program
• Livestock Show Program
• Photographer
• Competes in VASE  
• SAE's (Supervised Agriculture Experience)
• LDE's (Leadership Development Events)
• SDE's (Speaking Development Events) 

FFA

Georgia has been an active FFA officer throughout all three years of high school, serving as Chapter President for the past two years. She has also represented Merkel FFA as both a Big Country District Officer and an Area Officer.

Her competition experience is extensive, including participation in Junior Quiz Team, Wool Judging, Livestock Judging, Cotton Judging, Public Relations, Job Interview contests and her Public Speaking Events.

Beyond competing, Georgia invests her time in conducting showmanship clinics, mentoring peers, and helping beginning exhibitors in our low-income community secure affordable animals to show.

She has been dedicated to showing goats since kindergarten and currently manages six head of her own, continuing to compete successfully.

Recently selected as an NRS Show Team Ambassador for 2025–2026, Georgia also operates her own small goat breeding business, which she manages independently with minimal assistance from her parents.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Merkel FFA Program - helped organize canned food drives, created Christmas decorations for local nursing homes, and even shared her livestock knowledge by teaching other students—including her own competition—how to properly raise, feed, and show goats.
• Meet the Badger
• Decorating floats for the homecoming parade
• Prepared the gym for graduation

MAY 2025 - Cutter Keesee

Wylie High School

Grade: Senior
GPA: 95.953
College: ACU

ACADEMICS 

• Dual Credits, which include:
  • MATH 231 Pre Calculus
  • ENGL 2321 Intro to British Lit
  • ENGL 1301
  • ENGL 1302
  • HIST 1301
  • HIST 1302
  • ECON 2301 Macroeconomics
  • MATH 1314 College Algebra
  • MATH 2412 Pre Calculus
  • POLS 2305 Federal Gov
  • ENGL 2331 Intro to World Lit

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

• WHS Football 2021-2024
• WHS Baseball 2022-2023
• WHS Track 2024
• WHS Bulldog Market 2023-2024
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes 2021-2025
• FCA All Star Football Selectee 2025

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Christian Services Center (Reminton Ridge Church of Christ)
• American Cancer Society's "Fight For Cancer" Golf Tournament
• United Way's Winter Light Fest
• Ben Richey Boys Ranch
• Salvation Army's Angel Tree Program
• Abilene Zoo's Spring Break Zoo Camp
• WHS Adopt a Bulldog Program
• Stick Horses and Capes' Annual Skeet Shoot Fundraiser
   

JOBS

• Farm Hand and Laborer at Blackburn Brothers & Smith
• Server & Busser with Elite Fleet Event Services

APRIL 2025 - Gabriel Mendez Jr. 

Stamford High School
Grade: Senior
GPA: 4.0
College: South Plains College

ACADEMICS 

• NHS
• Student Council
• FCCLA National Team
• Taking Dual Credits at Cisco College the past couple of years
• UIL
  • UIL Marching band
  • UIL Spelling
  • UIL Mathematics
  • UIL Number Sense
  • One Act play - Sound and Tech Crew

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Grand Theater
• Oliver Elementary's Pals Program - Mentors Elementary Students
• Carnegie Library
• Stamford Chamber of Commerce
• The Stamford Square - Helped with Cinco De Mayo & Holly Jolly Christmas celebrations

MARCH 2025 - Macie Breeden

Albany High School
Grade: Senior
GPA: 3.7
College: Midwestern University

ACADEMICS 

• College Courses (Cisco College): American Lit I, BCIS and Government. American Lit II and Economics (Senior Year)
• College Course (Cisco College): English Composition I and II, BCIS, psychology, and music appreciation (Junior Year)
• UIL Spelling - Junior Year
• UIL Social Studies – Senior Year 
• NHS
• Student Council – Secretary
• Ragin Red Band

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• MMPC Bizaar - A fundraising event for church! They have a turkey and dressing lunch as well as a county store that members donate food items and handmade crafts for purchase. All the money raised goes back to The Sally Matthew’s fund which gives scholarships to seniors as well as other things. Macie has helped every year either in the county store or with childcare for church members. 
• Christmas Day Feast - Another church event! Free meals provided for the entire community. All our local Vittles by Vehicle recipients in the community have a meal delivered to their homes for them and their families (if they choose). Then anyone else in the community who would like to come and get a meal or encouraged to. 

FEBRUARY 2025 - Kinlee Eaton

Knox City High School
Grade: Senior
GPA: 4.0
College: Undecided (Will study Civil Engineering)

ACADEMICS 

• College Courses at Western Texas College
• National Honor Society
• UIL - Math, Accounting, Number Sense & Oral Reading
• FFA (Goats)
  • Grand Champion 9th & 11th Grade
  • Reserve Grand Champion 10th Grade

SPORTS

• Volleyball
  • 1st team All-District - 10th Grade
  • Academic All-District - 10th Grade
  • Co-Offensive Player of the Year - 12th Grade
  • Academic All-District - 12th Grade
  • Academic All-State - 12th Grade
• ​Golf
  • Regional Qualifier 9th, 10th & 11th Grade
• Track
  • Regionals for 3 Years
  • 3rd Place in Dicus at Regionals - 10th Grade
• Cross-Country
• Softball

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Helps out with her Local Food Pantry through the National Honor Society
• P.E. helper in 11th grade with 4th & 5th grade
• P.E. helper in 12th grade with Junior High girls

JANUARY 2025 - Hailie Cauthen

Eula High School
Grade: Senior
GPA: 100.78
College: Tarleton State University or Texas Tech

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Youth Athletic Programs
• Helps coach the 6th Grade Basketball Team
• Basketball Camp hosted by Eula
• Clothing Drive for Gorman ISD, who were hit by wildfires

ACADEMICS 

• Senior Class President
• Student Counsel
• 20+ Hours of College Classes
• FCA
• Unified Pirate Club
• BETA Club
• Lead Social Media Designer in Yearbook
• Vice President (9th-11th Grade)
• FFA (9th Grade)

SPORTS

• SOPHOMORE YEAR
  • ​Varsity Softball: “Most Outstanding Offense Award”

  • District: Defensive MVP

  • Varsity Basketball: “Most Outstanding Defense Award”

  • MVP, Florida KSA tournament

  • District: Defensive MVP and Academic All-District

  • Class A-TABC All-Region Team

  • Varsity Track: “Most Outstanding Award”

  • Broke School Record in long jump (16”6’)

• JUNIOR YEAR
  • ​Basketball
    • ​“Most Outstanding Defense Award”
    • Defensive MVP, district
    • Academic All-District
    • TABC All-Region
    • TGCA All-State
  • Cross Country
    • ​“Most Outstanding Award”
    • 9th in State, individual
    • Texas High School Coaches Association, Super Elite Team
    • Texas Girls Coaches Association, All-State Team
  • Golf
    • ​“Most Outstanding Award”
    • State qualifier
    • 24th place in State
  • Track
    • “Most Outstanding Award”
    • Jiggs & Amp; Mary Mosley Pirate Pride Award
      (Top Athlete of the year, excels in sports. She participates, participates at a high level in several
      sports (preferably 3 or more)/ is a role model for those around them both in athletics/ classroom)
  • Softball
    • ​“Co-Most Outstanding Defense Award”
    • TSWA All-State, first team
    • TGCA All-Star, All-Star team
    • TGCA All-State
    • 2024 Big Country Preps Softball team-second team
    • CO-Offensive MVP, District 13-A
• SENIOR YEAR
  • ​CROSS COUNTRY
    • State: Runner-Up, individual
    • State: Runner-Up, team
    • CCCAT: All-State
    • TEXAS HS COACHES ASSOCIATION (THSCA) 1st team Academic All-State
    • TEXAS HS COACHES ASSOCIATION (THSCA) Super Elite Team

DECEMBER 2024 - Madison Martin

Clyde High School
Grade: Senior
GPA: 3.75
College: Tarleton State University

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Operation Stock (3 years) – Giving special need children the opportunity to get in the show ring
• The WHO (Wise Street Helpers’ Organization) – They build ramps for people that have trouble getting in and out of their houses, cut grass, pick up trash, clean their yard, trim trees, etc.

ACADEMICS 

• Showed pigs for 7 years
• Chapter Member for FFA for 4 years
• FFA Historian & Secretary

AWARDS

• 1k Scholarship
• the Certificate of Appreciation from Operation Stock Show

NOVEMBER 2024 - Kaelynn Hoelscher

Winters High School
Grade: Senior
GPA: 100.73-4.02. 4.0 at Cisco College & 4.0 at Tarleton State University
College: Texas A&M

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• National FFA Organization
• 4-H Club
• National Honor Society
• Personal

ACADEMICS 

• Leadership Positions with 10 different organizations throughout high school
  • WHS National Honor Society, Area IV FFA Association, Winters 4-H Club, and WHS Varsity Band... just to name a few!

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

• UIL - Number Sense, Mathematics, Calculator Applications & more
• Winters 4-H - Meats Judging, Educational Presentation, Livestock Skill-a-thon & more
• WHS FFA - Heifer Projects, Sr. Prep. Public Speaking, Livestock Judging & more

HONORS

• Band Sweetheart
• Homecoming Queen Candidate
• NHS
• FFA Lone Star Degree
• Band MVP
• FFA Star Chapter Farmer
• FFA Star Greenhand
• WHS Varsity Band Letterman

JOBS

• Blogger/Podcaster
• Ranch Hand
• Babysitter

OCTOBER 2024 - Jessa Battle

Ballinger High School
Grade: Senior
GPA: 3.95
College: Texas Tech University

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Church - St. Joseph’s (Active member and helps with fall activities such as the Halloween carnival for the kids and the Fall Festival.)
• Runnels County Livestock Show
• Runnels County Gala
• Track Concession Stands Each Year
• 4H/FFA - Greeter and Server for the buyer's meal at the County Livestock Show.

ACADEMICS 

• Honor and College Courses
• Rotary Interact
• Lion Club's
• 4-H - President for Two Years
• FFA - Area Qualifier in Radio Broadcasting and received the Greenhand Award.
• Placed in all the major livestock shows in Texas with her Pigs.
• Won Numerous Showmanship Awards
• Reserve Grand Champion
• NHS
• DECA
• FCA
• Class Secretary and all four years

SPORTS

• Varsity Basketball - Captain
• Softball - Four Years (Newcomer of the Year, 1st Team All-District, All-District HM)
• Track – 2 year - 4X4 Regional Qualifier
• Cross-Country - 2-time Regional Qualifier
• Academic All-District all Four Years

SEPTEMBER 2024 - Heath Shim

Wylie High School
Grade: Senior
GPA: 3.78
College: Tarleton University

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Beltway Church Student Ministries
• Wylie High School Unified Bulldogs Program: where he is paired with a Special Olympic athlete within the school to compete in sports throughout the Big County
• PALS: A leadership program that mentor’s youth from feeder schools
• Spring breaks serving the homeless community of New Orleans by providing meals, blankets and hygiene kits with Beltway Student ministries
• Lifeguard at ACU

ACADEMICS 

• National Honor Society
• Dual credit: English 4, Government, and Pre-Calculus (Senior Year)
• Dual credit: History and English 3 (Junior Year) 

SPORTS

• Varsity Football 
• Track & Field

MAY 2024 - Elaina King

Jim Ned High School
Grade: Senior
GPA: 4.0
College: Texas A&M

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• ECCA VFD Volunteer
• Bonanza VFD Fundraiser
• FBC Buffalo Gap Nursery Volunteer
• On The Way Home Ministries Volunteer
• FBC Buffalo Gap Community Cleanup
• Jim Ned Running Club Volunteer
• Karing for Kids Christmas Packs
• FBC Youth Mission Trip - Arlington, TX
• The Mission - Homeless Packs
• Classroom setup for Teachers
• Mow Yards for the elderly
• Organize school closet for students in need of clothes
• Taylor County Throwdown Volunteer for Bodyworx Physical Therapy

ACADEMICS

• PALS - Peer Assistance and Leadership
• Student Council Student Body President
• Student Council Representative​

ACADEMIC HONORS

• State Champion UIL Team - Current Issues & Events (10th)
• 4th Place State UIL Individual - Current Issues & Events (10th)
• Regional Champion UIL Individual - Current Issues & Events (10th)
• District UIL Team Champion - Current Issues & Events (10th-11th)
• District UIL Team Champion - Social Studies (12th)
• National Honor Society (11th-12th)
• All-A-Honor Roll (9th-12th)
• Super Star Award - 93.5 and Above Average in every class (9th-12th)

EXTRACURRICULARS

• Basketball JV Team (9th)
• Cross Country - Varsity (9th-12th)
• Track - Varsity (9th-12th)
• Academic UIL Team - Current Issues & Events (10th-11th)
• Academic UIL Team - Social Studies (12th)

ATHLETIC HONORS

• State Qualifier - 6th Place State Team - Cross Country (11th)
• Regional 3rd Place Team - Cross Country (11th)
• District Team Champion - Cross Country (11th-12th)
• Regional Qualifier - Cross Country (9th, 10th, 11th)

APRIL 2024 - Bryant Jones

Merkel High School 
Grade: Senior
GPA: 3.5
College: Hardin Simmons University (History and Sports Management)

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Participated in Merkel Helping One Another in many activities scheduled to clean up the community.
• Assisted with cleaning, mowing, and caring for yards of homebound citizens, veterans, and other community members who do not have the ability to do those things on their own. 
• Helped with National Night Out in Merkel.
• Prepared Christmas meals and organized toy drives in Merkel.
• Supported Bilbo Golf Classic benefiting New Horizons as a course setter, an auction volunteer, and the "errand boy." 
• Contributed to Merkel Little League by organizing tryout day, umpiring Little League games, and refereeing youth basketball games.

ACADEMICS 

• Student Council (2022-2023)
• FFA: Area winner in FFA speaking (2022)
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes

SPORTS

• Varsity Football - 3 years 
  • All-District linebacker (2021) 
  • All-District tight-end (2022)
  • All-District linebacker and tight-end (2023) 
  • Accountability captain during summer workouts 
  • Led his team to the 7-on-7 State Tournament where they finished in the TOP 8 
  • Captain during the football season
• Varsity Basketball team - 2 years
  • Second team All-District (2022-2023 & 2023-2024)
• Varsity Baseball team - 4 years
  • All-District DH & pitcher (2024)
  • Captain for the baseball team 
  • Will represent Merkel in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-Star Game this summer 

MARCH 2024 - Jed Thompson

Home School (High School) and Cisco College
Grade: Junior  
GPA: 4.0
College: Cisco College

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• President of the Clear Fork of the Brazos Chapter of the Children of the Republic of Texas
• Highway 36 Church of Christ youth group 
• Donating to the local food bank
• Hosting an Angel Tree for local children 

EXTRACURRICULARS

• Callahan County 4-H
• County Council Officer 
• 4-H Leader for Life program 
• 4-H Wildlife Challenge - National contest in Iowa (2023)
• 4-H Range Evaluation & Plant ID - National Competition in Oklahoma (April 2024)

ACADEMICS

• Dual Credit at Cisco College - completed 12 college credit hours so far!
• Pursuing an Associate of Science in Agriculture, laying a solid foundation for his future studies in Natural Resources at a University level.

FEBRUARY 2024 - Joshua Hallmark

Wylie High School
Grade: Senior
GPA: 3.8
College: Cisco (LVN program)

Joshua wants to be a registered nurse so he can help people and is currently in the CNA program at Wylie High School! He'll have his CNA certification when he graduates in the Spring. They go 2-3 times per week to do their clinicals at Wincrest Rehabilitation Center where they learn how to care for the older patients with Alzheimer’s and Dementia. He is also taking dual credit college classes at ASU & CJC! 

COMMUNITY SERVICE & EXTRACURRICULARS

• This is his 2nd year participating in the PALS Program at Wylie! With the PALS Program, he was a part of the Just Say No to Drugs Campaign by performing skits for the younger kids.
• Joshua's been a member of the Beltway Park Church Student Ministry for 7 years. They do community outreaches as a group several times a year to help lower income families at an apartment complex.
• He also volunteered at Hendrick Hospital each week this past summer! He was able to assist the nurses in bringing hospital patients whatever needed such as water, coffee and snacks, to help get them comfortable and relay any medical needs they had to their assigned nurses.

SPORTS

He's been on the Varsity Tennis Team sophomore through senior year!

JANUARY 2024 - Tristan Reyna

ATEMS High School
Grade: Senior
GPA: 4.0 – Valedictorian
College: Texas A&M University

COMMUNITY SERVICE  

• He is part of both S2S and Purple Star at his school to help incoming transfers and military students feel welcome at school.
• He has been head of the Teacher Appreciation and Toy Drive Committees for his school’s National Honor Society.
• He is an avid church volunteer and leads a middle school life group as well as serving on the high school lead team.
• He also went on a weeklong mission trip to New Orleans to help those that were struggling with poverty and hunger.
• He has voluntarily coached at the Gymnastics Sports Center.
• Member of SuperCrew (a group of students in AISD that meets a couple times a year to discuss problems within the district and hopefully find solutions to them.)

EXTRACURRICULARS

• UIL CX Debate District Champion and State Qualifier 
• UIL Congress 2-year State Qualifier, State Finalist and Outstanding PO 
• UIL Persuasive Speaking 3-year Regional Qualifier and District Champion 
• UIL Mathematics Regional Qualifier
• NHS President

SPORTS

• 16 All American Titles 
• Elite All American on Vault 
• Captain of the Cooper Gymnastics team 
• Earned 7 state medals in Gymnastics 
• Regional and District Champion in Gymnastics

DECEMBER 2023 - Luke Burson

Clyde High School
Grade: Senior
GPA: 3.9
College: Texas Tech

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Love and Care ministries
• Delivered backpacks for our PALS Program
• Partnered with Big Brothers Big Sisters to give less fortunate kids food for the weekends
• Over the past two years - 200 community service hours with Pals
• This year - 100 hours community service hours with Stuco and CmPS

EXTRACURRICULARS 

• Student Council President 
• Community Problem Solving Vice President 
• Community Problem Solving 3-year state qualifier
• PALS/Backpacks - Giving food and time to less fortunate children
• FCA Lead Team 

SPORTS

• Team Captain Football - 2 years (3-year Varsity letterman) 
• Team Captain Baseball - 2 years (4-year Varsity letterman)

NOVEMBER 2023 – Emma Harrison

Ballinger High School

Grade: Senior

GPA: 4.0555 (Class Rank #1)

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• 7 hours DECA Golf Tournament 2021
• 2 hours writing "Thank You' notes 2021
• 17 hours 'Hunger Games' Food Drive Campaign 2021
• 1 hour Festival Parade 2021
• 3 hours Little Olympics 2021
• 4 hours working Elementary Summer School Station 2021
• 2 hours 4-H Cook- off Concession Stand 2021
• 2 hours Ballinger Cares Boxing food 2021
• 3 hours 9/11 Parade 2022
• 6 hours working St. Joseph's Church Festival 2022
• 3 hours boxing food with Ballinger Cares 2022
• 45 hours Hunger Games Food Drive 2022
• 1 hour Hunter's Dinner clean up 2022
• 5 hours DECA Golf Tournament 2022
• 3 hours Rowena Cook-off Concession Stand 2022
• 5 hours Child Care 2023

EXTRACURRICULARS

• Cheer 2020 - Present
• Basketball 2020 - Present
• Track 2020 - Present
• DECA (student business organization) 2020 - Present
• Cross Country 2020
• Band 2020-2022
• UIL Editorial Writing 2021 - 2022
• UIL Feature Writing 2022 - 2023
• UIL Headline Writing 2022-2023
• UIL Creative Writing 2021-2022
• Rowena 4-H 2015 - Present
• Student Council 2022 - Present
• National Honor Society 2022 - Present
• Competition Cheer 2020 - Present
• Cross Country Manager 2023
• Rotary Interact 2023
• Junior Chamber of Commerce 2020 - Present

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

• Class President (21-22)
• Vice President, Career Development (21-22 and 22-23 DECA Chapter)
• Junior Varsity Head Cheerleader (21-22)
• Junior Varsity Basketball Captain (21-22)
• Treasurer, Rowena 4-H (21-22)
• Vice President, Junior Chamber (21-22)
• Vice President, Rowena 4-H (22-23)
• Class Elected Student Council Representative (22-23)
• Head of Prom Decorating Committee (22-23)
• Varsity Head Cheerleader (23-24)
• DECA Chapter President (23-24)
• National Honor Society President (23-24)
• Junior Chamber of Commerce President (23-24)
• Vice President, Rowena 4-H (23-24)
• DECA Ballinger Voting Delegate, District 9 (22-24)
• DECA Student Council Representative (23-24)
• National Honor Society Student Council Representative (23-24)
• Junior Chamber of Commerce Student Council Representative (23-24)
• THRIVE International DECA Leadership Conference Attendee (2023)
• Rotary Interact Secretary (23-24)

OCTOBER 2023 - Kaden Gerhart

Clyde High School
Grade: Senior
GPA: Currently Ranked as Valedictorian 
College: Texas A&M University

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Volunteered at his church on Wednesday nights working with sixth graders. 
• Vacation Bible School 
• The Walk to The Manger
• As a member of the Key Club, Kaden has served his school and community by cleaning up the stadium after games, raising money for UNICEF, cleaning up after the CHS Winter Formal, setting up and hosting the Clyde Daddy Daughter Dance and filling eggs for a community Easter Egg Hunt. 
• Food Bank in Abilene and served dinner to prison employees at the French Robertson Unit. 

SCHOOL & EXTRACURRICULARS

• Top overall GPA as a Freshman, Sophomore and Junior 
• He is currently taking AP and Dual Credit courses
• Selected Outstanding Boy for the CHS Junior Class 
• President of the Key Club 
• Treasurer of the Beta Club
• Member of the Student Council
• UIL Academic team - Number Sense
• Band - Freshman and Sophomore years (State qualifying marching band Sophomore year)

SPORTS

• Varsity Powerlifting team  
• Varsity Track Pole Vault team

SEPTEMBER 2023 – Aubrey Graves

Early High School
Grade: Senior
GPA: 3.96
College: Texas Tech

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Lady Horns Softball Sisters program – Mentor 
• Student assistant coach for the school softball camp
• Helped in the Little League opening day ceremonies. 
• Recreational coach for the Early First Baptist Church Vacation Bible School. 
• Operated concession stands and participated in fundraisers to help fund community events sponsored by her FCA organization. 
• She was a host for the Father Daughter Dance sponsored by the EHS National Honor Society. 
• Youth group student leader. 
• Student Ministry Search Team: represents the youth group on the church interview committee. 
• Aubrey has a job where she is a childcare provider for two single mothers. She picks the kids up from school and takes care of them until their mothers can pick them up. During the summers, Aubrey not only provides care for the girls, but she also keeps them entertained. She takes them swimming, bowling, they go to the park and the movies.

SCHOOL & EXTRACURRICULARS

• Fellowship of Christian Athletes – Huddle Leader (All 4 Years)
• National Honor Society 
• Yearbook Design Staff

SPORTS - SOFTBALL

• 2022 - All-District Honorable Mention, Academic All-District and received the Athletic Fighting Heart Award. 
• 2023 - First Team All-District, Academic All-District and received the Athletic Fighting Heart Award for the second year in a row. 
• Competes on the Glory Adkins Softball Tournament Team.