Amador County – Columbia College in Sonora announced in January that it has named 176 students to the fall 2011 semester President’s List, including two students from Amador County.

Coni Chavez, Executive Assistant to the President Columbia College, released the list of students on Jan. 18. The Columbia College fall 2011 President’s List students included two Pine Grove residents. They are Rachel Conolley and Brooke Smith.

Chavez said Columbia College is pleased to officially recognize the 176 students on the President’s List for “exceptional scholastic achievement.” She said “this acknowledgment is reserved for students completing 12 or more units of semester coursework at Columbia College and earning a cumulative grade point average between 3.5 and 4.0, with no grade lower than a C.”

Other area students who were named to the President’s List included three San Andreas residents, John Davis, Sara Eschen and Brian Strehl.

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