Two Wallace State Community College students were recognized recently at the Alabama Community College System All-Alabama Academic Team Banquet in Birmingham.

Vianney Verdin Maldonado and Makayla Lindsey represented Wallace State as the college’s 2024 All-Alabama Academic Team scholars.

“We are extremely proud of Vianney and Makayla, both of whom are wonderful representatives of the college as student-leaders,” said Kristen Holmes, vice president for students at Wallace State. “These students have incredibly bright futures ahead of them.”

Maldonado and Lindsey received at $1,000 scholarships for earning the designation.

Maldonado, of Oneonta, was also recognized as an All-USA Coca-Cola Silver Scholar during the banquet, earning an additional $1,250 scholarship. She intends to transfer to Auburn University where she plans to double major in biology and psychology and expects to earn her doctorate and work in the field of Neuroscience Psychology.

Lindsey, of Double Springs, plans to attend the University of Alabama to earn a bachelor’s degree in education and earn her master’s and teach mathematics at the high school level.

Wallace State’s Alpha Chi Tau chapter of PTK was recognized for achieving the designation as a REACH chapter for 2023. The recognition is part of PTK’s REACH Rewards program, which celebrates and rewards PTK chapters that excel in membership development by achieving exceptionally high rates of membership acceptance in the 2023 calendar year.