Webb, Green named top students
By Donnie A. Lucas
Albany High School recently announced honor students for the 2023 senior class, with Ella Webb named valedictorian and Presley Green as salutatorian.
Six other seniors were named honor students as part of the top 25 percent of the class, which has 32 members.
Webb, the daughter of Glen and Misti Webb of Albany, has a four-year overall grade average of 97.105.
Green has a overall GPA of 96.53. She is the daughter of Jessi Green, and Jake and Brandi Green, all of Albany.
Other honor students in rank order are Gracie Price, Cole Chapman, Ashley Richards, Haily Cox, Mayson Garcia, and Leddie Leech.
Local students earn the traditional grade point average based on numeric grades for each class over their four-year high school career. However, it is actually a weighted grade point system based on core classes that is used to determine class rank.
Honors and dual credit courses receive more weighted points than regular core classes.
The seniors will graduate on Friday, May 26 starting at 7:00 p.m. in the main gym at the high school.
Both Webb and Green will present graduation speeches.
Valedictorian
Webb has attended Albany schools since the fourth grade, when she moved with her family to Albany.
She competed in Cross X Debate her sophomore year, advancing to the state meet that year, after being named best public speaker at the district meet. She also participated in Current Issues and Events as a sophomore qualifying for the regional meet, and competed in Ready Writing her senior year.
Webb was active in One Act Play both her freshmen and sophomore years, and was a member of the Lions Roar newspaper staff in the 10th and 11th grades.
She was elected as a class officers and was a member of the Student Council during all four years of high school. Elected to the National Honor Society her junior year, she served as treasurer of the group this year. She is also Student Council historian.
Webb was active in sports all four years of high school, including volleyball, track, and tennis. She was named women’s doubles MVP the last three years, and she and her partner won the district title the last three years. She was the regional champion in doubles her senior year, advancing to the state tennis tournament.
Webb was captain of the volleyball team and second team all-district her senior year. She was named to the Max Preps All-Hustle Team this year for volleyball.
In track, she was newcomer of the year her sophomore year and outstanding hurdler her junior year, advancing to the regional meet the last three years. She was the district champion in both the 100 and 300 meter hurdles her junior year.
She served as a varsity cheerleader the last three years of high school and was elected head cheerleader this year and received NCAA All-American.
Webb was selected as Miss AHS by the student body and was one of the four senior homecoming nominees.
Webb plans to attend the honor college at Texas Tech University in the fall majoring in science and humanities, with a minor in business.
Salutatorian
Presley Green has attended Albany schools since Headstart.
She participated in volleyball, basketball, and track during high school.
She competed in One Act Play the last three years, receiving the All-Star Technical Crew Award.
She also competed in UIL feature writing as a freshman, current events and social studies as a junior, and ready writing this year as a senior.
She was a member of the Lions Roar newspaper her sophomore year, earning an ILPC sports feature award.
Green has been active in FFA, competing on the radio team her freshman year, and cotton judging and farm business management her junior her.
She served as class president both her junior and senior years, National Honor Society president as a senior, and Student Council vice president as a senior.
She was selected as the DAR Good Citizen her senior year for Albany, and was named to the academic honor roll all four years.
She will attend Texas A&M University in the fall to major in psychology.
