June 19, 2013
Teen of the Week

The Paducah Sun’s Teen of the Week program features a different local student each week selected from nominees submitted by high school guidance counselors throughout western Kentucky and southern Illinois. The Teen of the Year is chosen from the weekly winners.

The Teen of the Week sponsor for the 2012 - 2013 school year is Mid-Continent University. Each Monday, the Sun features a different Mid-Continent University Teen of the Week selected from nominees that high school guidance counselors throughout western Kentucky and southern Illinois submit to the Sun. Mid-Continent University will provide each Teen of the Week with a $2,500 annual scholarship to its university, which is renewable for four years. In the spring, a Teen of the Year will be chosen from the weekly winners and will receive a full four-year scholarship to Mid-Continent University, or a cash award of $2,500 paid through The Paducah Sun if the student selects another college to attend.

Ballard senior embraces home, hoops, classwork
KEVIL — Top of her class and girls’ basketball team captain, Abby Shelley is an anomaly among high school athletes. A Ballard Memorial High School senior, she has played varsity basketball fo...
Dec 27, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Student is well rounded in her accomplishments
Sometimes the most worldly of life’s lessons are in your own corner of the globe. That’s what Elizabeth “Eliza” Clark, senior at Paducah Tilghman High School, found out during a mission trip ...
Dec 20, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mayfield super-student leads by example
MAYFIELD — It’s hard to believe Berry Craig IV when he says he’s not a morning person. Craig, 17-year-old senior at Mayfield High School, hasn’t missed a day of class in six years. What’s mor...
Dec 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Top student forgoes arrogance despite success
April Butler is a rarity — both exceptionally well-rounded and modest. One thing was clear from the start: Butler was uncomfortable being interviewed. Her cardigan-clad arms folded in front o...
Dec 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Heath senior aims high, engineers excellence
  About any 17-year-old can tell you he is going to study chemical engineering and then probably enter medical school or the biomedical engineering field. Few can say it in the matter-of-fa...
Nov 29, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tilghman football star scores academically
If you follow high school football, you may know Sam Cox as the quarterback for Paducah Tilghman High School’s state champion football team. But you don’t know the real Sam Cox. The 17-year-o...
Nov 22, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mayfield ‘Renaissance man’ shoots for the stars
MAYFIELD — You might say Luke Guhy is like a teenage Superman — in a letter jacket, and a marching band uniform, and an academic team polo and a space suit. Well, not yet. The 17-year-old sen...
Nov 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Motivated teen credits father for work ethic
CLINTON — Allison Wilson knows what she wants: options. Between academic achievements, extracurricular activities and after-school jobs, the 17-year-old Hickman County High School senior has ...
Nov 08, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Graves County senior uniquely gifted and scary smart
  MAYFIELD — Sean Hackel doesn’t want for unique qualities. The Graves County High School senior was born on Thanksgiving night in 1992. His 6-foot-3 frame isn’t involved in school athlet...
Nov 01, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Reidland senior shows maturity despite strife
You might say Amanda Robinson is like an adult in a teenager’s body. As she strolled unannounced behind the front desk in Reidland High School’s main office and set down her school bags, I th...
Oct 25, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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