FROM STAFF REPORTS

Many area residents were named to the Dean’s List for the spring semester at Samford University. To qualify for the honor, a student must have earned a minimum 3.5 grade point average out of a possible 4.0 while attempting at least 12 credit hours of coursework.

Honored students include:

Alabaster: Whitney Bonita Emery, Jessy Caitlin Sperry Mayfield, Lisa Spates Roberson and Wynne M. Schniper.

Calera: Sarah Elise Clark and Amber N. Wade.

Chelsea: Aaron Leah Davis and Amanda Ruth Vaughn.

Columbiana: Sarah Catherine Haslett, Benjamin Hunter Hill and Joseph Earley Macon.

Helena: James Clifton Bell, Brandon Lee Gordon, Daun Yvonne Lacey, Jenee Ann McBee, Jane A. Schwartz and Kevin Brent Shelton.

Montevallo: Miranda Jolene Riley.

Northern Shelby: Abby Kathleen Baker, Danielle Marie Brown, Mary Martha Burgess, Elizabeth Harbin Bush, Calli Melissa Davis, Lauren Elizabeth Dominescy, Stephanie Misa Elliott, Megan Alyse Folsom, Morgan Ashley Glasscock, Brittany Gray, Madison Rene Hall, Katherine Evelyn Hammers, Stacey Lyn Jovanovich, Kandice Paige Kelley, Johnathan William Markwood, Matthew Christopher Patton, Nicholas Anthony Piazza, Julia Elizabeth Smith, Lindsey Ann Stone, Amanda Marie Tapley, Kathryn Leigh Tawbush, Rebecca A. Townley, Lindsey Anne Wade, Philip Dale Weizenecker and Christopher Garrett Yates.

Pelham: Darling Jill Aragon, Virginia Kate Carroll, Melanie Suzanne Fox, Deborah Denise Schooley and Anna Kate Smitherman.

Sterrett: Derek David Merriman, Laura Suttles Merriman and Jonathan Bradley Whited.

Vandiver: Jennifer Ann Houston