HUNTINGDON COLLEGE

News Release

November 1, 2025
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Laura Brelsford | hcnews@hawks.huntingdon.edu | (334) 833-4563

October 2025 Alumni News

Births

• Heath Miller ’10 and his wife, Erin, welcomed a daughter, Sloan Charlotte Miller, in October 2025.
• Phillip Bagley ’16 and his wife, Jesse Dunn Bagley ’17, welcomed a son, Beckham Grey Bagley, in October 2025.
• Will Thrash ’17 and his wife, Elley, welcomed a daughter, Ivy Claire Thrash, in October 2025.
• Bria Rochelle Stephens ’18 and her husband, Jameson, welcomed a daughter, Eileen Ann Stephens, in October 2025.
• Troy Mandris ’19 and his wife, Morgan, welcomed a daughter, Merritt Grace Mandris, in October 2025.
• Savannah Gibbs Baine ’20 and her husband, Stephen, welcomed a son, James Henry Baine, in October 2025.
• Stephen Strickland ’20 and his wife, Landyn, welcomed a son, Stetson Monroe Strickland, in October 2025.
• Alyssa Lear Folds ’22 and her husband, Bryan, welcomed a son, Beau Anderson Folds, in October 2025.
• Brady Herring ’22 and his wife, Marilaine, welcomed a daughter, Laikin Grace Herring, in October 2025.
• Zach Roberts ’23 and Josie Hester Roberts ’23 welcomed a daughter, Sawyer Jane Roberts, in October 2025.
• Michael Driver ’24 and his wife, Taylor, welcomed a daughter, Eliza Amber Driver, in October 2025.

Weddings

• Melissa Beck Begley ’00 married Rob Begley in September 2025.
• Jeremy Mead ’01 married Katie Temple in October 2025.
• Kaylee Andrews ’19 married Zachary Cao in October 2025.
• Calan Ates ’22 married Lakin Kluge ’22 in October 2025.
• Seth Johnson ’25 married Brantley Watkins in October 2025.

Retirements/Promotions/Honors/General News

• Ann Manry Kenyon ’57 was awarded the Huntingdon College 2025 Alumni Achievement Award in the Arts during Homecoming weekend.
• John Ed Mathison ’60 received the Maury Smith River Region Award for Excellence in Professional Ethics in October 2025.
• Eugene Stanaland ’60 was awarded the Huntingdon College 2025 Alumni Achievement Award in Education during Homecoming weekend.
• Thomas Turner ’68 was awarded the Huntingdon College 2025 Alumni Achievement Award in the Sciences during Homecoming weekend.
• Mat Pope ’88 was awarded the Huntingdon College 2025 Alumni Loyalty Award during Homecoming weekend.
• Kelly Dasinger Sitkin ’89 was awarded the Huntingdon College 2025 Alumni Achievement Award in Business during Homecoming weekend.
• Tommy Dismukes ’83 was awarded the Mary Mildred Sullivan Award during Homecoming weekend.
• Dr. Claude Shuford ’83 was awarded the Huntingdon College 2025 Alumni Achievement Award in Religion during Homecoming weekend.
• Laurie French Haas ’89 was awarded the 2024 Alabama Social Work Educator of the Year award at the Alabama Mississippi Social Work Education Conference.
• Pam Baker Barnhardt ’91 was awarded the Huntingdon College 2025 Alumni Achievement Award in Religion during Homecoming weekend.
• Carla Crowder ’91 was awarded the Huntingdon College 2025 Alumni Achievement Award in Law and Public Service during Homecoming weekend.
• Kimberly Keefer Boone ’92 was awarded the Huntingdon College 2025 Alumni Achievement Award in Education during Homecoming weekend.
• LeAnn Holifield Cox ’93 has accepted a new position as the marketing teacher at Calera High School.
• Jamie Weeks ’97 was awarded the Huntingdon College 2025 Alumni Achievement Award in Business during Homecoming weekend.
• Dima Pacha McCuiston ’99 was inducted into the Huntingdon College Athletic Hall of Fame during Homecoming weekend.
• Aimee Rials ’02 was awarded tenure in 2025 at Ithaca College in New York. Associate Professor Rials is a faculty member in the college’s School of Music, Theatre, and Dance.
• Allen White ’06 was inducted into the Huntingdon College Athletic Hall of Fame during Homecoming weekend.
• Mark Colson ’07 was awarded the Huntingdon College 2025 Alumni Loyalty Award during Homecoming weekend.
• Kristin Wilson Crenshaw ’08 was promoted to Special Education Department Head at Prattville High School in Prattville, Alabama.
• Kyle Eller ’10 was inducted into the Huntingdon College Athletic Hall of Fame during Homecoming weekend.
• Alex Sanford ’10 was inducted into the Huntingdon College Athletic Hall of Fame during Homecoming weekend.
• Brittney McCurry Wingate ’11, Founder of The Region HR Consulting Firm, was granted a federal trademark for the brand. This is the first minority-owned, women-led HR firm in Montgomery, Alabama to secure a federal trademark.
• J. Barnett ’13 was inducted into the Huntingdon College Athletic Hall of Fame during Homecoming weekend.
• Morgan Crawford ’14 was inducted into the Huntingdon College Athletic Hall of Fame during Homecoming weekend.
• Will Wright ’15 was awarded the Huntingdon College 2025 Outstanding Young Alumni Award during Homecoming weekend.
• John Haynes ’18 was selected as a 2025-2026 cabinet member for the Young CPA Cabinet with the Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).
• Robyn Chambers Young ’18 was awarded the Vann Reading Fund Grant from Central Alabama Community Foundation for her “Every Voice, Every Page” initiative in her role as a Speech Language Pathologist for the Montgomery County Public Schools in Alabama.
• Wes Smith ’19, a teacher at Saint James School, has been named Teacher of the Month by River Region Parents Magazine.
• Drew Mathers ’20 was inducted into the Huntingdon College Athletic Hall of Fame during Homecoming weekend.
• Kerrigan Pickett ’21 was promoted to Marketing Specialist at Wyrick Robbins in Raleigh NC.
• Miranda Treadway ’25 was accepted into the Spring 2026 cohort of the Accelerated Master’s in Nursing Pathway program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

In Memoriam

• Phoebe Brunson DeVaughn ’55 passed away on October 24, 2025, in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. We extend condolences to her sister, Betty Brunson Barrett ‘51.
• Susanna Merritt Hodges ’94 passed away on September 10, 2025, in Prattville, Alabama.

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