TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — 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 127 sophomores participated in recent two-day leadership and fellowship activities, sponsored by UA’s Honors College and the Office of the President.
The Honors College selected the sophomores from more than 300 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; Dr. Chuck Karr, dean of the College of Engineering; and Lillian Roth, SGA president.
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.
| Hometown | State | Full Name | High School |
| Addison | AL | Mattie Elizabeth Womack | Addison High School |
| Alexander City | AL | Baylee Alexis Adkins | Benjamin Russell High School |
| Alexander City | AL | Lauren Mackenzie Watts | Benjamin Russell High School |
| Aliceville | AL | Austin Taylor Goodman | Pickens Academy |
| Aliceville | AL | Isabella Dee | Pickens Academy |
| Andalusia | AL | Anna Camille Brady | Andalusia High School |
| Arab | AL | Shelby Rankin | Arab High School |
| Beaverton | AL | Whitney Elaine Otts | Sulligent High School |
| Berry | AL | Tyner Elizabeth Bowling | Berry High School |
| Berry | AL | William Lane Jacobs | Berry High School |
| Birmingham | AL | Daniel Blokh | Alabama School of Fine Arts |
| Birmingham | AL | Daniel Stephen Elston | The Altamont School |
| Birmingham | AL | Emalee Brooke McGehee | Briarwood Christian High School |
| Birmingham | AL | Kaitlyn Elizabeth Young | Vestavia Hills High School |
| Birmingham | AL | Katherine Ivey Wilson | Alabama School of Fine Arts |
| Birmingham | AL | Lindsay Reid Howard | Chelsea High School |
| Brewton | AL | Bentley Webb | T.R. Miller |
| Brewton | AL | Kennedy Alison Harp | T. R. Miller High School |
| Brundidge | AL | Maxwell Rivers Copeland | pike Liberal Arts |
| Buhl | AL | Hayden Johnson | American Christian Academy |
| Clanton | AL | Ashley Elizabeth Jones | Chilton County High School |
| Clanton | AL | Cade Williams | Chilton County High School |
| Clio | AL | Avion Engram | Barbour County High |
| Cottondale | AL | Callie Grace Corley | Tuscaloosa Christian School |
| Cullman | AL | Niklas Kane Fondren | Niklas Fondren |
| Daphne | AL | Cassidy Schneider | Spanish Fort High School |
| Daphne | AL | Corinne Elise Stein | McGill-Toolen Catholic High School |
| Daphne | AL | Hunter Logan Sessions | Daphne High School |
| Daphne | AL | Paige Nicole Jackson | Daphne High School |
| Decatur | AL | Hanna Joy Royer | Austin HIgh School |
| Dora | AL | Tyler Blake Carver | Corner High School |
| Dothan | AL | Catherine Lee McClimans | Houston Academy |
| Dothan | AL | Mary Dean Fountain | Ridgecrest Christian School |
| Eclectic | AL | Madison DeAnne Traylor | Elmore County High Schhol |
| Elba | AL | Kerry Lynn Hussey | Zion Chapel High School |
| Fairhope | AL | Elyse Camille Hayes | Bayshore Christmas School |
| Fairhope | AL | Jackson Webb Hutchinson | Fairhope High School |
| Fairhope | AL | Madison Lee Johnson | Fairhope High School |
| Fitzpatrick | AL | Anne Auston Wright | Macon East Academy |
| Florence | AL | Abby Catherine Foust | Mars Hill Bible School |
| Florence | AL | Ciera Lynn Thompson | Florence High School |
| Florence | AL | John David Bailey | Florence High School |
| Florence | AL | Manuel Vicencio Jr. | Central High School |
| Florence | AL | Michael Tanner Stamps | Central High School |
| Fort Mitchell | AL | Tyler William Hogan | Russell County High School |
| Gadsden | AL | Alley McHenry Sizemore | Westbrook Christian School |
| Geneva | AL | Zachary Scott Shirah | Geneva High School |
| Grove Hill | AL | Laken Denise Nix | Clarke Preparatory School |
| Guin | AL | Mackenzie Nicole Pearce | Marion County High School |
| Guntersville | AL | Lucas Robert Collier | DAR |
| Hampton Cove | AL | Andrew J. McClellan | Whitesburg Christian Academy |
| Harvest | AL | John-Tyler Shepperson | Huntsville Christian Academy |
| Hayden | AL | Emma Kansas Wright | J.B. Pennington |
| Headland | AL | Daniel Brayden Banner | Providence Christian School |
| Henagar | AL | Jacob William Higdon | Ider High School |
| Higdon | AL | Baileigh Tinker | North Sand Mountain High School |
| Holly Pond | AL | Seth Self | Holly Pond High School |
| Homewood | AL | Benjamin Yarboro | Homewood High School |
| Hoover | AL | Lauren Jaehee Choi | Lauren |
| Hueytown | AL | Drake Ethan Brown | Hueytown High School |
| Huntsville | AL | Ayiana McDow | Mae Jemison High School |
| Huntsville | AL | Judson Newton Ennis | Huntsville High School |
| Huntsville | AL | Lee Matthew Brannon | New Century Technology High School |
| Hurtsboro | AL | Ty’Kerria Ashante Grey | Russell County High School |
| Ider | AL | Alyssa Meagan Seals | Ider High School |
| Indian Springs | AL | Katherine Adele Jacobs | Indian Springs School |
| Jackson | AL | Gaines Addison Odom | Jackson High School |
| Jackson | AL | Tabitha Rose Todd | Jackson Academy |
| Jacksonville | AL | Cole Timothy Gaddy | Jacksonville High School |
| Jasper | AL | Anna Laura Gurganus | Cordova |
| Jasper | AL | Garrett Royce Gable | Sumiton Christian School |
| Killen | AL | Lewis Boone Carter | Mars Hill Bible School |
| Lake View | AL | Walker Christiansen McDill | Brookwood High School |
| Louisville | AL | Amelia Claire Bowden | Abbeville Christian Academy |
| Lumpkin | GA | Rebecca Kate Greene | The Lakeside School |
| Madison | AL | Caden Earl Best | Westminster Christian Academy |
| Madison | AL | Hailey Marie Kerstiens | St John Paul II Catholic High School |
| McKenzie | AL | Jacob Catrett | Red Level High School |
| Meridan | MS | Presley Williamson | Sumter Academy |
| Millport | AL | Ian McKinley Harper | South Lamar High School |
| Millport | AL | Jonathan Dale Cunningham | Lamar County High School |
| Mobile | AL | Brooke Blythe Swain | UMS-Wright Preparatory School |
| Mobile | AL | Catherine Elisabeth Lyons | UMS-Wright |
| Mobile | AL | Dezarae Adele Rooney | Theodore High School |
| Mobile | AL | Mary Alice Fitzpatrick Jouve | McGill Toolen Catholic High School |
| Mobile | AL | Perry Inman Courtney | St. Paul’s Episcopal School |
| Mobile | AL | Oladipupo Opefoluwa Fagbongbe | St. Paul’s Episcopal School |
| Montgomery | AL | Catherine Grace Longpre | Loveless Academic Magnet Program |
| Montgomery | AL | Catherine Parma | Trinity Presbyterian |
| Montgomery | AL | Lucy Meriwerther Chapman | The Moontgomery Academy |
| Montgomery | AL | Samuel Harper Prickett | Saint James |
| Montgomery | AL | William Gunter Hamlett | The Montgomery Academy |
| Moulton | AL | Tanner Judson Hood | Lawrence County High School |
| Mountain Brook | AL | Anna Brooks Allen | Mountain Brook High School |
| Mountain Brook | Al | Zachary Richard Shunnarah | Mountain Brook High School |
| Muscle Shoals | AL | Caleb Joshua Kirk | Muscle Shoals High School |
| Muscle Shoals | AL | Joel Parker Quillen | Shoals Christian School |
| Northport | AL | Catherine Elizabeth Noland | Tuscaloosa County High School |
| Notasulga | AL | Hollie Jade Nelson | Reeltown High School |
| Pelham | AL | Isabella Corrinne Bass | Chelsea High School |
| Phenix City | AL | Banks Paul Stamp | Banks Stamp |
| Pike Road | AL | Mary Ann Pittman | Trinity Presbyterian School |
| Pisgah | AL | Ryan Cade McClendon | Pisgah High School |
| Prattville | AL | Aaron Michael Glidden Jr. | Prattville HIgh School |
| Russellville | AL | Kyleigh Montgomery | Russellville High School |
| Russellville | AL | Morgan Leann Seay | Russellville High School |
| Saraland | AL | Isabella Dominguez | Saraland High School |
| Satsuma | AL | Presley Hunter George | Saarland High School |
| Selma | AL | Elizabeth Marie Adams | John T. Morgan Academy |
| Selma | AL | Park Thetford Chittom III | John Tyler Morgan Academy |
| Silas | AL | Anna Faith Copeland | South Choctaw Academy |
| Silverhill | AL | Brooke Michelle Long | Bayshore Christian School |
| Slocomb | AL | Macy Lee Birge | Slocomb High School |
| Spanish Fort | AL | Daniel Blake Hanby | Spanish Fort High School |
| Theodore | AL | Alli Victoria Kangal | St. Luke’s Episcopal School |
| Thomasville | AL | Easton Shane Thibodeaux | Thomasville High School |
| Toxey | AL | Marshall Manning | South Choctaw Academy |
| Troy | AL | Trevor Weylon Barron | Pike Liberal Arts |
| Trussville | AL | Myles Alexander Taylor | Hewitt Trussville High School |
| Tuscaloosa | AL | Avalon Elizabeth Pernell | Tuscaloosa Academy |
| Tuscaloosa | AL | Sophie Petrovic | HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC SCHOOL |
| Tuscaloosa | AL | Stephen Andrew Scharfenberg, III | Tuscaloosa Academy |
| Uriah | AL | Alexis Ann Hollinger | ESCAMBIA ACADEMY |
| Valley Grande | AL | Alexis Adams | Dallas County High School |
| Valley Grande | AL | Preston Parker McGee | Dallas County High School |
| Woodville | AL | Jacob Noah Lack | Woodville High School |
Contact
Richard LeComte, media relations, rllecomte@ur.ua.edu, 205/348-3782