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Gadsden State Summer & Fall 2025 Graduates
• Guntersville – Finley Baker and Cristian Hernandez San Juan • Harpersville – Makasia Crawford • Heflin – Victoria Conkle, James Fuller, Mallory Grubbs, Riona Jordan, Saige Kennedy, Casey Lail, Kayleigh Lee, Ana McVay, William Morrow, Hailey Sparks, and Brittany Wheeler • Henagar – Isabella Shelley • Hokes Bluff – Joshua Carr, Railey Colvard, Kelci Garmon, Jessica Gray, Elijah Heath, Macie Robertson, Nena Stephens, and Thomas Stevens • Hoover – Kelsi Wilson • Jacksonville - Ethan Arflack, Leah Burgess, Tristan Burgess, Autumn Carr, Garrett Cranmer, Jonathan Dickson, Alexis Duran, Hailey Frye, Kara Grace, Tristan Green, Tracy January, Olivia King, Michael Mabry, Annie Mullinax, Joshua Parris, Raymond Roberson, Pamela Scott, Erin Smith, Victoria Turner, Eric Wilkerson, Aliyah Williams, and Andrew Wright • Kingston, GA – Mckayla Stanley • Leeds – Alexia Alonso-Diaz • Leesburg – Seth Helms, Bailey Kilgore, Matthew Livingston, Chelsea Nichols, Ashley Privett, Anna Smith, Rylin St. Clair, and Courtney Wilson • Lincoln – Emma Bohannon, Elizabeth Groce, Chasity Holland, Erika Meza, Savannah Pointer, Jayden Ramsey, and Ciara Spencer • Lineville – Joshua Davis, Jessie Hornsby, and Luke North • Menlo, GA – Memery Gwin • Millerville – Lakerra Barclay • Montevallo – Tyreese Stoutermire • Munford – Bryaneisha Bradford, Dalen Cunningham, Ashley Joyce, Dylan Parker, Cassandra Ponder, and Ashley Swinford • Newell – Ayla Biaggini • Odenville – Lauren Brasher and Brandon Davis • Ohatchee – Jacob Brewster, Terry Brown, Ellie Carden, Margie Elliott, Israel Hawkins, Abigail Read, KaSandra Smith, Nickoles Stephens, Carlie Jo Thrasher, and Destiny Turner • Oneonta – Gracelyn Price • Opelika – Brooklyn Lagoy • Orange Beach – Anthony Grigsby • Oxford – Kilby Barefoot, Leslit Basilio Cuevas, Elizabeth Caldwell, Lacy Campbell, Brandon Champion, Jon Denney, Fiona Dong, Ashley Elam, Erica Ford, Alyssia Garrett, Peyton Harris, Kristal Hayes, Jody Hyatt, Zaccheus Johnson, Dianne Lenori, Jesus Olivarres, Dashia Parker, Richard Potter, Valorie Ray, Mercedes Rodriguez, Mattison Sirmon, Jackson Sprayberry, Isabell Strickland, Jessica Stringer, Lily Taylor, Sherry Williams, Ashley Wolf, and Jackson Wyatt • Pell City – Joseph Capuano, Curtis Collins, and Katelyn Muncher • Phenix City – Tiearia Fariss • Piedmont – Erin Adderhold, Justice Angle, Buffy Bailey, Shasta Benitez, Morgan Brown, Victoria Cantrell, Kenneth Dodd, Ethan Floyd, Yuqian Gan, Sarah Goss, Meadow Gossett, Kaydence Harrison, Hannah Howell, Anna Jenkins, Karsyn Kirk, Jonathon Moody, Amelia Nixon, Anna Pace, Emilee Parris, Bailey Partner, Shannon Rasool, Brooklyn Reid, Crimson Sims, Leah Tolbert, Breana Webb, & Tracy Williams • Prattville – Alexis Renn • Ragland – Logan Watts • Rainbow City – Catherine Anderson, Jessa Barnes, Ciara Bowers-Jones, Robert Brooks, Kristy Cooper, Monique Curry, Koby Dillard, Jaden Duran, Haleigh Graves, Julianna Hayes, Kristin Hays, Breunna Holt, Jakylyn Holt, Virginia Horton, Kokou Hounkpati, Saydee Kilgore, Dyamond McCadney, Tshegofatso Moeng, Manci Patel, Ethan Tolson, and Sidney Vance • Rainsville – Kevin Corona and Jeffery Keith • Ranburne – Gabrielle Benefield, John Caldwell, and Jean Matthews • Rock Spring, GA – Amber Cruise • Rome, GA – Linda Brawley, Ashton Brewster, Jessica Dillard, Devin Herod, Anel Jacobo, Tricia Kines, Brooklynn Mincey, Abbie Roberson, Alexis Russell, Lizbeth Terry, Gabriela Vasquez, Misty Ware-Gordon, and Brianna Watkins • Sand Rock – Savannah Mayes • Sardis – Jacob Beck • Silver Creek, GA – Brittney Carter and Ashlie Watson • Southside – Drake Albury, Meredith Bain, Elanor Battle Krusick, Lauren Boyd, Emily Howell, Michael Hyland, Meredith Keener, Cayden McCord, Logan Perkins, Jackson Sims, Deannia Spiller, Britney Stephens, Alyssa Streefkerk, Phillip Ulrich, Sheena Wallace, and Tristan Wrage • Springville – Lauren Blake, Natalie Davis, Olivia Holland, and Peyton King • Steele – Ariel Miller • Summerdale – Colton Ziegler • Summerville, GA – Dustin Fitzgerald, Ivy Middleton, Kiley Smith, & Madison Smith • Sylacauga – Amari Headen • Talladega – Hareem Averitte, Nicholas Butler, Olivia Deloach, Kimberly Gurley, Alexis Miller, Danielle Reynolds, Raiesha Seals, Madeline Thomas, Haley Townsend, and Misty Walker • Temple, GA – Judith Timmons • Tuscaloosa – Royce Anderson • Valley Head – Savannah Hall • Villa Rica, GA – Katie Dukes and Keon Thomas • Weaver – Jacob Benefield, Alison Calhoun, Hayden Dothard, Rachel Etheridge, Ethan Fair, Eva Foley, Cheryl Hendrickson, Alita Hill, Elizabeth Johnson, Angel Le, and Sierra Smith • Wedowee – Kya Carter, Alma Looney, and Sara Roman • Wellington – Behegbin Djesse, Kirsten Heathcock, and Parice Norris • Woodland – Leah Williamson
Gadsden State Community College honored graduates from the Summer and Fall Semesters during commencement on December 18 at Gadsden State Cherokee. The College recognized 558 students who successfully completed the requirements for associate degrees, certificates, and short-term certificates, earning a total of 913 credentials. There were 188 students honored for their academic achievement with traditional cords signaling the level of honor they achieved. In total, 45 students received the highest honor by graduating Summa Cum Laude with a 3.9-4.0 GPA wearing a gold cord to signify their exceptional academic success. Additionally, 55 students graduated Magna Cum Laude with a 3.7-3.89 GPA receiving a red cord. Recognized as Cum Laude graduates for a 3.5-3.69 GPA were 52 students earning a red and gold cord. A group of 36 students graduated with distinction for earning a certificate while maintaining at least a 3.5 GPA. These students received a red and black cord for their hard work. The graduates are: • Albertville – Evelyn Francisco, Jose Garcia, Jose Hernandez Casillas, William Morton, Giaus Spurgeon, and Alleigh Wilkerson • Alexandria – Grayson Freeman, Jasper Hall, Tucker Kilgore, James Lewis, George Mink, Tamara Rollins, Justin Smith, Madison Studdard, and Emma Wills • Altoona – Kristen Eller, Dalton Garmon, Kathryn Grayson, Makenna McKee, Kara Reynolds, Viridiana Saucedo, Zachary Stewart, and Jacob Watts • Anniston – Imani Afford, Kyndal Alvarez, Yashua Arevalo, Unrayia Barclay, Gavin Barnes, Joshua Beasley, Tyler Bell, Nakia Birdsong, Melissa Bohorquez, Rachel Bonnett, Kailen Bradley, Francesca Brown, Brock Burns, Jordan Campbell, Grace Chastain, Gwendolyn Chinchilla-Bryant, Lauren Cleveland, Kenneth Collins, Britney Conway, Justin Crandall, Tyler Doggrell, Landon Dotson, Sean Yvor Gabrielle Echipare, Ashton Elder, Shaylynn Forsyth, Cartrica Foster, Alyssa Green, Caden Hartsfield, Kalid Heard, Abigail Heathcock, Georgina Hernandez, Briana Horn, Demetria Houston, Jasmine Houston, Gregory Hunter, James Hyche, Savannah Johns, Rayven Kelley, Roxanne Kotlowski, Dale Layton, Aundrea Longmire, Deborah Magouirk, Sydney Marion, Laura Martin, Dayjah Matthews, Letecia Melson, Kyla Miller, Shayla Millwood, Hala Mohammad Mustafa, Victoria Monroe, Lisa Montgomery, Makala Nolen, Raegan Nunez, Olivia Overholtzer, Jakeyon Peters, Maci Preston, Piper Price, Ashlynn Puckett, Ray Ragland, Yair Rios, Ariel Rivera, Kacey Sandstrom, Sholanda Scott, Taran Seymour, Carson Spurlin, Rebecca Surrett, Kayleigh Thomas, Cassius Thompson-Fairs, Mackenzie Thrasher, Latrentis Turner, Ashley Vise, Felix Waldrop, Steven Wells, Selena Whitman, Griffin Wilburn, and Katelyn Willis • Arab – Kathryn Langley • Ashland – Tanner Adamson, Savannah Bowling, Jaylen Foster, Markel Seymour, and Kobie Traylor • Ashville – Halli Black, Suzanna Brock, Montana Campbell, Alexis Daily, Adam Lopano, and Jordyn Morris • Attalla – Jeffery Baty, Mary Boley, Tiffany Brock, Colton Cagle, James Clark, Josynez Gamez, April Hammonds, Hannah Hufstetler, Macie Hunt, Brooklyn Jones, Sydney Jones, Madison Kelley, Jaken Lindsey, Ethan Logan, Cassandra McDaris, Kaitlyn Nelms, Abigail Nelson, Kylee Roden, Kaylee Rogers-Lee, Sarah Scarborough, David Smith, Matthew Vasser, and Jennifer Wynn • Bessemer – James Ingle • Birmingham - Ashley Berry, Hadassa Da Costa Pereira Dourado, Kimberly Norman, and James Wright • Boaz – Lori Barnes, Nijai Bolden, Brian Carnes, Leilani Cazares, Jenifer Contreras, Lauren Daves, Juan Diaz Gonzalez, Courtney Garmany, Breanna Jacobs, Christopher McCurley, Payton Mintz, Amara Oaks, and Dillon Owens • Bremen, GA – Becca Monroe and Laura Teater • Bryant – Kelsey Cooper • Cedar Bluff – Caridean Bakes, Natalie Baty, and Nathaniel Wells • Cedartown, GA – Mindy Easterwood, Maria Escutia, and Madison Hollis • Centre – Joseph Brown, MaKayla Chandler, Yolonda Harp, Hannah Harper, Briley Hincy, Ally King, Kimberly Lambert, Joseph Lockridge, Emma Mohler, Emalee Morrison, Ashton Roberts, A’leeyah Rooks, Allison Russell, and Laney White • Chelsea – JaNa Moore • Collinsville – Jadyn Foster, Emma Matthews, Faviola Mendoza Ortiz, Lexi Sanderson, and Colton Wills • Courtland – Montrevion Kellogg • Cropwell – Haleigh Capuano, Summer Cornelius, Caitlin Kennedy, and Marissa Ritten • Crossville – Kaleigh Butler, Kayla Lindsay, and Cody Woods • Cullman – Bella Gingrich • Dallas, GA– Hector Gomez • Delta – Sarah Ford and Amber Newborn • Eastaboga – Kelly Dunn, Destiny Isbell, Kylie Kiker, and Sharon Mays • Fairhope – Victoria Wolfe • Fort Payne – Will Abernathy, April Avalos Rico, Cherri Burt, Jephthah Calixto Nunez, Allison Davis, Jessica Goza, Kennedy Henderson, Jocelyn Liles, and Kelsie Martin • Fruithurst – Holly Cochran and Jasmine Morris • Fyffe – Emma Bethune and Bradley Luker • Gadsden – Avelardo Agustin Berduo, Rain Barron, TaShanuna Barton, Shelly Bishop, Evan Brand, Gabriel Brito, Ugochukwu Buchi-Ahiabuike, Kira Butler, Riley Carmack, Erik Cattling, Brandon Cervantes, Carsen Chesnut, Nicholas Clark, Belvajean Collom, Conner Croft, Gabrielle Dixon, Gregory Farmer, Amy Frohock, Lucas Gamblin, Aguilar Gaspar, Brandon Gilbert, Serenity Gover, McKenna Hale, Alan Hartman, Maleke Harvey, Ashley Hawk, Derik Henson, Alyah Jackson, Thomas Jackson, Alexandria Johnson, Gracie Johnson, Kerryl Johnson, Sarah Johnson, Chasity Jones, Ashley King, Erin Kirby, Anneabella Kirkland, Destiny Lezotte, Chaeli Little, Daniel Lopez Vasquez, German Malone, Arielle McBride, Terri McCain, Seth McConnell, Ronan McFadden, Elizabeth Moore, Tyler Mostiller, Dearrius Myers, Chloe Nichols, Dalton O’Bryant, Zakaiya Pace, Andre Patterson, Brenda Payton, Emily Perez, Jakob Pope, Elyza Powell, Nia Presley, Isabel Ramos, Mason Robinson, James Rutledge, Bethany Sandridge, Brianna Sandridge, Kayla Schoenlein, Kathrine Shaneyfelt, Anna Shook, Danasha Simpkins, Ashley Sjoerdsma, Keller Skaggs, Kathryn Smith, Thearse Stocks, Celeste Taylor, Maggie Thacker, Katlyn Thomas; Samantha-Lynn Thomas, Destiny Tuck, Neanna Turner, Makayla Waters, Jaylin Wehunt, Otis White, Layla Williams, Taveyah Williams, Makya Wilson, McKinley Wilson, Taylor Witt, Clinton Woody, James Yohe, Rosita Zendejas, and Daniella Zikpi • Gallant – William Clark, Lelah Rogers, and Abigail Smith • Gardendale – Chandler Petix and Tyra Sellers • Gaylesville – Carrington Nails, Victoria Slayton, Jennifer Strength, and Amber Whitaker • Glencoe – Maghan Alford, Ashley Baccus, Kaleb Barber, Emilyn Cornelius, Kaylee Higdon, Judson Littlejohn, Savannah Rogers, Phillip Simmons, Kayla Stamps, Anna Stanley, Peyton Thompson, and Shelby Tullis • Goodwater – Tiffany Higgins
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