Associate Degree of Nursing Awards & Pinning Celebrations
Foothills Nursing Consortium Awards
Each year the faculty of the Foothills Nursing Consortium selects the top performers from each of the community colleges that make up the consortium. The award winners consistently perform at the top of the class, both academically and clinically. They demonstrate leadership skills, compassion and integrity. For these reasons and more the following students are receiving an award for highest GPA at their home college.

Cleveland Community College: Nathan Alewine

Isothermal Community College: Hazel Morrow Lewis

McDowell Technical Community College: Ashley Riddle
Spirit of Nursing/Florence Nightingale Award

Spirit of Nursing/Florence Nightingale Award: Ashlei Shearer
Ashlie Shearer is an example of the excellence the profession of nursing needs at this time in our country. Communities are faced with fear and misunderstanding since the inception of Covid-19 or the Novel Coronavirus and there is no one better than Ashlie to help the people in our communities who become sick as a result of Covid-19. Ashlie is at the top of her class intellectually, and imparts compassion in all interactions with her patients. Ashlie is passionate about helping others and that is evident in all she does. For all these reasons, Ashlie Shearer is the recipient of the Spirit of Nursing/Florence Nightingale award.
Pinning Celebration

Nathan Alewine
Pinned by his mother, Danelll , RN.

Michala Allred

Natasha Buchanan
Pinned by her husband, Anthony

Miranda Byrd
Pinned by grandmother, Viola Craig

India Campfield

Olesea Capps
Pinned by her son, Daniel

Hannah Coleman
Pinned by her son, Emmit

Chelsea Dellinger
Pinned by her husband, Trey

Abigail Effler
Pinned by her husband

Deborah Eubanks
Pinned by her daughter, Jessie McReynolds, BSN, RN, CEN

Cheyanne Faulkner

Kayloni Francis
Pinned by her father, Neil

Erinn Griffin

Kristina Garmon

Melissa Green

Anna Harris

Jamie Hensley
Jamie Hensley with daughter Haven

Brittany Henson
Pinned by her son, Talan Sappenfield

Jacob Horton

Bailey Houston

Alyx Icard
Pinned by her husband, Jeremy

Serena Jankowski

Lydai Kercher
Ceremony was preformed by her grandfather

Hazel Morrow Lewis
Pinned by her two daughters, Abigail & Alexis

Brook Malmsten
Pinned by her Pawpaw Beepbeep

Stacey Martin
Pinned by mother, Kelli Martin.
Also shown are sister, Lacey Branham and niece, Braylee Grace Martin

Amber Mathis

Tiffany McEntyre
Pinned by her son Xavier

Sara Morris
Pinned by Lora Bartless, Nursing Instructor at McDowell Technical Community College

Patrick Ortega
Pinned by grandparents, Aaron and Annie Ruth Conner

Catherine Pressley
Pinned by her husband, Brandon

Alecia Paige Radford
Pinned by her husband and biggest supporter, Chad

Ashley Riddle
Pinned by her cousin, Kyleigh Chavers

Juia Rivera

Alexis Ross
Pinned by her grandmother, Janet Roebuck (not shown)

Brianna Ross
Pinned by her son, Dansby

Makayla Rumbaugh

Kailey Russell
Pinned by her mother, Tami

Ashlie Shearer

Jennifer Short
Pinned by her sister, Ashley Lewis

Chad Simpson
Pinned by Jessica

Candace Speller
Pinned by her mother, Margaret.

Demaris Tapia
Pinned by her parents, Maria and Pablo (not shown).

Rebecca Triplett
Pinned by her mother, Gwen

Christy Vassey
Pinned by her kids, Haiden and Hunter

Stacy Wichie
Pinned by Joellen Cody, RN, BSN, MSN