ROCK HILL—At a ceremony held today at the State House, the South Carolina Technical College System recognized York Tech’s Kirk Adams along with the 23 other technical college students who have been named to the Phi Theta Kappa South Carolina All-State Academic Team.

 

The students named to the South Carolina All-State Academic Team were selected by their technical college presidents on the basis of academic performance, leadership accomplishments and service to their colleges and to their local communities. In addition, these students will participate in the annual All-USA Academic Team competition in April 2007, sponsored by USA Today, the American Association of Community Colleges and Phi Theta Kappa, the International Honor Society of the Two-Year College.

 

Adams joins an elite group of college students who have been named to the All-State Academic Team. Less than one percent of America's six million two-year college students have distinguished themselves with this superior level of academic achievement and service to their colleges and communities.

 

Phi Theta Kappa was founded in 1918 to emphasize and recognize academic excellence in two-year colleges. Today, Phi Theta Kappa is the largest honor society in American higher education with more than 1.5 million members in the United States, U.S. territories, Canada and Germany.