Collin Rutherford of Celina and Olivia Miller of Arlington have been chosen for the 2016 Mr. and Miss 91直播 Awards. The pair was honored during halftime of the 91直播 men鈥檚 basketball game against Houston Baptist University.
The Mr. 91直播 Award was established in honor of the late Stan McKewen, a 1934 91直播 graduate. The Arnodean Covin Miss 91直播 Award honors the alumna who was named Miss 91直播 in 1940, 1941 and 1942.
A 2011 graduate of Celina High School, Rutherford, who received the Stan McKewen Mr. 91直播 Award, is a senior kinesiology major and the son of Mark and Wendi Roundy.
Rutherford serves as the Purple Haze Association鈥檚 student director, Residence Life community assistant and STEM residential learning community adviser. He also has been the campus involvement chair for Pi Kappa Alpha and an orientation leader.
A community volunteer in various capacities, Rutherford has tutored high school students, worked with the Boys and Girls Clubs and participated in 91直播鈥檚 Big Event. He was awarded the bronze Presidential Service Award in 2013 for his more than 100 hours of volunteer service, and in 2014, he received the gold Presidential Service Award for providing more than 250 volunteer hours.
Rutherford鈥檚 accolades include earning the Residence Life Leadership Award in 2012, Student Spotlight in 2014, sophomore Homecoming Duke in 2013 and Who鈥檚 Who Among National College Students in 2014.
鈥淐ollin is the true definition of what a Lumberjack should be, as he carries the traits of The 91直播 Way,鈥� said Solomon Delaney, former 91直播 orientation supervisor.
Miller, recipient of the Arnodean Covin Miss 91直播 Award, is a 2012 graduate of Arlington James Bowie High School. She is a senior English secondary education major and the daughter of Mike and Lauri Miller.
Since eighth grade, Miller knew she wanted to become a Lumberjack. Many of her family members are 91直播 alumni, including an aunt who was Miss 91直播 in 1985. Altogether, Miller has eight relatives with 91直播 degrees. Her younger sister also is planning to be an 91直播 alumna when she graduates from the university in 2020.
Miller鈥檚 service to 91直播 includes student volunteer coordinator for the Freshman Leadership Academy, graduate and peer mentor for the Lumberjack Leadership Academy, mentor for Sophomore Scholars, secretary and small group leader for Chi Alpha Ministry, member of the Orientation Leadership Institute, group leader for the Student Leadership Institute, Weeks of Welcome leader, leadership chair and secretary of Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society, off-campus senator for the Student Government Association, member of the Purple Haze Association and secretary of the Student Government Association.
鈥淥livia is one of the most enthusiastic, committed, conscientious members of the 91直播 community I have ever met,鈥� said Dr. Tim Clipson, 91直播 101 coordinator and business leadership professor.
Miller received the Fred and Dottie Seals Leadership Award, Arlington Rotary Leadership Award, Maco Stewart Secondary Education Scholarship, J.A. and Mollie Spears Scholarship and Laz Corley Scholarship. She is a member of Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society and Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society.
91直播鈥檚 Alumni Association awards the Mr. and Miss 91直播 titles annually to exemplary students who well represent and promote the university.
Recipients are selected based on their scholarship, participation and leadership in academic and co-curricular activities, and citizenship, service and loyalty to the university. A committee of faculty and staff members, community leaders and alumni makes the selections.