May 27, 1998|By Bonita Formwalt | Bonita Formwalt,SPECIAL TO THE SUN
Brok McFerron: Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award; Army National Guard Distinguished Scholar Award; Marine Corps Academic Excellence Award; Capital Gazette Academic All-Star Award; Glen Burnie Centennial Scholarship; top 5 percent of class; academic top 2 percent of class; National Honor Society Scholarship; Maryland Distinguished Scholar honorable mention; President's Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement; Northrop Grumman Excellence in Math/Science Scholarship for Scholars; Southgate/Oakwood/ Horizons/Crain Towers Pharmacy Award; L. Todd Motley Award; Joan Malcolm Memorial Scholarship.
Sarah Meredith: Katherine Frantum Athletic Award; Wendy's High School Heisman Award State Finalist; perfect attendance grades nine through 12.
Andrew Messmore: National Honor Society Scholarship; House of Delegates Scholarship; Maryland Distinguished Scholars Honorable Mention; President's Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement; Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Science Scholarship; top 5 percent of class; academic top 2 percent of class; and Charles Whayland Scholarship.
April Namsiriwan: Senatorial Scholarship; Maryland Distinguished Scholar Honorable Mention; President's Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement; top 5 percent of class.
Velma Nwosu: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority African American Female Scholar Award; top 5 percent of class; National Achievement Scholarship Program Commended to Colleges; Maryland Distinguished Scholar honorable mention; President's Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement; and Peer Counselor Award.
Rizwana Raoof: Colonel Smith Award for Most Improved Student in Resource.
Brian Sangkavasi: Navy ROTC Scholarship; House of Delegates
Scholarship.
Laurel Seward: Glendale PTA Distinguished Student Award.
Amy Shacklock: Maryland State Amateur Softball Association Scholarship.
Stephanie Shireman: George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science Medal.
Carla Short: Amy Eveson Huey Scholarship; Katherine Frantum Scholarship; Peer Counselor Award; Peer Mediator Award; and Student Government Citizenship Award.
Gregory Skipper: Army National Guard Scholar Athlete; Army Reserve National Scholar Athlete; Paul Rusko Athletic Award; top 5 percent of class; academic top 2 percent of class; National Honor Society Scholarship; Maryland Distinguished Scholar honorable mention; President's Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement; Rotary Club Distinguished Scholar Award; and Joan Malcolm Memorial Scholarship.
Kacey Sloan: Jean Boyd Award; Maryland Distinguished Scholar semifinalist honorable mention; top 5 percent of class; and President's Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement.
Nathaniel Smith: an appointment to the Military Academy at West Point; top 5 percent of class; National Merit Scholarship Program letter of commendation; President's Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement; and Tandy Technology Scholar.
Tracy Vandervort: First Place in the Vocational/Industrial Clubs of America state nursing competition.
Jennifer Walker: National Merit Scholarship Program letter of commendation; President's Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement; Maryland Distinguished Scholar honorable mention; top 5 percent of class.
Other winners of state Senatorial Scholarships are Dennis Janson, Jeremy Mahar, Charlene Pierpoint and Andrea Tester.
Amanda Howard and Kristina Klima got the President's Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, and Michael Litz was presented with the Presidential Award for Outstanding Educational Improvement.
Awards for perfect attendance from grades nine through 12 were presented to Karl Stevens and Shashona Blake. Jonathan Sitte received an honorable mention in visual arts, and Robert Sauer and Kevin Templeton received Voice of the News awards.
Peer Counselor and Peer Mediator awards went to to Brian Ballestros, Nick Bounelis, Freeman Davis, Sean McCready and Beth Taby. Amanda Howard and Katherine Wilson received Peer Counselor Awards.
Commencement will be at 7 p.m. June 4 in the University of Maryland, Baltimore County field house.
Pub Date: 5/27/98
