Ten of this year’s top Mayor’s Scholars were honored at the Hopkinsville City Council meeting Tuesday night.
To be selected as a Mayor’s Scholar, 8th-grade students must have a 2.5 GPA, maintain a 95% attendance rate, have no officer referrals, and submit an essay. This year’s essay theme was to outline the most pressing issues facing Christian County students and suggestions about how to address them.
City Council Presiding Officer Wendell Lynch said they had over 635 middle-schoolers in Christian County to participate this year. City Administrative Coordinator Nikki Durham noted the top 65 essayists are invited to enjoy a day-long field trip to Murray State University’s main campus on February 27.
In addition, Durham said the special tribute was paid to students writing the best essays including in-school recognitions, a trophy, and cash prizes ranging from $25 for those essays judged 2nd through 10th place and $50 for the 1st place essay.
The top ten Mayor’s Scholars included two students from University Heights Academy, four from Christian County Middle School, three from Hopkinsville Middle School, and one 8th grade student from Heritage Christian Academy.
2020 Mayor’s Scholars Essay Competition Placements
| 1st | Matthew Hauret, UHA | 6th | Ella Zordel, HMS |
| 2nd | Alexis Haskins, CCMS | 7th | Aalaisha McGregor, CCMS |
| 3rd | Andrew Riggs, HMS | 8th | Riley Bailey, UHA |
| 4th | Allison Watson, HCA | 9th | Alayna Middelton, CCMS |
| 5th | Ryan Hines, CCMS | 10th | Livi Ray, HMS |
2020 Mayor’s Scholars
| CCMS SCHOLARS | Madison Toledo | Montaysha Moore |
| Camryn Armstrong | Katie Mosley | |
| Ava Barnes | HCA SCHOLARS | Abby Myers |
| Taylor Benedict | Tyler Adcock | Dylan Potts |
| Eli Boehman | Jazzlyn Blanchard | Michael Price |
| Mary Brasher | Bradley Boyd | Livi Ray |
| Skylar Hansley | Ohm Desai | Andrew Riggs |
| Gracie Harned | Tucker Gallagher | Angela Rutherford |
| Alexis Haskins | Kennedy Hughes | Antavia Shemwell |
| Ryan Hines | Rachel Robson | Chanel Thomas |
| Faith Hulstrom | Allison Watson | Aunyae Williams |
| Sierria Johnson | Aidan Wix | |
| Broden Kellum | HMS SCHOLARS | Ella Zordel |
| Aiden Knepper | Will Adams | |
| Aiden Lewis | George Baker | SPP SCHOLARS |
| Savanah Mathis | Ar’Niya Brown | Addie Galvan |
| Aalaisha McGregor | Riley Buckman | Martin Nguyen |
| Alayna Middelton | Autumn Johnson | Thieng Nguyen |
| Julia Munoz | Connar Jones | |
| Landen Owen | Livie Jorgensen | UHA SCHOLARS |
| Rylee Owens | Jackson Kalogiros-Pepper | Riley Bailey |
| Daihla Price | Daniela Lopez | Anna Fourqurean |
| Antonio Rubio | Malcham McKee | Matthew Hauret |
| Carter Sholar | Beth Mckenzie | Michelle Salas |
| Lacey Stewart | Santiago Meadows |