Henderson County Public Schools Recognizes 66 Top Scholars

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HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (May 31, 2018) — Sixty-six of Henderson County Public Schools’ highest-achieving graduating seniors were honored May 31 during the 2017-18 Top Scholars Banquet at Blue Ridge Community College. Held annually for 14 years, the Top Scholars ceremony recognizes the academic and athletic successes and strong leadership of seniors at the top of their classes.

This year, the top three students from Henderson County Career Academy and Henderson County Early College, and the top 15 students from Hendersonville High, West Henderson High, North Henderson High, and East Henderson High were recognized by parents, principals, senior counselors, School Board members, HCPS Administration and keynote speaker Chris Hykin (Plant Director of SMARTRAC) during the banquet.

As a group, this year’s cohort of Top Scholars received a total of $1,444,676 in college scholarships, had an average 4.77 GPA and 29 ACT score, and volunteered at more than 75 organizations and nonprofits in Western North Carolina and the Upstate. Forty-four of the 66 Top Scholars are originally from North Carolina, and 42 are attending colleges and universities in the state.

Henderson County Career Academy
Justin Bush, Emily Cutshaw, Kate Rivera-Hernandez

Henderson County Early College
Seth Drake, Hannah Lunsford, Brigid Zietlow

East Henderson High
Zachary Adkinson, Erin Dellinger, Joshua Grady, Kira Green, Courtney Hodges, Alexandra Justus, Eliana Kotsias, Lauren Maybin, Abigail Nelson, Janvi Patel, Shivani Patel, Jacob Shattuck, Barbara Trejo Ramirez, Elizabeth Winn, Ting Zheng

Hendersonville High
John Bushe, Sara Congdon, Grayson Garber, Juna Hartzler, Olivia Hill, Luke Hollingsworth, Carson Kirby, Breanna Kirk, Emma Laughter, Connor Leidner, Joseph Maddock, Tyler Mujica, Dylan Myers, Chloe Pryor, Megan Pryor

North Henderson High
Cole Borlee, Aidan Boyle, Sarah Connor, Kyle Decker, Samuel Edney, Kinley Freeman, Breanna Haney, Daniel Hyder, Lauren Ledford, Adam Lytle, Daniel Mannanov, Myles McKnight, Emily Miller, Annie Grace Plott, Lexie Siegel

West Henderson High
Austin Allison, Conner Awald, Oussa Bun, Tiffany Bush, Kennedy Combs, Jonathan Davis, Amber Detwiler, Rebekah Littauer, Avery McCawley, Paiton McDonald, Matthew Pitcavage, Amanda Stansberry, Lillian Summey, Sophia Walker, Mitchell Young

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