Many local graduates were among the Spring 2009 graduating class at McLennan Community College.

More than 300 students received Associate in Arts (A.A.), Associate in Science (A.S.), Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) or Associate of Arts in Teaching (A.A.T.) degrees or certificates of technical education.

Students with a 4.0 Grade Point Average graduate with highest honors, those with a 3.8 to 3.99 GPA graduate with high honors, and those with a 3.5 to 3.79 GPA graduate with honors.

Waco residents (by ZIP code) receiving associate's degrees are:

76701 — Aletta J. Harper

76702 — Ashley Speer

76704 — Felecia Adams, Shauna Monique Brown, Brandon Jones, Charon Royvon Mooney, Marcia V. Pezzano, Jackie Lewis Roberts, Dustin Craig Rowling, Stephanie D. Warren and Monette Dionne Willie

76705 — William Allen Cartwright IV, Demarcus Demont Caufield, Paula D. Church (Highest Honors), Kara Marie Clay, Joy Cooke, Jessica R. Devorsky, Ruth Rocha Fajardo, Adderly Diane Gilton, Stephanie M. Samperi-Gober (High Honors), Christy Lynn Hale (High Honors), Marquis Daryl Harrison, Seth W. Holobaugh, Simitrio Jaramillo (Honors), Verlyn Johnson, Terri Shennette King, Crystal Lynn Knutson, Amber Danielle Lee (Honors), Donna Losak, Scott Luepke, Amber Nicole Mach, Bridgett Y. Montgomery, Molly J. Moran (High Honors), Wes Allen Neill, Anita Perez (Honors), Krystal Price, Vivian Denise Niles Ragsdale (Honors), Humberto Xavier Reveles, Cady A. Rieger, Susanna Griffith Sandhoff, Eleanor M. Sims, Devan Deville Donte' Stoglin, Jackie Webber, Jerry W. Whitt, Avery Rae Williams, Mitzi M. Yrios and Matthew C. Zipperlen (Honors)

76706 — Taylor Stephen Blanpied, Mindy LaShawn Dudley, Jennifer L. Ewing, Kareem R. Finley-Frazier, Tawyna Evette Graves, Phyllis J. Grossman, Thomas Marshall Harrell II, Angela Servin Jaimes (Honors), Zach Krizan, Hannelore Torey Nikole Lewis, Ana Lopez, Cody Lovell, Charlie Thomas Massingill Jr. (Honors), Brently Lynn Maxwell, Sarah Marie Miller (Honors), Kaci Denise Morgan, Santiaga Salas, Leslie L. Sanders (Honors), Dulcie Elizabeth Schasteen, Valerie Chanell Taylor, Amy M. Woltman and Bethany Noel Wood

76707 — Tameetra Antonette Carter, Teresa Ramirez Castillo (Honors), Sandra C. Cervantez (Honors), Tona S. Curry-Bell, Sheila Hunt (Honors), Cheryl D. Massie-Minor (Honors), Salvador Antonio Medina (Highest Honors), Amber Michelle Oswald, Brian R. Spry (High Honors) and Holly Comer Surginer

76708 — Jacob Aaholm Jensen (High Honors), Theodore L. Ard, Awudoa Zofoa Abanda (High Honors), Tiffany Kay Babeu (Honors), Vanessa Kay Bartlett (Honors), Gregory D. Brigman, Scott R. Brucksch, Melissa Paige Burrus, Laura Leighanne Castleberry, Brent Michael Compton, Colandra Lynn Dennis, Michelle N. Ege, Sarah Michelle Ferguson-Cross (Honors), Jeremy Eugene Fonteneaux, John Stewart Fram (High Honors), Kim Michelle Garcia, Mandy Leigh Gilbert, Anitra Hackworth Green, Courtney Tennille Hammonds, Ashley A. Hopkins, Jessica Elizabeth Howard (Honors), Kayla Carmen Jones, Melissa Ann Deitz Kretzschmar, Shanna Leann Lippe (Honors), Kimberly Renee Martin, Curtis McCormac (Honors), Phebe Joanna McKinnerney (Honors), Christina Julianne Swanson (Honors), Dena R. Perdue (Honors), Heath Wade Sanders, Amanda L. Scott, Edgar Uriel Segura, Richard Joshua Simon, Regina Thornton, Charley Austin Vonasek, Angela Wachsmann, Crystal Jean Walls, Laura J. Waters, Logan Brooke Winkelman (Honors), Dominique Lashawn Witcher, Sara G. Wright and Kristen Zarecor

76710 — Cristina Vianna Bentura (High Honors), Cathy Renee' Brown (Honors), Michelle Chinn, Meghan Danielle Cole (Honors), Christopher Stephen Cox, Tina A. Ellette (Honors), Jerrid A. Fletcher, Carmen Gonzalez, Gladys Denise Lewis, Paula Jeanette Gumpert, Kuang L. Huang, Lorena L. Jaimes, Jessica Nachelle Johnson, Jacquelynn Caryl Klundt (Honors), Amanda Lane, Kimber Marie Macy, John Mayne, Nikki M. Oplie, Carolyn Ott (Honors), Clifton B. Paine, Maria America Ramirez, Jaygen A. Reynolds, Reva J. Richardson, Tibet Lhasa Mares-Vargas, Denise Wilson (High Honors) and Neil D. Lumbard

76711 — Yolanda Cervantez, Maria D. Delgado, Rosa Alba Galaviz, Robert Wayne Nanny, Larry K. Thomas (Honors) and Jessica Lynn Woodward (High Honors)

76712 — Jason Louis Beverly (High Honors), Judy L. Cleghorn, Shannon Cross, Cameron Wayne Curry (Honors), Joseph M. Dvorsky, Airaka M. Fox (High Honors), Corretta Y. Greene, Kristine Nicole Johnson (Honors), Tamara Gail Krueger, Wesley S. Poth, Brian Allen Seymour and David Michael Walker (Honors)

76714 — Penny Anne Nichols

Other graduates (by hometown) receiving associate's degrees include:

Bruceville — Benjamin Hogan

Buckholts — Faye Bishop

Bynum — Sarah Degner

Cedar Park — Ryan Jenkins

Chilton — Christopher Ryan Wuebker

China Spring — Cindy Bohannon, Valerie C. Booker, Jackie Denise Dale, Heather Dufresne, Wesley Scott Layne, Nathaniel McAllister, Amanda Alicia Nicholson, Sarah Beth Noel and Shawn Denise Shaffer

Clifton — Brandy Michelle Humphries and Kathleen Jo Johnson

Conroe — Noelle Elyse Willcoxon

Crawford — Lora Kay Henson and Brittainy Jean Shaw (Honors)

Eddy — Michelle L. Magouirk (High Honors)

Elm Mott — Shannon James Ferguson (Honors), Casey Ketcham, Danielle V. Lenart (Honors), Casey Symank (Honors) and Franklyn D. Walker (Honors)

Fort Hood — Rachael M. Clift

Gatesville — Canyon Kafer (High Honors) and Tera Ashley Kemper (Honors)

Gholson — Charles Allen Bastian (High Honors)

Grapevine — Janice K. Lasley (Honors)

Groesbeck — Maria A. Jones

Hamilton — Starleisa Dawn Roberts

Hewitt — Lisa Ann Black, Natisha Chanyta Brigham, Amy L. Conyer (Honors), Stacy Downes, Amy Louise Filstrup, Lisa R. Green (Honors), Kathryn C. Klugman, Ashley Nicole Laney (Honors), Lorraine Lucila McCann, Martha Linh Ngoc Nguyen, Olutunde Odedeji, Gina Richarte, Tony Sample and Felecia Roshon Walton

Houston — Adriana Crittle

Hubbard — Candace Nicole Brown and Robin Nave

Humble — Garrett Driver

Kerens — Kelli Michelle Rodriguez (Honors)

Laguna Park — Joseph Lee Leggett

Lorena — Rebecca Diane Beyer, Tammera S. Moore (Honors), Andrew J. Papp III, Debra Y. Perry, Cathy J. Pritchett (High Honors), Julie Sanders and Rita Jacinto (Honors)

Marlin — Esmeralda Bishop and Tashsa Kluck

Mart —- Michael R. Grossman, Laura Elizabeth Scaman, Jake Alan Schlemmer (Highest Honors), Kirk Russell Schlemmer (High Honors), Jimmy Wayne Shaeffer and Heather Marie Travers

McGregor — Melissa Danielle Bogusch (Honors), Natalie R. Collier and Mark Allen Stansel (Honors)

Mesquite — Shannon Gail Eastwood

Mexia — Erika Lynn Dearen, Jessica Hansen, Gloria A. Houston and Brian Lee Hullum (Honors)

Moody — Kelli Renae Reed, Jana Sue Hubbard, Timothy Howard Jones (Honors) and Amy D. Petty

Mt. Pleasant — Brad Rychlik

Riesel — Krista M. Blanco, Ashley Renee Curtis, Carl Lewis Reid (High Honors) and Natasha Leigh Rinehart

Robinson — Christopher S. Daniels, Kelly Freeman, Melinda Hanson, Nicole Michelle Little and Brett Wayne Richardson

Rosebud — Amberly K. Skala

Rowlett — Jessica Leenette Waters

Stafford — Priscilla Elise Bella Galliguez (High Honors)

Teague — Cathy Denise Jackson

Temple — Carmen Dominguez and Priscilla A. Sandoval

Troy — Lois Jean Brown

Valley Mills — Tammy Jean Blanchard (Honors), Gabriela Joy Burns (Honors) and Kristen Nicole Johnson

Waxahachie — Amy Layne Miner (Honors)

West — Amy L. Barton, Raquel Simone Gingerich (Highest Honors), Patricia J. Lee, Edward Ray Middlebrook Jr. (Honors) and Rebecca D. Otto

Whitney — Shannon Claudette Baker

Waco residents (by ZIP code) receiving certificates are:

76703 — Trey R. Coleman

76704 — Tashita Bibles, Michelle Lynn Hicks, Kobie Michelle Johnson, RaShonda Lowe, Katrina Lee Miles, Erin Slade, Andrea N. Sterling and Kelli Keith Tindell

76705 — John Drake Braxton, Victoria Calhoun, Krissy A. Howard, Verlyn Johnson, DeAnna Rose McGowan, James Plummer, Diana M. Rodriguez, Jesus M. Salazar, Dellia A. Sedillio and LaTonya Shawnna Denise Shaw

76706 — Elise Marie Caceres, Brenda Faye Cashaw, Gloria Elaine Cooper, Felix E. J. Cruz, Deborah L. Daws, Jordan Drake, Elaine D. Gonzales and Griselda Mata

76707 — Keya Sharae Burton, Tameetra Antonette Carter, Sandra C. Cervantez, Melinda Ortiz and Kayla Diondria Marie Routte

76708 — Alzenia Jeanette Davis, Jessica Ann Dennis, Anitra Green, Maya De-Juanda Hogan, Jamie D. Kenney and Casey Lynn Kramer

76710 — Jessica Love Brown, Karen W. Erskine, Alice W. Hall, Linda Myers, Ryan Rasberry, Reva J. Richardson, Jeffrey W. Stieg and Gene Susan M. Yntela

76711 — Erica Lujan

76712 — Cory Allen Jones, Amy (Mi) Lam, Amy M. Stapleton and Crystal Summy

Other residents (by hometown) receiving certificates include:

Bruceville — Melissa L. Little

Chilton — Chistopher Ryan Wuebker

Coolidge — Robert D. Richards

Eddy — Paul Douglass Poe

Elm Mott — Shannon James Ferguson and Casey Ketcham

Gatesville — Zane S. Chumley, Matthew D. Edwards and Vaniah Kelley

Gholson — Charles Bastain

Giddings — David Tomas and John Matthew Tomas

Hamilton — Priscilla Nannette Flores and Tarifa Rel Lopez

Hewitt — Nadaya Leigh Gerick, Danna Kay Graves, Amy M. Hartstack, Francine A. Pilgrim, Amy Victoria Rees, Patrick E. Reyes and Chris Talley

Lorena — Brent Davis and Cathy J. Pritchett

Marlin — Sharon L. Klima

McGregor — Jena Michelle Messer and Suzanne Sauceda

Mexia — Melinda N. Jones

Moody — Jonathan D. Boothe

Riesel — Ashlye Garon

San Antonio — Jerry V. Pierce

Troy — Lois Jean Brown

West — Ashley Nicole Neckar and Jill Ann Suggs

Whitney — Brandi Nicole Eason and Melissa R. Tamborello