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2011 Rising Stars: Silver Team

May 13, 2011
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Brook Curry

  • High School: Casey County High School
  • Achievements: 2010 Eager Leader Award recipient, four-time Academic Achievement Award recipient, Casey County Junior Miss runner-up, Miss Casey County runner-up, top scorer in graduating class on Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test, doubles runner-up in two tennis tournaments
  • Activities: Girls varsity tennis, Beta Club, student YMCA, Pep Club, Art Club, Dunnville Christian Church Student Ministries
  • College Plans: Attend Western Kentucky University
  • Favorite Book: “Vampire Academy” by Richelle Mead
  • Most Meaningful Experience: Competing in the Casey County Junior Miss program, during which she made friends and overcame her stage fright
  • Most Influential School Employee: English teacher Virginia Rubarts
  • Role Model: Mother Rebecca Monday
  • Parents: Rebecca and Michael Monday and Troy and Leah Curry

Breanne Skye Gibson

  • High School: Mercer County High School
  • Achievements: Four-year Future Farmers of America Executive Team member, Greenhand and Chapter FFA degree recipient, four-year A-B honor roll student
  • Activities: FFA, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, 4-H Club, Beta Club, Kentucky State Fair Young Adult Advisory Council Agriculture Committee, sheep showing across the state, Meals on Wheels, Partners in Active Learning Support
  • College Plans: Attend the University of Kentucky to study agriculture biotechnology and achieve pre-pharmacy requirements
  • Favorite Book: The Bible
  • Most Meaningful Experience: Winning first place in the Bluegrass Region Parliamentary Procedure contest with her local FFA chapter, which allowed the team to compete at the Kentucky FFA convention
  • Most Influential School Employee: A.P. literature teacher Erin Milburn and agriculture teachers Michael Jones and Dan Stoltzfus
  • Role Model: Parents Angie and Kevin Gibson
  • Parents: Angie and Kevin Gibson

Caitlin Ariel Gooch

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  • High School: Lincoln County High School
  • Achievements: 2010 Youth Salute recipient, 2010 Make It Better Award recipient
  • Activities: Teens for Change Club president, Commonwealth Club vice president, Teen Against Tobacco Use president, Relay for Life team member, Redefining Beautiful club member, LCHS peer tutor
  • College Plans: Attend Eastern Kentucky University to study psychology and later attend the University of Kentucky to attain master’s and doctoral degrees in psychology
  • Favorite Book: “Endless Summer” by Jennifer Echols
  • Most Meaningful Experience: Promising her dying Aunt Carol that she would attend college no matter what life throws her way
  • Most Influential School Employee: English teacher Kristen Story
  • Role Model: Musician Nicholas Jonas
  • Parents: Debra Hernandez and Teddy Gooch

Jennifer Harris

  • High School: Boyle County High School
  • Achievements: Kentucky Governor’s Scholar, Youth Salute recipient, Academic Team captain, Technology Student Association vice president
  • Activities: TSA, Academic Team, Forensics Team, church praise band, Environmental Club, Book Club, adult church choir
  • College Plans: Attend the University of Louisville to study computer science engineering
  • Favorite Book: “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins
  • Most Meaningful Experience: Realizing the importance of friends on seizing the day on the last night of the Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program
  • Most Influential School Employee: Calculus teacher Debbie Masden
  • Role Model: Older sister Rachel Harris
  • Parents: Julie and Mark Harris

Emily Susan Horn

  • High School: Mercer County Senior High School
  • Achievements: Central Kentucky and Mercer County Youth Leadership award recipient, Student Advisory Panel member
  • Activities: varsity soccer, dance team, Harrodsburg Baptist Church Youth Group and Youth Praise Team, MCSHS choir, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, First Priority,  Poetry Club, Key Club, Beta Club, Thespian Society and Drama Club, Green Club, and Family, Career and Community Leaders of America
  • College Plans: Attend Eastern Kentucky University to study sports broadcasting and dietetics
  • Favorite Book: “The Last Song” by Nicholas Sparks
  • Most Meaningful Experience: Volunteering at Ephraim McDowell’s Camp Can Do for special needs children
  • Most Influential School Employee: A.P. literature and language teacher Erin Milburn
  • Role Model: Mother Donna Horn
  • Parents: Donna and Chris Horn
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