Shannon Day

April 3, 2002

Shannon, according to her teacher, “has had a long history of success…beginning her academic career with high marks and perfect…

Lauren Faraino

April 3, 2002

“In order to be inspired by ten-year old Lauren Faraino, you need only be in the same room with her.”…

Tarria Poplar

April 3, 2002

Caring for her sick mother is just the beginning of Tarria Jannette Poplar’s good deeds that earned her nomination for…

Joseph Dees

April 3, 2002

Having lost both parents at an early age, Joseph would be tested by circumstance at a very early age. As…

Hunter Agee

April 3, 2002

After undergoing many tests, and repeated misdiagnoses, it was not until the 6th grade that Hunter’s parents, teachers and doctors…

Matthew Bedwell

April 3, 2002

In just seconds a family vacation went terribly wrong. One moment three-year-old Joseph Seale was playfully splashing about in a…

Darryl Fancher, Jr.

April 3, 2002

Physical limitations haven’t kept this Pleasant Grove senior from striving to be the best. His accomplishments as Captain of the…

Mathew Weems

April 3, 2002

Being diagnosed with autism at the age of 5, Mathew’s future may have seemed bleak. Seemed, is the key word…

Austin Scott

April 3, 2002

A 17-year-old Junior in the Math and Sciences Program at the Alabama School of Fine Arts (ASFA), Austin has maintained…

Cody Browning

April 3, 2002

Bi-weekly treatments and medications with awful side effects wouldn’t keep this young man from being a source of great inspiration….