Elk Valley Times Graduation 2024

26 —Elk Valley Times Graduation 2024 Kendall Dacey England Jacksonville State University Valedictorian Senior Class President Beta Club Vice President Leadership Lincoln Youth Secretary 2023 Girls State Delegate Graduate with Distinction, State Honors, and Honor Senior - Gold Tassle AP Scholar and College Board AP Scholar with Honor AP College Board National Rural and Small Town Recognition Falcon Scolar, Tri Star Scholar, Work Ethic Distinction, and Ready Grad LifeSouth Blood Donor Cord Community Service Recognition Tennessee Hope, Promise, and General AssemblyMerit Scholarships Jacksonville State University Honors Scholarship Troy University Scholars Plus Award University of Alabama National Recognition Scholarship University of Alabama Huntsville Academic Excellence Scholarship UNA Academic Excellence Scholarship (Presidential, Valedictorian, etc.) UT Knoxville Volunteer Scholarship UT Chattanooga Chancellor’s Scholarship UTMartin Chancellor’s Scholarship UT Southern Presidential Scholarship Tennessee Tech Presidential Scholars Scholarship East Tennessee State University Presicential Scholarship Middle Tennessee State University Trustee Scholarship Austin Peay State University Presidential Scholarship Lipscomb University Academic Scholarship Belmont University Academic Merit Scholarship Trevecca Nazarene University Academic Dunning Scholarship Sewannee University Ecce QuamBonumAward year renewable, $8,000 - TN Promise, $1,000-Shaun Kelso Scholarship Scholarship Total: $49,400 Salutatorian Cassie Nicole Tito Cassie received the President’s Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence. She is the Salutatorian and in the Top 5% of the Senior Class. She is a member of the 21-plus Club, All American (Cheer), All District (Soccer), Sports: Soccer/Cap- tain/ All District/4Years, Cheer/Captain/ All American/4 Years Clubs: Beta Club/3 years, Leo Club/1 year, Student Government/1 year. She is a Girls State Delegate and served on the Board for First National Bank and Soph- omore Homecoming Court. Cassie graduates FHS as a member of the Student Government, as a Beta Club member, with State Honors by achieving the benchmark scores on the ACT, with School Honors for ranking in the top 5% of the class, as a TNScholar, withKiwanis Academic Excellence Award, with Work Ethic of Distinction and as the 2024 FHS Salutatorian. Cassie plans to attend Ten- nessee Tech University where she will major in exercise science. She has been awarded the Presidential Scholarship at Tennessee Tech/$3,000/4 year renew- able. Cassie has qualified for the TN Hope Scholarship and has met the require- ments for the TN Promise Scholarship. ScholarshipsOffered: TrueBlue Schol- arship/MTSU-$3,500/4 year renewable, Presidential Scholarship at Tennessee Tech-$3,000/4 year renewable. Scholarship Awarded: $8,000- TN Promise, TN HOPE-$20,400, Pres- idential Scholarship at Tennessee Tech/$3,000/4 year renewable Scholarships Total: $66,400 Valedictorian Quentin Thomas Pace Quentin received the President’s Award for Outstanding Academic Excel- lence. Quentin graduated in the Top 5 % of the Senior Class. He was a member of the ACT 30-plus club, having received a 32 on the ACT. He attended Boys State where he was Circuit Judge and Com- missioner of Labor and Workforce De- velopment. He also participated in the Leadership Lincoln Student Advisory, First National Bank Student Advisory Board. Most Likely to Succeed, all-dis- trict, all-tournament and MVP in soccer, FFA completer, AP scholar, nominated for The Academies, Work Ethics of Dis- tinction. Quentin served as captain in soccer for 3 years and was on varsity for all 4 years, and the swim team for 2 years. He was a member of the Beta Club for 2 years, FFA for 3 years, Stu- dent Government for 4 years and was class president 2 years. He was in the Leo Club for 4 years and president for 2 years, TECA Youth Leadership Summit and got voted for outstanding leadership by peers and was a group leader and Co- Director Youth Leadership Workshop and SEARCH through Diocese of Nash- ville. Quentin is Mr. FHS and was an attendant in the homecoming court his freshman, sophomore, and junior years. Quentin plans to attend Seton Hall and major in finance. Quentin is in- ducted into Buccino Leadership Institute at Seton Hall. Quentin graduates FHS as a membr of the Student Government, Beta Club member, with State Honors by achieving the benchmark scores on the ACT, with School Honors for ranking in the top 5% of the class, with State Distinction by maintaining a B or above average and earning 12 or more hours of postsecond- ary credit, as a TN Scholar, recognized for completing 12-plus post-secondary credit hours through Motlow State Com- munity College, as an FFA Ag Completer, as a Peer Educator, member of the 30- plus Club, with Kiwanis Academic Excel- lence Award, withWork Ethic of Distinc- tion, with recognition for AP Access for All program completion certificate and as the 2024 FHS Valedictorian. Quentin has achieved State Distinc- tion: attained a score of 31 or higher composite score on the ACT, attained a score of three (3) or higher on at least two advanced placement exams, earned 12 or more semester hours of transcripted postsecondary credit and has qualified for the TN Hope Scholarship with GAM and has met the requirements for the TN Promise Scholarship. Scholarships Awarded: Pete Schol- arship-$500, Redstone Federal Credit Union-$5,000, Silent Servant Scholar- ship Award-$500, SetonHall-$49,025/4 year renewable, Scholarships Offered: MTSU- $5,000/4 year renewable, UTK- $10,100/4 year renewable, UTC- $10,000/4 year renewable, TN Tech-$10,000/4 year renewable, Rhodes-$44,500/4 year renewable, Belmont-$10,000/4 year renewable, ETSU-$5,000/4 year renewable, Cath- olic University - $34,000/4 year renew- able, University of Tampa-$14,000/4 year renewable, Alabama-$29,000/4 year renewable, Ole Miss-$17,568/4 year renewable, Ave Maria-$18,000/4 year renewable, Marietta-$38,508/4 year re- newable Scholarships Total: $1,184,804 - To see more Fayetteville High School awards, see inside the May 29, 2024, edition of the Elk Valley Times Continues on Page 27 Lincoln County High School Class of 2024 Awards