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1960s
Former 糖心vlog传媒 Regent and Director of Athletics Steve McCarty 鈥65 & 鈥70 of Alto was inducted into the Kilgore College Hall of Fame.
McCarty was inducted as the 鈥淪pirit of Excellence鈥 award winner. He played on the 鈥61 and 鈥62 football teams and was later recruited to play for the 糖心vlog传媒 Lumberjacks. McCarty was a head coach at Beaumont South Park, West Orange-Stark and Nacogdoches high schools.
His reputation and success at Nacogdoches High School led to his hiring as athletic director at 糖心vlog传媒, where he worked until his retirement in 2005. He was named athletic director emeritus in 2014. McCarty served on 糖心vlog传媒鈥檚 Board of Regents from 2009 through 2015, serving two terms as chairman.
The Lancasters are celebrating three generations of 糖心vlog传媒 graduates, including Jesse 鈥66, Todd 鈥99 and Chad 鈥14.
1970s
Larry Kotch 鈥70 & 鈥72 of Bremond is a registered trainer in child care and has trained internationally in New Zealand, Costa Rica, Belize, Portugal and China.
Iral Ragenovich 鈥72 was featured in Entomology Today for her work in the field of forest entomology.
Judy Harmon 鈥75 of Montalba received the 2019 International Association of Emergency Managers 鈥 USA Career Excellence Award, which recognizes a national leader who has made significant contributions to promote and improve U.S. emergency management.
Bobby Knotts 鈥75 & 鈥78 of Willis recently was inducted into the Dickinson High School Athletics Hall of Honor.
Les Neal 鈥76 of Thousand Oaks, California, joined Security Door Controls, a manufacturer of electronic access control security systems, as business development manager.
Dr. James Griffin 鈥77 of Naples was featured in the Texarkana Gazette for his 35 years in family medicine.
Artis Newsome 鈥77 & 鈥80 was sworn in as a member of the Tyler Independent School District board of trustees.
Randy Schaffner 鈥78 of Tyler was named president of Scout Title and Abstract.
Thomas E. Spencer 鈥78 of Huntsville retired from the Texas A&M Forest Service after 40 years. His final position was head of the Predictive Services Department.
1980s
Three 糖心vlog传媒 graduates, Wayne A. Hughes 鈥80, Raymon Hedges 鈥90 & 鈥98 and Amy Kearns 鈥94, work in the 673 Civil Engineer Squadron/Environmental Compliance and Natural Resources at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska.
Dr. S. Gail Eckhardt 鈥81 of Austin was appointed to the NuGenerex Immuno-Oncology board of directors
Winston Sauls 鈥81 was promoted to assistant director of public works for the City of Borger.
Jeffrey Hanks 鈥82 & 鈥91 is retiring as superintendent of schools for Weatherford Independent School District.
Tim Bell 鈥85 & 鈥87 retired from the U.S. Probation Office in Waco after 28 years of service.
Gerald Cregg Thompson 鈥85 of McAllen was recognized for his three decades of public service at the Hidalgo County district attorney鈥檚 office.
Kim Wier 鈥85 of Nacogdoches had her book, 鈥淭he Art of Friendship: Creating and Keeping Relationships that Matter,鈥 published.
Mark Cooper 鈥86 of Houston was promoted to library director of business operations at the University of Houston鈥檚 M.D. Anderson Library.
Kent Yarborough 鈥87 of Austin received his MBA from Aspen University in November.
Dr. Kim Childs 鈥88 of Nacogdoches, professor of mathematics and statistics and dean of 糖心vlog传媒鈥檚 College of Sciences and Mathematics, has been appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott to serve on the Angelina and Neches River Authority Board of Directors. Her term will expire Sept. 5, 2025.
Sarah Abel Frazer 鈥88 of Jacksonville was hired at Homes and Properties Realty after retiring from more than two decades of teaching.
Felicha Stanley 鈥89 of DeSoto had her book, 鈥渨Power: The Strength of an Empowered Woman to Change the World,鈥 published.
1990s
Paul Evans 鈥91 of Arlington Heights, Illinois, was named chief financial officer for Sevan Multi-Site Solutions Inc.
Julie Krc 鈥91 of Longview was named chief financial officer of UT Health North Campus in Tyler.
Harry J. Hickey 鈥92 of Prosper was named the chief financial officer at SAI Construction in Richardson and adjunct professor at Collin College in Frisco.
Tonya Solis-Mosby 鈥92 of Dallas earned a Doctor of Education with a specialization in English as a second language from Northcentral University in January.
Dr. Tony Tipton 鈥93 was named the lone finalist for superintendent of Lumberton Independent School District.
Michael Guinn 鈥94 of Fort Worth was named an Irma P. Hall Black Theater Award Winner.
Chris Morgan 鈥94 of Sugar Land was named assistant superintendent of secondary school leadership and support for Katy Independent School District.
Lisa Box 鈥95 & 鈥97 of Austin was appointed senior vice president of corporate development for WP Engine, the WordPress digital experience platform.
Dr. Isaac C. Carrier 鈥95 & 鈥00 of Waco was named principal of G.W. Carver Middle School.
Former Waco Chief of Police Ryan Holt 鈥95 was named assistant city manager for the City of Waco.
Bradford Hunt 鈥95 was sworn in as the Keene Police Department鈥檚 newest police chief.
Mark Keith 鈥95 of Paris was named principal of North Lamar High School.
Thomas Sitton 鈥95 was hired as the head football coach and athletic director for Rusk Independent School District.
Dana Parr 鈥96 was named the 2020 chairwoman for the Longview Chamber of Commerce.
Matt Russell 鈥96 was named principal of Allen High School.
Yolanda Prince 鈥98 of Tyler was named one of Tyler鈥檚 Notable African American Women by the Texas African American Museum.
Pat Roberts 鈥98 is the coach of the Elgin High School women鈥檚 varsity basketball team.
Heather Welch-Westfall 鈥98 of Fate, director of surveying for Baseline Corporation, was named to the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors鈥 Surveying Advisory Committee.
Andrea Wilson 鈥98 was named executive director of People Attempting to Help, a social services nonprofit based in Tyler.
Dr. Jana Brock 鈥99 is a member of the medical staff at Medical Associates at Corsicana Crossing.
Regina Brown 鈥99 of Tyler was named a 2020 Women鈥檚 History month honoree by the Cherokee County Women With Purpose organization.
Jeff McNutt 鈥99 was hired as the assistant operations manager of Aggressor Adventures.
2000s
Clint Formby 鈥00 of Round Rock was named territory manager for The Andersons, a professional turf business.
Tracy 鈥00 and Preston Pavlu 鈥00 were featured in North New Braunfels Living magazine.
Valerie Little 鈥02 of Prosper was named the Region 3 Texas High School Athletic Director Administrator of the Year.
Eric Pierre 鈥03 of Austin, CPA and founder of Pierre Accounting, was featured in a national interview on 鈥淎merica鈥檚 Voice Live鈥 in May with advice on how tax laws can benefit small businesses during the COVID-19 crisis.
Luke Goode 鈥04 & 鈥06 was hired as the athletic director and head football coach for Elkhart Independent School District.
Justin McFaul 鈥04 was promoted to senior vice president and personal trust manager of Texas Bank and Trust in Longview.
Tim King 鈥05 of Crockett was hired as Cooper Lake State Park鈥檚 newest park police officer.
Dana Bickley 鈥06 was named by the Lufkin Independent School District as principal of Kurth Primary.
Dr. Cade Brumley 鈥07 of Stonewall, Louisiana, was named the Louisiana state superintendent of education.
South Plains College recently honored Marcie Miller 鈥07 of Levelland with the 2020 Faculty Excellence Award.
Gerald Fonzie 鈥08 & 鈥10 of Nacogdoches was named principal of Brooks-Quinn-Jones Elementary School.
Weston Griffis 鈥09 of Pittsburg was appointed head football coach and athletic director for Spring Hill Independent School District.
Sean Hightower 鈥09 of Nacogdoches has been named a Texas 2020 Rising Star by Superlawyers.com. Hightower became the fourth criminal attorney in Nacogdoches and the first since 2012 to be named to the list.
Heather Shorter 鈥09 of Highland Village was named principal of Donald Elementary in Flower Mound.
Travis Waller 鈥09 of Bremerton, Washington, and wife, Maggie, welcomed their first child, Boone, in September. Travis works as a pediatrician in the Seattle area.
2010s
Kaycee Bennett 鈥10 and her husband, Larry, adopted their son, Carson, in January.
Brett Morton 鈥10 of Tyler is a CPA and senior manager at Henry and Peters, an East Texas accounting firm.
Kendall Mott 鈥10 of Spurger was named the 2019 national distance-learning teacher of the year by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
Justin Pelham 鈥10 & 鈥11 and Kelsey Pelham 鈥11 & 鈥14 of Nacogdoches announced the March birth of Ian Gregory.
Jessica Williams 鈥10 of Fort Worth was named director of people and culture for TimelyMD.
David Johnson 鈥11 of Richardson received the Dallas County Sheriff鈥檚 Meritorious Conduct Award for his role in convincing a juvenile not to harm himself.
Anna Sweet 鈥12 of Cincinnati, Ohio, married Matthew Yochman in February.
Dan Usher 鈥12 & 鈥16 was named social studies instructional coach at Lufkin High School.
Nicholas Wheeler 鈥12 was named VFW Post 8904 Teacher of the Year. Wheeler teaches business courses at Center High School.
John Cleveland 鈥13 and his wife, Hayley, of Norman, Oklahoma, welcomed their first child, Josephine, earlier this year.
Amy Fain 鈥13 of Lufkin was named principal of Brookhollow Elementary.
Luisa White 鈥13 of Corpus Christi and her husband, David, welcomed their first child, James David Buddy, in January.
Chase M. Jackson 鈥14 of Marshall has a podcast titled 鈥淏lack Mind Chronicles,鈥 which covers mental health-related topics in the Black community. Recent guests include 糖心vlog传媒 alumnae and licensed mental health professionals Dr. Lashondra Manning 鈥04, DeLisa Smith 鈥13 and Taryn Castaneda-Gonzalez 鈥15 & 鈥16.
Sarah Hughes 鈥15 of Kemah was a member of the video production team at NASA鈥檚 Johnson Space Center that won a 2019 Creative Arts Emmy.
Ashley Riley 鈥15 of Pearland and James Davoli III 鈥16 of Garland were married in November.
Ray 鈥17 and Cassie Chatary 鈥18 of Irving were married in July 2018.
Brandon Olson 鈥17 of Rosharon was named general manager for the newly reopened Anderson County Livestock Exchange.
Hannah 鈥17 & 鈥19 and Zach Wilke announced the birth of their first son, Samuel Isaiah, in February.
Kayla Lyons 鈥19 of Houston was hired as a digital news anchor by KLTV in March 2019 and started working at the Tyler station in June.
Mother and daughter Angela and Angelica O鈥橮ry both graduated in May 2020 with their bachelor鈥檚 degrees.
Angela received a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences with a specialization in allied health occupations. She is the mother of three daughters and the owner of Angela鈥檚 Heel 鈥楴 Hands, a massage business.
Angelica received her degree in music, and she is the music teacher at Raguet Elementary in Nacogdoches.