Stokes named Who’s Who in competition

Hannah Stokes of Philadelphia received the coveted Who’s Who in Mississippi award while representing East Central Community College in the Phi Beta Lambda national competition.

The award is presented to one member from each state, and ECCC has had a recipient each of the last four years.

Stokes was among the 18 East Central students who were honored recently when the group held its national awards night July 24, on the Decatur campus. 

Traditionally, the awards would have been presented at the National Leadership Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event turned into a Virtual National Leadership Experience. 

To participate in the national competition, students had to record and upload their presentations to YouTube for judging in most categories

Award recipients and their respective categories included: Beth Fortner of Port Gibson and Caleb McGrew of Meridian, first place, Business Law; Luke Wall of Decatur and McGrew, first place, Business Sustainability; Lillie Chapman of Philadelphia and Janna Ford of Carthage, first place, Community Service; Hannah Stokes and Carly Greenwood, both of Philadelphia, first place, Integrated Marketing Campaign; Tucker Cain of Carthage, Ford, Brian Pace of Collinsville, and Carly Greenwood and Hannah Stokes, both of Philadelphia, first place, Parliamentary Procedure; Toni Hilliard of Wesson, Nathan Lampley of Louisville, and Genesis Lyons of Decatur, first place, Strategic Analysis and Decision Making; Justice Battle of Lake and Daniel Triplett of Nanih Waiya, second place, Computer Animation; Camilla Addy of Decatur and Jerry Davidson of Philadelphia, second place, Social Media Marketing; Davidson and Cezar Arroyes-Torres of Morton, third place, Financial Services; Wall, fourth place, public speaking; Arroyes-Torres, sixth place, Local Chapter Annual Business Report; and Jamie Pogue of Forest, seventh place, Administrative Technology.