Student Ambassadors
Get to know the students who call, write, and tour you around campus - rain or shine!
Email us at ambassadors@lynchburg.edu.
Paige Gadsby
Major: Sport Management
LC activities: Women's varsity lacrosse, Westover Honors Society
Interesting fact: I interned with the Houston Astros Baseball Club this past summer.
Courtney Zongrone
Major: Philosophy and English with a literature emphasis
LC activities: Greek life, Ethics Debate Bowl, Student Government Association (SGA)
Interesting fact: I played soccer for 14 years before college.
Kait Lemoine
Major: Communication Studies with a concentration in public relations
Minor: Human Resource Management
LC activities: Student Activities Board (SAB), treasurer of Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), community service, Hornet Crew, and being active outdoors
Interesting fact: I have lived in the same house since I was born.
Sharyn Button
Major: Psychology
Minor: Gender Studies and Human Resource Management
LC activities: President of LC Hula Hoop Club, Psychology lab assistant, Psi Chi (national psychology honor society)
Interesting fact: I started the LC Hula Hoop Club.
Scotty Wiseman
Major: Health & Physical Education
LC activities: Alpha Chi Omega fraternity, coaching lacrosse at E.C. Glass High School, bodybuilding, cooking, working out
Interesting fact: I am Alpha Chi Omeg's "Omega Man" and will also be competing in my first natural bodybuilding competition this fall. I'm a positive and self-motivated person who loves helping others and promoting that kind of attitude!
Caroline Sawyer
Major: Exercise Physiology
Minor: Sports Medicine
LC activities: Student Activities Board (SAB), Pre-DPT Club, intramural sports
Interesting fact: I went to Africa over the summer.
Lavender Williams
Major: Psychology
Minor: Human Resource Management and Latin
LC activities: Student Judicial Board, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, violinist in the orchestra
Interesting fact: I like to think of myself as a perfectionist, but others may call it OCD!
Kat Whitestone
Major: Health Promotion
Minor: Music Performance
LC activities: Alpha Chi Omega sorority, various campus choirs, special events captain for the Enrollment Student Ambassadors
Interesting fact: I'm from Minnesota, so it took me 21 long hours to drive to LC my freshman year!
Shelley Milks
Major: Exercise Physiology
Minor: Spanish
LC activities: captain of the field hockey team, violinist in the wind symphony/orchestra, Pre-DPT Club
Interesting fact: I plan to get my doctorate in physical therapy after I graduate this spring.
Nicole Balsamello
Major: Music with an emphasis in instrumental education
LC activities: viola in the wind symphony and orchestra, theatre, Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority, Omicron Delta Kappa (national leadership honor society), Kappa Delta Pi (international honor society for the education field)
Interesting fact: I have been playing the viola for 11 years and spent a summer in Europe touring with an orchestra.
Corinne Spitzer
Major: Sport Management
Minor: Human Resource Management
LC activities: Club lacrosse president, Society of Human Resource Management
Interesting fact: I've climbed an active volcano in Santorini, Greece.
Candice Hairston
Major: Human Resource Management
Minor: Spanish
LC activities: track and field, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), International Society
Interesting fact: I'm thinking about joining my dad's hobby of drag racing dragsters.
Katie Neill
Major: Art with an emphasis in studio art
Minor: Graphic Design
LC activities: Westover Honors Society, Phi Eta Sigma (national honor society), volunteering at Perrymont Elementary School and T.C. Miller Elementary school with the art teacher
Interesting fact: I'm in the process of becoming certified as an art teacher.
Naomi Tice
Major: Chemistry
Minor: Environmental Science and Environmental Studies
LC activities: track, cross country, Westover Honors Society
Interesting fact: I participated in the Costa Rica study abroad trip this summer.
Kevin Blackmur
Major: Sport Management
Minor: Coaching
LC activities: Club lacrosse
Interesting fact: I have been playing the drums for 8 years.
Kristina Robertson
Major: Biology
Minor: Psychology
LC activities: varsity women's lacrosse
Interesting fact: I have a pet hedgehog.
Monica Zagame
Major: Business Administration
Minor: Spanish
LC activities: Kappa Delta sorority; varsity field hockey; Big Brothers, Big Sisters
Interesting fact: I can't whistle.
Amanda Overstreet
Major: Elementary Education (Interdisciplinary Studies)
LC activities: Kappa Delta Pi (national honor society for education)
Monica Chambo
Major: Elementary Education (Interdisciplinary Studies)
LC activities: Student Government Association (SGA), Link Leader
Interesting fact: I once hiked the Jefferson National Forest.
Jennifer Fussell
Major: Elementary Education (Interdisciplinary Studies)
LC activities: Club gymnastics, member and VP for risk management for Alpha Chi Omega sorority, Phi Eta Sigma (national first-year honor society), Kappa Delta Pi (national honor society for education), Omicron Delta Kappa (national leadership honor society), intramurals (soccer, volleyball, flag football, turkey bowl)
Interesting fact: I can tie a cherry stem with my tongue!
Matt Anderson
Major: Sport Management and Human Resource Management
LC activities: VP for the Student Government Association (SGA), Delta Sigma Pi (professional fraternity for business), Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), Westover Honor Society
Interesting fact: I was the senior press box intern for the Lynchburg Hillcats (affiliate of the Atlanta Braves).
Morgan Hewitt
Major: Nursing
LC activities: Kappa Delta sorority, Student Nursing Association of Lynchburg College
Interesting fact: I can point to my hometown on the palm of my hand.
Kerry Sparks
Major: Communication Studies with an emphasis in public relations
Minor: Human Resource Management
LC activities: secretary for the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), Lambda Pi Eta (national communications honor society), LC Highway intern
Interesting fact: I studied abroad in Australia in the summer of 2010.
Drew Simpson
Major: Psychology and Philosophy
LC activities: Greek life, Philosophy Club
Interesting fact: I am a huge Eagles fan.
Corrin Jasinski
Major: Mathematics and Art with an emphasis in studio art
LC activities: Alpha Chi Omega sorority, intramural sports
Interesting fact: I played varsity field hockey for two years at LC.
Heather Delaney
Major: Nursing
Minor: English
LC activities: Relay for Life, club soccer, Circle K International
Interesting fact: I love wakeboarding and snowmobiling!
Lataran Berrios
Major: Theatre with an emphasis in performance and Communication Studies with an emphasis in electronic media
LC activities: International Society, Gay Straight Alliance
Interesting fact: I have lived in Japan and Italy.
Trevor Davis
Major: Exercise Physiology
LC activities: Campus Outreach
Interesting fact: I am a starter on the varsity soccer team.
Robby Sell
Major: Sociology
LC activities: Club lacrosse, Greek life
Michelle Ferrara
Major: History with an emphasis in European history
Minor: Psychology and Religious Studies
LC activities: Connection Leader, Alpha Chi Omega sorority, intramural tennis
Interesting fact: I know how to breathe... just kidding; I can make some really cheesy jokes!
McLane Grow
Major: Environmental Studies
Minor: Political Science
LC activities: LC sustainability intern, Green Team, Climate Action Plan intern, volunteer at Lynchburg Grows
Interesting fact: I lived in the wilderness of Alaska for a month this past summer.
Shea Kelley
Major: Sport Management
Minor: Convergent Journalism
LC activities: varsity women's basketball, copy editor for The Critograph, Omicron Delta Kappa (national leadership honor society), Phi Epsilon Kappa (sport management honor society), Phi Eta Sigma (first-year honor society)
Interesting fact: I lived in England for two years.
Jake Seaman
Major: Biology
Minor: Spanish
LC activities: Phi Delta Theta fraternity, Pre-health Club
Interesting fact: I want to go to graduate school to become a physician's assistant.
Colby Wright
Major: Business Administration
Minor: Sport Management
LC activities: Connection Leader, Sigma Phi Epsilon member
Interesting fact: I love to stay involved on campus to provide myself with numerous opportunities and to make many connections with people and friends.
