Alta High School - Accipitor Yearbook (Sandy, UT)

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Jim Bouwman. Alta's first state champion, completed his season as a 185 pound wrestler, with a record of 25 wins- 1 loss. LETTERMEN: Alan Walbeck, Mark Geisel- mayr, Darrin Long, Brent Wiechman, Rich Griffin, Troy Babinchak. Mark Cushing. Troy Olson, Mark Rake. Brad Summerhays, Kerry Woolsey. Chuck Myers. Jeff Birks, Kelvin Daniels, Richard Jensen. Mike Vanderbeek, Shawn Vaccaro. Corey Connelly. Wayne Wagner, George Davidson. Howard Ballif, Bri- an Kochevar, James Sweetring, Byron Holm- stead. Andrew Platero, Darrell Kenneth, Mark Timothy, Curt Elldredge, Hal Halladay, J.J. Jiminez, Randy Christensen, Rob Morley, Brad Sanders, Todd Wartman, Terry Gale, Todd Handley. Rod Biggons, Dean Langston, Ross Harris, Jim Bouwman. Dave Cox. Cory Jensen, Willie Lambert. Marty Pixton, Jeff Walbeck, Brad Walbeck. Steve Baer, Bob McDowell, Chuck Cutler Dave Whitehead, Matt Ferre, Roger McDonald. Rob Gibbons. George Becera, Shawn Whitaker. Mark Gee. Pat Day. Bruce Roden, Brett Olsen, Ryan Jensen, Kevin Arrington. Letter People ■ 265

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Letter People: A Fraternity And Sorority Of Athletes LETTERWOMEN: Jan McLelland, Nancy Booth. Ruth Ann Liddiard, Kym Brennan. Chris Keller. Connie Sweet. Tracy Day, Cassandra Burton. Michele Schroeder, Rosa Rodriguez. Wendy McNichol. Angie Sweet. Becky Kelson. Darcy Erickson, Stephanie Harman. DeeDee Hansen. Shelly Dalton. Mi- chelle Fogg, Connie Hill, Cheryl Turn- er, Susan Thompson. Angel Figge, Sherri Anderson, Nancy Booth. Jody Carling, Brenda Carroll, Jana Craw- ford, Gineal Davidson. Tracy Day, Jill Schuman. Stacy Tyler, Lisa Vawdrey, Eliesa Walton, Janeal Taylor, Sheila Robinson. Trisha Young, Heidi Worthen, Shellee Martinez, LeeAnn Hudson, Stacy Nielson, Beth Graesser, Kari Stuart, Jacque Barlow. Shelly Dal- ton, Susan Thompson. Kim VanLeeuwen earned a second and third place at the regional swim meet in freestyle events. Since Alta has no pool or swim team. Kim worked out with Hillcrest but represented Alta in meets. 264 ■ Letter People

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Scholars’ Achievements Ranging in fields of business to music, English to visual arts, the Sterlng Scholar Awards honored the most dedicated, academic, and hard working seniors in twelve areas of school studies. Undertak- ing the long process to become a “ after a week deliberation the committees announced their choices.” Sterling Scholar required first sub- mitting applications listing achieve- ments in and out of high school, next applicants were interviewed, then after a week’s deliberation, the committees announced their choices. Vocational Education lead- er, Steve Kimball, has designed and drawn a four-plex plan as well as a house plan. He has received the Silver Moccasin Award por- traying outstanding leadership abilities, and holds positions in church and community. Science Scholar, Clark Ashby, participated in the Metropolitan Science Fair, and attained mem- bership in the Society of Distin- guished Students. Clark was elect- ed Governor of Utah Boys State and voted “male most likely to succeed” by his senior class. FBLA President, Jennifer Howell, was selected the Business Education Scholar. She was State FBLA Reporter, and also served as junior class senator. Jennifer was a former member of the Utah Youth Symphony, and was listed in Who’s Who Among Ameri- can H.S. Students. FHA State Officer, Shelli Clark, was the Homemaking Scholar. Shelli ran for a National FHA office, and was also a mem- ber of the madrigal choir. Piano soloist with the Utah Symphony, Greg Smith, Music Scholar, was a student body finan- cial chairman. He has won numer- ous awards for his talent: two firsts and one third place at the Utah State Fair and two second places at the Utah Music Teachers Asso- ciation. Chairman of the Sandy City 266 H Sterling Scholars Youth Council, Sondra Sumsion, was chosen for her General Schol- arship. Sondra served as a spokes- teen for Who’s Who, and the public relations consultant for the Hawkeye. She also was chosen by the class of ’81 as “most aca- demic.” Associate Editor of the Hawkeye, Beth Berner, was Eng- lish Sterling Scholar. Beth served as a Girls State County Treasurer as well as a senior senator. Tied for third in class rankings, she was a finalist in the Century III leader- ship contest and served as Honor Society Treasurer. Vice president of the fresh- man class 1977-78, Cindy Kim- ball, was named top student in the Social Sciences. Being vice presi- dent of the Alta Chapter of the National Forensics League and outside editor of the Hawkeye kept Cindy busy during the year. President of the Alta Chap- ter of the National Honor Soci- ety, Nathan Soderborg, was cho- sen as Math Scholar and was voted “most academic” by his fellow seniors. Nathan tied for first rank- ing in a class of 525 students, and received Alta’s top score in the 1980 state math contest. Visual Arts Scholar, Chris Crawford, has won several display awards as well as a honorable mention at the Jordan Art Show. Chris excelled in all art classes of- fered in high school. Vice president of the De- bate Club, Debbie Riding, was not only chosen as Speech and Drama Scholar, but was also a state quarter-finalist in extempora- neous speaking, and won numer- ous debating awards. Aside from debate, Debbie was secretary of Key Club and she served as vice president of Alta’s NFL Chapter. She was editor of the Hawkeye. Secretary of the Foreign Language Club, Dawn Owens was chosen Language Scholar and was also the senior representative to band council. She won an excel- lent award in the BYU language competition, and was a member of the Accipitor staff.