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Highlander Alumni & Friends Association

The Highlander Alumni & Friends Association was established in 2008 as a division of the McLennan Community College Foundation and serves as the principal link between the college and its network of alumni and friends.

A program of the MCC Foundation, the Highlander Alumni & Friends Association holds an annual reunion picnic each summer and issues the Highlander Quarterly.

In addition to the annual picnic and communications through the Highlander Quarterly, the Highlander Alumni & Friends Association hosts the Distinguished Alumni and Distinguished Leader Awards process each year.

McLennan Community College President Dr. Johnette McKown with Ruthie Foster, 2025 MCC Distinguished Alumna — **Pictured above:** McLennan Community College President, Dr. Johnette McKown, with Ruthie Foster, 2025 MCC Distinguished Alumna.

Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients

MCC Highlander Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
Year	Winner
2025	Ruthie Foster
2024	Luis Jauregui, FAIA
2023	Salvador Antonio
2022	Mandy Loftin Conner
2021	Clint Lewis
2020	Dr. Solomon Cross
2019	Judge Vicki Menard
2018	Jamie Cacciola-Price & Dr. Jason Price
2017	John McClain
2016	Mary Perez
2015	Danny Uptmore
2014	Rod Aydelotte
2013	Travis Poe
2012	Landon Hengst
2011	Bill Goss
2010	Gary Willis
2009	Robert Hawkins

Distinguished Leader Award Recipients

MCC Highlander Alumni Association Distinguished Leader Award Recipients
Year	Winner
2025	Miriam Diaz
2024	Antonianett Garcia
2023	Alex Balaban
2022	Killian Hutchison
2021	Sarah Ragsdale
2020	Nallely Gonzalez
2019	Johnathon Kiebler
2018	Yuridia Navarro-Escobedo
2017	Hannah Burgess
2016	Saul Cornejo Bravo
2015	Miguel Diaz
2014	Luis Terceiro
2013	Joseph Mabbitt
2012	Christopher Brown
2011	Cody James
2010	Michelle Schwier
2009	Abanda Zofoa

Joining the Highlander Alumni & Friends Association

Membership in the MCC Foundation's Highlander Alumni & Friends Association is FREE and open to all former students of McLennan Community College and supporters of McLennan Community College within the Waco and surrounding communities.

Join the alumni network using our online form, or email your information to alumni@mclennan.edu.