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Local Davis & Elkins students earn spots on President’s List, Dean’s List

Davis and Elkins College

ELKINS – Davis & Elkins College has released its president’s list and dean’s list for the spring 2019 semester.

The president’s list includes all full-time students who earned a 4.0 grade point average for the semester and the dean’s list includes all full-time students with a semester GPA of 3.6 to less than 4.0.

Earning the distinction of the president’s list are: Kelsey Burgess, Buckhannon; Jamey Perrine, Rock Cave; Isaac Sams, Buckhannon; Kacey Shiflett, Buckhannon; Bailey Aab, Clendenin; Mollee Akers, Matheny; Nicholas Altman, Rockville, Maryland; Kyatt Bailey, Elkins; Lindsay Blake, Junior; Jonna Burnside, Hambleton; Nicholas Burnz, Park City, Utah; Lauren Cain, Elkins; Seth Cain, Hedgesville; Megan Carder, Salem; Benjamin Chenoweth, Elkins; Luca Compagnucci, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Amanda Cummins, Elkins; Whitney Daft, Beverly; Leela Densmore, Belington; Kaitlin Dixon, Solon, Maine; Taylor Drumm, Granville, Ohio; Faith Farley, Mount Solon, Virginia; Bernardo Ferreira Rodrigues, Rio de Janerio, Brazil; Sarah Figueroa, Huttonsville; Katrina Fowler, Belington; Pedro Gaspar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Tobias Gibbons, Leigh-On-Sea, England; Allyson Green, Philippi; Makayla Haddix, Philippi; Julia Hancock, Monroeville, Pennsylvania; Brittany Hannah, Valley Head; Lauren Hill, Massapequa Park, N.Y.; Briana Hoffmann, Gainesville, Virginia; Geovani Ibarra, Damascus, Maryland; Alyssa Jacobs, Hartly, Delaware; Eita Kawata, Yokohama-Shi, Japan; Casey King, Williamson; Samantha Kirk, Harrisville; Bryan LaFollette, High View; Alvaro Legoinha, Waterfall Country Village, South Africia; Gustavo Lemos Cabral, Salvador, Brazil; Haley Lloyd, Beverly; Ben Marshall, Dunstable, United Kingdom; Carmen McTaggart, Elkins; Mitchell Melville, Salt Lake City, Utah; Emily Morgan, Elkins; Melissa Murphy, Durbin; Michelle Murphy, Durbin; Jens Ovreseth, Sogndal, Norway; Jennifer Panergo, Brooklyn, Michigan; Griselle Rosado, Davenport, Florida; Misty Rule, Webster Springs; Morgan Sands, Elkins; Angie Scott, Helvetia;  Kyle Seago, Earlysville, Virginia; Kalee Sherrard, Berkeley Springs; Hannah Shiflett, Beverly; Holden Sions, Moorefield; MacKinzie Smith, Renick; Tessa Stewart, Mason, Ohio; Kendyl Taylor, Elkins; Cody Turner, Moorefield; Alice Wagler, Huttonsville; Madison Wagner, Elkins; Sarah Warren, Chelsea, Alabama; Skylee Watson, Elkins; Raleighanne Weaver, Butte Falls, Oregon; Kassandra Williams, Shenandoah Junction; Rachele Wilson, Beverly; and Michaella Young, Elkins.

Those earning the distinction of the dean’s list are: Cori Coffman, Buckhannon; Jesseka Liggett, Buckhannon; Ashley Lynch, Buckhannon; Emily Alexander, Strasburg, Virginia; Fatimah Almuaybid, Morgantown; Nicole Armstrong, Lexington, Kentucky; John Arrington, Sykesville, Maryland; Rachel Bennett, Elkins; Christopher Berman, Williamstown; Barbara Bernal, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Cori Bills, Saint Marys; Deanna Blood, Running Springs, California; Ester Bolmenaes, Varnamo, Sweden; Laylin Brown, Dryfork;  Felix Buck-Gramcko, Gottingen, Germany;  Zye Butler, Elkins; Alyssa Buttram, Beckley; Ricard Castan, Falling Waters;  Vanessa Collette, Beverly;  Daniel Condo, Massillon, Ohio; Carson Crawford, Moorefield; Catharina De Torteli Delduque, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Jessica Donadio, Charles Town; Matthew Dyck, Airdrie, Canada; Abby Fincham, Elkins; Elizabeth Finney, Valparaiso, Indiana; Marcus Friend, Albany, New York; Danielle Godbey, Walton; Angelea Goodwin, Elkins; Savannah Gregg, Boiling Springs, South Carolina; Dalton Hamrick, Elkins; Patrick Holley, Hirrlingen, Germany; Owen Hott, Augusta; Kayla James, Hampton, Virginia; Makayla Johnson, Charleston; Markus Just, Baerum, Norway; Chelsea Lambert, Norton; Cheyenna Liddell-Jones, San Jose, California; Katharine Little, Beckley; David Magda, Chillicothe, Ohio; Alton McMillion, Gassaway; Gary Meloy, Hambleton; Brett Miller, Hinton;  Brandi Morgan, Frostburg, Maryland; Chloe Mouser, Philippi; MacKenzie Mulkiewicz, Quakertown, Pennsylvania; Laura Mullenax, Petersburg; Lydia Mullenax, Parsons; Obert Mulyadi, Semarang, Indonesia; Taylour Newman, Simi Valley, California; Luann O’Kane, Temecula, California; Sebastian Ongkowijaya, Elkins; Dakota Peak, Berkeley Springs; Everton Pereira Carvalho, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Abbagayle Peterson, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania; Logan Phillips, Coalton; Felipe Polycarpo Sanches, Niteroi, Brazil; Savannah Preston, Beverly; Andre Ramirez, Miami, Florida; Leticia Riddle, Belington; James Rider IV, Nottingham, Maryland; Karin Rosario, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Eleanor Rossiter, Suffolk, England; Courtney Roth, Oakland, Maryland; Mason Schoonover, Elkins; Dominic Scott-Robinson, Bushyey, United Kingdom; Alexis Serback, Belington; Sadie Shields, New Milton; Brittany Shrader, Dailey; Roger Shultz IV, York, Pennsylvania; Julianna Singleton, Littlestown, Pennsylvania; Tiffany Sloane, Bradshaw; Patrick Smith, Beckley; Seana Soika, McMurray, Pennsylvania; Jonathan Stanley, Huttonsville; Chase Stottlemyer, Middletown, Maryland; Aaron Strynar, Lexington, South Carolina; Alexis Thompson, Lookout; AnnMarie Timbrook, Shanks; Tyler Twyman, Vinton, Ohio; Michael Utt II, Clarksburg; Ashley Warner, Volga; Matthew Weintraub, Lewisburg; Samantha Westfall, Jane Lew; Lauren Whittier, Pflugerville, Texas; Kali Wilburn, Indianapolis, Indiana; Jamie Wine, Heaters; Haley Wiseman, Elkview; and Kaylee Yergeau, Port Orchard, Washington.

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