Hedley names top graduates

Hedley High School has announced Reid Copelin and Kaylee Shields as the top students for the Class of 2011.

Copelin is the son of Ernie and Tangela Copelin and has a grade point average of 96.596. He played football, basketball, cross country, tennis, track, and golf during his time at HHS. Reid qualified for regionals in tennis and track his junior and senior years.

He was also first team all region basketball his junior year. He was very active in the FFA showing pigs, placing in several major shows. He was also president of the National Honor Society, and he competed in UIL science, qualifying for state his sophomore year.
Copelin was named the Donley County Young Man of the Year by the Clarendon Chamber of Commerce. He plans to attend WTAMU and major in biology.

Shields is daughter of Keenan and Sandra Shields and has a grade point average of 92.319. She played basketball for four years at HHS. During that time, she was awarded All-District her sophomore year and All-Region her junior year. She was also named Offensive M.V.P. She played tennis for three years and advanced to Regionals her junior and senior year. She advanced to regionals in cross country three years out of the four she ran

Shields is vice president of her senior class and also of NHS. During her senior year, she was named the Hedley Lions Club Sweetheart and was also the Donley County Young Woman of the Year. She plans on attending Clarendon College to major in Dentistry.
Copelin and Shields will be recognized during commencement services at Hedley on Friday, June 3, at 6:30 p.m.

Hedley ISD has also named Kati Adams and Madalyn Verstuyft as the school’s eighth grade valedictorian and salutatorian. Adams has an average of 97.167, and Verstuyft’s average is 95.75. The girls will be recognized during a service at the school on June 2 at 6 p.m.

Last month, Clarendon High School named Dominique Brady and Maegan Hysinger as its valedictorian and salutatorian for 2011. CHS commencement will be this Friday, May 27, at the Clarendon College Harned Sisters Fine Arts Auditorium at 8 p.m.