MAC Students Named to PTK All-Missouri Team

Carly Saunders

Alyssa Sample

Two Mineral Area College students were named to the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) All-Missouri Team at the Missouri Community College Association (MCCA) and Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Awards Luncheon, held April 10, 2025, at Stephens College in Columbia.

Carly Saunders and Alyssa Sample achieved the honor, which recognizes high-achieving two-year college students who demonstrate academic excellence, intellectual rigor, leadership, and service that extends their education beyond the classroom to benefit society. They each received a medal, certificate, and $250 cash award.

Saunders, of Mineral Point, is in MAC’s Associate Degree Nursing program. She is President of the Lambda chapter of PTK, and was recently elected Regional Vice President of Service for the Heartland Region of PTK, representing more than 60 PTK chapters in Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska.

Sample, of Fredericktown, is a music major. In addition to being active with PTK, she has been very involved in MAC’s choirs. Alyssa is also a Combat Medic Specialist for the Missouri Army National Guard, and was invited to sing the national anthem at Governor Kehoe’s inauguration in January.

PTK is the official honor society for two-year colleges, with nearly 1,250 chapters in the United States and beyond. More than 4.3 million students have been inducted since its founding in 1918, with over 230,000 active members annually.

MCCA is a statewide organization through which Missouri’s community colleges share ideas and advance common goals.  MCCA provides advocacy, information, professional development, and networking opportunities for community college faculty, staff, administrators, and trustees.