Head of the Class 2018: Shelby Worsham, Episcopal Collegiate School
Shelby Worsham
Episcopal Collegiate School
GPA: 4.50
Honors/Achievements: President’s Volunteer Service Award; Founder and Director, Amazing Children Empowered Through Tennis; Arkansas Children’s Hospital Stella Boyle Smith Summer Science Scholar; 20th Century Club Service Above Self Award; American Heart Association Silver Service Award and Allison Justiss Sweetheart Scholarship; Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame Girl of Distinction; 2017 All Arkansas Preps Hussman Community Award; USTA Arkansas Barbara Brewer Community Service Award; 2x 3A Tennis Singles Champion; 2017 3A Tennis Doubles Champion; 2x All Arkansas Preps Tennis Team; Washington and Lee Book Award; National Spanish Exam Gold Medalist; National Spanish Exam Global Citizenship Scholarship; National Honor Society, Cum Laude Society, National Spanish Honor Society, and Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society.
Colleges Accepted to: Vanderbilt University, Washington University in St. Louis, Hendrix College, Rhodes College, Southern Methodist University and University of Mississippi.
Career Goal: To study biochemistry and Spanish and to apply this knowledge for a career in medicine working with children.
Favorite Memory from High School: When my friends and I were founding members of the varsity softball team, before our first game, we chose our mascot by throwing plungers against a dry erase board. Pepé Le Pew, the plunger that stuck to the dry erase board, has become both our team's mascot and a source of inspiration in all of our games.
Tell us about the teacher, coach or administrator who made a difference in your life: Ms. Pettibone, my Spanish teacher and adviser, has shown me the beauty of the language and culture and introduced me to a passion that I will pursue throughout the rest of my life. She encourages me to be the best version of myself and keeps me positive with her advice, "a mal tiempo, buena cara," or, "in bad times, good face."
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