The Athens High School Class of 2008 will hold commencement ceremonies Friday, May 30, at 7:30 p.m. at Bruce Field. The class will graduate 203 students.

Valedictorian is Shelby Comito, who will graduate with a 4.0 GPA (103.57). Comito is the daughter of Joe and Rachelle Comito. She ranked first in her class throughout her high school career. She received the Gold Award in the Girl Scouts of America by creating a teen resource center at the Family Peace Project.

Comito is president of National Honor Society, named student of the year in Theater I, Theater II, Pre-AP Algebra II, Pre-AP English II and AP English III. She placed second in the One-act Play UIL State Competition. She was a regional qualifier in ready writing, cross country individual and cross country team. Comito was awarded the “Supernova Personality” theater award her junior year. She also won the All Texas Academic Team Award from the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals. Comito will be attending the University of Texas at Austin, studying Liberal Arts in the Plan II Honors Program.

Madalyn Smith, daughter of Liz Smith of Athens and James Smith of Dallas, will graduate with a 4.0 GPA. Smith is the secretary of the Athens High School National Honor Society and Key Club. She is an active member of the Swim and Dive team and Speech and Drama club. Madalyn is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She has attended RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) as both a junior camper and a senior counselor. She is also an active member of Ambassadors, a “big sister” program.

Madalyn has earned 26 credit hours by taking dual-credit and concurrent classes at Trinity Valley Community College and was inducted into their honor society — Phi Theta Kappa — last fall. In the fall she will be attending the University of North Texas in Denton to major is Speech Language Pathology/Audiology and minor in Applied Behavior Analysis.

Class of 2008 honor graduates are: Shelby Christine Comito; Madalyn Elizabeth Smith; Emily Nicole Endres; Kaitlin Marie Andress; Blake Daniel Rogers; Kathryn Michelle Schoonover; Clara Marie Love; Grayson Mitchel Griffin; Emily Janelle Boykin; Holly Marie Eckert; Bryan Chase Knighton; Rebecca Kathleen Tello; Carlos Eduardo Tovias; Holly Michelle Bartlett; Stephen Alexander Morman; Michael Byron Vaughn; Brook Hannah Stargel; Jasmine Michelle Jenkins; Staci Elizabeth Hankins; Rachel Marie Jennings; Jacob Carey Palmer; Amanda Marie Lee; Pedro Antonio Carranza; Laurel Elizabeth Moore; Allison Lee Sanders; Chelsea Lynn Haley; Janeth Cerrillo; Lindsey B. Sanders; Rex Robert Spencer Laird; Bret Samuel Smith; Nicole Michelle Phelps; Matthew Allen Hurst; Mark Thomas Davis; Mario Alberto Rochin; John Collier Bell; Rebecca Lee Barnhart; Mark Russell Lay; Heather Ashton Holliman; Kenzi Lynne Morton; Pierce Franklin Eaton; James Nicholas Grant; Chase Brandon Tompkins; Ana Christina Banuelos; Ashley Lyn Angell; Robert Carter Nicholas Gates; Lindsey Rae Brewer; Juan Alfaro; Clara Angelica Vargas; Anna Lidia Osorio and Daishia Lynn Marsh.

The Class of 2008 is: Brandon Blake Airheart; Liliana Aléman; Juan Alfaro; Kaitlin Marie Andress; Ashley Lyn Angell; Laela Maree Armstrong; Reginald Lamon Avery; Reynaldo Avila; Kyle Delano Bairfield; Ana Christina Banuelos; Jessica Sharon Barcenas; Rebecca Lee Barnhart; Holly Michelle Bartlett; Ashley Bri Ann Bates; John Collier Bell; Lance Michael Boyce; Emily Janelle Boykin; Lindsey Rae Brewer; Alex Victoria Brittingham; Pedro Antonio Carranza; Kathy Carrillo; Marisela Carrillo; Mystic Leasha Carter; Daniela Castañeda; George Michael Castaneda; Miriam Jocely Castaneda; Francisco Jatziel Castillo; Janeth Cerrillo; Maria Gorety Cerrillo; Kurtis Garon Chancellor; Olivia Rae Chancellor; Coty Elijah Clark; Maura Colavito; Brianna Iman Coleman; Shelby Christine Comito; Cassie Beth Conaway; Lauren Michal Conley; Clint Lee Crecelius; James Tyner Darby; Mark Thomas Davis; Maria Elvia De Los Santos; Chasity Leann Demoss; Rocio Elizabeth Diaz; Rachael Nicole Donelson; Kardarrion Burnnett Dora; Leslie Ellen Dunlap; Pierce Franklin Eaton; Holly Marie Eckert; Emily Nicole Endres; Carrington Donte’ Fleming; Kerry Tremaine Gamble; Kody Rivers Garrett; Robert Carter Nicholas Gates; Tess Alexandra Gibbs; Ashley Dawn Glasgow; Eduardo Gonzales; Corey Davis Goodrich; James Nicholas Grant; Grayson Mitchel Griffin; Amanda Nicole Griffith; Lara Rene Grissom; Chelsea Lynn Haley; Nickolas Steven Alan Hall; LaToya Kiara Hambrick; Matthew Keith Hambrick; Staci Elizabeth Hankins; James Gregory Hansen; Joshua Walsted Hansen; Chase Shon Hawkins; Korwyn Jamaal Hill; Heather Ashton Holliman; Kevin Glenn Hopper; Shamanda Carol Houston; Shaterika Rene Hurd; Matthew Allen Hurst; Alma Rosa Ibarra; Dhe’Ryan O’Neal; Clark Jackson; Kirk O’Neal Jackson; Jasmine Michelle Jenkins; Rachel Marie Jennings; Changkun Jiang; Brennan Connor Johnson; Billy Robert Kelly; Steven Mathew Kemp; Cedric Devall Kiser; Dalton Ray Knight; Bryan Chase Knighton; Javier Antonio Lainez; Rex Robert Spencer Laird; Mark Russell Lay; Amanda Marie Lee; Ulyses William Lira; Clara Marie Love; David Wilfredo Lux; Heather Lorrain MacAvoy; Santiago Trinidad Mancera; Whitney Cherri Marcum; Zachary Phillip Marcum; Katherine Marron; Daishia Lynn Marsh; Albert Martinez; Fidel Martinez; Jonathan Evan McClure; Kevin Cade McCown; Alicia Rene’ McDowell; Jasper Cash Medellin; Alfredo Mendez; Micheal Morgan; Holly Metzler; Robert Negale Miller; Marie Michelle Mingus; David Montes; John Arden Moore; Laurel Elizabeth Moore; Stephen Alexander Morman; Kenzi Lynne Morton; Callie Jean Murphy; Jennifer Josselyn Nava; Stephani Michele Neal; Ismael Negrete; Jacob Alan Norsworthy; Anna Lydia Osorio; Erika Padron; Lisa Padron; Jacob Carey Palmer; Ciara Nicole Paris; Antonio Peredia; Nicole Michelle Phelps; Alexadra Pinedo; Anthony Pinedo; Robert Jace Pursley; Sammy Wayne Ramirez; Timothy Paul Redic; Noemi Resendiz; Jordan R. Reynolds; Joshua Todd Reynolds; Ambre’ Nichole Roberts; Karina Robles; Mario Alberto Rochin; Arely Rodriguez; Blake Daniel Rogers; Alejandro Romero; Christopher Carlos Romero; Alejandro Rondan; Chandler Faith Rowan; Lauren Joy Sanchez; Allison Lee Sanders; Lindsey B. Sanders; Kathryn Michelle Schoonover; Stephanie Michelle Slaton; Ashley Brianne Slimp; Roger Dale Sloan; Bret Samuel Smith; Josef Mikel Smith; Madalyn Elizabeth Smith; Clayton Wade Sneyd; Evelia Soto; Maria de los Angeles Soto; Brook Hannah Stargel; Cassie LeAnn Strange; Sabrina Joann Suttle; Erica Nicole Taylor; Rebecca Kathleen Tello; Chase Brandon Tompkins; Andrew Alex Torres; Marco Antonio Torres; Carlos Eduardo Tovias; Lance Michael Treviño; Clara Angelica Vargas; Joe Brian Vasquez; Michael Byron Vaughn; Susana Vazquez; Cesar Martine Vega; Naomi Nicole Villalva; Tiffany Caitlin Villasana; Brittni Ann Vivion; Shane Alan Walker; Shavala Antoinette Walker; Dexter Jacob-Ryan Warfield; Shagayla LaShae’ Warren; Shauntavia E’nae Warren; Lacey Nicole White; Nikki Alyssa White; La’Tasha Nicole Wilkerson; Shaun Allen Willett; Christopher Colby Willingham; Asha LaJoyce Wilson; Clinton David Wilson; Earl Wayne Wilson; Erik Zachariah Windham; Kelsey Lee Windham and Jesus J Zavala.