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Michael D. Chason Director of Public Relations ABAC 30 -- 2802 Moore Highway Tifton, GA 31793-2601 Phone 229-391-5055 Fax 229-391-5056 mchason@abac.edu

IMMEDIATE APRIL 20, 2005

Catrina Kennedy and Ellis Washington, III were named Ms. and Mr. Baldwin at the annual Student Leadership Banquet at ABAC.

ABAC STUDENTS SELECT MR. AND MS. BALDWIN

TIFTON—Ellis Washington, III and Catrina Kennedy have been selected by their peers as Mr. and Ms. Baldwin for 2005 at Abraham Baldwin College. The students were selected in a campus-wide vote for the most prestigious non-academic honors awarded to ABAC students.

Washington and Kennedy were two of 43 students selected for Who’s Who at ABAC by a student-faculty committee. To be eligible for nomination, students must have completed at least 30 semester hours at ABAC with at least a 2.5 cumulative grade point average. From that list, the students at ABAC voted for Mr. and Ms. Baldwin.

Washington, a political science major from Tifton, serves as an ABAC Ambassador, is part of the Music Department’s Saxophone Quartet, and was elected the Student Government Association (SGA) President for the 2005-06 year.

Kennedy, an agriculture major from Claxton, serves as the SGA President for the 2004-05 year. She is also active in

Other ABAC students named to the list this year were Berrie LeAnn Allen, an agriculture education major from St. George; Jonathan Allen, a pre-nursing major from Surrency; Mack Branch, a business major from Tifton; Brent Brock, a biology major from Arabi; Tara Caldwell, a family & consumer science major from Moultrie; Ross Cargle, a special education major from Tifton; Kaedy Cawthon, an early childhood education major from Jackson; Melissa Cleary, an agriculture major from Tifton; Cyndee Cowart, an early childhood education major from Adel; Katelyn Crow, an agriculture transfer major from Lake City, Fla.; Anna Daniel, a pre-veterinary major from Jackson; Jwaltney Daniels, a business administration major from Tifton; Jose De La Torre, an engineering major from Clewiston, Fla.; and Amanda Dillon, an animal science major from Samson, Ala.

Others students included on the list were Sallie Drew, an agriculture education major from Stockbridge; Shameka Durden, a physical education major from Adel; Shonovia Edwards, an early education major form Ocilla; Barrie Fitzgerald, a political science/pre-law major from Irwinville; Becky Fraley, a business administration major from Tifton; Angela Graham, an early childhood education major from Adel; William Herringdine, a pre-veterinarian major from Carrollton; Jeffrey Hill, a history major from Pavo; WaQuanza Hill, a health information management major from Stockton, Cal.; Albreka Hudson, a pharmacy major from Tifton; Ruben Jacobo-Rubio, a physical education major from Dalton; Shemeka Lee, a business administration major from Fargo; Barbara Merritt, an early childhood education major from Ocilla, Dwayne Peal, a business administration major from Fitzgerald; Pedro Perez, an engineering major from Moultrie; Janeen Pritchard, an agriculture education major from Orlando, Fla.; and Martin Puga, an undeclared major from Reidsville.

Other ABAC students honored included Ashley Seamon, an agriculture major from Perry; Alejandro Salazar, an English major from Lyons; Areli Soto, an information technology major from Lyons; Erica Stanford, a nursing major from Sparks; Holly Tawzer, an early childhood education major from Tifton; Cynthia Thomas, a biological engineer major from Baton Rogue, LA; Lacishia Tillman, an early childhood education major from Ray City; Merlin Villegas, a nursing major from Clewiston, Fla.; Stephanie Withrow, a nursing major from Moultrie; and Tania Zavala, a family & consumer science major from Cedartown.

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