All AZ Academic Team 2015

All-Arizona Academic Team Recognition Ceremony February 18, 2015

Celebrating Academic Achievement, Leadership and Service to the Community

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All-Arizona Academic Team for Community Colleges Recognition Ceremony This ceremony celebrates the outstanding academic achievements and distinguished leadership of students enrolled in Arizona’s community colleges. Phi Theta Kappa, American Association of Community Colleges, Arizona Community Colleges, Arizona Board of Regents and USA TODAY help these exceptional students reach their educational goals by awarding of scholarships and issuing tuition waivers to any of Arizona’s three Universities: Arizona State University, University of Arizona or Northern Arizona University.

Process Each college may send two student nominations per campus to the International Phi Theta Kappa organization for judging. This year we honor seventy-four students who were evaluated on academic performance and service to the college and community. Criteria for selection: • GPA of 3.50 or higher (4.0 scale) • Good academic standing and working toward an associate degree • Involvement in campus or community volunteerism Judging consists of three rounds. First-round judges consist of business, civic, education, and government leaders. The second and third rounds are held in Washington, D.C. and the judges are representatives of various federal agencies and national education associations.

Scores from the national competition are used to rank the students for the state team. First team members will receive a $1,000 scholarship, second team members a $750 scholarship, and third team members a $500 scholarship.

National Recognition Twenty students will be named to the All-USA Community College Academic Team. All-USA Team members are the nation’s top community college students. They will be featured in a spring global edition of USA TODAY, receive $2,500 in stipends, a medallion, obelisk and certificate. These recognitions are presented to students at a ceremony held at the American Association of Community Colleges Annual Convention.

In addition, the Coca-Cola Foundation, along with the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation recognizes the New Century Scholar. Fifty students will be named Gold Scholars, receiving $1,500, fifty students will be named Silver Scholars, receiving $1,250, and fifty students will be named Bronze Scholars, receiving $1,000. A state may have multiple Gold, Silver, or Bronze Scholars. All scholars will also receive special medallions. The top scoring student in each of the fifty states will be named a New Century Scholar and will receive a $2,000 stipend. New Century Scholars will also be presented at the AACC Convention.

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All-Arizona Academic Team Recognition Ceremony February 18, 2015 Entertainment Provided by Northland Pioneer College Revision, A Modern A’cappella Group, Davylyn Shaddinger (Soprano), Kaitlynn Webb (Alto), Zander Pansulla (Tenor), Don Louis (Baritone), Jark Burden (Bass), and Blake Sullivan (Beatboxer) Lunch and Program Welcome Glenn Mayle, President, Arizona Western College Phi Theta Kappa Jennifer Blalock, Chief Student Support Officer Governor’s Proclamation Dawn Wallace, Policy Advisor for Education Emcee Grant Woods, Attorney at Law Keynote Speaker Kathleen Stefanik Founder/CEO of GAIA International, a 501c3 non-profit organization improving soil and farming in developing countries and Mesa Community College First Team All Arizona Academic Scholar, 2012 Arizona Board of Regents Presentation Greg Patterson, Regent Recognition of Academic Scholars Grant Woods

Kathleen Stefanik Kathleen Stefanik is the Founder/CEO of GAIA International, a 501c3 non-profit organization that works with subsistence farmers in developing countries to sustainably improve soil quality and increase crop yield.

Her work with GAIA’s initiatives began during early 2013, in rural Peru, and has now been scaled to include the development of additional projects around the world. Most notably, Kathleen is working with the Clinton Foundation to implement GAIA’s methods on several farms in East Africa.

Kathleen attended Mesa Community College, where she was an active member of Phi Theta Kappa, Psi Beta and the top individual fundraiser for Relay for Life of East Mesa. She was selected for the 2012 All Arizona Academic Team (First Team) and was a 2012 Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team (Gold) Scholar. At Arizona State University, Kathleen was active in Phi Kappa Phi, Psi Chi, and served as President of the BHCANS organization at the Polytechnic campus. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Arizona State University and Barrett, the Honors College, in December, 2014. Kathleen holds a Bachelors of Science in Human Systems Engineering and received the medallion for Outstanding Graduate from Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.

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All-Arizona Team Rankings First Team Emily Alcazar Nathaniel Bush Valerie Campodall’Orto Paola Castro Daniel Clevenger John Field Lori Fusak Riana Jacquez Brett Laine Valerie Le Grande Monica LeMoine Kristi-Lee Mathiesen Todd Myren

South Mountain Community College Central Arizona College/Superstition Mountain Campus Pima Community College/Community Campus Pima Community College/West Campus Arizona Western College Rio Salado College Chandler-Gilbert Community College/Pecos Campus Estrella Mountain Community College Glendale Community College Mesa Community College/Southern and Dobson Campus Estrella Mountain Community College South Mountain Community College Mohave Community College/Lake Havasu City Campus

Jeremiah Palicka Geneva Patterson Andrew Paxton Raymond Rosas David Rowlands Cecile Sharp Gilberto Sosa Mendoza Andrew Sypher Jonathan Talos Fern Van Vliet Whitney Vizzini Bailey Wilson

Pima Community College/Northwest Campus Paradise Valley Community College Pima Community College/West Campus Yavapai College/Prescott Campus Central Arizona College/Aravaipa Campus Chandler-Gilbert Community College/Williams Campus Phoenix College Mesa Community College/Red Mountain Campus Mesa Community College/Red Mountain Campus Glendale Community College Chandler-Gilbert Community College/Pecos Campus Paradise Valley Community College

Pima Community College/East Campus Pima Community College/East Campus Mesa Community College/Southern and Dobson Campus Pima Community College/Desert Vista Campus Cochise College/Douglas Campus Northland Pioneer College/Show Low/White Mountain Campus Yavapai College/Verde Valley Campus Arizona Western College Coconino Community College/Page Campus Pima Community College/Downtown Campus Glendale Community College/North Campus Eastern Arizona College/Thatcher Campus Northland Pioneer College/Silver Creek Campus

Kelcee Moore Rex Moore Raphael Nicas Tracie Osier Debra Pennington Lauren Peters Cassandra Roose David Selby Brittany Sheldahl Jenna Shockey Michael Stanley Blake Suarez

Northland Pioneer College/Holbrook/Painted Desert Campus Rio Salado College Coconino Community College/Flagstaff Campus Eastern Arizona College/Payson Campus Mohave Community College/Lake Havasu City Campus Northland Pioneer College/Winslow/Little Colorado Campus Chandler-Gilbert Community College/Williams Campus Pima Community College/Downtown Campus Yavapai College/Prescott Campus Northland Pioneer College/Little Colorado Campus Glendale Community College/North Campus Cochise College/Sierra Vista Campus

Northland Pioneer College/White Mountain Campus Central Arizona College/Maricopa Campus Northland Pioneer College/Holbrook/Painted Desert Campus Central Arizona College/Signal Peak Campus Pima Community College/Community Campus Eastern Arizona College/Thatcher Campus Scottsdale Community College Pima Community College/Northwest Campus Northland Pioneer College/Whiteriver Center Yavapai College/Verde Valley Campus Cochise College/Nogales Campus Northland Pioneer College/St. Johns Center

Ashley McDowell Deshell Mileham Leah Norris Dorka Nsagane Alfredo Ortiz Diego Ramirez Natalie Relitz Isaac Schimmel Dawn Taylor Michelle Valenzuela Laurie Vance Nannan Zhang

Northland Pioneer College/Springerville/Eagar Center Eastern Arizona College/Payson Campus Coconino Community College/Lonetree Campus GateWay Community College Northland Pioneer College/St. Johns Center Pima Community College/Desert Vista Campus Phoenix College Northland Pioneer College/Snowflake/Silver Creek Campus Scottsdale Community College Cochise College/Douglas Campus Northland Pioneer College/Springerville/Eagar Center GateWay Community College

Second Team Charity Bidegain Jacob Bowdon Alisa Brown Kathlyn DiBene Fernando Gomez Moira Hamilton Aubrial Harrington Yingli Hillis Cassie Johnson Alexandria Joyce Chet Martienz-Droeg Abdullah Matalgah Daniel McGee

Third Team Sara Anderson Socorro Carrillo Jennifer DoBell William Gray Shanti Guerrero JaNae Hancock Gabriela Hebronova Christopher Hughes Kasey Johnston Ashley Knister Nailea Leon Charles Manley

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First Team

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Emily Alcazar

South Mountain Community College

Major: Industrial Engineering GPA: 4.00 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: An industrial engineer in the manufacturing environment College/Community Activities: Phi Theta Kappa VP of Membership/Fellowship, ‘Honors in Action” project College Honors: Phi Theta Kappa, Honors College Honors Achievement Award, National Society of Collegiate Scholars Personal Quote: “Hardships often prepare ordinary people, for an extraordinary destiny.” - CS Lewis

Nathaniel P. Bush

Central Arizona College, Superstition Mountain Campus

Major: Liberal Arts GPA: 4.0 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: To help those who have lost themselves find themselves again College/Community Activities: Volunteer at Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center, Phi Theta Kappa Vice President of College Project, and Publicity Coordinator of the SMC Student Leadership Organization.

College Honors: Honors Program, Deans List, and Outstanding First Year Student Award Central Arizona College 2013-2014 Personal Quote: “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when creating them.”

- Albert Einstein

Valerie Campodall’Orto

Pima Community College, Community Campus

Major: Liberal Arts GPA: 3.8 Transferring to: University of Arizona Career Goal: To earn a Ph.D. and teach history at the college level College/Community Activities: Honors Club President, member of the Arizona State Honors Council, member of the Honors Advisory Council College Honors: Exemplary Service Award in May 2014 Personal Quote: “Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.” – John F. Kennedy

Paola Castro

Pima Community College, West Campus

Major: Special Education and Elementary Education GPA: 3.74 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: Become the best teacher I can be College/Community Activities: International Student Club, PCC Peer mentor, Student Government College Honors: Young Americans for Liberty Student Organization of the Year Personal Quote: “What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.” Buddha

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Daniel Clevenger

Arizona Western College Campus

Major: Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.76 Transferring To: Either Arizona State University or University of Arizona Career Goal: To be a Mechanical Engineer in an industry-leading company.

College/Community Activities: Math Academic Skills Coach for Student Support Services, AVID Math Tutor for Northern Arizona University, Phi Theta Kappa National Honors Society-Vice President of Scholarship College Honors: Three times on the Dean’s List, El Toro Bowl Scholarship Recipient, Two times recipient of the Gertrud Moody Scholarship Personal Quote: “Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.” Ann Landers

John William Field Rio Salado College

Major: Associate of Arts / Paralegal Studies GPA: 3.8 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: Mediation / Public Policy Advocacy College/Community Activities: Phi Theta Kappa, Student Public Policy Forum, Arizona Town Hall College Honors: Chancellor’s Civic Leadership Medallion, Phi Theta Kappa Five-Star Competitive Edge, AllArizona Academic Team Personal Quote: “If the success or failure of this planet and of human beings depended on who am and what I do…Who would I be? What would I do?” - R. Buckminster Fuller

Lori Fusak

Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Pecos Campus

Major: Journalism and mass communication with an emphasis in public relations GPA: 3.8 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: Publicist/Public Relations Executive College/Community Activities: Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, Association of Retarded Citizens (ARC) and Saint Vincent de Paul College Honors: Secretary, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Personal Quote: “There is nothing like a dream to create the future.” -Victor Hugo, Les Miserables

Riana Jacquez

Estrella Mountain Community College

Major: Elementary Education GPA: 3.9 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: To be an elementary education teacher in an underprivileged school College/Community Activities: Future Teachers Club (FTC), Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics Club (STEM) College Honors: Deans list, Honors Program, PTK Personal Quote: “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” - Nelson Mandela

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Brett Laine

Glendale Community College

Major: Computer Systems Engineering GPA: 4.0 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: To improve the lives of others through technology College/Community Activities: Phi Theta Kappa, Aerospace STEM Challenges to Educate New Discoverers (ASCEND!), Engineer Your Future College Honors: Associate In Science: Highest Honors/Honors Program, four time President’s Honor List, Salt River Project Scholarship Personal Quote: “The only way we could remember would be by constant re-reading, for knowledge unused tends to drop out of mind. Knowledge used does not need to be remembered; practice forms habits and habits make memory unnecessary. The rule is nothing; the application is everything.” - Henry Hazlitt, Thinking as a Science

Valerie Le Grande

Mesa Community College, Southern and Dobson Campus

Major: Social Work GPA: 3.78 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: Non-profit director helping women recovering from trauma and addiction College/Community Activities: Social Work Club Member, Civic Engagement Scholar for Human Trafficking Prevention Project, Arizona Summit on Volunteerism and Service-Learning Co-Presenter College Honors: GEICO Business Student Scholar Scholarship Award, President’s Lifetime Achievement Award Personal Quote: “Pushing through what makes us uncomfortable is the key to unlocking our true potential. It allows us to break down barriers and discover a person inside us who has been dying to come out all along.” Valerie K. Le Grande

Monica LeMoine

Estrella Mountain Community College

Major: Nursing GPA: 3.58 Transferring to: Northern Arizona University Career Goal: To become either a surgical or traveling nurse College/Community Activities: Volunteered in the Tale of Two Cities Parade, established and volunteered on a build through Habitat for Humanity while representing EMCC, and participated in student success week College Honors: Phi Theta Kappa, Honors Program, was picked and attended the 2014 3 Day Leadership Retreat Personal Quote: “If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.” Jesse Jackson

Kristi-Lee Mathiesen South Mountain Community College

Major: Associates in Arts GPA: 4.0 Transferring to: Northern Arizona University Career Goal: Elementary teacher or a science teacher in a middle school College/Community Activities: Phi Theta Kappa, Volunteering at Boys and Girls club, and working with the elderly at the day center in Tempe.

College Honors: President’s List and Honors Achievement Award Personal Quote: “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” - Steven Kloves

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Todd Myren

Mohave Community College, Lake Havasu City

Major: Liberal Arts GPA: 4.0 Transferring to: Azusa Pacific University or Grand Canyon University Career Goal: To co-own a business with my brother College/Community Activities: Relay for Life team member, Volunteer with high school National Honor Society, Play piano and clarinet at local assisted living and nursing facilities College Honors: Scholarship recipient, Phi Theta Kappa member Personal Quote: “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.” - 1 Timothy 4:12

Jeremiah Palicka

Pima Community College, Northwest Campus

Major: Liberal Arts GPA: 3.93 Transferring to: University of Arizona or Arizona State University Career Goal: Wishes to pursue a career as a physician’s assistant or anesthesiologist College/Community Activities: Student Government Association President, Crossfit, hiking, volleyball College Honors: National Collegiate Leadership Conference Active Participant Award, Outstanding Camp Connect Mentor and Leader Award, recipient of Aztec Activity Grant

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Geneva Patterson

Paradise Valley Community College

Major: Political Science and International Letters & Cultures GPA: 3.74 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: Practice constitutional law internationally and one day run for public office College/Community Activities: Intern with the Arizona Council for International Visitors, Arizona Student Public Policy Forum, President of Student Government for two terms College Honors: Presidents’ Scholarship, Vaclav Havel Scholarship winner, Peer Mentor (of four chosen from 200,000 district students) for the MCCCD Global Leadership Retreat Personal Quote: “Excellence is an art won by training and habituation: we do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have these because we have acted rightly; (…) we are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” - Will Durrant

Andrew Paxton

Pima Community College, West Campus

Major: Journalism GPA: 3.95 Transferring to: University of Arizona Career Goal: Editor of major publication, author College/Community Activities: Editor-in-chief, Aztec Press; Vice-president, Alpha Beta Chi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society; President, Pima Journalism Club College Honors: Exemplary Student Leader, West Campus; Co-Moderator for PCC Board of Governors candidate forum Personal Quote: “Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories. And to render even them safe, their minds must be improved to a certain degree.” -Thomas Jefferson

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Raymond D. Rosas Yavapai, Prescott

Major: English GPA: 4.0 Transferring to: University of Arizona Career Goal: As a teacher, it’s my goal to expand literacy in disadvantaged communities College/Community Activities: Volunteering at local soup kitchen, recovery coach, writing tutor College Honors: Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Personal Quote: “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.

Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

David Rowlands

Central Arizona College, Aravaipa Campus

Major: Associate of Science GPA: 3.92 Transferring to: University of Arizona Career Goal: Biotechnology Researcher College/Community Activities: Former vice president of Phi Theta Kappa at AVC, Volunteer at the San Manuel Library, and a Volunteer for the San Manuel Rotary Club’s Saint Patrick’s Day breakfasts College Honors: Outstanding General Science Student award earned in Spring 2014, Outstanding First Year Student award earned in Spring 2013, Dean’s List earned for: Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, and Spring 2014 Personal Quote: “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

– Winston S. Churchill

Cecile Sharp

Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Williams Campus

Major: Social Science - College of Social Work GPA: 3.60 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: Social work or a master’s degree in policy College/Community Activities: Working with the elderly Personal Quote: “Besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child.”

- Bryce Courtenay

Gilberto Sosa Mendoza Phoenix College, Main Campus

Major: General Business and Minor is Law GPA: 3.93 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: My career goals are to run my own Organization and practice law College/Community Activities: MCCCD Student Public Policy Forum, Phi- Theta-Kappa, Voices United CoFounder College Honors: President of The Phoenix College, PTK, International Honors Society, President’s List Personal Quote: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— /I took the one less traveled by,/ And that has made all the difference.“ - Robert Frost

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Andrew Sypher

Mesa Community College, Red Mountain Campus

Major: Political Science GPA: 4.0 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: Foreign Diplomat with a career in civil service College/Community Activities: Phi Theta Kappa Omicron Beta Chapter Operations Officer, Latter-Day Saint Student Association Chapter President, Mesa Community College Student Government College Honors: Chancellor’s Civic Leadership Medallion with Distinction, Democracy Commitment Conference Presenter, Summit Student Leadership Award Personal Quote: “There are times when the only way to get from A to C is by way of B.” - Jeffrey R. Holland.

Jonathan Talos

Mesa Community College, Red Mountain Campus

Major: Bio-Medical Engineering GPA: 3.80 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: Bio-Medical Entrepreneur College/Community Activities: Future for Kids Mentor, Special Olympics Volunteer Recruiter, Project C.U.R.E. Intern College Honors: National Community College Aerospace Scholar, Presidential Volunteer Service Award Gold Level, Chancellor’s Civic Leadership Medallion Personal Quote: “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams

Fern Van Vliet

Glendale Community College

Major: Mathematics GPA: 3.74 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: High School level mathematics instructor, then college mathematics instructor College/Community Activities: Mathematics tutor, Phi Theta Kappa officer, International Genetically Engineered Machine team member College Honors: Honors Ambassador, Chancellor’s Scholarship, Presidential Scholarship Personal Quote: “For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.”

- Neil deGrasse Tyson

Whitney Vizzini

Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Pecos Campus

Major: Accounting GPA: 4.0 Transferring to: Arizona State University, W. P. Carey School of Business Career Goal: Tax Attorney College/Community Activities: CGCC Student Ambassador, Hands Enriching Lives Projects, Model United Nations College Honors: Presidential Scholarship and Presidents’ Honor List Personal Quote: “There are two secrets to success. 1. Never tell everything you know.”

- Roger H. Lincoln

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Bailey Wilson

Paradise Valley Community College

Major: Clinical Psychology GPA: 3.73 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: To use my passion to provide insight for others College/Community Activities: Student Honorary Advisory Council Leader, Psychology Club President, Phi Theta Kappa College Honors: Presidents’ Scholarship, Phi Theta Kappa inductee, Deans’ List for Spring 2014 Personal Quote: “Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.”

- Benjamin Franklin

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Second Team

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Charity Bidegain

Pima Community College, East Campus

Major: Liberal Arts GPA: 3.95 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: Journalist, documentaries, educational films, fitness videos College/Community Activities: Photographer, camera assistant College Honors: Phi Theta Kappa Personal Quote: “Adventure is worthwhile in itself.” - Amelia Earhart

Jacob Bowdon

Pima Community College, East Campus

Major: Paramedic GPA: 3.92 Transferring to: University of Arizona Career Goal: Hope to become a Medical Doctor providing relief overseas College/Community Activities: Clinical Externship as paramedic and working with adolescents in Behavioral Health Personal Quote: “The meaning of life is to find the things which make it meaningful. Chase fulfillment when others scoff while they trade their potential for security. Those who argue for their limitations get to keep them.

“We should never doubt our own ability.” - Jacob Bowdon

Alisa Brown

Mesa Community College, Southern and Dobson Campus

Major: Global Health and Health Policy GPA: 3.88 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: Improve health services and living standards in destitute regions College/Community Activities: Turn a New Leaf Volunteer, Phi Theta Kappa Regional Vice President of the Central District, Omicron Beta Leadership Development Series Leadership Coordinator College Honors: Distinguished College Project Award, Academics in Action Award, International Honors Institute Personal Quote: “I am only one, but I am still one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.” – Edward Everett Hale

Kathlyn DiBene

Pima Community College, Desert Vista Campus

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Major: Environmental Science GPA: 4.0 Transferring to: University of Arizona Career Goal: To research and educate environmental sustainability College/Community Activities: Initiated a recycle campaign on campus that implemented reducing, reusing, and recycling techniques, advocated for the homeless by participating in educational speeches and food drives, designed an academic video for The Ocean Institute; educating the public about the importance of protecting our environment and ocean College Honors: Phi Theta Kappa award, Dean’s List, admitted to The University of Arizona Honors College Personal Quote: “By continuing to volunteer in my community, staying involved on campus, and pursuing my educational goals in Environmental Science at The University of Arizona, I know I will succeed in contributing to make a difference in environmental sustainability.” - Kathlyn DiBene

Fernando Gomez

Cochise College, Douglas Campus

Major: Engineering GPA: 3.50 Transferring to: University of Arizona Career Goal: To be an excellent mine engineer and improve the methods of processing minerals College/Community Activities: Math tutor, President of Coordination for Agua Prieta, Sonora, youth civic engagement, Relay for Life participant, Phi Theta Kappa member College Honors: Personal Quote: “I have expectations for myself, and one of them is being productive to my country. Being an example to my community has always been a dream of mine. I am also committed to honoring my family and rewarding them for their investment in me.” - Fernando Gomez

Moira Hamilton

Northland Pioneer College, White Mountain Campus

Major: Anthropology GPA: 3.92 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: My goal is to be involved in all universal human science and in all forms of humanity College/Community Activities: Arizona Fostercare, Phi Theta Kappa, Girl & Boy Scouts of America College Honors: Phi Theta Kappa Vice President, Dean’s List Personal Quote: “All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.” - Martin Luther King Jr.

Aubrial Harrington Yavapai, Verde Valley

Major: Undecided: General Studies GPA: 4.0 Transferring To: Probably Northern Arizona University Career Goal: I want to become either a lawyer or a teacher College/Community Activities: Yavapai College Honors Program, Phi Theta Kappa, Volunteer for Passion City Outreach College Honors: Academic Honors every semester, admittance to the Yavapai College Honors Program Personal Quote: “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Yingli Hillis

Arizona Western College Campus

Major: Biology GPA: 3.932 Transferring to: University of Arizona Career Goal: To become a Physical Therapist College/Community Activities: Mathematics, Chemistry, and Biology Tutor at the Arizona Western College Student Success Center, Student Assistant for Arizona Western College Desert Tortoise Habitat Project, Arizona Western College Mathematics and Science Clubs College Honors: Phi Theta Kappa/Honors Program Student, Dean’s List, 3rd Place in Arizona Western College Student Showcase (Calculus project) Personal Quote: “A wise man makes more opportunities than he finds.” - Francis Bacon

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Cassie Lynn Johnson

Coconino Community College, Page Campus

Major: Administration of Justice GPA: 3.71 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: Serving the community by becoming an upstanding probation officer College Honors: Magna Cum Laude and Phi Theta Kappa Personal Quote: “The only person that is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.” - Carl Rogers

Alexandria Joyce

Pima Community College, Downtown Campus

Major: Psychology GPA: 3.95 Transferring to: University of Arizona Career Goal: Forensic psychology College/Community Activities: Boys and Girls Club, Produce on Wheels without Waste, Pima Community College Theatre College Honors: Member of University of Arizona’s Honors College, Phi Theta Kappa national honors society Personal Quote: “Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” - Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Chet Martinez-Droeg

Glendale Community College, North Campus

Major: Computer Systems Engineering GPA: 3.52 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: Computer Engineering Research Professor College/Community Activities: Phi Theta Kappa Officer, NASA High-Altitude Balloon Research Project, GCC Reads Mentor College Honors: Diane H. Thomas Scholarship, President’s Scholarship, Follett Scholarship Personal Quote: “There is only one way to learn. It’s through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.” - Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

Abdullah Matalgah

Eastern Arizona College, Thatcher Campus

Major: Engineering with Pre-med GPA: 3.93 Transferring to: University of Arizona Career Goal: Obtain a Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering then going to medical school to become a doctor College/Community Activities: EAC Chemistry Freshman Achievement Award, Outstanding Freshman Physics Student, and Outstanding Mathematics Student of 2013-2014 College Honors: Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award, Freshman Physics Personal Quote: “Stop complaining and be happy. Then your life will be happy.” - Abdullah Matalga

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Daniel McGee

Northland Pioneer College, Snowflake/Taylor – Silver Creek Campus

Major: Mechanical Engineering GPA: 4.0 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: Mechanical Engineer specializing in research and development College/Community Activities: Big Brothers Big Sisters College Honors: President’s List Personal Quote: “Everything is energy and that’s all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics.” - Albert Einstein

Kelcee Moore

Northland Pioneer College, Holbrook – Painted Desert Campus

Major: International Hospitality and Tourism Management GPA: 3.89 Transferring to: Northern Arizona University Career Goal: Be an Event/Wedding Planner for an International Hotel Chain College/Community Activities: New Zealand Retirement Community Volunteer, Cosmetology Class College Honors: Associate of Applied Science Degree, Skills USA Gold Medalist, President’s/Dean’s Personal Quote: “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams” - Oprah Winfrey

Rex Moore Rio Salado College

Major: Associate of Arts GPA: 4.0 Transferring to: Undeclared Career Goal: To create prosthetic limbs/artificial organs as a biomedical engineer College/Community Activities: Phi Theta Kappa’s Science and Discovery Day, Andre House, Save the Family organization College Honors: Phi Theta Kappa member Personal Quote: athlete: “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” - Kevin Durant

Raphael Nicas

Coconino Community College, Flagstaff Campus

Major: Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.73 Transferring to: Northern Arizona University Career Goal: To work in a career that helps developing nations College/Community Activities: Replanting trees at the Shultz Creek fire burn area, Lab technician for Coconino Community College, Volunteer for Grand Canyon Free ride team 2014-2015 season College Honors: All Arizona Academic team 2015, Presidents list 2012-2013, Vice Presidents list 2013-present Personal Quote: “The harder path makes you stronger at the end.” - Unknown

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Tracie Osier

Eastern Arizona College, Payson Campus

Major: General Studies GPA: 3.92 Transferring to: Northern Arizona University Career Goal: To become a Speech Pathologist.

College/Community Activities: Volunteer at Julia Randal Elementary and Mountain Meadow Ranch Bible Camp, Inc. College Honors: President’s List: Spring 2013, Dean’s List: Spring 2014 Personal Quote: “You must do the things you think you cannot do.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

Debra Pennington

Mohave Community College, Lake Havasu City Campus

Major: Psychology GPA: 3.83 Transferring to: Arizona State University Colleges at Lake Havasu City Career Goal: To obtain master’s and doctorate degrees in industrial organization psychology College/Community Activities: Big Brothers Big Sisters of America volunteer, MCC volunteer for community events, MCC PTK volunteer College Honors: Recipient of MCC’s Certificate of Excellence Dean’s List honor, Phi Theta Kappa member and officer Personal Quote: “I got this!” – Debi Pennington

Lauren Peters

Northland Pioneer College, Little Colorado Campus

Major: Sociology GPA: 3.72 Transferring to: Northern Arizona University Career Goal: Occupational Therapist College/Community Activities: Fuel up to Play 60, Northland Pioneer College Student Ambassador, Northland Pioneer Student Government College Honors: Northland Pioneer College President’s Scholars Program, Phi Theta Kappa, Northland Pioneer College President’s List Personal Quote: “Anything can be accomplished with drive, passion, and pure intentions. Life is about making a difference, facing our challenges, accepting individuals and ourselves, as we are, realizing our full potential, and sharing our gifts and talents to make the world a better place.” – Lauren Peters

Cassandra Roose

Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Williams Campus

Major: Medicinal Biochemistry GPA: 4.0 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: Neurosurgeon College/Community Activities: Child life and surgical pathology volunteer at Banner Desert Medical Center, president of the CGCC pre-health professions club, feeding the poor as part of Hashtag Lunch Bag Phoenix College Honors: President’s Scholarship recipient, President’s List Fall 2013-Present, Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholarship recipient Personal Quote: “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.” -- Helen Keller

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David Selby

Pima Community College, Downtown Campus

Major: Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.81 Transferring to: University of Arizona Career Goal: Professional Engineer College/Community Activities: Community Service Advisor College Honors: Mary Bartol Memorial Scholarship, Wolslager Foundation Scholarship Personal Quote: “Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it’s not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way.”

– Barack Obama

Brittany Sheldahl Yavapai, Prescott Campus

Major: English GPA: 3.75 Transferring to: Arizona State University West Career Goal: Screenwriting for TV shows or movies College/Community Activities: Co-Chair for CHP Honors Gala, Volunteered at Prescott High School with Marching Band and Winterguard College Honors: Yavapai College Honors Program, Phi Theta Kappa, 3 semesters on the Academic Honors List Personal Quote: “Do what you like and do it honestly.” – Angels and Airwaves

Jenna Ché Shockey

Northland Pioneer College, Winslow – Little Colorado Campus

Major: Business Law GPA: 3.71 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: International Business Lawyer College/Community Activities: NPC Student Government Association President College Honors: Dean’s List, Fall 2013 Personal Quote: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” - NKJV Philippians 4:13

Michael Stanley

Glendale Community College, North Campus

Major: Biology GPA: 3.936 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: Become a general Dentist College/Community Activities: LDSSA-Latter Day Saint Student Association, Just Serve Committee Member College Honors: President’s Honor List (Spring 2014 Semester) Personal Quote: “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” -- Harry S. Truman

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Blake Suarez

Cochise College, Sierra Vista Campus

Major: Biology GPA: 3.56 Transferring to: University of Arizona Career Goal: Become a neurologist and help patients through innovative technologies College/Community Activities: Undergraduate research team projects: Callosobruchus maculatus and Wildlife Corridor Navigation along the San Pedro River, Student Government President, National Collegiate Honors Council representative College Honors: Phi Theta Kappa former vice president of communications, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Scholarship Personal Quote: “I was raised within a set of cultural values that emphasize the importance of work ethic, morality and, most importantly, familial duties. From a young age, the elders of my family would talk with me about the importance of quality education, and they taught me that with a strong work ethic, I could accomplish virtually anything.” –Blake Suarez

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Third Team

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Sara Anderson

Northland Pioneer College, White Mountain Campus

Major: Nursing GPA: 3.93 Transferring To: Arizona State University or Northern Arizona University Career Goal: To become a Nurse Practitioner College/Community Activities: PTK Honor Society, volunteering at the NPC Learning Center, 2014 Nursing Class Wellness Challenge College Honors: Spring 2014 Presidents List, NPC Finish Line Scholarship, NPC Continuing Education Scholarship Personal Quote: “All things are possible to him who believes.” - Mark 9:23

Socorro Antoinette Carrillo Central Arizona College, Maricopa Campus

Major: Journalism/International Affairs GPA: 3.53 Transferring To: Arizona State University- Walter Cronkite School of Journalism Career Goal: Foreign Service Officer for the Department of State College/Community Activities: Student Leadership Organization President, Staff Writer for The Cactus Student Newspaper, Relay For Life Committee Member College Honors: Most Engaged Student of the Year, Exemplary Woman of Pinal County, Student of the Month- March 2014 Personal Quote: “People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

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Jennifer DoBell

Northland Pioneer College, Holbrook – Painted Desert Campus

Major: Public Administration GPA: 3.53 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: To own and operate my own business.

College/Community Activities: College Honors: Member of FBLA and invited to be a member of PTK, President’s List, Spring 2014 Personal Quote: “A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.” - John F. Kennedy

William Gray

Central Arizona College, Signal Peak Campus

Major: Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.6 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: My main goal is to become a mechanical engineer College/Community Activities: Title V Tutoring, STEM Club, and volunteer work at church College Honors: Completed Honors Colloquium I and II and Honors Seminar I Personal Quote: “The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power.” - Nikola Tesla

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Shanti Guerrero

Pima Community College, Community Campus

Major: Business GPA: 3.83 Transferring to: University of Arizona Career Goal: Run my own business and give back to my community College/Community Activities: Community Outreach Committee Captain (work), Phi Theta Kappa member, Volunteer at various local organizations College Honors: Accepted to the Eller College of Management and the Honors College at the University of Arizona; Published in Pima’s Sandscript magazine Personal Quote: “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales” - Albert Einstein

JaNae Hancock

Eastern Arizona College, Thatcher Campus

Major: Nursing GPA: 4.0 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: Obtain a bachelor’s degree in nursing College/Community Activities: Phi Theta Kappa Vice President; volunteer clerk at local auctions, College Honors: Dean’s List all four semesters, academic scholarship recipient Personal Quote: “Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight.” - Gordon B. Hinkley

Gabriela Hebronova Scottsdale Community College

Major: Bachelors in Science-Nursing GPA: 3.561 Transferring to: Northern Arizona University Career Goal: I would like to become RN and then transfer to ASU for a doctorate to become a Nurse Practitioner College Honors: Phi Theta Kappa Personal Quote: “Life is only one, so make the best out of it. There is never too late for anything.”

- Gabriela’s Father

Christopher Blake Hughes Pima Community College, Northwest Campus

Major: Associate of Science for transfer GPA: 4.0 Transferring to: University of Arizona Career Goal: My goal is to work in the medical field College/Community Activities: Student Government Association, Pima Honors Council, Pima Honors Club College Honors: Honors Club Book Award, Pima Emerging Leader Personal Quote: “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” - Michael Jordan

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Kasey Johnston

Northland Pioneer College, Whiteriver Center

Major: Parks and Recreation Management GPA: 3.91 Transferring to: Northern Arizona University Career Goal: To work with a wildlife preserve College/Community Activities: Volunteer at Show Low Animal Shelter, Volunteer at Haven of Show College Honors: PTK member Personal Quote: “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” - Steve Jobs

Ashley Knister

Yavapai, Verde Valley Campus

Major: Music Transferring to: Northern Arizona University Career Goal: I want to inspire our generation and go beyond impossible College/Community Activities: Harvest for the Hungry Food Drive, Buring Desire to Feed the Hungry Good Drive, Humane Society Adoption Events College Honors: Academic Honors Personal Quote: “…I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before…meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.” - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Nailea Leon

Cochise College, Nogales Campus

Major: Journalism and Media Arts GPA: 3.83 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: Be a successful news reporter College/Community Activities: Team Anonymous teen support program, Queen of Mexican Festival college representative, Campus activities volunteer assistant College Honors: Phi Theta Kappa member Personal Quote: “I plan to continue my education in journalism to further my knowledge and better understand my career. I want to be a broadcast journalist, working for a national or local TV station. I’m aiming big; I don’t plan to settle for anything small. I want to travel and inform people about what occurs in the world.” - Nailea Leon

Charles Manley

Northland Pioneer College, Saint Johns Center

Major: Dietitian GPA: 3.93 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: To become a registered dietitian College/Community Activities: I am an active contributor to family endeavors such as helping with childcare for my sisters, helping out at my Uncle’s business, and aiding my grandmother College Honors: Presidents List, Deans List, Phi Theta Kappa Member Personal Quote: “Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.” - John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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Ashley McDowell

Northland Pioneer College, Springerville - Eagar Center

Major: Medical Assistant/Applied Science GPA: 3.64 Transferring to: Northern Arizona University Career Goal: Become a successful veterinarian College/Community Activities: National Barrel Horse Association, Round Valley Rodeo Club College Honors: Deans List Personal Quote: “What holds most people back isn’t the quality of their ideas, but their lack of faith in themselves. You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.” - Russell Simmons

Deshell Mileham

Eastern Arizona College, Payson Campus

Major: Sociology/Psychology GPA: 3.86 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: Counseling and Community Management College/Community Activities: Rim Country Learning Program, WIA Youth Success Coach College Honors: Phi Theta Kappa, Sigma Alpha Pi, Gila Community College Honors Program Personal Quote: “An educated community is a healthy community.” - Deshell Mileham

Leah Beth Norris

Coconino Community College, Lonetree Campus

Major: Psychology GPA: 3.54 Transferring to: Northern Arizona University Career Goal: Prevention and education in healthy relationships and domestic violence and sexual assault prevention College/Community Activities: Member of TPK helped create and set up the CCC giving tree, Volunteer with Beans and Rice fundraiser, Internship with Soroptomists International of Flagstaff College Honors: President’s List Fall 2013 Personal Quote: “I’m stronger because I had to be. I’m smarter because of my mistakes. I’m happier because I’ve overcome the sadness I have known and I’m wiser because I’ve learned from my life.”

- Chanda Kaushik

Dorka Nsagane

GateWay Community College

Major: Nursing GPA: 3.8 Transferring to: Arizona State University or Northern Arizona University Career Goal: To become a registered nurse, and ultimately a nurse practitioner College/Community Activities: PROSPER program, Student Nursing Association, Club INSITE, College Honors: GateWay PTK, GateWay Honors Program Personal Quote: “Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it. If you aren’t sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.” - John Carmack

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Alfredo Ortiz

Northland Pioneer College, Saint Johns Center

Major: Manufacturing Technologies GPA: 3.63 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: Working in the power industry College/Community Activities: Volunteer at NPC Friends & Family ProAm Golf Tournament, help create memorial for the late State Senator Chester Crandell College Honors: Spring 2014 Dean’s List Personal Quote: “Imagine living like a king someday.” - Pierce the Veil Band

Diego Ramirez

Pima Community College, Desert Vista Campus

Major: Mathematics with an emphasis in education GPA: 3.81 Transferring to: University of Arizona Career Goal: Become a high school mathematics teacher then become an administrator College/Community Activities: Assistant Volunteer Coach for the Pueblo Magnet High School Boys Basketball Team, volunteer for the Pueblo Magnet High School Parent Association, help people out in the community that are not self sufficient College Honors: Recipient of the All Arizona Academic Team Scholarship, Student representative to the College Honors Advisory Council, Member of the Honors Club Personal Quote: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

- Nelson Mandela

Natalie Marie Relitz Phoenix College

Major: Accountancy GPA: 3.51 Transferring to: Northern Arizona University – W. A Franke College of Business Career Goal: Receive my CPA certificate and prepare taxes College/Community Activities: REACHTRiO, Phoenix College Business Department Canned Food drive College Honors: Inducted member of Phi Theta Kappa, Phoenix College Honors Program, and Dougherty Foundation Scholarship recipient Personal Quote: “The journey of a thousand steps begins with a single step” – Lao Tzu

Isaac Schimmel

Northland Pioneer College, Silver Creek Campus

Major: Paramedicine / Nursing GPA: 3.75 Transferring to: Northern Arizona University Career Goal: I plan on working in the emergency rescue and medical field College/Community Activities: Honors Colloquial activities, fieldtrips, and study groups College Honors: Induction into to Phi Theta Kappa, being on the Dean’s list all semesters of attendance at NPC, Completing the Fire Science Program and achieving the State and National Fire Fighter’s Certification Personal Quote: “Falling down is not defeat. Defeat is when you fail to get back up.” - Paulo Coelho

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Dawn Taylor

Scottsdale Community College

Major: Business Administration GPA: 3.73 Transferring to: Undecided between W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University or Northern Arizona University Career Goal: Start a company that helps families with children with special needs College/Community Activities: Volunteer with Raising Special Kids & Volunteer & Promote for Shannons Shack Project College Honors: Made Presidential Honors List & Phi Theta Kappa Member Personal Quote: “As human beings we each have a responsibility to care for humanity. Expressing concern for others brings inner strength and deep satisfaction. As social animals, human beings need friendship, but friendship doesn’t come from wealth and power, but from showing compassion and concern for others.” - Dalai Lama

Michelle Valenzuela Cochise College, Douglas Campus

Major: Social Work GPA: 3.72 Transferring to: University of Arizona Career Goal: Get paid for doing something I love College/Community Activities: W.I.S.H. (Wisdom Inspired by Survivors of the Holocaust) Club president College Honors: Outstanding Performance and Leadership in the Holocaust Project, Phi Theta Kappa member, Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges Personal Quote: “My community service learning experience helped me set my career goals. I started college not knowing where I wanted to direct my career, but because of service learning, I know exactly what I want to do with my life. My passion is to help others.” – Michelle Valenzuela

Laurie Vance

Northland Pioneer College, Springerville-Eagar Center

Major: Occupational Therapy GPA: 3.82 Transferring to: Northern Arizona University Career Goal: My dream is to become an Occupational Therapist College/Community Activities: Member of the PTK Honor Society, Sunday School teacher at Calvary Chapel of Round Valley College Honors: PTK, Dean’s List, Representative on the 2015 All-Arizona Academic Team Personal Quote: “Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.”

-Theodore Isaac Rubin

Nannan Zhang

GateWay Community College

Major: Business GPA: 4.0 Transferring to: Arizona State University Career Goal: CPA Accountant College/Community Activities: Free Tax Return Preparation, American Student Government Association Conference, Maricopa Community Colleges Student Leadership Retreat College Honors: President Honors List- named three times, Honors Student, PTK President Personal Quote: “Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.”

– Albert Einstein

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All-Arizona Academic Team Recognition Ceremony Sponsors

Arizona Board of Regents Arizona Daily Star & East Valley Tribune Steering Committee 2015

Steering Committee 2015

Mark Denke–Arizona Board of Regents, Jewelyn Jenson–Arizona Board of Regents, Angela Askey–Central AZ, Sue Aroz–CGC, Cathy Chlarson–CGC, Itzela Dixon–CGC, Michele Helm–Cochise, Kenny Smith–EAC, Karen Harbin–EMCC, Ferdinand Hunter–GWC, Lauren Yena–GWC, Vickie Gallegos–MCC, Lora Lassitter–MCC, Mackenzie Miller–MCC, Duane Oakes–MCC, Ron Rangel–MCC, Dawn Rhodes–MCC, Ted Sowards, Rex Sowards–MCC, Dawn Zimmer–MCC, Ann Masterson–Mohave, Everett Robinson–NPC, Rob Carey–Pima, Dina Doolen–Pima, Dawn Huntsinger–Pima, Shannon McBride-Olson–Pima, Karyza Ochoa–Pima, Doug Berry–PVCC, Tony Grandlienard–PVCC, John Bastian–Rio, Annette Flores–Rio, Amy MacPherson–SMCC, Karen Jones–Yavapai, Tracy Kenoyer–Mohave

Acknowledgements

Office of the Governor Pima Community College Mesa Community College Student Hosts, Mesa Community College, Phi Theta Kappa, Omicron Beta Chapter

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2015 All-Arizona Academic Team

Arizona’s Community Colleges present Team

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Emily Alcazar

South Mountain Community College

Brett Laine

Glendale Community College Glendale

Raymond Rosas Yavapai College Prescott Campus

David Rowlands

Central Arizona College Aravaipa Campus

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Charity Bidegain

Pima Community College East Campus

Cassie Johnson

Coconino Community College Page Campus

Tracie Osier

Eastern Arizona College Payson Campus

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Debra Pennington

Mohave Community College Lake Havasu City Campus

Sara Anderson

Northland Pioneer College White Mountain Campus

Kasey Johnston

Northland Pioneer College Whiteriver Center

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Cecile Sharp

Gilberto Sosa Mendoza

Chandler Gilbert Community College Williams Campus

Estrella Mountain Community College

Phoenix College

Paola Castro

Pima Community College West Campus

Kristi-Lee Mathiesen

South Mountain Community College

Andrew Sypher

Mesa Community College Red Mountain Campus

Daniel Clevenger

Arizona Western College

Todd Myren

Mohave Community College Lake Havasu City Campus

Jonathan Talos

Mesa Community College Red Mountain Campus

John Field

Lori Fusak

Rio Salado College

Chandler-Gilbert Community College Pecos Campus

Jeremiah Palicka

Geneva Patterson

Pima Community College Northwest Campus

Paradise Valley Community College

Fern Van Vliet

Glendale Community College

Whitney Vizzini

Chandler-Gilbert Community College Pecos Campus

Riana Jacquez Estrella Mountain Community College

Andrew Paxton

Pima Community College West Campus

Bailey Wilson

Paradise Valley Community College

Jacob Bowdon

Pima Community College East Campus

Alexandria Joyce

Pima Community College Downtown Campus

Lauren Peters

Northland Pioneer College Winslow/Little Colorado Campus

Alisa Brown

Kathlyn DiBene

Mesa Community College Southern and Dobson Campus

Pima Community College Desert Vista Campus

Chet Martienz-Droeg

Abdullah Matalgah

Glendale Community College North Campus

Cassandra Roose

Chandler Gilbert Community College Williams Campus

Fernando Gomez Cochise College Douglas Campus

Daniel McGee

Eastern Arizona College Thatcher Campus

Northland Pioneer College Silver Creek Campus

David Selby

Brittany Sheldahl

Pima Community College Downtown Campus

Yavapai College Prescott Campus

Moira Hamilton

Northland Pioneer College Show Low/White Mountain Campus

Kelcee Moore

Northland Pioneer College Holbrook/Painted Desert Campus

Jenna Ché Shockey

Northland Pioneer College Winslow/Little Colorado Campus

Aubrial Harrington Yavapai College Verde Valley Campus

Rex Moore

Rio Salado College

Michael Stanley

Yingli Hillis

Arizona Western College

Raphael Nicas

Coconino Community College Flagstaff Campus

Blake Suarez

Glendale Community College North Campus

Cochise College Sierra Vista Campus

Socorro Carrillo

Central Arizona College Maricopa Campus

Ashley Knister

Jennifer DoBell

Northland Pioneer College Holbrook/Painted Desert Campus

Nailea Leon

Yavapai College Verde Valley Campus

Cochise College Nogales Campus

Diego Ramirez

Natalie Relitz

Pima Community College Desert Vista Campus

Phoenix College

William Gray

Central Arizona College Signal Peak Campus

Charles Manley

Northland Pioneer College St. Johns Center

Isaac Schimmel

Northland Pioneer College Snowflake/Silver Creek Campus

Shanti Guerrero

Pima Community College Community Campus

Ashley McDowell

JaNae Hancock

Eastern Arizona College Thatcher Campus

Gabriela Hebronova

Christopher Hughes

Scottsdale Community College

Deshell Mileham

Leah Norris

Northland Pioneer College Springerville/Eagar Center

Eastern Arizona College Payson Campus

Dawn Taylor

Michelle Valenzuela

Scottsdale Community College

Cochise College Douglas Campus

Coconino Community College Lonetree Campus

Laurie Vance

Northland Pioneer College Springerville-Eagar Center

Pima Community College Northwest Campus

Dorka Nsagane

GateWay Community College

Nannan Zhang

GateWay Community College

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service to the community. All receive scholarships from Arizona’s community colleges, as well as Arizona Board of Regents tuition waivers for any Arizona public university. Students are eliglible for selection to the All-USA Academic Team.

For information, contact the local chapter of Phi Theta Kappa national honorary society at any Arizona community college.

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