OCTC Honors Students & Graduates May 2021

by Bernie Hale

Please Note: Corrected program honor student for Welding and removed some graduates that did not complete.

Owensboro, KY (05/25/2021) — Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) honored all the graduates from 2020 and spring 2021 with alternative ceremonies held May 11-13, 2021. This semester OCTC had the 466 graduates, receiving 1,149 credentials at the conclusion of the spring term. Credential highlights, 416 associate degrees, 671 certificates, and 62 diplomas. The Discover College-Early College program graduated 86 high school students who attended OCTC as full-time college student graduating with associate degrees. The Discover College -Merge program that allows high school students to graduate with an associate degree using a combination of dual credit from OCTC and another college/university and/or AP credit had 3 graduates.

The KCTCS All-Academic Team is a statewide honor based on academic excellence. The 2020 KCTCS All-Academic Team members from Owensboro Community & Technical College are Delany Ray and Robert (Rob) Jarvis.

The OCTC Outstanding Program Student Awards are exemplary students nominated by faculty in the program area and included: Air Conditioning-Jessee Wood, Biology-Delaney Ray, Chemistry-Thomas Keegan Vessels, Computer & Information Technologies-Calli Young, Computerized Manufacturing & Machining-Blake Payne, Construction Technology-Virginia (Jenny) Higdon, Criminal Justice-Gavin Sanders, Education-Tanner Dewitt, Electrical Technology-Shaun Powers, Engineering & Electrical Technology-Seth Cooper, Fire Science Technology-Stephanie Dawn Carr, GO FAME-Robert (Rob) Jarvis, Industrial Maintenance Technology-Rickey L. Taylor, Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education-Desta Guyanna Pointer, Mathematics-Taylor Andrew Latham, Medical Assisting-Laura Butterworth, Medical Information Technology-Nina Anderson, Nursing-Chasity Williams and Brooklyn Henderson, Radiography-Madeline Lubbehusen, Surgical Technology-Tabatha Lynn Meredith Greenwell, Tech X-Jonah M. Seneff, Veterinary Technology-Hannah Cox, and Welding Technology-Josh Goldman.

Additional program awards for exemplary students are selected based on individual criteria and included: Nursing Nightingale Award-Jaclyn Tate, Linda Pool, Radiography-Bracco Award-Katie Houtchen, TRiO Award-Barbara Moseley, Veterinary Technology-Clinical Award-Chloe Johnson.

OCTC Honors Graduates are denoted with a single asterisk as a *Graduate with Distinction, earning at least 45 credit hours (for a degree) or 30 credit hours (for a diploma) at a KCTCS college, earning a GPA of 3.4-3.59 on all work attempted; or a double asterisk as a **Graduate with High Distinction, earning at least 45 credit hours (for a degree) or 30 credit hours (for a diploma) at a KCTCS college, earning a GPA of 3.6 or higher on all work attempted.

Associate in Arts Degrees

Joshua Lee Anderson, Elizabeth Kay Arnold, Isaac Jacob Arvin, Leslie Tyler Ashton*, Silas Clay Baird, Kenneth Kyler Baize, Allie Christen Belcher, Travis Birchler, Ashley McKenzie Blanton, Lexie Ann Boling, Brynnan Michelle Booth**, Lauryn Taylor Bowlds*, Emma Grace Brown, Joshua Trey Brown, Madalyn Rose Bruner, Angela H. Burden**, Shasta Lynn Burk, Mary Jennifer Carrico, Sarah Casey, Sandra K. Chancellor**, Tiffany L. Chaney, Camille Marie Clark, Lenora G. Claypool*, Jessica Cook**, Blake Allen Coomes*, Macey Marie Cundiff**, Autumn Renee Deason, Tanner Douglas Dewitt, Lindsey Carol Duneghy, Devin Jayce Eaves, Baylee Grace Edge**, Mary Epley, Casi Alexandra Fairchild, Kristen Fallin**, Shannon Mae Fry, Brendan Reed Gish*, Grant Andrew Griffin, Stephanie Guzman, Abby Lynn Hagan**, Sandra Jean Hammers, Brooklyn Nichole Harrington, Caitlen Ashlee Hayden, Isabel Marie Hayden**, Lindsey Delores Hayden, Audrey Marie Hodgson, Gabriella Danae Howard**, Patricia Ann Irwin, Stephen Mitchell Johnson*, Britney Allen Jones, Ashley Danielle Kennedy, Stevie Kaye Kretz, Laci Rae Lashbrook, Nolan Thomas Latham*, Chase Marcus Luckett, Morgan Elizabeth Maddox, Austin Blaine Mathew, Hannah Rochelle Mattas, Bailey Addison McCalister, Georgia Anne McCrady**, Lashawn Renee McKenzie, Cody Wade Miller, Maci Lynn Mize, Allison Moseley, Barbara Dale Moseley**, Linnie Nail, Taylor Naue**, Wesley R. Nevitt, Hannah Leigh Orth, Kerri Marina Parker**, Mary Josephine Payne, Janet Mireya Perez, Joshua Heath Piper, Haley Nicole Porter, Lilly Ann Quinn**, Mathew Rapp, Stacy Christine Roberts*, Antoine Lamont Smith-Rouse**, Katie J. Sterling, Kacee Lynn Stone*, Daniel Styke, Rui Tuttle, Rebecca Gail Walz**, Kathleen Renee Ward, April Michelle Wathen, and Rebekah Grace Westmoreland*.

Associate in Science Degrees

Markus Alan Acton**, Lexus Tana Aldrich, Morgan Elizabeth Aull, Robert Ryan Beavin, Kirby Bennett, Regann Corinn Booth*, Erin R. Bukhari, Brittany Michelle Bullock, Seara Chambers, Tiffany L. Chaney, Rita Chinn*, Angelica Yasmin Cisneros, Paula K. Cissna, Katherine Patricia Craig, Alexandria Culbertson, Markie Jo Dewitt, Jordan Rae Dockery**, Natalie Morgan Duerk, Mason Durnil, Tara Beth Embry, Shannon Mae Fry, Sandra Kay Garrett, Brendan Reed Gish*, Tonya Renee Goodall, Madelyn Claire Henderson, Justin C. Hester**, Jessica Marie Hill, Alexis Hinton, Gabriella Danae Howard**, Makayla Elizabeth Huffines, Amelia Ann Johnson, Haylee Jo Grace Jones, Victoria Rose Jones, Graci Anne Judd, Joshua Gene King**, Kimberly Love Lake, Taylor Andrew Latham**, Kayla Renee Likens, Allie Jordan Manning, Shayla Reann Morris, Allison Moseley, Barbara Dale Moseley**, Avery Rebecca Nalley, Alexis Nichole Nix*, Levi Patterson, Maxwell Montgomery Proctor*, Olivia Kaitlin Rather, Delaney Ray**, John William Sams, Sydney Eve Sandefur*, Cynthia Marie Scherer*, Natalie Marie Smith**, Rafe Jozef Swihart, Alexcia Marhee Thomas, Jennifer Torres, Tiffany Leann Ward**, Thomas Allen White, Mariah Hope Whitehouse*, Ellenna Francis Wiles, Brittany Lee Williams, and Toni Lynn Williams.

Associate in Applied Science Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates

Administrative Office Technology

Angela Kay Brooks, Jeri Ann Burden, Jolene Jane Marie Calloway, Madison Ernestine Carr, Lesley Gail Cline, Destiny Monique Dudgeon, Madison Kay Edge, Michelle Dawn Gaddis, Autumn Hall, Melanie Leeanne Manasco, Felecia Kay McKannan, Stefanie L. Morris.

Air Conditioning Technology

Nathan Tyler Mewes, Cade L. Mills, and Jessee Bryant Wood**.

Automotive Technology

Christopher Michael Feldpausch, Nathan Gily, William Matthew Grimley, James E. Hackett, Samuel Christian Johnson*, Justin Lamar Kiper, and Henry Thomas Lytle**.

Biomedical Science-Project Lead the Way

Olivia Kate Taylor.

Business Administration

Joshua Boyken**, Mary Jennifer Carrico, Brittany Marie Cecil**, Sandra K. Chancellor**, Lenora G. Claypool*, De'Asia Nichole Douglas, Lindsey Carol Duneghy, Courtney Brooke Embry, Lauren Marie Ficker, Isaac Daniel Fuqua*, Lindsey Delores Hayden, Kelli Rae Grant, Michael Hankins, Ashley Marie Harris*, Madeline Elizabeth Taylor Houston, Catherine Margaret Hunt**, Lindsey Michelle Ioia, Dylan Wayne Johnson, Britney Allen Jones, Ashly Ellyn Kelly, Ashley Danielle Kennedy, Stevie Kaye Kretz, Laci Rae Lashbrook, Emily Nicole Latham**, Azariah Gabriel Mattas**, Gabrielle Nicole Ramburger, Ashley Roethemeier, Anna Maria Rutland**, Kamille Lauren Stallings, Amanda Marie Storm, Kendall L. Terry, and Kathleen Renee Ward.

Computer & Information Technologies

Zackary William Adams, Samuel Joseph Beardmore**, Adam Thomas Chaney, Nikolas Alekzander De La Cruz, Michael Dean Estes, Kenneth Ray Hackbarth, Jalen T. Hinton, Jordan Lynn Jennings, John Edward King, Taylor Andrew Latham, Jackson Montgomery Lindsey, Damon Matthew McClellan, William Brown Meloney**, Matthew James Murphy, Aidan Ray, Nathanael Charles Turner, Ellenna Francis Wiles, Calli Raeann Young**, and Richard Eugene Ziehr**.

Computerized Manufacturing & Machining

Miguel Angel Aguilar, Kodee Lane Barr, Jacob Blair, Arthur James Bolen, Marc Cristian Bowlds, Clayton Bradshaw, Terry Keith Burden, Christopher R. Calloway, Wyatt Tilden Dieruf, Jacob Tyler Dowdy, Travis Lee Drury, Kegan Lee Embry, Chance Draven Estes, Austin Lane Frizzell, Kodi Bryant Glenn, Noah Michael Horlander, Robert Jarvis, Aaron Joseph Leonard, Troy Lynn Majors, Nathan Tyler Mewes, Kyle Robert Morris, Timothy Wayne Nealen, Blake Thomas Payne**, Jessica Marie Ratliff, Christopher Joseph Schwartz, Jonah Michael Seneff, Camryn Sierra Smith, Claude Jay Swick, Kolton Hunter Swihart, Rickey L. Taylor, and Brent Harley Wilson.

Construction Technology

Christian Lee Colburn and Virginia Lee Higdon.

Criminal Justice

Dakota Lloyd Browning, Kyler Anthony Fannon, Nicholas Ryan Flake, Aaron Guzman, Amanda Dee Pate, Brittney Reese, and Thomas J. Wagner.

Diesel Technology

Brice Andrew Duncan, Michael Thomas Fischer, Bradley James Gasaway**, and Corey Todd Waninger**.

Electrical Technology

Charles Weston Bailey, Alex Bertschman**, Marc Cristian Bowlds**, Christian Alexander Brown, Lucas Alexander Bryant, Terry Keith Burden, Jason Wayne Chappell, Christopher Thomas Clark*,William Robert Crawford, Kegan Lee Embry**, Jeremy L. Forler, Brandon Gregory Hall, Benjamin Kelly Harness, Stephen Michael Hicks, Robert Jarvis**, Aaron Joseph Leonard**, Luke David McCamish**, Justin Garrett McKay*, Dylan Darrell McMahon, Nathan Tyler Mewes*, Spencer Joseph Millay, Timothy Wayne Nealen, Robert Christopher Nelson**, Shaun Mark Powers**, Luke Nathanial Roberts, Leanna Shelnutt, Kolton Hunter Swihart, Rickey L. Taylor, Noah Christian Todd, Michael Thomas VanCleve**, and Travis Jordan VanWinkle**.

Emergency Medical Services Technology

Daniel Brent Hartz*, Korrie Allen Ray Purcell, and Brent Seth Turvey.

Engineering & Electronics Technology

Joshua Martin Jewell and Ren Phillip Lofland**.

Fire Science Technology

Kane T. Baker, Jennifer Boarman, Stephanie Dawn Carr, Casey Hall, Dorema Heavner, Chase Alexander Holeman, Michaela Jayde Hutchins, Laura Leonard, Jaycee Nikkaeya Long, Autumn Padgett, Easton H. Phelps, and Mason James Russell.

General Occupational Technical Studies

April Michelle Wathen

Healthcare Facilities Leadership

Justin Givens, Mackenzie N. Morrison, and Stephen Gary York**.

Industrial Maintenance Technology

Kodee Lane Barr, Marc Cristian Bowlds**, Terry Keith Burden, Jason Wayne Chappell*, Jacob Tyler Dowdy*, Travis Lee Drury**, Kegan Lee Embry**, Brenna Nicole Franzman*, Robert Jarvis**, Aaron Joseph Leonard**, Troy Lynn Majors**, Nathan Tyler Mewes*, Timothy Wayne Nealen, Stormi Ray Pate, Mason Dale Porter, Randall L. Ramsey**, Christopher Joseph Schwartz**, Kolton Hunter Swihart, and Rickey L. Taylor**.

Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education

Lana Faye Browder, De'Asia Nichole Douglas, Allison Renae Reynolds, and Jacqueline Lee Ward.

Medicaid Nurse Aide

Markus Alan Acton, Keeley Shaye Greenlee, Julia Marie Hagan, Keeley Lynn Hamilton, Joshua Gene King, Emma R. Krampe, Kassidy Alexis Lynn Lafond, Destini L. Leonard, Haley Renee Marchand, Dianna Marie Melton, Justice Elaine Meserve, Aubrey Jade Mills, Aryonna Dichelle Moore, Payton Anthony Neighbors, Annagrace Elisabeth Oakes, Ryan Joseph Payne, Alyssa Marie Peercy, Skylar Renea Preston, Emilee M. Reeks, Christopher Ethan Tapp, Jennifer Torres, Christina Faith Wathen, Erik Russell Whited, and Loren Sage Williamson.

Medical Assisting

Laura Butterworth*, Tee Kbaw Moo, and Lyndsey Gayle Wathen.

Medical Information Technology

Nina Anderson**, Jeri Ann Burden, Sarah Casey, Tera Lenae Hendricks, Lliana Lewis, Melanie Leeanne Manasco, Taylor Paige Robertson*, Kim Snodgrass, Delena Mae Trogdon, and Jessie Ann Wright.

Nursing

Heather Baade, Kelly Beatty, Madison Taylor Calhoun*, Tiffany L. Chaney, Ashley Daum, Sydney Ann DeWitt, Rebecca Lynn Durbin, Jared Matthew Gibbs, Jeffrey Scott Gibson**, Kassie Lynn Gough, Logan Xavier Hamilton, Brooklynn Nichole Henderson*, Amanda Megan Howard, Sahara Johnson, Bobbi Johnston*, April Lynn Long, Samantha Leigh Marksbury*, Linda Ann Pool, Sara E. Shively, Cindy Louann Stewart, Tiffany Stull, Jaclyn Tate, Angelica Webb, Thomas Allen White, and Chasity Alecia-Ann Williams.

Phlebotomy for the Healthcare Worker

Holly Hagan, Sarah Elizabeth Haleman, Holly Irene Hodskins, Kayla Logsdon, Kelci R. Long, Mackenzie Raechelle Marret, Madison Rae Martin, Roxane Payton, Rosa Perez-Lucas, Kailey Michelle Reed, Jaimie Thompson, Maricela Torres, and Ashley Nicole Whitaker.

Radiography

Dallas Tyler Barnett, Hannah Nicole Girten, Katie Elizabeth Houtchen*, Brianna F. Jackson, Katie E. Lacefield**, Shawna Jean Lacefield, Te'ara Michelle Lee, Madeline Lubbehusen, Angela Marie Martin*, Alexis N. Means*, Jacquelyn Danielle Motes*, Grace Ann Pate, Korey Taylor Peters, Samantha Kate Robbins*, Shelby Lynn Schaad*, and Sara Louise Thielen, Savannah B. Yawn, and Leslie Erin Christine Young.

Surgical Technology

Taylor Blair, Sydney Rachel Coomes, Tabatha L. Meredith Greenwell, and Elena C. Recinos.

Veterinary Technology

Claire Bishop**, Hannah Marie Cox**, Kayla Ann French*, Taylor Elyse Higgs, Krysta Danelle House*, Kelsey Nicole Janes, Chloe Elizabeth Johnson**, Ladonna Brooks Melton, Katelyn Leigh Phillips, Kaitlyn B. Phipps, Kelsee Leigh Riggsbee, and Addison Nicole Widmer**.

Welding Technology

Miguel Angel Aguilar, Kodee Lane Barr, Arthur James Bolen, Marc Cristian Bowlds, Clayton Bradshaw, Marcus Walter Brown, Adam Lane Cattoor, Jason Wayne Chappell, Emmalee Morgan Chinn**, Nolan Jedd Davis, Jacob Tyler Dowdy, Travis Lee Drury, Brandon Lowell Elms, Kegan Lee Embry, Brenna Nicole Franzman, Austin Lane Frizzell, Josh Sontra Goldman**, Trace Allen Grenier, Noah Michael Horlander, Robert Jarvis, Dradell Johnson, Aaron Joseph Leonard, Troy Lynn MajorsNathan Tyler Mewes, William Andrew Meyer**, Kyle Robert Morris, Timothy Wayne Nealen, Jessica Marie Ratliff, Christopher Joseph Schwartz, Jonah Michael Seneff, Camryn Sierra Smith, Robert Tyler Stone, Claude Jay Swick, Kolton Hunter Swihart, Rickey L. Taylor, Jermey Westerfield, Jacob Tyler Williams, Thomas Hunter Williams, and Brent Harley Wilson.

DISCOVER COLLEGE-EARLY COLLEGE

Discover College-Early College is a collaborative partnership with our regional secondary schools. Early College students attend classes on campus at OCTC full-time during their junior and senior years of high school. Students may graduate simultaneously with a high school diploma and an associate degree.

APOLLO HIGH SCHOOL

Associate in Arts

Peyton Ann Bethel, Sarah Isabella Edge, Natalie Estes, Alyssa Marie Lawrence*, Taylor Leeann Mattingly**, Gabrielle Nicole Ramburger**, Hayley Dawn Rudd, Paige Madison Safreed**, Genesis Carol Smith**, and Sophia Elender Waldschmidt.

Associate in Science

Alyson Kay Bertke**, Zachary Caleb Estes, Emily Grace French*, Riley L. Grimes, Julia Marie Hagan**, Keeley Lynn Hamilton, Emma Grace Johnson**, Kailee G. Jones**, Jackson Montgomery Lindsey**, Payton Anthony Neighbors**, Ryan Joseph Payne, Emilee M. Reeks, Benjamin Glenn Royalty, and Erik Russell Whited.

Associate in Arts & Associate in Science

Luke G. Malott** and Catherine Lee Schneider**.

DAVIESS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

Associate in Arts

Korie Alexis Barbour, De'Asia Nichole Douglas, Haley Jane Gilreath, Bay Thay La, Cassidy Elizabeth Poynter**, Allison Renae Reynolds, and Kamille Lauren Stallings.

Associate in Science

Philip Harrison Caldbeck**, Keeley Shaye Greenlee**, Evan Matthew Harvilla**, Alyssa Dawn Koller**, Avery Renee McNeiley**, Dianna Marie Melton**, Aubrey Jade Mills, Jonathan Stephen Nalley**, Alyssa Marie Peercy**, Kloee Kathleen Phelps**, Luke Nathanial Roberts*, Christopher Ethan Tapp**, and Madison Jade Thompson**.

Associate in Arts & Associate in Science

Brielle Elise Gaddis**, Justice Elaine Meserve**, Mackenzie Nicole Sweatt**, and Olivia Kate Taylor**.

Associate in Applied Science - Criminal Justice

Gavin Thomas Sanders**

HANCOCK COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

Associate in Arts

Jordan Lynn Jennings.

Associate in Science

Katie Anne Blan**, Anna Catherine Durbin**, Holland Claire Emmick**, Brandon Kellems**, Megan Laclair**, Aidan Ray**, and Loren Sage Williamson*.

HOMESCHOOL

Associate in Arts

Madeline Elizabeth Taylor Houston** and Abigail Elizabeth Manley**.

Associate in Science

Annagrace Elisabeth Oakes*.

MCLEAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

Associate in Arts

Andrew Russell Brackett, Rebecca Michelle-Jean Schwartz**, Mallory Jonee Tindle**, and Emma Alyse Ward**.

Associate in Science

James E. Hackett** and William Henry Hudson.

OHIO COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

Associate in Arts

Tess E. Russell*.

OWENSBORO HIGH SCHOOL

Associate in Arts

Alazia Elizabeth Dean, Sophia Isabelle Lutz**, and Payton Alexis McCollam**.

Associate in Science

Alexandra M. Troxle** and Nathanael Charles Turner.

OWENSBORO INNOVATION ACADEMY

Associate in Arts

Serenity Faith Barnes Winders** and Claire Elizabeth Fischer*.

Associate in Science

David Daniel Christensen, James Aaron Girten*, Jalen T. Hinton, Jusdin Wayne Kamuf**, and Kassidy Alexis Lynn Lafond.

DISCOVER COLLEGE-MERGE PROGRAM

Merge allows high school students to graduate with an associate degree using a combination of dual credit from OCTC and another college/university and/or AP credit.

DAVIESS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

Associate in Science

Abby Lou Newman** and Jersey Dawn Vanover**.

Associate in Science - Business Administration

Alexander Gregory Adams.

Owensboro Community & Technical College is one of the sixteen community and technical colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC serves the KY counties of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio and McLean. OCTC has three campuses in Daviess County and a Center and Annex in Hancock County. OCTC strives to serve the communities in the service area by providing associate degree education for transfer, state of the art technical education for students focusing on entering the workforce, customized business and industry solutions through the Workforce Solutions division, and adult education and business and industry testing through the SkillTrain unit.

The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is the Commonwealth's largest postsecondary institution with 16 colleges and more than 70 campuses. We also are Kentucky's largest provider of workforce training and online education. Through partnerships with business and industry, we align our programs to meet the needs of local employers. We help students fulfill their dreams of creating a better life through programs that lead directly to jobs or help them transfer to one of our four-year partners.

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