Allison Hickey is the Mount Pulaski Senior-of-the-Month
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[May
09, 2013]
MOUNT PULASKI -- Allison Hickey
has been named May Senior-of-the-Month at Mount Pulaski High School.
Allison is the daughter of Charlie and Stacy Hickey of Mount
Pulaski.
Allison is the current president of National Honor Society. She has
volunteered through the organization, with activities at Vonderlieth
Living Center, the Mount Pulaski Fall Festival and the 5K run.
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She
also participated in Spanish Club for two years and Spirit Squad for
four years.
As an athlete, Allison was a member of the varsity volleyball
team that finished second in state the last two years. She was
chosen for the Bloomington Pantagraph second team in volleyball and
was chosen for honorable mention by the Herald and Review. She was
chosen "Best Freshman Offensive Player" in volleyball in 2009, "Most
Hustle JV Player" in 2010 and earned the "Varsity Lady Topper" award
her junior year.
Allison has been a four-year member of the FFA at Mount Pulaski
High School and is currently serving as FFA reporter. She has
participated in the land-use contest and has been on the livestock
judging team, which won second place at the Western Illinois
University competition. She served as secretary on the parliamentary
procedure team for two years and attended workshops on leadership
training and reporting. She has attended both the state and national
FFA conventions.
She is a member of the Topper 4-H Club and has been club
president the past two years. She previously served as treasurer and
reporter, and has organized and participated in fundraisers for the
group.
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Allison shows cattle year-round, including showings at the Logan
County Fair, Macon County Fair, Piatt County Fair, Illinois State
Fair and the Illinois Beef Expo. In addition to numerous other
awards, she received a first place with her Angus heifer at the
Illinois Beef Expo in 2013. She is a member of the American Angus
Association and the Illinois Junior Angus Association.
She volunteers with her church youth group, does book work for
her family's farm and coaches club volleyball.
Allison plans to attend Lincoln Land Community College as an ag
business major. She has earned an FFA scholarship and a scholarship
through the Heartland Beef Alliance.
The Senior-of-the-Month program is co-sponsored by Johnson's Food
Center and Mount Pulaski Pharmacy. Monthly winners receive $50
toward education expenses and are eligible to compete for the $500
Senior-of-the-Year award.
[Text from file received from
Mount Pulaski High
School] |