Three Seminole State College students were recently named to the All Oklahoma USA Academic Team by the Oklahoma Association of Community Colleges.

SSC students Paige Brown of Seminole, Kristy Lively of Bethel Acres and Crystal Smith of Wewoka were named to the All-Oklahoma Academic Team.

The All-Oklahoma Academic Team Program provides statewide recognition to outstanding two-year college students. To be eligible, students must be nominated by their college president to the All-USA Academic Team. Nominees must be eligible to graduate during the 2019-2020 academic year and have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5. Medallions and certificates were mailed to honorees after the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Brown completed her associate’s degree in Psychology at SSC in the fall of 2019. While attending the College, she was a work study and the president of Phi Theta Kappa honor society. She is now attending the University of Central Oklahoma, pursing a bachelor’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology.

Lively is a sophomore majoring in Language Arts. She has served as the vice president of scholarship for Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. She is also a member of Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society and Sigma Kappa Delta Honor Society.

Smith will graduate in December with associate’s degrees in Nursing and Health Science. She currently works as a Licensed Practical Nurse and has been accepted to Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, where she will pursue a bachelor’s degree in Nursing.

Oklahoma is one of thirty-five states participating in the State Academic Team Program. The State Academic Teams were introduced in 1994. The State Academic Teams are a division of the Academic All-American Team for Community, Technical and Junior College Students, an international program sponsored annually by Phi Theta Kappa, USA TODAY and the American Association of Community Colleges.