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The Williamson County Chapter of the University of Tennessee Alumni Association (UTAA) saluted 115 academic leaders of the Class of 2012 from each high school in Williamson County.

The rising seniors with the highest academic averages were recognized at the 2011 Williamson County High School Honors Reception on April 3 at Brentwood Country Club. Those students honored from Brentwood-area high schools were:

Ravenwood junior Kevin Josue Okseniuk, right, talks with UT-Martin admissions counselor Kerry Hines as UTM freshman Kevin Malm listens. (Submitted photos by J. Neiland Pennington)

Brentwood High School—Natalie Bennie, Catherine Doyle, Laura Fullerton, Emily Grant, Alexander Howard, Sara Jarnagin, Peyton McClure, Allie Morrison, Austin Saunders, Siegfried Schlunk, Katherine Smith, Kiersten Stanley, Olivia Sterling, Kelsey Ziesig and Michael Zoorob.Brentwood Academy— Samantha Becci, Taylor Davis, Catie Eskew, Elizabeth Gerrald, Caylyn Harvey, Jessica Jestings, Kate McGregor, Olivia Meers, Luke Newman and Britta Ristau.

Ravenwood High School— Jennifer Nichole Arnold, Kristina Laura Atalla, Homa Chiyeru Boms, Okeehi Chimeka Boms, Nicholas Tjaden Erickson, Riley Philip Hadden, Deya Maldas, Rahul Mohan, Jaymes Arthur Myers, Kevin Josue Okseniuk, Amanda Maria Oldani, Sarah Ooi, Sara Ashley Rains, Jayne Raven Rice and Salwa M. Saba. 

The event honored the students for their hard work and provided them with the opportunity to hear more about the UT system and the advantages of staying in the state of Tennessee to attend college. The university wants to attract the best and the brightest to its state schools. 

Emcee of the Student Experience Panel was Margaret Perry, Ph.D., former chancellor of the University of Tennessee-Martin.

Student Experience Panel members together before the discussion are, from left: Kim Swift, UT-Chattanooga junior; Andrew LaHaie, UT-Knoxville sophomore; Keith Malm, UT-Martin freshman; and Dr. Margaret Perry, chancellor emerita of UT-Martin.

The Student Experience Panel included Kim Swift, junior at the UT-Chattanooga in the Honors Program; Andrew La Haie, sophomore at UT-Knoxville, majoring in human resources management; and Keith Malm, second semester freshman at UT-Martin, majoring in agriculture with a concentration in plant and soil science: golf course and landscape management.

The event recognized the academic leaders of the Class of 2012 from Battle Ground Academy (BGA), Brentwood Academy, Brentwood High School, Centennial High School, Fairview High School, Franklin High School, Independence High School, Page High School and Ravenwood High School. Other students honored at the dinner were:

Battle Ground Academy — Megan Elizabeth Barr, Leslie Jacqueline Douglas, Katherine Arline Kelly, Tyler Alexander Lawrence, Spencer Gray Moore, Diana Adanna Otuwa, Stephen Matthew Pintauro, Kinsey Caroline Sessions, Charles Alan Snider and Dillon Scott Young.

Centennial High School —  Courtney Bigoness, Lindsey Chesak, Emily Daffron, Hannah Detweiler, Cassidy Horvath, Brennan Langenbach, Ben Mallernee, Leslie Ann Miller, Abigail Poff, Pal Smith, Tylyn Tatum, Michael Testut, Iman Thambi, Meghan Von Wahlde and Zachary Whiteman.

Chapter president Anne Pennington of Brentwood

Fairview High School— Chaselynn Beard, Taylor Blunt, Sarah Maccaro, Melissa Miller, Christiana Purvis, Ella Sanders and Elizabeth Sensing.

Franklin High School— Madison Beck, Ben Fly, Hannah Friedman, Sarah Hagaman, Juliana Ireland, Mitch McCloy, Sarah Minucci, Gabriela Preda, Molly Rossi, Emma Sharp, Jacob Strimaitis, Grace Wylie and Ruth Zegel.

Independence High School— Abagail Asper, Bryce Beyer, Taylor Croteau, Angeline Fodra, Chelsea Galey, Lauren Hughes, Ben Johns, Preston Jutte, Kaitlyn Kilday, Jessica Mathias, Trevor Presson, Miranda Rutan, Kelli Spears, Bridget Stubblefield and Joshua Wakefield.

Page High School—Emily Blackwell, Samantha Coley, Kyle Daughtrey, Makenzy Davis, Zach Driskell, Shelby Flatt, Jonathan Generotti, Rachel Hearn, Abigail Hodge, Cole McGuire, Hunter Pons, Anika Rahman, Lindy Smith, Brady Wade and Bryson White.

The reception was generously sponsored by Bob and Baeteena Black, Franklin Synergy Bank and Linda and Dan Brown.

Anne Pennington, of Brentwood, president of the Williamson County chapter of the UT alumni, welcomed the students and their families.