Christian Taylor Turner
  • High School: Danville High School
  • Achievements: Girls Basketball All-District Team member, homecoming queen, senior class vice president, Spanish and English class awards recipient
  • Activities: Student council, National Honor Society, Youth Leadership, Young Achievers, NAACP, Go Go Gorillas employee
  • College Plans: Attend the University of Kentucky to study business and political science
  • Favorite Book: Tricks by Ellen Hopkins
  • Most Meaningful Experience: Transferring from private to public school, which allowed her to come out of her shell and become a leader
  • Most Influential School Employee: Social studies teacher Aaron Etherington
  • Role Model: Mother Lisa Turner
  • Parents: Lisa and Chris Turner

Jacklyn Elaine Wahl
  • High School: Casey County High School
  • Achievements: National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine participant, yearbook advertisement editor, 12th Region All-Academic Cheer Award recipient, People to People student ambassador, six-time Casey County Friends of Education Award recipient, 4.0 Cheer Award recipient
  • Activities: Cheerleading, yearbook, prom committee, Y-Club, Beta Club, Future Farmers of America, Social Justice organization
  • College Plans: Attend Somerset Community College to study pre-pharmacy and later attend the University of Kentuckys pharmacy school
  • Favorite Book: Night by Elie Wiesel
  • Most Meaningful Experience: Traveling to Greensburg, Kan., on a mission trip and helping the community rebuild after a deadly tornado
  • Most Influential School Employee: Cheerleading Coach Susan Stringer and English teacher Virginia Rubarts
  • Role Model: Steve Hill
  • Parents: Amanda and Greg Wahl

Eric Wall
  • High School: Garrard County High School
  • Achievements: Youth Salute and Youth Leadership awards recipient, academic team medalist, Future Business Leaders of America third-place business ethics winner  
  • Activities: Marching band, tennis, academic team, FBLA
  • College Plans: Attend the University of Louisville to study chemistry
  • Favorite Book: A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burggess
  • Most Meaningful Experience: Competing in the Kentucky Music Educators Association 2008 state finals
  • Most Influential School Employee: Business teacher Tina Brogli
  • Role Model: Ronald Reagan
  • Parents: Ruth Ann and Steven Wall

Ryan White
  • High School: Casey County High School
  • Achievements: Kentucky Governors Scholars Program participant, Class of Kentucky Scholar, Future Farmers of America president, Kentucky Outstanding Ambassador award recipient, Friends of Education award recipient, Kentucky FFA Outstanding Leader award recipient, 4-H shooting sports state trapshooting champion, Kentucky state Amateur Trapshooting Association champion
  • Activities: FFA, trapshooting, tractor pulling
  • College Plans: Attend the University of Kentucky to study mechanical engineering and business
  • Favorite Book: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • Most Meaningful Experience: Participating in the Kentucky Governors Scholar Program
  • Most Influential School Employee: English teacher Virginia Rubarts
  • Role Model: Father and business owner Shannon White
  • Parents: Cheri and Shannon White

Emily Wilson
  • High School: Garrard County High School
  • Achievements: Volleyball All-Region and All-Distric teams member
  • Activities: Volleyball, Beta Club, Spanish Club, Young Republicans, Kentucky Changers
  • College Plans: Attend Centre College to study Spanish
  • Favorite Book: Beloved by Toni Morrison
  • Most Meaningful Experience: Being saved by Gods grace
  • Most Influential School Employee: English teacher Katie Kneisley
  • Role Model: Grandmothers Eva June Wilson and Fanny Hensley
  • Parent: Melissa Cox

Jonathan W. Wilson
  • High School: Garrard County High School
  • Achievements: Ranked fourth in class
  • Activities: Weightlifting
  • College Plans: Attend Bluegrass Community and Technical College and later transfer to the University of Kentucky
  • Favorite Book: Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Most Meaningful Experience: Getting a drivers license
  • Most Influential School Employee: Social studies teacher Joseph Chamberlain
  • Role Model: Father Randall Wilson
  • Parents: Janet and Randall Wilson