Fulton County's FRYSC Director named 2022 Cornelia Reece Unsung Hero

April 25, 2022

WKCTC ANNUAL REGIONAL EDUCATORS - Fulton County Educators and staff members from left, Wendy Stewart, Brandon Uzzle, and Deena Anderson were among those honored at the WKCTC's 5th Annual Regional Educators Awards and Scholarship Program April 21. (Photo submitted)

Brandon Uzzle, Fulton County Family Resource Youth Service Center (FRYSC), was honored during the 5th Annual Regional Educators Awards and Scholarship Program sponsored by West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) was held April 21.

WKCTC President Anton Reece developed the program in August 2017, to celebrate the area’s elementary and secondary educators, administrators and staff, who go beyond their daily responsibilities and work tirelessly on behalf of students, parents and the community. The recognition is for individuals in WKCTC’s service region including Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, and McCracken counties in Kentucky, and Alexander, Hardin, Massac, Pope and Pulaski counties in Illinois.

Deserving faculty and staff were nominated for awards in five categories: distinguished faculty for grades pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, distinguished faculty for grades sixth through 12th grades, distinguished administrators, and the Cornelia Reece Unsung Hero Support Staff Award and Unsung Hero Administrative Staff Award. The Unsung Hero awards are named for WKCTC's First Lady and wife of President Reece.

More than 180 faculty, staff and administrator nominations were received from students, parents, community members and colleagues, then each nominee was asked to submit an application.

A selection committee of educators and business and community leaders reviewed the submitted applications and selected the finalists and a winner in each category. For the first time, an anonymous donor made it possible for the college to award each top winner $250 and a trophy.

The 2022 winners and finalists in each category from Fulton County include:

Cornelia Reece Unsung Hero Administrative Staff Award Finalists - Brandon Uzzle, Fulton County Schools Family Ties Director (FRYSC).

Also nominated from Fulton County were 2022 Distinguished Faculty, Mrs. Wendy Stewart (PK-5); Mrs. Kim Dublin (Administrator); and 2022 Regional Educators Cornelia Reece Unsung Hero Support Staff Award Mrs. Deena Anderson.