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MEDALLION OF EXCELLENCE The Daytona Beach News-Journal Sunday, April 10, 2011 7BMEDALLION OF EXCELLENCE

2 0 1 1The Daytona Beach News-Journal established the Medallion of Excellence Award in 1983 torecognize Volusia and Flagler high school seniors with outstanding records of academicachievement, school and community service and leadership. A panel of judges from Volusia andFlagler schools and The News-Journal selected this year’s 45 winners from 170 applicants.All of them are outstanding examples of well-rounded teenagers whose accomplishments stretchwell beyond campus into their communities. Medallion of Excellence

JONATHAN BOOHER TRAVIS DOBLER EVAN ILERCLAYTIA GONSALVES ELIZABETH WANGMATTHEW BROWN BRENT MEISTER CAROLYN COFFEY LAUREN RAWLINS DYLAN FISHERAtlantic AtlanticAtlantic DeLandDeLand Flagler Palm CoastFlagler Palm Coast Mainland Mainland Mainland

Major school activities: Finesse; Future Farmers ofAmerica (treasurer); soccer (co-captain).Community service: Participated in the coastal clean-up, Estuary Day and with the Legacy Program.Honors/awards: Boy Scouts of America (EagleScout); Pop Warner All American Little Scholar; BoyScouts of America 250 Nights of Camping.College/career plans: Major in marine science at Day-tona State College and pursue a master’s degree inoceanography at the University of North Florida.Parents: Joel and Jo Ann Meister.Residence: Port Orange.

Major school activities: Future Farmers of America(president); Leo Club (president); Mu Alpha Theta;National Honor Society.Community service: Helped with the Flagler PalmCoast High School’s recycling program, was a mathtutor and worked with Project STUFFED (StitchingTogether Unique Friends for the Exceptionally De-prived).Honors/awards: Platinum Award and Best Duo/Trioat the 2010 International Dance Challenge for duo‘‘Blackbird.’’; Grand Champion wether at 2010 Flag-ler Co. Fair & Youth Show; Third Place high individ-ual at ’09 state veterinary assisting FFA event.College/career plans: Pursue a bachelor’s degree inbiology, at the University of Florida to become amedical doctor, then a a pathologist at a local hos-pital or crime lab.Parents: Stephen and Geni Clouse.Residence: Palm Coast.

Major school activities: Girl’s weightlifting (captain);Seek Wisdom Club (director of media and commu-nications); Spanish National Honor Society; StudentGovernment Association.Community service: Participated in Relay for Life,Adopt a Park and was a volunteer at health clinics inTrinidad and Tobago.Honors/awards: National Achievement Semifinalist;French National Award – Le Grand Concours; Girl’sWeightlifting (first place at Five Star).College/career plans: Major in international affairs atGeorgetown University. Plans to work at the U.S.Embassy in Latin America or the Middle East, andto be a U.S. Diplomat.Parents: Clayton and Sislyn Gonsalves.Residence: Deltona.

Major school activities: Swim team (captain); trackand field (senior captain); yearbook staff (sub-edi-tor); National Honor Society.Community service: Volunteer with Hameau Farm inthe Big Valley, served on some mission trips andwas the high school wrestling team manager.Honors/awards: Coach’s Award for swimming andtrack and field; National Merit Commended Scholar;Award of Prestige at the DeLand Fall Festival of theArts.College/career plans: Major in either environmentalengineering or veterinary medicine. College unde-cided.Parents: Steve and Elizabeth Coffey.Residence: DeLand.

Major school activities: Varsity baseball; varsity tennis;academic team (co-captain); Academy of ScienceInquiry (student ambassador and board member).Community service: Volunteered with the Rose Baywater testing and environment clean-up organiza-tion, member of the International Science and Tech-nology Fair team and was an assistant softballcoach.Honors/awards: College Board AP Scholar Award;Volusia County Social Studies Fair (honorable men-tion); One of four juniors to be honored as emceefor the senior honors ceremony at Peabody Audito-rium.College/career plans: Major in nuclear engineering atthe University of Florida to become a nuclear engi-neer with Florida Power & Light.Parents: Earl and Lori Iler.Residence: Ormond Beach.

Major school activities: Habitat for Humanity (presi-dent); Leo Club (secretary); Mu Alpha Theta (histo-rian); National Honor Society (treasurer).Community service: Helped build homes with Habitatfor Humanity, lead the Uganda fundraiser with achurch in Toronto and participated in the InvisibleChildren Book Drive with the Leo Club.Honors/awards: First place in Flagler FAST softball;Excellence in Acting; Questbridge finalist.College/career plans: Major in biochemistry to be-come a food engineer/scientist to provide better al-ternatives to the food people eat today. Collegeundecided.Parents: Li Wang and Tong Hui Zhao.Residence: Palm Coast.

Major school activities: Tennis; Academic Team; Na-tional Honor Society; Student Class Board (treasur-er).Community service: Volunteer with the Youth ChoirTours, Teen Court and with the Sunday night AWA-NA and RA’s/GA’s.Honors/awards: Multiple tennis awards; Recognitionfor AP test scores; Most Academy Spirit for the Aca-demy of Law and Government.College/career plans: To major in accounting to workfor the Federal Bureau of Investigation and its fraudunit. College undecided.Parents: Kent and Robin Booher.Residence: Port Orange.

Major school activities: Varsity football (captain);Sounds of the Atlantic Chorus (treasurer); ThespianTroupe 5340 (member of the CAPA Academy); Stu-dent Government Association (parliamentarian).Community service: Helped special needs kids, withbeach clean-ups and at city-sponsored events.Honors/awards: Mr. Atlantic High School 2010-2011;Superior Rated Thespian; Volusia All-County ChoirEnsemble 2010.College/career plans: Major in mechanical engineeringwith a specialization in automotive engineering. Col-lege undecided.Parents: Mickel and Eleanor Brown.Residence: Daytona Beach.

Major school activities: Internet Science and Technolo-gy Fair (lead researcher/documenter); varsity swimteam (captain); science Olympiad (head of musicalinstruments competition); Academy of Simulationand Robotics (vice president).Community service: Volunteered with a church youthgroup, West Volusia Humane Society and was a tu-tor.Honors/awards: Perfect 6.0 writing in FCAT; Out-standing Scholar Athlete; Athlete of the Week.College/career plans: Major in psychology at the Uni-versity of Florida to either work for a business orconduct studies with a university.Parent: Barbara Diaz.Residence: Holly Hill.

Major school activities: Varsity cross country (cap-tain); varsity soccer (captain); varsity tennis (cap-tain); Academic Team.Community service: Volunteer at First Baptist Churchof Daytona Beach, Toys for Tots and was a memberof the youth mission choir.Honors/awards: Senior Class President; State of Flor-ida Wendy’s High School Heisman winner; one offour juniors to be honored as emcee for the seniorhonors ceremony at the Peabody Auditorium.College/career plans: Major in health science pre-physical therapy at the University of Florida to be-come a doctor of physical therapy with an emphasison sports and rehabilitation.Parents: David and Cindy Fisher.Residence: Port Orange.

JACOB LITES ERICKA KIRKPATRICKMARIELENA DIAS RACHEL FLANAGANLOGAN MURRAY SAEED IMAM YANIL MUNOZ MITCHELL WALKER REBECCA WIGHTJENNIFER CHERRYMatanzas New Smyrna BeachMatanzasMatanzasMainlandDeLand DeLand Deltona Deltona Deltona

Major school activities: Key Club International (lieuten-ant governor for Volusia and Flagler counties); RhoKappa; Culinary Club; Student Government Associ-ation.Community service: Volunteer at the Orange CityNursing and Rehabilitation Center, at severalKiwanis events and at Journey’s End Animal Sanc-tuary in DeLand.Honors/awards: Youth Volunteer of the Year2009-2010 for Volusia County; Voted ‘‘Most Likelyto Succeed’’; awarded first place in the exhibit por-tion of the County Social Studies Fair in grades 10and 11.College/career plans: Double major in aquatic andmarine biology and education at Stetson Universityto become a college professor.Parents: Chuck and Stacey Cherry.Residence: Deltona.

Major school activities: Concert choir, men’s ensem-ble, and Quintessentials (lead bass singer); varsityswim team (scoring swimmer in the butterfly andfreestyle); Student Government Association (Mr.DHS); Hill Street Theatre (lead roll in ‘‘Damn Yan-kees’’).Community service: Participated in the Oyster ReefRestoration Eagle Scout Project, the High AchieversService Club and the concert choir and Quintessen-tials.Honors/awards: Eagle Scout; Mr. DeLand HighSchool; Disney Candlelight Processional, concertchoir, bass singer.College/career plans: Attending University of CentralFlorida to earn a master’s and a Ph.D. in the field ofcomputer science/engineering.Parents: Bill and Lisa Lites.Residence: Orange City.

Major school activities: Distributive Education Clubs ofAmerica - DECA (president); The Coffee Spot (asst.manager); production team; colorguard/winterguard team; Miss Matanzas.Community service: Volunteer counselor at the UnitedMethodist Christian School, a student teacher forthe North East Florida Dance Academy, and a vol-unteer with the Tommy Tant Memorial Surf Classic.Honors/awards: second runnerup for Miss Matanzas,2011; Accounting Applications DECA Competition(13th place in state competition, second place atdistricts); The Learn and Earn Project DECA Com-petition (12th place in state competition).College/career plans: Major in architecture to servethe local community through restoring historicalbuildings and building adequate housing. Collegeundecided.Parents: Stephen and Candace Flanagan.Residence: Palm Coast.

Major school activities: DECA (state competition2010); varsity flag football; Key Club; MatanzasHigh School Band of Pirates.Community service: Volunteer with the CrosspointYouth and the Quest Children’s ministries. Was alsoa math tutor for elementary through high schoolstudents.Honors/awards: National Merit semifinalist; AP Schol-ar with Distinction; Member of the Florida Gover-nor’s School for Science, Mathematics, and SpaceTechnology.College/career plans: Major in engineering at the Uni-versity of Central Florida to become a biomedical orstructural engineer for Disney.Parents: Billy and Kim Wight.Residence: Palm Coast.

Major school activities: Health Occupations Studentsof America – HOSA (regional president); Cudas Un-hooked (Board member).Community service: Volunteer with the Children’s Mir-acle Services Christmas party, the Animal Clinic ofEdgewater and the Red Ribbon Rally through thePeople for a Drug Free Youth.Honors/awards: HOSA: Medical Reading Competition(third place state competition); HOSA: OutstandingHOSA Chapter (national recognition); HOSA: Veteri-nary Assisting (second place state level).College/career plans: Major in molecular biology atthe University of Florida to work in the biomedicalresearch field.Parent: Faith Wilson.Residence: Edgewater.

Major school activities: Flagler County School Board(senior class representative); National Honor Socie-ty; Student Advisory Council (secretary); marching,concert bands.Community service: Founder and main coordinator ofthe nonprofit organization Helping Hands of PalmCoast Inc. Helped tutor students at Matanzas; Partof the Flagler Volunteer Services and an officialFlagler County schools volunteer.Honors/awards: AP Scholar with Distinction; Ms. Ma-tanzas 2010-2011; 2010-2011 senior class memberof the Flagler County School Board.College/career plans: Major in political science at theUniversity of Florida to become a foreign policy ana-lyst or diplomat for an American Embassy.Parents: Carlos and Maria Dias.Residence: Palm Coast.

Major school activities: DECA Business Club (presi-dent); Student Government Association (seniorclass vice president); Key Club International (pub-lic’s chair); Be the Change Club (secretary).Community service: Volunteer at Our Lady of theLakes Catholic Church, Deltona Lakes ElementarySchool and with the Special Olympics.Honors/awards: Volusia Futures Foundation Tomor-row’s Leaders Program; AP Scholar Award; DECADistinction Competition (fourth place advertisingcampaign event).College/career plans: Major in legal studies at the Uni-versity of South Florida to become an advocate forchildren with special needs, and those from abusivehomes.Parents: Julio and Yasmin Arvelo.Residence: Deltona.

Major school activities: Varsity baseball; junior varsitybaseball (co-captain); Academy of Design and Man-ufacturing Technology (president); National HonorSociety (district representative).Community service: Volunteer with the Academy ofDesign and Manufacturing Technology after schoolproject and was an usher at Allen Chapel AMEChurch.Honors/awards: Engineering Scholars Program atEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University; outstandingachievement in mathematics and AB calculus; Ju-nior Engineering Technical Society competition.College/career plans: Major in architectural engi-neering at the University of Florida. Aspires to ownan architectural design firm.Parents: Opal Badie.Residence: Daytona Beach.

Major school activities: Varsity basketball (captain);Fellowship of Christian Athletes (co-president); Na-tional Honor Society; Juniorettes Service Club.Community service: Was a 2009 DeLand Youth Bas-ketball Camp counselor and organized activities forthe 2009 Operation Changing Lives. Also, partici-pated in the 2010 Feeding the Children EverywherePacking Event at First Presbyterian Church of De-Land.Honors/awards: Senior Class Superlative (Best AllAround Male); 2010 DeLand High School Home-coming King; 2009-2010 DeLand Basketball Heartand Hustle Award.College/career plans: Major in pre-medicine at theUniversity of Florida to become an oncologist.Parents: Craig and Susan Murray.Residence: DeLand.

Major school activities: Mu Alpha Theta (president);National Honor Society; Student Government Asso-ciation; Sophomore Class President.Community service: Volunteer at the emergency deskat Florida Fish Memorial, Project Downtown Tampaand participated in tutoring for Mu Alpha Theta.Honors/awards: 2010 National Merit CommendedScholar; 2010 AP Scholar with Distinction; Superin-tendent’s Diploma of Distinction.College/career plans: Major in molecular and micro bi-ology at the University of Central Florida to becomean orthopedic surgeon.Parents: Dr. Muhammad and Tasneem Imam.Residence: DeBary.

BRIANNA ATKINS CONNOR MENEOUGH CAITLIN HANNAN TIA McDONALDRYAN MCDERMOTT EVAN SCHROEDER KYLIE WOFFORDDREW WALKER MANUEL ALAMOKATELYN ZERINGUEFlagler Palm Coast New Smyrna BeachFather Lopez Catholic Flagler Palm Coast New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach Pine RidgeFather Lopez CatholicDeltona

Major school activities: Varsity football (captain); var-sity soccer (co-captain); varsity lacrosse (captain);National Honor Society.Community service: Volunteer with Family RenewCommunity, Halifax Urban Ministries and the St.Andrews Society.Honors/awards: All Area Offense Second Team; Re-ceived a 5 on the AP calculus and AP human geog-raphy exams; National Honor Society.College/career plans: Major in international businessand later to pursue a graduate degree in interna-tional business and economics. College undecided.Parents: John and Romona Meneough.Residence: Ormond Beach.

Major school activities: Air Force Junior Reserve Offi-cer Training Corps (Kitty Hawk Air Society Com-mander – C/ lieutenant colonel); Link Crew (Linkleader/mentor for ESOL and ESE students); Nation-al Honor Society.Community service: Mentor youth at the HispanicAmerican Youth Group of Deltona, ESOL and ESEstudents.Honors/awards: Superstar Student of the Month; Or-der of Daedalians; American Legion of ScholasticExcellence.College/career plans: Major in psychology at StetsonUniversity to be a clinical psychologist and a com-missioned officer in the Air Force.Parents: Manuel Alamo and Patricia Navarro.Residence: Deltona.

Major school activities: National Honor Society (vicepresident); Future Problem Solvers; Key Club (his-torian); chorus (president).Community service: Founder and teacher of ChorusAfter Hours program for elementary students. Also,volunteer with FACES of Autism and Habitat for Hu-manity (St. Bernard Project in New Orleans).Honors/awards: Miss Flagler Palm Coast High School2010; Flagler County Performer of the Year 2010;Only female from Florida accepted to sing with theNational Honors Ensemble in Washington, D.C. atthe Kennedy Center 2010.College/career plans: Double major in music perform-ance and music business at Stetson University.Parents: Matt and Natalie Hagler.Residence: Flagler Beach

Major school activities: National Honor Society (presi-dent); Shades of Blue Show Choir; Drama Club(treasurer); senior class representative.Community service: Volunteered in the medical fieldand participated in the production of a ‘‘ChristmasCarol’’ and ‘‘Sweeney Todd.’’Honors/awards: President’s List at Daytona State Col-lege on several occasions; Tomoka RegionalScience Fair (first place in the chemistry category);selected as a representative anchor choir at the2010 Disney Candlelight Processional.College/career plans: Attend Daytona State College,then the University of Florida, dual doctor ofpharmacy/MBA program to become a director ofpharmacy in a hospital or start a business.Parents: Gary and Katherine Zeringue.Residence: DeBary.

Major school activities: Varsity football (captain); var-sity baseball (captain); National Honor Society (par-liamentarian); Student Government Association.Community service: Eagle Scout project, Volunteer forthe New Smyrna Beach Recreation Department andthe Pop Warner Jr. Pee-Wee ‘‘Backs’’ Coach.Honors/awards: Eagle Scout; News-Journal Athlete ofthe Week; Scholar Athlete Award for football.College/career plans: Major in business managementto become a restaurateur or business owner. Col-lege undecided.Parents: Ed and Kathy Schroeder.Residence: New Smyrna Beach.

Major school activities: Varsity golf (captain); varsitysoftball; SADD Club (treasurer); Student Govern-ment Association (president).Community service: Helped create the Bring Joy to theChildren Foundation through the Children’s MiracleNetwork. Also, helped with several duties at theGive Kids the World Village and the Dance Mar-athon at the University of Florida.Honors/awards: Saint Michael’s College Book Award2010; Catholic Campaign for Human Development2010 Youth Arts Contest (first place); Father LopezOutstanding Student Scholarship 2007-2011.College/career plans: Major in pre-medicine to be-come a pediatric cancer doctor. College undecided.Parents: John and Kathleen Atkins.Residence: Ormond Beach.

Major school activities: Community Problem Solving(international competition participant); FutureProblem Solving (international competition partici-pant); Model United Nations (president); Mu AlphaTheta (secretary).Community service: Created Project Faces throughCommunity Problem Solving. Tutor math and phys-ics and part of a team that teaches Future ProblemSolving to schools in Flagler County.Honors/awards: Community Problem Solving Interna-tional Competition (second place); Best PositionPaper Award EcoSoc Room Tallahassee ModelUnited Nation; Second Place, Future Problem Solv-ing to advance to international competition.College/career plans: Major in architectural engi-neering to build or design eco-friendly homes. Col-lege undecided.Parents: Robert and Kathleen McDermott.Residence: Flagler Beach.

Major school activities: National Honor Society (treas-urer); Academic Team (co-captain); swim team;Symphonic Band (fourth chair in symphonic band,first chair in intermediate band).Community service: Participated in annual summermission trips, the semi-annual food drives at the lo-cal Gifts of Love, and Christmas carols to churchshut-ins and hosted a Christmas party for the Do-mestic Abuse Council.Honors/awards: Cuda Award (swimming); VFW Voiceof Democracy Essay Contest Winner; Scholar Ath-lete Award (swimming).College/career plans: Major in economics to become acollege professor. College undecided.Parents: E.J. and Peggy Walker.Residence: New Smyrna Beach.

Major school activities: Key Club (president); Interact(vice president); yearbook staff (photographer/writer); Steering Committee.Community service: Founder of Our Shining S.T.A.R.S.pageant for special needs people and a programwhile in ninth grade to help keep sixth graders stayon track. Organized own fundraisers to purchasecars for people in need.Honors/awards: President’s Bronze, Silver, GoldCommunity Service Award (and Academic Award);Governors Point of Light Honor; Proclamation fromthe mayor.College/career plans: Attend Daytona State College,later transfer to Florida State University and majorin business administration to become a CEO of amajor charitable organization.Parent: Dawn McDonald.Residence: Edgewater.

Major school activities: Yearbook staff (managing edi-tor); volleyball; National Honor Society; Fellowshipof Christian Athletes (officer).Community service: Volunteer with the American Can-cer Society Relay for Life, volleyball coach with thePolice Athletic League and participated in a churchmission trip.Honors/awards: College Board AP Scholar with Hon-or; AP Language Student of the Quarter; ScienceStudent of the Quarter.College/career plans: Major in psychology at the Uni-versity of Florida to become a youth minister.Parents: New Smyrna Beach.Residence: Kyle and Christine Wofford.

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