Russellville High School graduate Leah Grimes was one of two Northwest-Shoals Community College students to be named to the 2022 All-Alabama Academic Team.
Grimes and fellow NW-SCC student Kasandra Valles were honored Friday during a recognition program at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Birmingham.
They will each receive a $1,000 scholarship for being selected to the All-Alabama Academic Team.
Grimes is majoring in Pre-Pharmacy and will graduate from NW-SCC this spring. She plans to transfer to the University of Mississippi where she has received the Lyceum Scholarship and she plans to pursue a career in Pharmacy.
The faculty and staff of NW-SCC nominate students for the All-Alabama Academic Team. Criteria includes students who excel academically, demonstrate intellectual rigor in their course of study, show academic growth and potential and use their two-year college education to better themselves.
Each Alabama community college has two representatives and a total of 48 students are honored each year.
The Alabama College System's All-Alabama Academic Team Recognition Program was established in 1995 as an enhancement to the All-USA National Academic Team Recognition Program, which is sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, the American Association of Community Colleges and USA Today.
Grimes is the daughter of Heath and Amy Grimes of Russellville.
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