Caitlin King
SCHOOL: Augusta Preparatory Day School
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: Class president; Prom Committee president; National Honor Society secretary; Service Club; Student Council; Future Business Leaders of America; Track and Field captain; Foreign Language Alliance for International Rapport Honor Society
AWARDS AND HONORS: Cum Laude Society ; National Honor Society, Academics, Leadership and Service; Girl Scout Gold Award ; Outstanding Youth Volunteer Award ; track and field awards: Triple Jump state champion and record holder, 2006 and ’07
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Girl Scouts, president and treasurer; Central Savannah River Council, volunteer; American Red Cross volunteer ; United Way of the CSRA volunteer
COLLEGE/CAREER PLANS: Attend University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business to major in finance and minor in a foreign language; earn a master’s degree in international business and work in investment banking
OF NOTE: Cailtin earned a Girl Scout Gold Award by helping restore Crawford Family Cemetery, an 18th century cemetery where George W. Crawford is buried. Crawford served two terms as Georgia’s governor (1843-47), and was appointed Secretary of War by President Zachary Taylor in 1849.
NOMINATOR’S QUOTE: “Caitlin’s natural gifts are many, but unlike most of the other students in our school who stand at or close to the very top of their class … , she works hard to achieve success. She is never satisfied with less than her own best effort .” – Malika Johnson, Augusta Prep director of college counseling
