Wade Hampton Academy - Rebel Yearbook (Orangeburg, SC)

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166 WHA Students Receive Recognition l. 1. Seniors who have attended WHA since first grade: Pam Stroman, Beth Lake, Paul Strickland, Karen Hudson, Susan Cartwright; Sheila Rutland, Franke Cope, Anna Hughes, Janie Varn, Sally Hunter, Susan Wells; Wes Stevenson, Lou Ann Haigler, Williams Purcell, Susan Douglas, Missy Davis, Lori Wiles, David Cantley, Tammy Smoak, and Debbie Rast. Ab- sent: Bill Greene. 2. Boys’ and Girls’ Staters: Tony Wilford, Bill Greene, Joe Edenfield, Carl Jones, Franke Cope, Paul Strickland, Janie Varn, Mike Youmans, Edward Rast; Logan Gibbons, Robbie Huber, Randy Hammond, and David Cantley. 3. Read-a-thon Winners: Ann Kissam, Edde Zeigler, and Katrice Shuler. “Energize for Clean Air” Essay Winner; Julia Frances Shuler. Christmas Card Contest Winners: Emily Culler, Diana Bonnett, John Flake, and Chuck Hightower. Absent: Elizabeth Shannon.

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Janie Varn Receives Highest Student Award — the Tommy Wannamaker Award Character, dependability, leadership, citizenship, scholarship, and service to school were the criteria for the selection by the faculty of Janie Varn as the recipient of the Tommy Wannamaker Award, the Academy’s highest student award. Having been a student at WHA for twelve years, Janie has consistently been an honor roil vStudent and at present ranks number one scholastically in her class. She w'as named a P.C. Fellow, a Wofford Scholar nominee, a Columbia College Trustee Scholar nominee, a Converse Scholar nominee, and a Wesleyan Scholar nominee. Active in all phases of school life, Janie has served on Student Council in the capacity of homeroom president and president of her junior class. This year she was secretary of the senior class. Having been on the Rebel staff for four years, Janie was the 1981 editor, A member of the chorus for six years, she was a member of the sextette in the eighth grade, an octette member her sophomore and junior years, and a member of the girls’ ensemble her senior year. She has served on the assembly committee and was a Junior-Senior waitress. She had a leading role in the senior class play, Yankee Doodle. Honors bestowed upon her include being named Miss Rebel, DAR Good Citizen, Op- timist Youth Award, Elks’ Student of the Month, Janie attended Girls’ State. She was maid of honor in the 1980 Homecoming festivities. She was a member of the junior varsity basketball team in the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades and has been a varsity player her sophomore, junior, and senior years. Her senior year she served as team co-captain. Janie has been active in her church, church choir, and youth group. Desiring a degree in psychology, she plans to enroll in Clemson University in the fall. 165

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1. Scholar Nominees: Karen Hudson, Wesleyan; Janie Varn, Wesleyan, Columbia College, Converse, Wofford, P C. Junior Fellow; Susan Douglas, Wesleyan, Columbia College, Converse, Furman; Missy Davis, Wofford; Karen Lackey, Columbia College, Converse, P.C. Junior Fellow; Frank Egerter, Wofford; Randy Hammond, Wofford, P.C. Junior Fellow; Logan Gibbons, Citadel, Wofford, Furman, P.C. Junior Fellow; Lou Ann Haigler, Wesleyan, Columbia College, Wofford. 2. Merit Scholars: Frank Egerter, Randy Hammond, Logan Gibbons. 3. Janie Varn and Carl Jones, Optimist Youth Award; Pam Stroman, Voice of Democracy District Winner. Absent: Turner Perron, American Legion Oratorical Contest Win- ner; Keller Kissam and Catherine Kirby Optimist Oratorical Contest Winners. 4. Missy Davis, Century Leaders winner; Anna Hughes, J.S.L. Distinguished Youth Award; Janie Varn, DAR Good Citizen, Elks’ Teenager of the Month, WOW History Award; Jackie Sharpe, J.S.L. Distinguished Youth Award. Absent: Melissa Holt, WOW History Award. 4. 167