Taylor Hudson, an honor roll eighth grader at Randolph Middle School in Charlotte, N.C., was awarded several awards recently. Hudson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hudson Jr., Tryon High School ’83 graduates, formerly of Tryon, who now reside in Charlotte, N.C. She is also the granddaughter of Helen A. Hudson of Tryon.

Hudson was awarded the Silver Award (Girl Scouting’s second highest award) by the Girl Scouts Hornet’s Nest Council of Charlotte, where she is a member of Troop #1362, and the Excellence in Youth Award, awarded by the Charlotte Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated for excellence in academics and athletics. Hudson was one of 100 eighth graders from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System chosen for this award.

At her school’s athletic banquet, Hudson was awarded a total of four awards, which included Female Athlete of the Year for her excellence in track (400 meters) and basketball (a two year starter at guard/forward). Hudson will be a freshman next year at East Mecklenburg High School, where her sister, Brittany, will be a senior.

Brittany Hudson, a junior at East Mecklenburg High School, has been inducted in her school’s student congress and student board for 2011-12 in a recent ceremony. She is ranked in the top ten percent of her class academically. She has also been installed as president of her school’s NAACP chapter.

Brittany is also active in her community and in Girl Scouting. Brittany plans to attend college after her senior year, in preparation to achieve her dream of being a lawyer.

– article submitted by George Hudson