June 12, 2008

SAA Senior Receives Leadership Scholarship

St. Agnes Academy senior Halle Griggs is a recipient of the prestigious Hunt Leadership Scholarship to Southern Methodist University in Dallas. The Hunt Leadership Scholarship is awarded to those students who have demonstrated truly exceptional leadership and service to their high schools and communities. It recognizes those students who have combined effective, dedicated and energetic service and the ability to lead others with a spirit of inquiry and a strong sense of social responsibility.

Halle is an honors student and a dynamic leader at St. Agnes and in the community. As a senior she served as President of the Student Government Association, on the Honor Council and the Student Ambassador Board. She was a member of the state championship cross-country team and the school's vocal group the Starlettes. She was also a member of the National Honor Society, National French Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society and Key Club. Halle was voted Most Likely to Succeed by her peers, and she was recently selected by Memphis Woman Magazine as one of the Outstanding Young Women of Memphis in the leadership category.