2023 Academic Excellence Award winners named at community colleges across North Carolina
The North Carolina Community College System is announcing the 2023 Academic Excellence Award winners — the highest academic honor the System bestows on its students.
The award was created in 1998 to recognize and encourage scholarship among students at all 58 North Carolina community colleges.
Each college selects one student to receive the award each year. To be eligible, students must be currently enrolled, have completed at least 12 semester hours in a curriculum degree program, and have a cumulative GPA of no less than 3.25.
“North Carolina’s community college students and graduates are the workforce that makes our state such a strong place for business, relocation, and quality of life,” said Dr. Bill Carver, Interim President of the System. “I’m proud to announce the 2023 Academic Excellence Award winners and the tremendous accomplishments and efforts they have demonstrated at their community college.”
Each student receives a plaque and medallion in honor of their academic accomplishments.
Below are 2023 Academic Excellence Award winners, in alphabetical order:
- Alamance Community College, Shane Hogan
- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, Hannah Goodson
- Beaufort County Community College, Hunter T. Ledford
- Bladen Community College, Weixiu Zhang
- Blue Ridge Community College, Emma Robinson
- Brunswick Community College, William Grant Gibbs
- Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute, Billie S. Shilling
- Cape Fear Community College, Nicole E. Davis
- Carteret Community College, Norah Lee Patterson
- Catawba Valley Community College, Arika K Wuest
- Central Carolina Community College, Kayla Olivares
- Central Piedmont Community College, Genesis Lobo Colmenarez
- Cleveland Community College, Michael Lewis Parnell
- Coastal Carolina Community College, Junko Clements
- College of the Albemarle, Anita Lin
- Craven Community College, Tyeshia Bryant
- Davidson-Davie Community College, Stephanie Hernandez
- Durham Technical Community College, Rufus Carver King
- Edgecombe Community College, Terrence Tremayne Baker
- Fayetteville Technical Community College, Troy Louis Hobbs, III
- Forsyth Technical Community College, Carolyn McMahon
- Gaston College, Estrella Cardona Santin
- Guilford Technical Community College, Nicholas Cameron Stewart
- Halifax Community College, Jenna Elaine Jones
- Haywood Community College, Harry Francis Weisbecker
- Isothermal Community College, Kimberly Marley Trivette
- James Sprunt Community College, Elvin Cruz
- Johnston Community College, William Matthew Chilton
- Lenoir Community College, Joslyn Louise Mae-Rose Evans
- Martin Community College, Hannah Faith Thompson
- Mayland Community College, Haylee Marie Herbert
- McDowell Technical Community College, Charla Parks
- Mitchell Community College, Ryan P. Rodriguez
- Montgomery Community College, Abrianna Marie Morris
- Nash Community College, Isai Perez-Hernandez
- Pamlico Community College, Mariah Alice Stowe
- Piedmont Community College, Ashley Castillo-Rojas
- Pitt Community College, Jarius C. Washington
- Randolph Community College, Abigail Elizabeth Maze
- Richmond Community College, Lorenzo Vega-Vazquez
- Roanoke-Chowan Community College, Amanda Spruill
- Robeson Community College, Dulce Christal Rocha Vera
- Rockingham Community College, Kylee M. Rieger
- Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Terra Daisey
- Sampson Community College, Reese O’Quinn
- Sandhills Community College, MacKenzie Peden
- South Piedmont Community College, Ritza Nicole Bonilla-Cruz
- Southeastern Community College, Collin Fisher Soles
- Southwestern Community College, Ellie Padgett
- Stanly Community College, Toby Ken Neal
- Surry Community College, Emma Noel Freed
- Vance Granville Community College, Felicia M. Douglas
- Wake Technical Community College, Brad Wilson
- Wayne Community College, Derrick James Dabney
- Western Piedmont Community College, Zachary Russell Poteet
- Wilkes Community College, Willard Bryan Sheets
- Wilson Community College, Karen Avellaneda-Robles
Read more about the State Board of Community Colleges Awards.
