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C Spire Wireless Academic All-Star Presented To Cordova Student

2012-12-03

Cordova, Tenn. (December 3, 2012) – Brooke Benjamin, a senior at Cordova High School, has been named a C Spire Wireless Academic All-Stars Award winner.

Benjamin is one of six students in the Greater Memphis area who received this week’s award for General Scholarship. C Spire Wireless will recognize more than 160 students during the 2012-2013 school year. Benjamin and other weekly winners will be honored at a luncheon at the Hilton Memphis, Thursday, May 2, 2013.

Benjamin is an outstanding student who strives to improve academically. She holds a 4.72 weighted grade point average and is third in a class of 435 seniors. Benjamin has exceptional leadership skills and a strong work ethic. She received both distinguished and principal’s honor roll recognition each grading period and earned the Memphis City Schools’ William H. Sweet Award.

A consummate leader, Benjamin has served as president of the National Honor Society and the Student Government Association. She is a member of Mu Alpha Theta, the math honor society, DECA, FBLA and Club 2013, the varsity volleyball team and cheerleading squad. With a demanding course load, Benjamin has earned 12 college credit hours and has represented the school as a member of the Memphis City Schools Student Advisory Board.

The C Spire Wireless Academic All-Stars program was conceived to identify and recognize high school students for excellence in academics, school leadership and community service. Now in its 7th year, the C Spire Academic All-Stars Awards are presented weekly for 28 weeks during the academic year from nominations submitted by school administrators.

Judges include educators from Rhodes College, The University of Memphis, LeMoyne-Owen College and Christian Brothers University. Each Sunday during the year, C Spire Academic All-Stars are announced in The Commercial Appeal.

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