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Tuesday, May 3, 2022

SCO Hosts 2022 Commencement

The Class of 2022 celebrated its commencement on Tuesday, May 3 at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Memphis.

Ann McLean was named Class Valedictorian, while Holly Pederson was Salutatorian. Class President Lauren Goettemoeller delivered the class address and presented the Teacher of the Year Award to Dr. David Hall.

Dr. James Sandefur, a 1965 SCO graduate who served as SCO’s Board of Trustees chair and as the longtime Executive Director of the Optometry Association of Louisiana, delivered the commencement address. He also received the honorary Doctor of Ocular Science degree.

In lieu of hosting a separate Senior Awards Ceremony, graduates were honored during the ceremony with recognition of outstanding and academic clinical achievements. Thanks to the generosity of alumni and friends, more than $60,000 in awards were presented. Below is a list of the graduates and the honors or awards they received:

Sean Austin Adams

Monroe, Louisiana

CUM LAUDE

Vistakon-Johnson & Johnson Vision Care/American Optometric Foundation “Johnson & Johnson Award of Excellence in CL Patient Care”

 

Amy Griffin Allen

Troy, Alabama

CUM LAUDE

Student Ambassador

 

Kamden Machelle Badger

Jefferson, Iowa

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Student Ambassador

Beta Sigma Kappa

Dr. Marc A. Kranz Memorial Scholarship

 

Rachel Walden Barrantes

Tupelo, Mississippi

 

Andrew James Barrows

Atlanta, Georgia

CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

 

Tanner Andrew Beard

Primm Springs, Tennessee

Beta Sigma Kappa

Winston Family Endowed Award

 

Cynthia Rose Bell-Hulsey

Bremen, Georgia

CUM LAUDE

 

Shane Bradley Benally

Albuquerque, New Mexico

CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

Dr. Robert and Evelyn Henry Outstanding Clinician Award

 

Salman Bhatti

Atlanta, Georgia

 

Matthew George Bills

Provo, Utah

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

Burnett Endowed Award for Student Achievement in Research

 

Matthew Thomas Blaseg

Pierre, South Dakota

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Dr. Fred H. Mothershed Endowed Scholarship

 

Haley Brooke Bolden

Tazewell, Tennessee

Class Secretary

Gold Key Honorary Society

 

Maria Bontrager

Bastrop, Texas

CUM LAUDE

College of Optometrists in Vision Development Excellence in Vision Therapy

 

Katherine Rylie Boone

Nixa, Missouri

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

Susan Grissom Memorial Endowed Award

 

Miranda Brafford

Harrison, Ohio

CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

 

Chandler Bryant

Pelham, Tennessee

 

Taylor Canamore

Paragould, Arkansas

 

Jordan K. Carlson

Delaware, Ohio

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

GP Lens Institute CL Clinical Excellence Award

Heather Grace Carlton

Tullahoma, Tennessee

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

 

Stephania Carreno

Jacksonville, Florida

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

Dr. Bernard L. Kahn Memorial Endowed Scholarship

 

Caleb Hunter Chesnut

Newton, Illinois

CUM LAUDE

Class Representative

Beta Sigma Kappa

Glen T. Steele, OD, and L. Allen Fors, OD Developmental Vision Scholarship

 

Hannah Clair Chustz

Brusly, Louisiana

CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

 

Alexandria Rose Cloud

Pueblo West, Colorado

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Student Ambassador

Beta Sigma Kappa

Gold Key Honorary Society

Designs for Visions, Inc. William Feinbloom Low Vision Award

 

Aaliyah D. Cole

Fayette, Mississippi

CUM LAUDE

Gold Key Honorary Society

Dr. William M. Dickerson Endowed Leadership Award

 

Anthony Cortés

Dallas, Texas

 

James Caleb Counce

Paris, Tennessee

 

Jessica Aryn Crum

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

CUM LAUDE

Edelstein Endowed Scholarship

 

Andrew James Dahl

Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Dr. Mohammad Rafieetary Academic and Clinical Excellence Award

 

Serene Darwish

St. Louis, Missouri

CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

 

Sonali Dharmesh Das

Jonesboro, Arkansas

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

 

Karyssa Davis

Summerville, South Carolina

Johnson & Johnson Award of Excellence in CL Patient Care Eagle Vision

 

Caitlyn DeClue

Little Rock, Arkansas

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

 

Nathan DeClue

North Little Rock, Arkansas

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Kevin Sullivan Deutsch

Columbia City, Indiana

 

Jared Odell Dix

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Tom and Louis Hyde Scholarship

 

Onyale Sabre Donloe

Acworth, Georgia

CUM LAUDE

Student Ambassador

Beta Sigma Kappa

Gold Key Honorary Society

SECO Clinical Excellence Award

 

Anna Hattier Douglass

Lacombe, Louisiana

Dr. Robert and Evelyn Henry Outstanding Clinician Award

Dr. James D. Sandefur Endowed Scholarship

 

Taylor Edwards

Water Valley, Mississippi

 

Suzanne C. Falkowski

Ringle, Wisconsin

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

Gold Key Honorary Society, President

Class of 1967 Memorial Endowed Award

 

William T Feriend

Saginaw, Michigan

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Student Ambassador

Beta Sigma Kappa

Bausch & Lomb Endowed Scholarship

 

Jackson Riley Fitzgerald

Elk Ridge, Utah

 

Gabrielle Gafford

Dallas, Texas

Burnett Endowed Award for Student Achievement in Research

 

Mason Michael Garbs

Dardenne Prairie, Missouri

 

Lauren Michelle Goettemoeller

Sidney, Ohio

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Class President

Beta Sigma Kappa

Gold Key Honorary Society

Optometric Extension Program Clinical Curriculum Award

 

Teresa Grochowski

Boston, Massachusetts

Gold Key Honorary Society

 

Blade Aron Grupe

Alma Center, Wisconsin

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

Bays Family Endowed Service Award

 

Alexis Grycko

Cincinnati, Ohio

CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

 

Thomas John Hand

Solon, Iowa

 

Kalina J. Harrell

San Tan Valley, Arizona

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

Lucy Katherine Bone Orgain Award

 

Rachel Elizabeth Hart

Milan, Tennessee

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

 

Jackson David Hawkins

LaVale, Maryland

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

Dr. Fred H. Mothershed Endowed Scholarship

 

Virginia Elizabeth Henderson

Cartersville, Georgia

 

Ashlee Hobson

Jackson, Mississippi

Lucy Katherine Bone Orgain Award

 

Ryan T. Holiday

Rio Rancho, New Mexico

Southwest Council of Optometry Endowed Scholarship

 

Savannah Merritt Holman

Lonoke, Arkansas

 

Johnathan Wayne Hoopes

Afton, Wyoming

 

Mats Adam Jaslow

Miami, Florida

 

Ethan Chandler Jones

Tullahoma, Tennessee

 

Daniel Jordan

Shreveport, Louisiana

 

Riley Charles Juenemann

Phillipsburg, Kansas

Alcon Case Study Scholarship Award

Dr. Robert and Evelyn Henry Outstanding Clinician Award

 

Rachel Lindsey Kane

Grenada, Mississippi

 

Nathan Keyes

Provo, Utah

 

Abigail Klick

Montgomery, Illinois

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

Valley Contax Award

Madison Elizabeth Kloster

Fort Wayne, Indiana

 

Jessica M. Kongelf

Minot, North Dakota

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

 

Jordan Claire Ladnier

Petal, Mississippi

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

 

Tessa Elizabeth Lau

St. Louis, Missouri

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

2021-21 SGA President

Beta Sigma Kappa

Gold Key Honorary Society, Secretary

 

Eryn Bryn Laws

Forrest City, Arkansas

 

Benjamin Michael Lee

Franklin, Tennessee

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

Dr. Robert and Evelyn Henry Outstanding Clinician Award

Kevin Rogers, OD ’08, Practice Management Award

 

Logan Melissa Lineberry

Raleigh, North Carolina

CUM LAUDE

Dr. Robert and Evelyn Henry Outstanding Clinician Award

 

Caitlin Mary Lingg

Stockton, Kansas

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

 

Ryan Aubrey Livesay

Collierville, Tennessee

 

Joseph Luiso

Olive Branch, Mississippi

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Student Ambassador

Beta Sigma Kappa

Dr. Mohammad Rafieetary Academic and Clinical Excellence Award

 

Jerry Luo

Sugar Land, Texas

 

Samuel Lupkes

Sacramento, California

CUM LAUDE

 

Gabrielle Lois Magee

West Des Moines, Iowa

CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

Gold Key Honorary Society, Vice President

Dr. David P. Sloan Memorial Award

 

Zachary Lee Makal

Germantown, Wisconsin

 

Elena Vansant Martin

Irmo, South Carolina

 

Sarah Mei Mastrorocco

Mineral Wells, West Virginia

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

 

Micah Lee Bullock McCarty

Huntingdon, Tennessee

CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

Spivey Family Endowed Award

 

Lillian A. McEntire

North Little Rock, Arkansas

Class Representative

 

Ann E. McLean

Overland Park, Kansas

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

National Board of Examiners Part II Award

Johnson & Johnson Award of Excellence in CL Patient Care Eagle Vision

 

Ellilta Daniel Mezgebu

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Eschenbach Optik Low Vision Student Award

 

Ashley Berry Millar

Freeland, Michigan

 

Jeffrey Morrison

Fayetteville, North Carolina

 

Zachary Thomas Morrison

Lawton, Oklahoma

X-Cel Contacts Outstanding GP Fitting Award

 

Troy L. Moss

Chattanooga, Tennessee

CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

Johnson & Johnson Award of Excellence in CL Patient Care Eagle Vision Katena

 

Erin Ruth Mozingo

Rochester, New York

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Class Treasurer

Beta Sigma Kappa

Gold Key Honorary Society

Sparrow, Evans, and Waymon Endowed Scholarship

 

Jamie Misato Myers

Windermere, Florida

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

 

Anna Lynn Nations

Brandon, Mississippi

CUM LAUDE

 

Minh-Khanh Thi Nguyen

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Gold Key Honorary Society, Treasurer

Dr. Robert and Evelyn Henry Outstanding Clinician Award

 

Jacob Tyler Norris

Newport, Tennessee

 

Xiaowen Pan

Suwanee, Georgia

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

Dr. Bernard L. Kahn Memorial Endowed Scholarship

 

Brittany Kay Parker

Union City, Tennessee

CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

Winston Family Endowed Award

 

Alexandra Leigh Pasley

Lakeland, Tennessee

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

 

Emily Carter Patterson

Tupelo, Mississippi

CUM LAUDE

Student Ambassador

Beta Sigma Kappa

SECO Past Presidents Endowed Award

 

Holly Renee Pederson

Hughenden, Alberta, Canada

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

Essilor Labs of America Award

 

Cody Allen Pigott

Monticello, Arkansas

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Southwest Contact Lens Society Endowed Scholarship

 

Andrew Patrick Plaxco

Mt. Juliet, Tennessee

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

 

Christopher Anthony Pope

Orem, Utah

CUM LAUDE

Student Ambassador

The Southeast VT Forum Scholarship

Tom and Louis Hyde Scholarship

 

William Lee Ratliff

Greenbrier, Arkansas

Class of 1967 Memorial Endowed Award

 

Alexandra Marie Robertson

Fort Mill, South Carolina

Dr. Robert and Evelyn Henry Outstanding Clinician Award

 

Nathan Robinson

Amelia, Virginia

 

Claire Catherine Russell

Gastonia, North Carolina

Dr. Robert and Evelyn Henry Outstanding Clinician Award

 

Kimberly Stacey Santillan

Russellville, Arkansas

 

Joseph A. Sciortino

Waldwick, New Jersey

Student Ambassador

Alicia A. Groce Scholarship in Neuro-Rehabilitation

 

Jordan Collins Shell

Covington, Tennessee

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

 

Collin Mills Simmons

Benton, Arkansas

CUM LAUDE

Student Ambassador

Dr. Robert and Evelyn Henry Outstanding Clinician Award

 

Griffin Harris Smith

Sheridan, Arkansas

 

Braden James Sorensen

Lehi, Utah

Tom and Louis Hyde Scholarship

 

Sarah Elizabeth Spangler

Fayetteville, North Carolina

 

Macy Sparks

Sunrise Beach, Missouri

Dr. Robert and Evelyn Henry Outstanding Clinician Award

 

Rachel Alexandra Steele

Goodlettsville, Tennessee

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

Christine and George Ducote, OD ’40, Scholarship

 

Eric Stewart

Herndon, Virginia

 

Regan Nicole Stone

Olathe, Kansas

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

Good-Lite Award

 

Bradley Bryson Swaim

Raleigh, North Carolina

 

Namra Tanveer

Shreveport, Louisiana

 

Mia Samantha Taylor

Athens, Tennessee

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

Southwest Contact Lens Society Endowed Scholarship

 

Sykes Eric Thompson

Harrisburg, Illinois

 

Lindsay Elizabeth Thornton

Charlotte, North Carolina

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Class Vice President

Beta Sigma Kappa

Gold Key Honorary Society

Valley Contax Award

Halpern Family Endowed Award

 

Quynh-Nhi Doan Trinh

Slidell, Louisiana

Dr. James D. Sandefur Endowed Scholarship

 

Alexandra Grace Turner

Subiaco, Arkansas

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

 

James Trey Upton

Springfield, Missouri

 

Robbilyn Verges

Lacombe, Louisiana

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

National Vision, Inc. Award

 

Maria Claudette Vitale

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 

Landon Hunter Voigt

Mount Pleasant, Michigan

 

Michael Scott Wagner

Woodinville, Washington

James “Beau” Willis Endowed Scholarship

 

Otha Wade Warren

Cabot, Arkansas

 

Rachel Denise Slater Whitt

Cordova, Tennessee

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

Burnett Endowed Award for Student Achievement in Research

 

Shelby Annece Wilkes

Oxford, Alabama

 

Rachel Rintelmann Williams

Cocoa, Florida

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

Optelec Excellence in Low Vision Award

James “Beau” Willis Endowed Scholarship

 

Allison Taylor Wirt

Birmingham, Alabama

Gold Key Honorary Society

Glen T. Steele, OD, and L. Allen Fors, OD Developmental Vision Scholarship

Susan Grissom Memorial Endowed Award

 

William Rey Worley III

Nichols, South Carolina

 

Cassity Hope Youssef

Crete, Nebraska

CUM LAUDE

Beta Sigma Kappa

Lucy Katherine Bone Orgain Award

 

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