Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, June 2, 1994 TAG: 9406020180
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-8 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: CHARLES STEBBINS STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Antolini is one of only six non-West Virginia graduates to receive scholarships from West Virginia University. The scholarship, which covers tuition and fees over four years, is the largest awarded to out-of-state students.
Antolini is the top academic senior at Glenvar High and will be the valedictorian - or one of them - at commencement exercises June 10.
He has strong competition for the top spot and may have to share it with Ashley Turman, who is running neck and neck with him.
Nancy Robison, Glenvar's guidance counselor, said grade-point averages won't be final until a few days before graduation, but Turman's average might be a perfect 4.0.
Turman plans to enter the College of William and Mary in the fall. She also expects hefty scholarships, but her application is pending.
Like Antolini and Turman, the rest of the top 10 seniors plan to attend college.
Kelly Winter, Eric Moorefield and Sara Rydell are headed for the University of Virginia, while Dan Campbell, Chadd Yeatts and Adam Ashwell are headed for Virginia Tech.
Mark Greer plans to enter North Carolina State University, and Neeta Patel is considering several colleges.
Another senior who has achieved recognition is Kristi Hodges, winner of a sisterhood award given by the Roanoke area chapter of the National Conference of Christian and Jews.
The awards are given to high school seniors for their efforts to eliminate racism, reduce prejudice and improve human relations.
Robison said Hodges has been active in several humanitarian projects during her time at Glenvar.
She was president of the Keyette Club, was instrumental in beginning an Angel Tree project at Glenvar and organized a fund-raising drive to raise $700 for "Operation Smile," a program to correct facial deformatives among children in foreign countries.
She also has been a volunteer in a preschool program for handicapped children since 1988.
She has helped organize a bone marrow drive and a clothing and food drives for the battered women's shelter in Roanoke and has been active in the Adopt-A-Highway program. She worked in Special Olympics and an AIDS awareness program.
In addition to all that, Robison said, Hodges has managed to keep her grades high enough so that she is a member of the National Honor Society and one of Glenvar's 34 honor graduates.
by CNB