Alumni Columns - Northwestern State University Alumni

ALUMNI NEWSMembers of that year’s team were, front row from left, DaveMoody, Danny Boyette, Don Cook and Loyd Huval. On the middle rowwere Sonny Martinez, Johnny Tinnell, Don May, John Waldo, BillPearson, Barry Johnson, Jerry Ainsworth and Henry Walton. On theback row were Hugh Holey, Terrell Leach, Charles Fulco, BobKnighton, John Nipper, Mickey Murphy, Melton Cook, Alan Lundgrenand Ken Terewey. Not show are Charles Partin and Manager HerbertTemple.Balance Act: Terrell Leach, Bill Pearson and Charles PartinNorthwestern boasted a champion gymnastics team in1957. That year, the team, under the direction of JoePiscopo, went undefeated in all meets for the fourthyear in a row with some meet records dating back evenfurther. The muscle men brought the championships of theGulf AAU, the Southern AAU, the Southwestern AAU andthe Mid-South Intercollegiate meets.Guess Who?The NSU chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha was chartered 35 years ago touphold the standard of God first, people second, self last. Their colors,salmon pink and apple green, stand for high scholastic achievement. As asorority they are dedicated to “The Service of all Mankind.” Can you namethe officers of Alpha Kappa Alpha from 1983? The first five readers to call theAlumni Center (318) 357-4414 will win a prize.Congratulations to the following individuals who correctly identified theCurrent Sauce staff from 1981. They were, seated from left, Allison Arthur,Editor David L. LaVere and Sandi Therell. On the second row were JoeCunningham, Susan Higgs Monday and James Ingram. On the back rowwere Mark Cosand, Mike Gallien, Kevin Murphy and David Stamey.Ms. Daphne Hines - 1984 – Natchitoches, LAMrs. Fern Land - 1981 – Colfax, LA2004Melissa J. Hardaway iscurrently a grad student atLSU, working on hermasters incommunications studiesand lives in Baton Rouge.Tiffany Dawn Stevensonis a fifth grade teacher atFaith Family Academyand lives in Carrollton,Texas.Tina Cowan Kimmons isemployed by CorinthSchool District as aschool counselor andlives in Corinth, Miss.Christopher D. Pearson isa CCP for JP MorganChase and lives inMonroe.Brooke Byrd McCorkle isa kindergarten teacher atRed River ElementarySchool, married toMichael McCorkle (’04)and lives in Castor.Carisma Ramsey is amarketing producer atNBC 5/KXAS and lives inIrving, Texas.2005Darnel Winns is employedby Supports & ServicesCenter as a social servicecounselor 2 and lives inMarksville.Candice Detillier Huber isa technical recruiter atStrategic StaffingSolutions, married andlives in Kenner.Monique Shunta Atkins isemployed by theShreveport PoliceDepartment as PCO I andlives in Shreveport.Jacob Benjamin Davis isan energy trading analystfor Stream Energy,married and lives inRichardson, Texas.Pamela Brittany HungRutledge is a salesrepresentative, married toBilly Ray Rutledge (’05)and lives in Arkadelphia,Ark.Reed Markham isemployed by the UnitedStates Army as anexecutive officer and livesin Colorado Springs,Colo.Britany Coleman is anacademic advisor atMcNeese State Universityand lives in Lake Charles.2006Carrie Dawley is employedby Vernon Parish SchoolBoard as a teacher andlives in Leesville.Lauri Johnson Woodsonis an academic secretaryat East Texas BaptistUniversity and lives inMarshall, Texas.Jessica Lacobee isemployed by CaddoParish Schools as ateacher and lives inShreveport.Tiffany Nicole Garcia isemployed at LSUHSC asa registered nurse andlives in Shreveport.2007Laura Worsham Mayeauxis a labor and deliveryregistered nurse and livesin Coushatta.Shantell Marie Francis isa child welfare specialistand lives in New Iberia.Kristen Joubert Bailey isan accounts payablespecialist for ABCImaging, married andlives in Arlington, Va.Alumni Columns Summer 2008 / 16