Graduating with Honors

Matt with one of his friends at graduation in 2005 - note the cool honor cords around his neck!

1992(age 6)

• T-Ball; Sheffey Dodgers

1993(age 7)

• Job Well Done! Award
• T-Ball; Sheffey Dodgers- District Champions

1994(age 8)

• A Super Good Student

1996 (age 10)

     Certificate of Recognition - 4-H

• Share the Fun
• Presentations
• Dramatic Reading

Certificate of Achievement - Second Annual Young Writers and Illustrators Awards Competition

Special Olympics

 1997(age 11)

Special Olympics

• First Place: Running Long Jump - 2.0 feet
• First Place: Softball throw - 20.04 ft
• First Place: 100 yard dash - 17.10 sec.

Academic Excellence Awards

• Reading
• English
• Spelling
• Math
• Science
• Health
• Social Studies

1998 (age 12)

4-H

• Public Speaking
  
  DARE - Commonwealth of Virginia: commitment to say no to drugs
  
  Special Olympics
• First Place: Running Long Jump
• First Place: Softball throw - 21.5 ft
• First Place: 100 yard dash
  
  Odessey of the Mind competition

Odessey of the Mind competition

School Science Fair - Grand Prize (Greenhouse Effect on Global Warming)

Wythe County Science Fair - Regionals: Honorable Mention - Biology

Academic Excellence Awards 

• Reading
• English
• Spelling
• Math
• Writing
• Science
• Health
• Social Studies

International Food Fair - 2nd place

Outstanding Attendance

2000 (age 14)

Special Olympics

• First Place: Running Long Jump - 2.61 m
• First Place: Softball throw - 29.6 ft
• First Place: 100 yard dash - 17 sec.

Odessey of the Mind - competition (2nd place)

School Science Fair - Grand Prize

Academic Excellence Awards

• Reading
• English
• Spelling
• Math
• Writing
• Science
• Health
• Civics

President's Education Award -(signed by Bill Clinton):Outstanding Educational Improvement

2001 (age 15)

Art Contest - Salem Fair; First Place (sketch of the national capital building in DC)

2002 (age 16)

Who's Who Among American High School Students

Science Fair - First Place

Acedemic Letter

• Art I Letter
• Academic Letter - Earth Science

2003 (age 17)

Academic Letter - Algebra 1-part 2

Who's Who Among American High School Students

Citizenship Award - FCHS

Outstanding Performance for dissecting a pig in biology ;)

National Honor Society- Induction

 Matt with his friends on graduation day!

2004 (age 18)

National Honor Society

Who's Who Among American High School Students

Delegate Carico Academic Award

Outstanding Student - Geometry Part 1

2005 (age 19)

National Honor Society

Who's Who Among American High School Students

Top 10% (Student rank - #4)

Senior Academic Letter

GPA - 3.812!!!!