Horry County Schools honored 547 students at the annual Scholars’ Awards Banquet. Students from throughout the county were recognized as South Carolina Junior Scholars, Duke Talent Identification Program (TIP) Scholars, Johns Hopkins Center for Academically Talented Youth Scholars, Governor’s School Scholars, SAT Scholars, Palmetto Fellows, National Merit Achievement Scholars, as well as high school valedictorians and salutatorians. Below is a list of scholars and a description of honors earned.
South Carolina Junior Scholars The South Carolina Junior Scholars Program reflects the growing statewide effort to improve education in South Carolina and responds to the critical needs of students possessing unique abilities. The purpose of the program is to identify students with exceptionally high scholastic achievement and intellectual abilities and to provide opportunities for these students that facilitate their intellectual growth, broaden their individual interests, and promote their academic success. Students qualify as South Carolina Junior Scholars based on their performance on the PSAT in the eighth grade. South Carolina Junior Scholars are Meagan Allen, Peter Barfield, Christian Barrett, Nicholas Barton, Bradley Chestnut, Taylor Edwards, Christian Howell, Kendyl Johnson, Aylon Lawson and Whitney Peavy, Aynor Middle School; Dawnn Flowers and Khallid Love, Bridgewater Academy; Sidney Altman, Summer Bell, Brianna Bero, Jamile Buffkin, Adam Chestnut, Catherine Collins, Conner Cortese, Bennett Haskin, Christopher Kinon, Lauren Lastauskas, Chelsea McKinney, Abigail Merrell, Charles Miller, Brendan Nagle, Alayne Nayback, Elisha Parker, Stephen Penton, Preston Shingledecker, C helsea Thomas, Timothy Tucker, Austin Vaught, and Zackary Whittaker, Black Water Middle School; Christopher Bell, Hayes Bennett, Felicia Butler, Trevor Floyd, Creg McAda, Eliana Padron, Kelly Paul, Phillip Smith, Malorie Williams, Conway Middle School; Austin Autry, Jennifer Blaine, Cameron Crickenberger-Dale, Robert Currall, Jr., Devonnea Curtis, Sala Dang, Moriah David, Douglas English, Jacob Fry, Holly Ganon, Elizabeth Gerdes, Jared Hansen, Amber Hart, Rachael Lilly, Ronald Lilly, William Maenner, Jarrett Mason, Alexander McIsaac, Daniel Medeiros, Jon Meyer, Logan Newbold, Aimi Nguyen, Brenna Norton-Baker, Megumi Oshima, Daniel Panetti, Kirtan Patel, Justin Patota, Matthew Rana, Timothy Robowski, Summer Smith, Joseph Taylor, Katherine Thompson, Ashlyn Tilton and Damien Wright, Forestbrook Middle School; Isaiah Crawford, Richard Morse, Jordan Small, Louis Strickland, and Adam Worley, Green Sea Floyds High School; Derek Berthiaume, Adrienne Boyd, Ethan Grainger, Erin Hardee, Ryan Inman, Caresha Ladson, Lacii Paul, Adam Roach, and Danielle Strickland, Loris Middle School; Kevin Ahearn, Holly Averill, Mark Bennett, Christine Brittain, Kristin Brown, Mitchell Campbell, Reid Foster, Thomas Hastie, Hali Heidtman, Jason Herman, Terrance Herriott, Joy Himmelsbach, Shelton Hytower, Kyler Kahn, Rodrigo Landa, Christopher McIlarth, Alexander McMillian, Holland Millure, John Nguyen, Kelly Ann Patin, Ashley Poland, Jacob Rockow, Nathan Salvo, Kendall Seagroves, Brooke Skelley, Rachael Smith, Bryant Teal, Austin Thompson, Michaela Trew, Emma Usry, Kathryn Vaughn, Austin Waldorf, George Warriner, and Cole Younger, Myrtle Beach Middle School; Anthony Alexander, Erika Bailey, Stephen Butler, Jeffrey Craven, Zachary Crowl, Matthew Elliott, Kyle Glover, Christopher Hairston, Christian Hamilton, Don Hamilton, Meredith Hamilton, Crane Havens, Kyle Hawes, Mariah Hightower, Morgan Hughes, Christian Jenerette, Megan Johnson, Kimberly Kohl, Troy McIntyre, Rebecca McVeigh, Ashley Miller, Cayla Norton, Brittany Pittelli, Stephen Saxon, Leanne Simmons, Leigh Sloan, Taylor V Smith, Trenton Smith, Adam Stanaland, Teasia Thomas, Taylor Treece, Trey Voltin, and Eric Witman, North Myrtle Beach Middle School; Brett Adams-Richardson, Jacob Aldridge, Alex Ault, David Blayton, Krystal Bogart, Eric Connell, John Connell, Jocelyn Cotter, Kirby Dill, Catherine Dong, Allison Gasser, Devin Hilgenkamp, Tandra Hodum, Sonalba Jethwa, Molly Johnson, Mariah Kowalkowski, Bryan Lattimore, Carter Lowe, Caleb Montague, Amber Moore, Sommersill Tarabek, Brett Tietz, Joseph Weshefsky, Christopher White, and Kayne Young-Chewning, Ocean Bay Middle School; Sara Alexander, Carson Askins, Katlyn Atkins, Edgar Boyzo, Megan Conley-Frasca, Kendall Cook, Cyra Cottrell, Jillian Couture, Kourtney Cox, Ross Durant, Tanner English, Kathryn Epperson, Timothy Falvey, Miranda Flinchum, Austin Frick, Cristina Gallito, Haleigh Grey, Holly Hajnal, John Hanna, Stephen Harvey, Ben Hinman, Tabatha Holmes, Riley Howard, Ashely Johnson, Zoe Johnson, Max Kayton, Nicholas Liger, Sarah Luquis, Josh Mangrum, Christopher Mocarski, Sarah Moody, Matthew Navey, Jenna Noel, Jacqueline Noll, Tabitha Perritt, Jacqueline Petrick, Kayla Phlegar, Anne Brookes Powell, Sydney Ramey, James Raptis, Bevin Robinson, Zachary Scanlon, Kathryn Sellers, Lauren Shuppy, John Smith, Nicole Smith, Kenneth Startin, Meagan Steers, Andrew Swank, Kyle Tecco, Taylor Threatt, Jeffrey Vahey, and Taylor Weatherford, St. James Middle School; and Jessica Durant, Kaitlyn Harper, Sheree Hills, Kerwin Johnson, Kelsey Jordan, Kendra Pennington, Megan Pope, Faith Rabon, Xavier Sherman, Courtney Todd, Christopher Toledo, Grant Tolley, and Kelsey Watts, Whittemore Park Middle School.
Duke Tip Scholars The Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP) in Durham, North Carolina, is a nonprofit educational organization established with the premise that the future of this nation depends upon the fullest development of our best intellectual resources. The objectives of the program are to identify the brightest among our youngsters at an early age, to facilitate the education of these students, to follow and nurture their talents through the critical middle and high school years, and to develop an effective research effort to help understand the nature of academically talented adolescents. Duke TIP Scholars are identified through their performance on the SAT or ACT in the seventh grade. Duke TIP Scholars are Austin Ambrose, Aynor Middle School ; Catherine Goodwin and Dereck Sisco, Black Water Middle School; Alexis Halyard, Kellie Jackson, Caitlin Keen, Christopher Marflake, Caroline Moore, Michiya Oshima, Margaret Pearson, Taylor Stevens, and Wesley Trentacosta, Forestbrook Middle School; Courtney Clark, Alston James, Chenoah O'Rourke, Emily Scott, Caleb Stalvey, and Nathan Wagner, Loris Middle School; and Andrew Lackey, Reid Lilly, Julianna Martel, and Lisa Schexnayder, Myrtle Beach Middle School; Daniel Barnes, Hunter Hamvas, Carly Hansis, Alyssa Lundy, Brittany McCord, John Nicholson, Sydney Orwig, Anthony Provenzano, and Maxwell Richardson, North Myrtle Beach Middle School; Alicia Broughton, Michelle Dickens, Taylor Jesen ick, John Lee, Sarah Martin, Nicole Storms, Austin Turbeville, and Chao Yan, Ocean Bay Middle School; and Matthew Davison, Zachary Gore, Henry Herring, Gregg Johnsen, Victoria Morrison, Emily Rhorick, Chanel Shulman, and Donald Waldowski, St. James Middle School Duke TIP Grand Recognition Scholar; Catherine Goodwin, Black Water Middle School.
Johns Hopkins Scholars The Center for Academically Talented Youth of Johns Hopkins University offers high achieving students the opportunity to take the PLUS test (SAT). Johns Hopkins CTY Scholars are: Caroline Moore, Forestbrook Middle School; Hannah Edwards, Loris Middle School; Stacey Lee, Myrtle Beach Middle School; William Pauley, North Myrtle Beach Middle School; and Kendall Barnhill, and John Mishoe, Whittemore Park Middle School. Johns Hopkins CTY Scholar of Distinction; Caroline Moore, Forestbrook Middle School.
Governor's School for Academics Scholars Established in 1976, the Governor's School of South Carolina at the College of Charleston provides special academic opportunities at the college level for high school students who have demonstrated exceptional academic achievement and intellectual potential. Governor’s School for Academics Scholars are Benjamin Brittain, Myrtle Beach High School, and Jahna Halyard, Socastee High School.
Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities The South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities offers a variety of programs dedicated to pre-professional arts education for artistically talented students. The school builds on the students' concepts and successes, blending the arts, academics, and humanities into a comprehensive class. Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities Scholars are Alex Forney, Angelina Rotman, and Alexandre Tennant, Carolina Forest High School; and Haley Zdybel, Myrtle Beach High School.
Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics Scholars The purpose of the South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics provide for the education of the scientifically astute leaders vital to the development of the economy of the state. The flagship residential program offers the most academically able students of this state a learning environment that strengthens their ability to think critically, stimulates the joy of learning, and fosters the excitement of discovery through scientific research. Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics Scholars are: Anna Merryman and Sarah Robbins, Carolina Forest High School; Benjamin Brittain, Myrtle Beach High School; Megan Moore, Socastee High School; and Marquerite Dunn and Kathryn Fellner, St. James High School.
Palmetto Fellows The Palmetto Fellows Scholarship recognizes academic excellence and achievement among South Carolina students through a $5,000 scholarship administered by the SC Commission on Higher Education. A Palmetto Fellow is a qualifying senior who attends participating South Carolina colleges or universities. As long as a Palmetto Fellow continues to meet eligibility requirements, the scholarship is renewable up to four years. Palmetto Fellows are: Tobias Banks, Enya Gomez-Piercy, Jeremy Hutson, Scott Imler, Casey Johnson, Zachary Miller, Matthew Ray, and Jason Richmond, Aynor High School; Joseph Brannigan, Nicolette Calhoun, Derek Engels, Travis Forney, Anna Guilliams, Jin Xia Guo, Colton Hilgenkamp, Oretha Manu, William Maxey, Bryan McKniff, Goran Osim, Austin Pinckey, Megan Presutti, Valarie Price, Kathryn Schuster and Matthew Tracy, Carolina Forest High School; Richard Avery, Susan Burroughs, Jessica King, Nicole O'Neill and Nicolas Quinones, Conway High School; Chad Carteret and Brandon Sarvis, Green Sea Floyds High School; Thomas Bitner, Meredith Boyd and Valerie Shimanis, Loris High School; Clay Brittain, Logan Bryan, Caroline Clark, Julian DuRant, Casey Jenkins, Shlomo Mishali, Rainey Patterson, Anthony Sanderson, Stacey Sangtian, Dustin Shepler, Erin Singleton, Andrea Stalvey, Joseph Trask, Michael Wakefield and Jane Wiggin, Myrtle Beach High School; Jennifer Bowling, Megan Donohue, Justin Knott, Benjamin LaRiviere, Timothy Mulliger, Chelsea Nill, Victoria Richardson, Kaitlyn Thompson and Jasmine Williams , North Myrtle Beach High School; Christine Baker, Lisa Brown, Robert Brown, Tiffany Cartee, Thuong Dang, Megan Goldston, Kristina Green, Christopher Heistand, Alonzo Holloway, Michelle Ker, Adam McBride, Larry Pittman, Kylie Roberts, and Mary Shadwell, Socastee High School; and Matthew Antol, Marissa Brockman, Adam Brunelle, James Cox, Holly Dawsey, Robert Harden, Devon Howard, Amy Patrick, James Sellers, Nathan Thomas, and Grace Vahey, St. James High School.
School SAT and ACT Highest Scores The student with the highest SAT or ACT score for her/his school is presented a $500 scholarship as part of the SAT/ACT Scholars Program of Horry County Schools. School ACT Highest Scorers are. Matthew Ray, Aynor High School; William Maxey, Carolina Forest High School; Susan Burroughs, Conway High School; Drake Cartrette and Colby Sarvis, Green Sea Floyds High School; Thomas Bitner, Loris High School; Anthony Sanderson, Myrtle Beach High School; Justin Knott, North Myrtle Beach High School; Lisa Brown, Socastee High School; and Devon Howard, St. James High School. School SAT Highest Scorers are Jason Richmond, Aynor High School; Travis Forney, Carolina Forest High School; Nicolas Quinones, Conway High School; Brandon Sarvis, Green Sea Floyds High School; Thomas Bitner, Loris High School; Anthony Sanderson, Myrtle Beach High School; Justin Knott, North Myrtle Beach High School; Lisa Brown, Socastee High School; and Robert Harden, St. James High School.
SAT/ACT Scholars Committed to improving students’ ACT and SAT scores, Horry County Schools has implemented the SAT Challenge to provide students and schools with resources and incentives to excel on college entrance tests. HCS seniors who have met the requirements of the program receive a $500 scholarship. SAT / ACT Scholars are: Tobias Banks, Enya Gomez-Piercy, Jeremy Hutson, Rachel Pendergrass, Matthew Ray, Jason Richmond, and Brandon Truett, Aynor High School; Joseph Brannigan, Nicolette Calhoun, Dylan Davis, Alexandra Eline, Joseph Fisher, Joshua Fisher, Travis Forney, Anna Guilliams, Jin Xia Guo, Colton Hilgenkamp, Virginia Jeffords, Oretha Manu, William Maxey, Bryan McKniff, Mary Mullis, Goran Osim, Dil Patel, Austin Pinckney, Megan Presutti, Heather Rogers, Gerald Roybal, Aeon Russo, and Christian Warren, Carolina Forest High School; Susan Burroughs and Nicolas Quinones, Conway High School; Chad Carteret and Brandon Sarvis, Green Sea Floyds High School; Thomas Bitner, Meredith Boyd and Valerie Shimonis, Loris High School; Nicolas Agosto, Clay Brittain, Caroline Clark, Darielle Deigan, Julian Durant, Brooke Eaves, Laurin Grabowsky, Garrett Hobgood, Casey Jenkins, Joseph King, Devin Maes, Shlomo Mishali, Rainey Patterson, Anthony Sanderson, Stacey Sangtian, Stuart Seagroves, Dustin Shepler, Erin Singleton, Cory Smith, Andrea Stalvey, Joseph Trask, Tiffany Waldorf, Jane Allison Wiggin, James Wingard and Brynne Zdybel, Myrtle Beach High School; Frank Andre, Jennifer Bowling, Sean Brady, Sara Cox, Megan Donohue, Jonathan Dusenbury, Michael Harris, Justin Knott, Benjamin LaRiviere, Adrianna Leonard, Timothy Mulliger, Chelsea Nill, Eric Pastore and Victoria Richardson, North Myrtle Beach High School; Christine Baker, Lisa Brown, Emily Campbell, Tiffany Cartee, Thuong Dang, Mary DeFilippo, Megan Goldston, Christopher Heistand, Alonzo Holloway, Michelle Ker, Justin Le, Stephen Lemmons, Chelsea Magrath, Adam McBride, Stephen Parker, Kylie Roberts, Mary Elizabeth Shadwell, Mary Elizabeth van der Horst and Christopher Yahnis, Socastee High School; and Marissa Brockman, Adam Brunelle, James Cox, Robert Harden, Devon Howard, Bryan Huxhold, Jessica Noll, Frances Pondish, James Sellers, Lindsey Smith, Nathan Thomas, and Grace Vahey, St. James High School.
National Merit Scholars Participants in the National Merit Scholarship Program are determined by their performance on the PSAT during their junior year. Students named National Merit Semi-Finalists, Finalists, and National Achievement Scholars are among a select group of students across the nation who advanced to the final round of competition in the National Merit Scholarship Program. From the pool of National Merit Scholarship Finalists, an elite group of students is awarded National Merit Scholarships. National Merit Achievement Scholar: Oretha Manu, Carolina Forest High School. National Merit Scholars are: Travis Forney and William Maxey, Carolina Forest High School; and Lisa Brown, Socastee High School.
Salutatorians These seniors have been identified as second in their classes in academic rank: Jeremy Hutson, Aynor High School; Anna Guilliams, Carolina Forest High School; Susan Burroughs, Conway High School; Drake Cartrette, Green Sea Floyds High School; Zachary SeJan, Loris High School; Caroline Clark, Myrtle Beach High School; Megan Donohue, North Myrtle Beach High School; Michelle Ker, Socastee High School; and James Sellers, St. James High School.
Valedictorians These students have been identified as first in their senior classes in academic rank: Jeana Dunn, Aynor High School; Travis Forney, Carolina Forest High School; Nicolas Quinones, Conway High School; Chad Carteret, Green Sea Floyds High School; Meredith Boyd, Loris High School; Anthony Sanderson, Myrtle Beach High School; Justin Knott, North Myrtle Beach High School; Lisa Brown, Socastee High School; and Devon Howard, St. James High School. |
