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LCC in the NEWS
Posted May 9, 2006

LCC honors top 100 high school seniors

Laredo Community College recognized the best and brightest academic achievers from Laredo and area high schools during the 2006 South Texas Blue Chip Scholars Award Ceremony Thursday, April 27.

Co-sponsored by LCC and Henri Kahn Insurance, the ceremony and reception for the Blue Chip Scholars, their parents, and school officials was held in the Kazen College Center on the main campus.

“One usually hears the term blue chip in reference to top caliber athletes or high-performing stocks, but in this case, Laredo Community College has adapted the phrase to mean the high-achieving students whose academic performance is noteworthy and admirable,” said LCC President Dr. Ramon H. Dovalina.

Graduating seniors from 11 local and area high schools were conferred the 2006 South Texas Blue Chip Scholar award.

This year’s recipients were:

Alexander High School- Shelly Amieva, Jannie N. Chan, Roberto Coronado, Meaghan E. Farrell, Amy Koyama, Gettu Lakhiani, Aurora D. Lopez, Stephanie Meza, Geraldine Perez, Gabriela Ramos, Earlyn Reinhardt, Jose M. Rubio III and Catherine Saunders;

Bruni High School- Lara K. Jones and Troy B. Triplett;

Cigarroa High School- Cynthia Chalane Cruz, Lizet Juliana Contreras, Ismael Flores, Daniel Garcia, Maria Gomez, Manuel Z. Montes, Christina Morales, Juan Antonio Oliva Jr., Victor Francisco Osorio Jr. and Mounik Robles;

Hebbronville High School- Michael Bustamante, Alissa Gonzalez and Ana A. Peña;

Lyndon B. Johnson High School- Laura Canela, Alejandra Cavazos, Simon Charles, Juan P. Garcia, Nancy Garcia, Paulina Gonzalez, Sylvia Hinojosa, Cristina Martinez, Andres Rubio, Melissa Salinas and Rosalinda Torres;

Martin High School- Nancy E. De La Fuente, Reynaldo Flores, Nancy Edith Guevara, Andres Jose Jasso, Sandra Prado, Vanessa Ramos, Claudia Vanessa Rodriguez, Kesia Rodriguez, Eliana Sandoval, Rodolfo Alfonso Santos and Nancy Zavala;

Nixon High School- Daniel Arambula, Manuel Barragan, Noe Ivan Benavides, Belinda Annette Flores, Rosaura Gabriel, Christopher Alan Medina, Nelda Navarro, Erica Nicole Reyna, Vanessa R. Rodriguez, Brenda Rojo, Liliana Ruiz, Megan R. Swisher, Melissa Vazquez and Reynol Vela;

St. Augustine High School- Alexis Garcia, Christina Rone and Deodata Torres;

United High School- Rafael Arroyo, Jacqueline C. Ender, Joe Javier Estrada, Matthew Foster, Kristela Garcia, Tirso Gonzalez, Jacqueline Gutierrez, Abraham Hernandez, Luis Hernandez, Daniel Hong, Jose Noe Longoria, Elliot Perez, Luis Gerardo Perez, Javier Robles, Luis Antonio Salinas, Mario Alberto Villarreal and Phillip Zuniga;

United South High School- Luis Alarcon, Brianna Castano, Noe Chapa, Miguel A. Diaz, Claudia Guevara, Marlene Guevara, Perla Herrera, Eleazar Lara, Victor Montes and Rosa Isela Ramon; and

Zapata High School- Alma Edith Gonzalez, Celina R. Martinez, Raymundo X. Munoz, Vanessa Kay Perez, Sergio A. Regalado and Fernando Reyes, Jr.

LCC launched the Blue Chip Scholars program in 1996 to recognize achievement of the region’s top 100 high school graduates from Laredo, Bruni, Hebbronville and Zapata.

The program singled out and honors the most academically-gifted graduating high school seniors each year.

Selection is based solely on academic performance. The Blue Chip Scholars are nominated by administrators from their respective high schools and represent the highest level of achievement in their graduating class.

For more information, call the LCC Marketing and Public Information Office at 721-5140.