TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — One hundred outstanding high-school sophomores who have shown an interest in leadership through service were selected to participate in the Capstone Leadership Academy at The University of Alabama.
The sophomores participated in recent two-day leadership and fellowship activities, sponsored by UA’s Honors College.
The Honors College selected the sophomores from more than 200 nominated by their schools. The students participated in talks and discussions focusing on values, vision and voice. Among the speakers was Lew Burdette, president of King’s Home, and members of UA’s Capstone Council.
The Capstone Council, which is made up of former Crimson Girls, Capstone Men and campus leaders from the 1970s, hosts the Capstone Leadership Academy. The academy’s purpose is to give the tools and training to apply to leadership opportunities in their communities for the chosen outstanding high-school sophomores in Alabama.
The participants were:
| High School: | Students: | Hometown: |
| Andalusia High School | William Charles Brock, II | Adalusia |
| Pickens Academy | Laura Lewis | Aliceville |
| Andalusia High School | Taran Carrasco | Andalusia |
| Straughn High School | Joshua Hudson | Andalusia |
| Straughn High School | Kayla Mitchell | Andalusia |
| Faith Christian High School | Madison Stephens | Anninston |
| Athens High School | Elise J. Morell | Athens |
| Berry High School | Emily Banks | Berry |
| Berry High School | Andy Kilgore | Berry |
| McAdory High School | Mackenzie Johnson | Bessemer |
| Indian Springs School | John Touloupis | Birmingham |
| John Carroll High School | Marissa Latham | Birmingham |
| Ramsay High School | Myron Turner | Birmingham |
| The Altamont School | Lydia Katherine Edwards | Birmingham |
| The Altamont School | Benjamin Hanson Lasseter | Birmingham |
| Vestavia Hills High School | John Grant Burdette | Birmingham |
| Boaz High School | Shayla Carroll | Boaz |
| Douglas High School | Daniella Kubik | Boaz |
| Patrician Academy | James William Cowan | Butler |
| Pickens Academy | Landon Hattaway | Carrollton |
| Houston County High School | Joseph White | Columbia |
| Holy Spirit Catholic High School | Galen Lee | Cottondale |
| R.A. Hubbard High School | Dastine Mason | Courtland |
| Saraland High School | Hunter Drinkard | Creola |
| Hanceville High School | Jeremy Kyle Davis | Cullman |
| West Point High School | Ethan Barnette | Cullman |
| Benjamin Russell High School | Ross Franklin Staples | Dadeville |
| Decatur High School | Davis Jeffrey Earley | Decatur |
| Emmanuel Christian School | Sydney Jones | Dothan |
| Fairhope High School | William Terral | Fairhope |
| Fairhope High School | Caitlyn Staab | Fairhope |
| Central High School | Caitlyn Crawford | Florence |
| Sheffield High School | Bronwyn Ireland Green | Florence |
| Lauderdale County High School | Matthew Koonce | Florence |
| Foley High School | James Stephen Tibbs | Foley |
| Gadsden City High School | Brooklyn Sims | Gadsden |
| Westbrook Christian School | Max Bolin | Gadsden |
| South Choctaw Academy | Caroline Wigley | Gilbertown |
| Benjamin Russell High School | Jacob Miller Rogers | Goodwater |
| Gordo High School | Ben Davis | Gordo |
| Alma Bryant High School | William Tyler Lott | Grand Bay |
| Fort Dale Academy | Stephen Hartley | Greenville |
| Clarke Preparatory School | Mary Hannah Newsom | Grove Hill |
| Clarke Preparatory School | Holden Smith | Grove Hill |
| Hoover High School | Connor Jones | Hoover |
| Indian Springs School | Sarah Grace Guillaume | Hoover |
| Hueytown High School | Parker Black | Hueytown |
| J.O. Johnson High School | Glen Born | Huntsville |
| Alma Bryant High School | Anna Abigail Akridge | Irvington |
| Jacksonville Christian Academy | Brody Jones | Jacksonville |
| Florence High School | Madison Renee Haney | Killen |
| Geneva High School | Brooklyn Gillis | Kinston |
| Fort Dale Academy | Mary Claire Carlton | Letohatchee |
| Bob Jones High School | Seth Robert Johnston | Madison |
| East Limestone High School | Emily N. Jackson | Madison |
| Pope John Paul II Catholic High School | Adam Koons | Madison |
| Hazel Green High School | Savannah Hanson | Meridianville |
| C.F. Vigor High School | Christian Bethel | Mobile |
| St. Lukes Episcopal School | Sara Taylor | Mobile |
| St. Lukes Episcopal School | Rachel Parden | Mobile |
| UMS-Wright Preparatory School | Noel Wheeler Bedwell, Jr. | Mobile |
| McGill-Toolen Catholic High School | Joseph Clark | Mobile |
| Monroe Academy | Victoria Powell | Monroeville |
| Monroe County High School | Morgan Ard | Monroeville |
| Montgomery Academy | Olivia Rush | Montgomery |
| Montgomery Academy | Henry Hamlett | Montgomery |
| Montgomery Academy | Anna Lawrence | Montgomery |
| Saint James School | Brooke Engles | Montgomery |
| Trinity Presbyterian School | Meredith Moore | Montgomery |
| Trinity Presbyterian School | Betsy Byrne | Montgomery |
| Lawrence County High School | Anna Belle LouAllen | Moulton |
| Mountain Brook High School | Maggie Baker | Mountain Brook |
| Mountain Brook High School | Eric Voight | Mountain Brook |
| New Hope High School | Garrett Cole Pinkerton | New Hope |
| Holy Spirit Catholic High School | Tatianna Zambrano | Northport |
| Oakman High School | Jordan Harbison | Oakman |
| Opelika High School | Will McKee | Opelika |
| Shades Mountain Christian School | Andrew Parker | Pelham |
| Pell City High School | Hannah Epperson | Pell City |
| Clay-Chalkville High School | Jessica Ray | Pinson |
| Pleasant Grove High School | Robert A. Sellers, Jr. | Pleasant Grove |
| Monroe Academy | Tyler Regan | Repton |
| Robertsdale High School | Traci Arnould | Robertsdale |
| Smiths Station High School | Morgann Smith | Salem |
| Saraland High School | Claire Copeland | Saraland |
| Sheffield High School | Austin Blake Borden | Sheffield |
| Southern Choctaw High School | Bailey Alondra Smith | Silas |
| Gadsden City High School | Holden Rowe | Southside |
| Bayside Academy | Sarah Nobles | Spanish Fort |
| Spanish Fort High School | Ashlie Cline | Spanish Fort |
| Spanish Fort High School | Madeline Martindale | Spanish Fort |
| Springville High School | Anna Naylor | Springville |
| Vincent Middle High School | Davis Wade Whitfield | Sterrett |
| Hazel Green High School | Michaela Henderson | Toney |
| Pike County High School | Jerrell Lawson | Troy |
| Pike Liberal Arts High School | Hayes Lee | Troy |
| Pike Liberal Arts High School | Adam Grice | Troy |
| American Christian Academy | Charles Christopher Thigpen | Tuscaloosa |
| Paul W. Bryant High School | Danica Gutierrez | Tuscaloosa |
| Alabama School of Fine Arts | Hannah LeComte | Tuscaloosa |
| Central High School | Tyra Hollis Clark | Tuscaloosa |
| Russellville High School | Cameron DeArman | Tuscumbia |
| Vestavia Hills High School | Emily Anderson | Vestavia Hills |
| Vestavia Hills High School | Joseph Pilleteri | Vestavia Hills |
| McAdory High School | Kendall Baker | Woodstock |
Contact
Richard LeComte, media relations, rllecomte@ur.ua.edu, 205/348-3782, 205/394-3040
Source
Tonya Adams Nelson, UA Honors College, 205/348-5557, tonya.nelson@ua.edu