2024 Academic Excellence Award winners named at community colleges across North Carolina

The North Carolina Community College System announced on Thursday the 2024 Academic Excellence Award winners – the highest academic honor the System bestows on its students. 

The award was created in 1998 to recognize and encourage scholarship among students at all 58 North Carolina community colleges. 

Each college selects one student to receive the award each year. To be eligible, students must be currently enrolled, have completed at least 12 semester hours in a curriculum degree program, and have a cumulative GPA of no less than 3.25. 
 
“I couldn’t be prouder of our 58 exceptional students receiving the Academic Excellence Award this year. Their outstanding academic achievement reflects not only their own hard work but also the support of our entire community college family, fostering excellence and empowering success,” said Dr. Jeff Cox, President of the North Carolina Community College System.   
 
Each student receives a plaque and medallion in honor of their academic accomplishments.

Below are 2024 Academic Excellence Award Winners, in alphabetical order: 

College 

Student 

Alamance Community College 

Quincie Loy 

Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College 

Jason Anthony Boucher 

Beaufort County Community College 

Louis D. Adams 

Bladen Community College 

Josiah Devion Lucero 

Blue Ridge Community College 

Ethan Blankenship 

Brunswick Community College 

Dimitry M. Williamson 

Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute 

Virginia Treadwell 

Cape Fear Community College 

Madison Grissett 

Carteret Community College 

Laura M. Cooper 

Catawba Valley Community College 

Samuel E. Carpenter 

Central Carolina Community College 

Stephanie Pizarro 

Central Piedmont Community College 

Angelika Nicole Lomingo Santero 

Cleveland Community College 

Brooke Porter 

Coastal Carolina Community College 

Malachi Onwuka

College of the Albemarle 

Catherine Willis 

Craven Community College 

Nicolle Starnes 

Davidson-Davie Community College 

Ginger Wright 

Durham Technical Community College 

Sofia Melissa Avila 

Edgecombe Community College 

Camden Zane Johnson 

Fayetteville Technical Community College 

Angie Saavedra 

Forsyth Technical Community College 

Kayla Sh’naye Brown 

Gaston College 

Ja-riel Bailey 

Guilford Technical Community College 

JoAnne Martin 

Halifax Community College 

Bailey L. Grissom 

Haywood Community College 

Casty Lillian Eller 

Isothermal Community College 

Takiyah Brown 

James Sprunt Community College 

Bonnie Lynn Echeverria 

Johnston Community College 

Jacob Bradley Coulter 

Lenoir Community College 

Brighton Lee Berthrong 

Martin Community College 

Ashley Clinefelter 

Mayland Community College 

Katelyn Kruse Oakley 

McDowell Technical Community College 

Angela Buchanan 

Mitchell Community College 

Harriet Elizabeth Jenkins 

Montgomery Community College 

River Seawell 

Nash Community College 

Deyanna Geathers 

Pamlico Community College 

Angela Bateman 

Piedmont Community College 

Maci Analeise Mize 

Pitt Community College 

Shadajiah R. Brown 

Randolph Community College 

Cindy Kay Booth 

Richmond Community College 

Payton B. Chappell 

Roanoke-Chowan Community College 

Francisco Aguilar 

Robeson Community College 

Regina Walters 

Rockingham Community College 

Joseph “Lillian” Stanley 

Rowan-Cabarrus Community College 

Rachel Parton 

Sampson Community College 

Jean Ko 

Sandhills Community College 

Andrew Jimenez 

South Piedmont Community College 

Yerlin Barrientos-Lara 

Southeastern Community College 

Zachary Derek King 

Southwestern Community College 

Jonathan Mallard 

Stanly Community College 

Gage Barrier 

Surry Community College 

Jay R. Mitchell 

Tri-County Community College 

Lisa Page 

Vance Granville Community College 

Tia Evans 

Wake Technical Community College 

Bumi Oh 

Wayne Community College 

Gracie L. Hinnant 

Western Piedmont Community College 

Melinda Sajche Chay 

Wilkes Community College 

Annie Maria Covarrubias-Aguilar 

Wilson Community College 

Ashanti Gervacio-Diaz 

 

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