Nicole Bell opened her own clothing store, Brunch Babe, with sister and Class of 2014 graduate Taylor Bell. Since opening last year, the company has grown significantly. They now have an office and warehouse space in downtown Covington and are in the top one percent of sellers on their eCommerce platform, Shopify. CLASS OF 2012 Cassie Cook earned her bachelor’s degree in management information systems from the University of Georgia. She is a consultant at Riskonnect, specializing in integrated enterprise risk management software solutions. Logan Duncan recently began a new career with Equifax M&A Group as a director of corporate development. He has a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Georgia. Meghann Knight Gaines is a teacher at Walker Park Elementary school in Walton County. Myles Johnson received a bachelor’s degree in sports management from Georgia State University. He coaches both wrestling and track at GWA and leads bible studies at Uplift Sports Ministries in Loganville. McKenna Parker earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Berry College. She accepted a position at Piedmont Athens in 2016 and was responsible for training new nurses, and shortly after, she was promoted to charge nurse. McKenna is now the infection prevention nurse and will complete her Medical Practitioner license in November of this year. CLASS OF 2013 Madison Allen Collins is a personal trainer at Walton Athletic 24. Kelley Delchamps received her bachelor’s degree in human services and case management from Kennesaw State University. Delchamps returned in July from serving as an orphanage social worker in Kenya. While there, she and fellow missionaries also built a school for the children in the orphanage and in the community. Tate Gaines is a baseball coach at GWA. Colton Ginn received his bachelor’s degree in environmental economics and management from the University of Georgia. He works as the environmental health and safety manager at Reeves Construction Company.
Jessie Hall received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Augusta University. She works as a registered nurse in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit at Piedmont HospitalAtlanta.
Anna Millians Hunt received her bachelor’s degree in marketing with a sales management emphasis from Georgia Southern University. She is an outside sales representative with Calsak Plastics.
Caroline Halleck graduated from the University of Georgia. She attends graduate school in Trento, Italy, concentrating on saxophone performance.
Rachel Leach received her bachelor’s degree in film and television from Savannah College of Art and Design. After graduation, she relocated to Nashville, Tennessee and accepted a position as the production coordinator for Evolve Creative Content Studio. As the production manager, she has worked on music videos for Toby Mac, Capital Kings, Hollyn, and Zedd, as well as commercials and features for National Geographic and ESPN.
Tyler Jarvis is a firefighter and advanced emergency medical technician for Hall County Fire Services. He received the “Cardiac Life Saving Award” at the Hall County Awards banquet in 2018. Jarvis will start paramedic school in January of 2019. Casey Schambach is currently attending Georgia Medical College, pursuing his doctorate degree in physical therapy. CLASS OF 2014
Jada Williams graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in history from Young Harris College. She is currently working for Walters State Community College as a student affairs intern and plans on enrolling in graduate school in 2019. CLASS OF 2015
Casey Carrell attends Furman University where he is involved with the drama department. This past year he held a leading part in “Legally Blonde”. He is also active in Greek life, the Student Government Association, and university research. Parker Cole received an associate of arts degree from the University of North Georgia in 2017. He now works in online sales for his family owned business, Cole’s Automotive Group. Parker is engaged to Victoria Lynn Coker of Monroe. Dylan Deboer received his bachelor’s degree in technical communication from Mercer University. Kaitlyn Fellows will graduate this fall from UGA with a degree in art education. She currently runs her photography business, Kaitlyn Fellows Photography, with a focus on weddings and senior portraits. Maridith Grimsley has been busy filming scenes for a medical drama on Fox. Catch her playing a nurse on the second season of The Resident. Audrey Hardison received her bachelor’s degree in studio art, emphasizing in fabric design from the University of Georgia. She recently accepted a position with Atlanta-based retailer Mud Pie, where she will be designing children’s clothes. She has also worked as a freelance graphic designer with Monroe’s Rinse Bath and Body, Co. She designs all advertising materials, as well as the packaging for Rinse goodies, and her designs for Rinse can be found nationwide.
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Michael Ashley was selected to serve as Camp Jekyll’s lead counselor for the 2018 summer camp season. Camp Jekyll is operated by the Georgia 4-H.
Caleb Morris is currently attending UGA, pursuing his degree in international affairs. He spent four months in Washington D.C. in the press office and is now a former White House intern. He worked with the Brian Kemp campaign. Dilys Osei is a track and field athlete at Emory University. She was the 60mH conference champion and led her team to place third overall in the conference. Kevin Strohschein attends Tennessee Tech, where he also plays baseball for the Golden Eagles. He was recently named to the Midseason Perfect Game/Rawlings College Baseball All-American Second Team. David Woody is pursuing his degree in audio production at the Art Institute of Atlanta and is projected to graduate in 2020. CLASS OF 2017 Joseph Johnson is studying screenwriting at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts.
JESSICA JOHNSON (2010) Jessica Johnson (’10) has spent the last four years working at Emory University’s Yerkes Primate Research Center as a Research Specialist. Jones was offered the position after interning in the lab the summer before her senior year of college at the University of Georgia, where she earned a degree in animal science. Johnson works with primates in the lab to better understand how psychosocial factors affect behavioral, metabolic and reproductive health in healthy, aging females. One thing that surprised Johnson about her field of work is that while she always knew that she wanted to work with animals, she believed that she would work in the field of veterinary medicine. However, while it was not exactly what she expected, she said, “I love what I do here and being a part of the biomedical research field.”