Local community-college student earns First Team honors
Item by Chris Graham
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A Batesville native has been named to the All-USA Community College First Team by USA Today, the American Association of Community Colleges and Phi Theta Kappa, the national honor society for two-year college students.
Jacob Neal is one of 10 students being honored today as a member of Virginia’s First Team.
Neal, 20, is a student at Piedmont Virginia Community College. Neal, a former homeschooled student, is a chemistry major with a 4.0 grade point average.
Neal plans to transfer to the University of Virginia upon graduation from PVCC.
He earned a $2,500 cash award for being named to the Community College First Team.
For more information about the First Virginia Team and about the All-Virginia Academic Team, go to myfuture.vccs.edu/ptk.
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