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Valedictorian: Angela Marie Gray
Angela Marie Gray, the daughter of George and Beth Gray, was born on March 23, 1990, in Corpus Christi, Texas. She has attended Flour Bluff schools since the second semester of her 6th grade year. She participated in numerous clubs and organizations in high school including band, choir, theatre, the National Honor Society, and Student Council. She served as choir vice-president for two years, choir president for one year, class secretary for three years, and Spanish Honor Society historian for one year. Angela has been a member of both All-Region band and All-Region choir for four years. Two of those years, she advanced to All-Area competition in both categories and then made All-State choir her sophomore year. Most recently she played the role of “Maria” in The Sound of Music. Since her freshman year, she has spent every Wednesday volunteering at Asbury Church, teaching a group of kindergarteners. Angela will be attending Baylor University in the fall and will major in bioinformatics. She hopes to conduct genetic research and program genetic patterns into computers. |
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Salutatorian: Andrew Joseph Acker
Andrew Joseph Acker, the son of Norman and Katelijne Acker, was born on August 24, 1990, in Corpus Christi, Texas. He has attended Flour Bluff schools since first grade. Andrew has participated in a wide range of activities, including academics and athletics, while still reserving time to volunteer. He has taken part in numerous academic competitions, including the KEDT-TV Challenge and Academic Decathlon, where he medaled at state. He also participated in many UIL math and science competitions and reached the state level all four years, medaling in his junior and senior years. Andrew competed at the National Math Competition ARML every year as a member of the Texas team and last year was named Texas Gold Team Captain. Andrew was a four-year varsity swimmer and Captain of the swim team for two years, earning All-State Swim Team honors for three years. He also was president of the National Honor Society and treasurer of the Spanish Honor Society. Andrew has been actively involved with his church, St. Pius X. Andrew will be attending the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas, where he intends to major in chemistry. |
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Salutatorian: Nikesh Rakesh Patel
Nikesh Rakesh Patel, the son of Rakesh and Jyoti Patel, was born on December 27, 1989, in Orlando, Florida. He has attended Flour Bluff schools since seventh grade. Nikesh has actively participated in several extracurricular activities. As captain of this year’s varsity soccer team, he assisted the team in winning back-to-back Co-District championships, as well as making a run in the playoffs for each of the past four years. Nikesh also volunteered regularly with various clubs. He served as secretary of the Spanish Honor Society and was an active member of Rotary Interact, National Honor Society, Key Club, Business Professionals of America, and Student Council. Outside of school, he was involved with Boy Scouts of America where he recently attained the rank of Eagle Scout and became a trained Emergency Medical Technician. Nikesh will attend a Summer Program in Biomedical Sciences at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, where he has been selected to do research for eight weeks this summer. He will be attending Baylor University in Waco, Texas, majoring in pre-med biology.
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