PTK Inducts 101 Walters State Students
April 14, 2023
Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for community college students, honored
101 Walters State Community College students this spring.
To receive the honor, students must complete at least 12 hours of college credit courses
while maintaining a 3.5 grade point average.
ANDERSON COUNTY: Samuel Meyers of Andersonville
COCKE COUNTY: Heriberto Gonzalez and Julio Jijon of Cosby; Victoria Acevedo, Noelle
Niezgoda and Jonathan Wilkerson of Newport.
GRAINGER COUNTY: Madison Johnson, Landon Miller and Micah Torp, all of Bean Station;
Larissa Cochran, Yadira Hernandez-Jose, Blake Morse, and Morgan Sykes of Rutledge.
GREENE COUNTY: Jared Hooper and Faith Wheeler of Chuckey; Bridget Barnes, Trevor Heater,
Nikole Kinser, Helen McMahon, Breyden Nelson and Marlyn Worrell, all of Greeneville; Alexis
Shelton of Mohawk; Kristan Fann and Rebecca Rohrer of Mosheim.
HAMBLEN COUNTY: Eli Bailey, Julie Brooks, Claudia Deleon Cruz, Lydia Fishman, Heather
Gibson, Caleb Hall, William Hunley, Jonathan Johnston, Cameron Manton, Aimee Matarangolo,
Michelle McDowall, Diego Murcia Hernandez, Samantha Ritter, Kalan Robinson, Ashton
Stipes, Kimber Strumski, Adrian Tellez Pacheco, Hayden Ward, Joshua Winstead, Casey
King, Hailie King and Brittany Lester, all of Morristown; Brady Gray and Elliott Worthington
of Russellville; and Cayden Keltgen of Talbott.
HANCOCK COUNTY: Joseph Ferguson, Alexis Linden and Kristen Welch of Sneedville.
JEFFERSON COUNTY: Lauren Alford, Cooper McFarlane and Jessica Pappas of Dandridge;
Spencer Olsen, Alexandra Orr and Patrick Rice of Jefferson City; Jessica Bacon and
Tori Burnett of New Market; Kyler Milam of Strawberry Plains; Isabella Abdullayev,
Donna Shepherd and Gracie Smith of Talbott; and Rebecca McDermott and Bradley Owenby
of Whitesburg.
HAWKINS COUNTY: Jhase Kesterson and Douglas Napier of Bulls Gap; Blake Adkins, Emma
Brown, Jaylin Cope, Chloe Eidson and Will Price of Rogersville; Kyra Jenkins of Surgoinsville.
KNOX COUNTY: Kultida Blais of Knoxville; Allison Singleton of Powell.
SEVIER COUNTY: Stefani Bailiff and Cassidy Glenn of Kodak; Aayush Patel of Pigeon
Forge; Jianbo Chen, Gavin King, Kelly Nguyen, Launa Shedden and Lauren Van Dee, all
of Sevierville; and Tyler Barnes and Marcus Joyner of Seymour.
WASHINGTON COUNTY: Erika Brickey of Johnson City; Logan Bodie of Jonesborough; and
Chloe Barca and Gabrielle Barca of Telford.
OTHER STATES
GEORGA: Rowen Park of Marietta; Ashlyn Gaines of Peachtree City.