Three Maryville College students from Sevier County received awards during the College’s annual Leadership Awards Ceremony held April 26 in the Harold and Jean Lambert Recital Hall of the Clayton Center for the Arts.
Approximately 40 students were honored with awards during the ceremony. Vice President and Dean of Students Vandy Kemp introduced the awards.
“This annual event follows the Academic Awards Ceremony, and it provides a different opportunity for the Maryville College Community to recognize exceptional students,” she said. “On this particular night, we focus on those students who have demonstrated positive character and who have provided exemplary leadership within our campus community.”    
A. Riley Finch, a senior biology major from Seymour, Tenn., was named the Admissions Office’s Ambassador of the Year. The Ambassador program trains current students to give tours, assist with special events and represent the campus community to prospective students and their families and other guests to the campus.
Finch is a 2007 Seymour High graduate and son of Joey and Cynthia Finch of Seymour.
Elvira An, a junior math major from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, received the International Student Award. An is the daughter of Nikolay An of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and Maksat Sublow of Sevierville, Tenn. She is a 2008 graduate of Sevier County High School.
E. Amanda Helton, a senior art history major from Pigeon Forge, Tenn., was presented the Gay-Straight Alliance Distinguished Service Award and was named the Student Activist of the Year. Helton, the daughter of Bruce and Donna Efflandt of Sevierville, is a 2007 Pigeon Forge High School graduate.

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