March 17, 2009
SC Tech System to honor Phi Theta Kappa All-State Academic Team Members

2009 Phi Theta Kappa All-State Academic Team

COLUMBIA—The South Carolina Technical College System recognized 23 students enrolled at colleges within the South Carolina Technical College System who have been named to the Phi Theta Kappa South Carolina All-State Academic Team at a ceremony at the State House Tuesday, March 17, 2009.

The students named to the South Carolina All-State Academic Team were selected by the technical college presidents on the basis of academic performance, leadership accomplishments, and service to their Colleges and to their local communities. In addition, these students will participate in the annual All-USA Academic Team competition in April 2009, sponsored by the American Association of Community Colleges and Phi Theta Kappa, the International Honor Society of the Two-Year College.

The students named to the All-State Academic Team join an elite group. Less than one percent of America's six million two-year college students have distinguished themselves with this superior level of academic achievement and service to their colleges and communities. “These students have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and impressive records of service to their colleges and communities,” said South Carolina Technical College System President Dr. Barry Russell. “They are the best and brightest that our state’s technical colleges have to offer, and I congratulate them on their many accomplishments.”

The following students have been named to the 2009 South Carolina All-State Academic Team:

• Travis Glover and Elizabeth Spangler – Aiken Technical College  
                                      
• Jessica Bruner and Jennifer Szupka – Central Carolina Technical College  
            
• Amber Williams – Denmark Technical College
  
  
• Chantel Graham and Janet Townsend – Florence-Darlington Technical College   
               
• Sandra Little, Brian Reeves, and Angela Stewart – Greenville Technical College
  
  
• Tanner Strutzenberg – Horry-Georgetown Technical College   
                   
• Kevin Sheppard and Bianca Williams – Midlands Technical College
  
  
• Tametrice Merriman – Northeastern Technical College    
   
• Chyanne Kingsland and Ramon Rodriguez, Jr. – Piedmont Technical College 
                  
• Edward Dantzler – Technical College of the Lowcountry
  
  
• Christine Buzzell, Myles Dunn, Crystal Hawkins, and John Nowocin – Trident Technical College         
         
• Lakale Smith – Williamsburg Technical College  
   
• Karen Robinson – York Technical College   
  
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Phi Theta Kappa was founded in 1918 to emphasize and recognize academic excellence in two-year colleges. Today, Phi Theta Kappa is the largest honor society in American higher education with more than 1.5 million members in the United States, U.S. territories, Canada and Germany.