New Hope Wins EMCC Scholars’ Olympiad

EMCC Scholars’ Olympiad Overall Winner
Students from New Hope High School took home a first place finish Friday at the East Mississippi Community College Scholars’ Olympiad. Seven schools and more than 100 students participated in the testing competition at EMCC’s Golden Triangle campus. More than $37,000 in scholarships was awarded to top scorers. Caledonia High School and Columbus High School finished second and third.

MAYHEW – New Hope High School outperformed six other area high schools to claim first place overall at East Mississippi Community College’s annual Scholars’ Olympiad.

The academic and career-technical testing competition was held Friday at EMCC’s Golden Triangle campus. More than 100 students participated.  Participating schools included Caledonia High School, Columbus High School, New Hope High School, Oak Hill Academy, Starkville Academy, Starkville Christian School and West Point High School.

Michael Black, head recruiter for EMCC’s Golden Triangle campus in Mayhew, said the Scholars’ Olympiad is an ideal way for EMCC to introduce itself to future college students and vice versa.

“It’s exciting for the students because they get out of regular class for the day, but for an academic competition where they can earn money for college. And it’s exciting for us because we get to bring the brightest students in the area to our campus, show them what we have to offer and make a good impression with the hope that they’ll choose to begin their college careers at EMCC,” he said.

First place finishers were awarded $2,000 scholarships to be distributed over four semesters at EMCC. Second place earned $1,000 over four semesters. And third place earned $400 over four semesters.

Winners and their high schools are listed below:

Art

1st Rachel Bond – Caledonia

2nd Brett Richardson – New Hope

3rd Steve Dragoo – Oak Hill

Automotive

1st Rodreekas Hogan – Columbus

2nd Timothy Nickoles – New Hope

3rd Connor Maynard – Starkville Academy

Banking, Hotel-Restaurant, Marketing

1st Jennifer Dulaney – New Hope

Biological Science

1st Yousef Hreish – New Hope

2nd Malik Seals – Columbus

3rd Jalen Parker – Columbus

English

1st Stephen Ross – Oak Hill

2nd Beka Bisson – Starkville Christian

3rd Chellea Hatch – Caledonia

Government & History

1st Lowell Barton – Oak Hill

2nd Carter Pennington – Caledonia

3rd Caitlyn Croft – Caledonia

Mathematics

1st Bradley Allen – Oak Hill

2nd Tyler Etheridge – Caledonia

3rd Preston Hall – Oak Hill

Music

1st Madline Hamer – New Hope

2nd Trevor Gibson – New Hope

3rd Malik Richardson – Caledonia

Nursing

1st Alexandra Lee – Caledonia

2nd David Clevas – Starkville Academy

3rd Latasha Latham – Caledonia

Nutrition

1st Andrea Lacy – Columbus

Physical Science

1st David Lewis – New Hope

2nd Robert Reed – New Hope

3rd Avery Smith – Caledonia

Overall

1st New Hope High School

2nd Caledonia High School

3rd Columbus High School