April 25, 2025

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Huntingdon Honors Students and Faculty at Annual Convocation

Montgomery, AL – On Friday, April 25, Huntingdon College held the annual Awards Convocation in Ligon Chapel. Below is a list of the Honor Societies and the inducted students announced at the ceremony.  

Alpha Beta

Alpha Beta is an honor society for upper-class students honoring excellence in scholarship and encouraging scholastic attainment. Spring 2025 inductees were:

Class of 2025

• Cassidy Campbell ’25, Hanceville, Alabama
• Jenna Crow ’25, Talmo, Georgia
• Logan Lee ’25, Tallassee, Alabama
• Ashleigh Miller ’25, Daphne, Alabama
• Steele Segrest ’25, Tallassee, Alabama
• Carter Wysong ’25, Mobile, Alabama
• Lane Young ’25, Horton, Alabama

Class of 2026

• Laney Bishop ’25, Southside, Alabama
• Jack Burr ’26, Milton Georgia
• Lindsey Holland ’25, Athens, Alabama
• Lizzy Lancaster ’25, Wetumpka, Alabama
• Elli Lorance ’26, Hartselle, Alabama
• Caroline Masker ’25, Slidell, Louisianna
• Montanna Mitchell ’25, Montgomery, Alabama
• Jackson Pickering ’26, Alabaster, Alabama
• Emma Grace Samples ’26, Gadsden, Alabama
• Maggie Schaub ’26, Montgomery, Alabama
• Briana Willis ’26, Milton, Florida

Beta Beta Beta

Beta Beta Beta is a national biological honorary society, installed at Huntingdon College in 1946. The membership consists of third- and fourth-year students who have demonstrated active interest in biology and have taken at least three biology courses, earning an average grade of B or better. Spring 2025 inductees were:

• Jenna Crow ’25, Talmo, Georgia
• Olivia Goodrich ’26, Spanish Fort, Alabama
• Kelsea Harmon ’26, Panama City, Florida
• Charlie Hollis ’26, Gulf Shores, Alabama
• Lizzy Lancaster ’25, Wetumpka, Alabama
• Kenry Malone ’25, Crossville, Tennessee
• Kamryn Miller ’26, Laurel Hill, Florida
• Stephanie Mudgett ’26, Marietta, Georgia
• Corwin Nance ’26, Montgomery, Alabama

Lambda Pi Eta

Lambda Pi Eta, the National Communication Honor Society, requires that a student earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 overall and 3.5 in the major; has earned at least 12 credit hours in communication studies courses; and ranks in the top 35 percent of his or her class. New inductees this year are:

• Alex Bradford ’25, Hartford, Alabama
• Brady Ritchey ’25, Sylacauga, Alabama
• Maggie Schaub ’26, Montgomery, Alabama
• Nathan Travi ’27, Athens, Texas

Psi Chi

The national honor society for psychology, Psi Chi was founded in 1929 for the purposes of stimulating and maintaining excellence in scholarship and advancing the science of psychology. The following students were inducted this year:

• Rylee Ainsworth ’26, Forest Home, Alabama
• Caden Collett ’27, Concord, North Carolina
• Lydia Hitchcock ’25, Boaz, Alabama
• Elli Lorance ’26, Hartselle, Alabama
• Callie Shiver ’26, Geneva, Alabama
• Nakaiya Stinson ’26, Montgomery, Alabama
• Blair Wyrosdick ’26, Elba, Alabama

Sigma Beta Delta

Sigma Beta Delta is an honor society for business, management, and administration, serving higher education institutions that offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in business, management, and administration. To be eligible for membership, a student must rank in the upper 20 percent of the junior or senior class and be invited to membership by faculty members. Huntingdon’s chapter was founded in 1994. Spring 2025 inductees were:

• Evan Bergeron ’25, Abbeville, Louisianna
• Caleb Hayden Griffis ’27, Newnan, Georgia
• John Hundley ’26, Panama City Beach, Florida
• Bailey Huston ’25, Winterset, Iowa
• Lawson Pearson ’25, Perkinston, Mississippi
• Haley Sutherland ’26, Millbrook, Alabama
• Taji Williams ’26, Cantonment, Florida

Sigma Sigma Sigma

Tri-Sigma is an honor society for Huntingdon College seniors. Members are elected by the faculty and by members honored during the preceding year. The basis of selection is high attainment in scholarship, spirit, and service. The spring 2025 inductees were:

• Olivia Bailey ’25, Florence, Alabama
• Benjamin Barker ’25, Wetumpka, Alabama
• Evan Bergeron ’25, Abbeville, Louisianna
• Dillion Bryars ’25, Bay Minette, Alabama
• Cassidy Campbell ’25, Hanceville, Alabama
• Mandalyn Cannon ’25, Irvington, Alabama
• Camden Cochran ’25, Woodstock, Georgia
• Ariel Dixon ’25, Saraland, Alabama
• Eva Ellenburg ’25, Lindale, Georgia William Tate Goolesby
• Richie Hicks ’25, Wetumpka, Alabama
• Ashlen Janowski ’25, Mobile, Alabama
• Nathan Johns ’25, Jemison, Alabama
• Griffin Knight ’25, Crossville, Alabama
• Ellie Pool ’25, Montgomery, Alabama
• Blake Ritchey ’25, Sylacauga, Alabama
• Brady Ritchey ’25, Sylacauga Braden Ross ’25, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
• Sarabeth Sansbury ’25, Phenix City, Alabama
• Savannah Smith ’25, Mobile, Alabama
• Veronica Tikhomirova ’22, Barnegat, New Jersey
• Katie Wade ’25, Phenix City, Alabama
• Lane Young ’25, Horton, Alabama

Sigma Tau Delta

Sigma Tau Delta is an honor society whose purpose is to confer distinction upon students of English language and literature. The following students were inducted this Spring:

• Payton Allen ’26, Prattville, Alabama
• Cale Chambliss ’27, Decatur, Alabama
• Ava Rose Dean ’27, Wetumpka, Alabama
• Daniel Dicus ’26, Enterprise, Alabama
• Jahunna Holmes ’22, Auburn, Alabama
• Montanna Mitchell ’25, Montgomery, Alabama
• Blake Ritchey ’25, Sylacauga, Alabama
• Hannah Rutherford ’27, Marianna, Florida
• Michael Tate ’26, Panama City, Florida

Theta Alpha Kappa

Theta Alpha Kappa is the only national honor society serving the needs of and honoring excellence among those involved in the study of religion and/or theology. The following students were recognized with induction this year:

• Dillion Bryars ’25, Bay Minette, Alabama
• Eva Ellenburg ’25, Lindale, Georgia
• Richie Hicks ’25, Wetumpka, Alabama
• Ashleigh Miller ’25, Daphne, Alabama
• Paige Nicole Rhody ’25, Orange Park, Florida
• Savannah Smith ’25, Mobile, Alabama
• Katie Wade ’25, Phenix City, Alabama

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