BAYLOR
* Name: Michael Schulson
* GPA: Withheld by student
* College: Yale
* Honors/activities: Walkabout outdoor program, Round Table literary society, Respect community service program, Earth Advocates, Presidential Scholar
BEREAN ACADEMY
* Name: Gabrielle Erwin
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Bryan
* Honors/activities: Senior class president, cheerleading captain, Honor Society, yearbook editor, National Art and Academic Contest competitor
BLEDSOE COUNTY
* Name: Beverly Joan DeBord
* GPA: 4.0
* College: UTC
* Honors/activities: Bausch & Lomb Science Award, National Honor Society, Beta Club vice president, Junior Health Council president, recipient of UTC Provost Scholarship
BOYD-BUCHANAN
* Name: David Copeland
* GPA: 4.2
* College: Wake Forest
* Honors/activities: Student body co-president, Best All-Around and Most Dependable senior superlatives, Tommy Rorex Memorial Leadership Award, Mr. Boyd-Buchanan nominee
* Name: Robin Lee
* GPA: 4.2
* College: Tennessee Tech
* Honors/activitiers, Governor's School for the Arts, Girls State delegate, Chattanooga Youth Orchestra, three Mexico mission trips
BRADLEY CENTRAL
* Name: Oksana Radionova
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Lee
* Honors/activities: Best Dressed senior superlative, earned 18 college credit hours, ACT score of 29, four DECA awards, won Sunkist Advertising Campaign Challenge
BRAINERD
* Name: Rosetta Greer
* GPA: 3.6
* College: UTC
* Honors/activities: National Honor Society, Brainerd Scholar, after-school tutor, National Coalition of 100 Black Women scholarship, named among top 10 percent of seniors by Hamilton County Department of Education
CALVARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
* Name: David Boley
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Tennessee Temple
* Honors/activities: National Honor Society, basketball and soccer teams, Bible Quiz team, Drama Club
CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS
* Name: Alexandra Bailey
* GPA: 4.0
* College: New York University
* Honors/activities: Youth For Understanding scholarship to Japan, National Shakespeareoln Center, Choo-Choo Kids, student exchanges with Germany, National Merit Scholar commended list
CENTRAL
* Name: Dadrien Barnes
* GPA: 4.0
* College: UTK
* Honors/activities: National Honor Society president, Ruriteen Club president, prom committee president, National Beta Club, senior class marshal
CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN
* Name: Sean Forrest
* GPA: 4.21
* College: UTK
* Honors/activities: East Tennessee Youth Wind Ensemble, Chattanooga Youth Symphony, National Honor Society president, class officer, Principal's Award
CHATTOOGA COUNTY
* Name: Matthew Ryan Hicks
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Dalton State
* Honors/activities: Beta Club, 4-H, Vocational Industrial Clubs of America, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Student Council
COLLEGEDALE ACADEMY
* Name: Jordan Alexandra Pierce
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Southern Adventist University
* Honors/activities: SAT score of 34, softball team, National Honor Society, Advanced Placement Literature, drama team
COLLINSVILLE
* Name: Kendy Monroy
* GPA: 9heast Alabama Community College
* Honors/activities: Beta Club vice president, Students Against Destructive Decisions, Teens Together, Technology Club, DAR Good Citizen Award, two-year full scholarship to Northeast Alabama
COPPER BASIN
* Name: Jeremy Barker
* GPA: 95.78
* College: Cleveland State or ETSU
* Honors/activities: Awards Day honors all four years, Rural Electric essay contest winner, English and math departmental awards
CROSSVILLE
* Name: Courtney Thacker
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Auburn
* Honors/activities: Yearbook editor, member of state champion 3-A girls basketball team, voted state tournament MVP, finalist for 3-A state player of year, DeKalb County Junior Miss first runner-up, basketball scholarship to Auburn
DADE COUNTY
* Name: Danielle Alexa Houts
* GPA: 4.1
* College: Lee University
* Honors/activities: Played on 2004 state championship softball team, yearbook committee, Lady Wolverine basketball team
DAVID BRAINERD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
* Name: Lauren Caldwell
* GPA: 3Honors/activities: National Honor Society, All-District basketball team, National Art Honor Society, completed 30 hours college credit, Costa Rica mission trip
EAST RIDGE
* Name: Jordan Walker
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Vanderbilt
* Honors/activities: Peabody Grant, Vanderbilt grant, Powderhorn school newspaper editor, National Honor Society president, Beta Club president
FAIRVIEW CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
* Name: Bonnie Gerdt
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Bob Jones University
* Honors/activities: American Association of Christian Schools Fine Arts competition, National Honor Society, volleyball, handbell choir, school plays
* Name: Mandi Reynolds
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Crown College
* Honors/activities: National Honor Society, VFW Voice of Democracywinner 2006, basketball team three years, AACS Youth Legislative Training Conference delegate, AACS Handbell Ensemble competition national champions
FANNIN COUNTY
* Name: Rebekah Leigh Adams
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Mercer
* Honors/activities: Basketball and cAP scholar, Georgia Certificate of Merit, DAR Good Citizenship Award
FORT PAYNE
* Name: Anna Chambers
* GPA: 4.4
* College: Vanderbilt
* Honors/activities: Math team, yearbook editor, French club president, National Honor Society vice president, Danforth "I Dare You" Award
FYFFE
* Name: Jared L. Hairston
* GPA: 3.97
* College: University of Alabama
* Honors/activities: National Honor Society, Beta Club, Georgia merit recipient, baseball and football teams
GERALDINE
* Name: Chase Duke
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Northeast Alabama Community College
* Honors/activities: Golf team, Northeast Alabama Presidential Scholarship, SADD leadership conference delegate, Beta Club, Science Club
GIRLS PREPARATORY SCHOOL
* Name: Kirstin Early
* GPA: 4.24
* College: Vanderbilt
* Honors/activities: Terpsichord, Chess Club, math contests, National Honor Society, Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholarship
GORDON LEE
* Name: Andrea Lynn Barger
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Mercer
* Honors/activities: Yearbook editor, St body presidents, tennis team, Pegasus Club.
GRACE BAPTIST ACADEMY
* Name: Diana Patrick
* GPA: 4.127
* College: Cedarville University
* Honors/activities: Student body president, yearbook editor, captain of soccer and basketball teams, Most Academically Gifted senior superlative, President's Scholarship
HAMILTON COUNTY MIDDLE COLLEGE AT CHATTANOOGA STATE
* Name: Eric Snider
* GPA: 4.0
* College: UTC
* Honors/activities: YMCA soccer coach/referee, Sunday school teacher at Dallas Bay Baptist Church, UTC Provost Scholarship, soccer team
HAMILTON HEIGHTS
* Name: GinnyBeth Gadd
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Chattanooga State
* Honors/activities: Key Club president, Beta Club, student government representative, six hours dual enrollment at Chattanooga State, Academic Achievement Certificate four years.
HIXSON
* Name: Revathi Lakkakula
* GPA: 4.0
* College: ETSU
* Honors/activities: National Honor Society president, student council vice president, Future Business Leaders of America vicub, tennis team
HOWARD SCHOOL
OF ACADEMICS AND TECHNOLOGY
* Name: Kanesha Earvin
* GPA: 4.0
* College: MTSU
* Honors/activities: National Honor Society, Beta Club, Why Know, Girls Inc., and participant in 100 Black Women
IDER
* Name: Jessica Bradford
* GPA: 4.0
* College: University of Alabama at Birmingham
* Honors/activities: SGA president, class vice president, yearbook co-editor, Senior Beta and FCCLA
LaFAYETTE
* Name: Aida Louise Balthazor
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Northwestern Technical College
* Honors/activities: Star student, academic letter four years, Georgia Certificate of Merit, Presbyterian College Junior Fellows Award
LAKEVIEW-FORT OGLETHORPE
* Name: Andrea Clark
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Vanderbilt
* Honors/activities: National Merit Scholar, Chattanooga Youth Symphony, All-State Band, Academic Decathlon, National Honor Society
LOOKOUT VALLEY
* Name: Josh Henderson
* GPA: 4.03
* College: UTC
* Honors/activities: Beta Club, National Honor Society, football cl secretary
MARION COUNTY
* Name: Emily Epperson
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Tennessee Tech
* Honors/activities: Volleyball and track teams, yearbook staff, Beta Club, Best-All-Around
McCALLIE
* Name: Nick Venable
* GPA: 4.26
* College: Yale
* Honors/activities: National Honor Society president, Chamber Singers, debate team co-captain, National AP Scholar, National Merit finalist
McMINN CENTRAL
* Name: Trent Archer
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Cleveland State
* Honors/activities: Top 4 percent of class all four years, Chemistry 1 and 2 awards, Beta Club
McMINN COUNTY
* Name: Jessica Paige Baker
* GPA: 4.24
* College: Lee
* Honors/activities: Key Club president, Future Business Leaders of America, Girls State delegate, National Honor Society, tennis team
* Name: William Andrew Calla
* GPA: 4.24
* College: UTK
* Honors/activities: National Honor Society, Elks Teen of the Month, four-year baseball letterman, Mu Alpha Theta Regional Junior High Math Competition chairman, Writing Assessment pton Cardin Eastman
* GPA: 4.24
* College: LSU
* Honors/activities: Governor's School for Humanities, swim team state qualifier, Off Broadway Showcase beginning workshop, National Honor Society, Key Club
* Name: Robert Michael Hewgley
* GPA: 4.25
* College: Lee
* Honors/activities: Swim and tennis teams' MVP for three years, State Championship Swim Meet four years, tennis team No. 1 position four years, Elks Teen of the Month
* Name: William Bennett Houston
* GPA: 4.24
* College: UTK
* Honors/activities: National Merit Commended Scholar, Boys State delegate, Mu Alpha Theta regional governor, Academic Achievers Award
McMINN COUNTY
* Name: Ryan Thomas Layman
* GPA: 4.25
* College: UTK
* Honors/activities: AP Scholar with honors, National Merit Commended Student, National Honor Society president, Mu Alpha Theta president, Boys State delegate
* Name: Abigal Lee Robinson
* GPA: 4.24
* College: Belmont
* Honors/activities: Soccer captain, J-Teens president, Fellowship of Christianent Congress on Policies in Education, National Honor Society
MEIGS COUNTY
* Name: Seth Davis
* GPA: 3.97
* College: Tennessee Wesleyan
* Honors/activities: Bass Federation Tennessee Champion 2007, DAR Award, Best All-Around senior superlative, Tennessee Wesleyan academic scholarship, Mu Alpha Theta
MURRAY COUNTY
* Name: Zacherie Adam Cooper
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Dalton State
* Honors/activities: Student Council, Beta Club, Key Club and Future Farmers of America
NORTH SAND MOUNTAIN
* Name: Ashton Spurgin
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Birmingham-Southern College
* Honors/activities: Birmingham-Southern Trustees' Scholarship, Sand Mountain Basketball Tournament MVP, Bryant-Jordan Area and Regional Winner, Muscular Dystrophy camp counselor, awarded trip to Washington, D.C., as winner of Foundation for Rural Services essay contest
NORTHWEST WHITFIELD
* Name: Emily Leann Rush
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Lee
* Honors/activities: Sons of Thunder youth group, Anchor Club, band, National HonorNOTRE DAME
* Name: John West
* GPA: 4.0
* College: UTK
* Honors/activities: Governor's School for Sciences, Boys State delegate, Mu Alpha Theta vice president, National Honor Society, tennis team
OOLTEWAH
* Name: W. Andrew Whitener
* GPA: 4.0
* College: UTK
* Honors/activities: 2007 Laude essay contest winner; National Honor Society president; Ooltewah Ultimate Frisbee team, member of symphonic and jazz bands, academic honors biology award.
PISGAH
* Name: Leah Kate Smith
* GPA: 4.0
* College: University of Alabama
* Honors/activities: Senior class president, Beta Club president, UA academic scholarship, member of New Home Baptist Church in Pisgah, Mu Alpha Theta president
PLAINVIEW
* Name: Carmela Coronado
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Northeast Alabama Community College
* Honors/activities: Junior Civitan Club, Spanish Club president, Beta Club, Mu Alpha Theta, Science Club
POLK COUNTY
* Name: Shelby Lynn Calhoun
* College: Lee
* GPA: 4.0
* Honors/activities: National Honor Soc cheerleader, Fellowship of Christian Athletes secretary, Polk County High FCA Athlete of the Year, DAR Good Citizen Award
RED BANK
* Name: Ashley Jaeger
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Tennessee Tech
* Honors/activities: National Honor Society vice president, Student Council treasurer, senior class treasurer, homecoming queen, Tennessee Tech vice president's award
RHEA COUNTY
* Name: Kimberly Dawn Harris
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Belmont
* Honors/activities: Science Department Academic Award, Rotary Youth Leadership Award, Rhea County Academic Champion, band, theater
RICHARD HARDY MEMORIAL SCHOOL
* Name: Eric Byrom
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Austin Peay
* Honors/activities: Beta Club, senior class vice president, National Beta Club scholarship program semifinalist, band, departmental awards in English, math and science
RIDGELAND
* Name: Johnathan Matthews
* GPA: 4.0
* College: University of Georgia
* Honors/activities: Soccer and National Honor Society
RINGGOLD
* Name: Charles Randell McCullough
* College: University of Alabama
* Honors/activities: Engineering and trumpet
ST. ANDREW'S-SEWANEE SCHOOL
* Name: Angela Frantz
* GPA: 4.0
* College: UTK
* Honors/activities: Senior Day Student Award for Leadership co-recipient, National Latin Honor Society, Cum Laude Society president, yearbook editor, Bayard Walters Broadcasting Award
ST. ANDREW'S-SEWANEE SCHOOL
* Name: Porter Westling
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Middlebury College
* Honors/activities: National Merit finalist, Senior Day Student Award for Leadership co-recipient, dorm proctor, National Latin Honor Society, Cum Laude Society
SALE CREEK
* Name: Carrie Morgan
* GPA: 4.0
* College: UTK
* Honors/activities: Beta Club, Cleveland State Community College Dean's List, cross-country team, band president, UTC Honor Band
SCOTTSBORO
* Name: Scott Guthrie
* GPA: 102.54
* College: Vanderbilt
* Honors/activities: National Merit Scholar, Student Body president, TVA Distributors scholar, National Honor Society
SECTION
* Name: Kyle Cooper
* Washington University
* Honors/activities: Baseball, Beta Club president, DAR Good Citizen Award, 2007 Jackson County math tournament first-place winner in advanced math, University of Alabama Rural Health Scholars
SEQUATCHIE COUNTY
* Name: Cody Boston
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Freed-Hardeman
* Honors/activities: Beta Club, Youth Leadership, DAR Good Citizen Award, named basketball best offensive player, Algebra II award
SEQUOYAH
* Name: Lakisha Dawn Davis
* GPA: 3.8
* College: Chattanooga State
* Honors/activities: Yearbook editor three years, Health Occupation Students of America competition first-place, junior class president, spokesperson for Why Know, 15 hours dual enrollment credit at Chattanooga State
SILVERDALE BAPTIST ACADEMY
* Name: Katie Thurman
* GPA: 4.34
* College: UTC
* Honors/activities: Interact president, Beta Club, bowling, Erlanger volunteer
SKYLINE
* Name: Kayla Guffey
* GPA: 4.2
* College: Auburn
* Honors/activities: Spirit of Auburn Scholarship, Auburn Leadership Achievement Scholarship, Beta Club, Top 10 recognition for pre-calculus in Jackson County math tournament
SODDY-DAISY
* Name: Blake Wilkey
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Harvard
* Honors/activities: Science Club founder, National Honor Society, band, math tutor, Beta Club
SOUTH PITTSBURG
* Name: Rebecca Blevins
* GPA: 4.0
* College: UTK
* Honors/activities: Washington Youth Tour delegate, cheerleading captain, All-District in softball and basketball, Marion County Junior Miss third runner-up, 2008 Girls Basketball 6-IA District Champion team
SWEETWATER
* Name: Tara McDanieln GPA: 4.0
* College: UTK
* Honors/activities: Beta Club president, Spanish Club vice president, football cheerleading captain, marching/concert band, Fellowship of Christian Athletes
TENNESSEE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
* Name: Ashley Goodall
* GPA: 3.8
* College: Cleveland State
* Honors/activities: Volleyball team, Beta Club, "Who's Who in American High Schools"
TENNESSEE TEMPLE
* Name: Sadonya Danielle Sexton
* GPA: 4.1mple
* Honors/activities: Honor Society president and five-year member, basketball team, first-degree black belt in karate, full academic scholarship to Tennessee Temple University
21st CENTURY ACADEMY
* Name: Alexandrian King
* GPA: 3.6
* College: UTC
* Honors/activities: Beta Club, Superintendant's Honors Banquet, volunteer for Collegedale Community Church, Student Council
TYNER ACADEMY
* Name: Megan Williamson
* GPA: 3.9
* College: UTK
* Honors/activities: Passport Scholar, Chattanooga Regional Science Fair chemistry division winner, Girl Scout Gold Award, National Honor Society, Beta Club
WALKER VALLEY
* Name: Tara Griffey
* GPA: 4.0
* College: Brigham Young
* Honors/activities: Beta Club, National Honor Society, Circle of Champions, Mu Alpha Theta, marching band
WHITWELL
* Name: Cassandra Nicole Powell
* GPA: 4.0
* College: UTC
* Honors/activities: Beta Club, Student Council parliamentarian, yearbook editor, class officer for two years
EDITOR'S NOTE
The following schools do nns: Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences, Cleveland, North Jackson, Trion. The following schools chose not to participate: Southeast Whitfield, Sylvania, Christian Heritage, Dalton.
-- Compiled by staff writers Anne Braly, Karen Hill, Kathy Gilbert, Susan Pierce and Christine Simmons
