Two Paul D. Camp Community College students were named to the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society All-Virginia Academic Team.

Brandy Main of Suffolk and Ellis Cofield III of Franklin were honored April 20 at the PTK Annual Awards Luncheon at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel and Conference Center in Richmond.

Main, currently PTK Omega Zeta Chapter president at PDCCC, has been selected for the All-Virginia honor for two consecutive years. She is a senator in the Student Government Association, a Presidential Student Ambassador, a member of the Faith Unleashed in Everyday Life Bible study club, and a tutor of practical reasoning with Student Support Services. She has volunteered for a number of events and organizations at the college and in the community and has also been selected to represent the college at several statewide events.

She is one of only 12 accepted into the cytotechnology program at Old Dominion University this fall and has been offered honor classes there. She has also already been accepted to attend graduate school at North Carolina State University after she has graduated from ODU. In May, she will graduate from PDCCC with associate degrees in science and general studies and a certificate in general education. She has previously earned career studies certificates in nurse aide, phlebotomy and pre-nursing. She works as a receptionist at the college’s Regional Workforce Development Center.

Cofield currently serves at PTK Omega Zeta Chapter vice president. He is a past president of the Student Government Association, has been selected to represent the college at the Virginia General Assembly and serves as the student representative on the President’s Advisory Council. In addition, he heads the initiative of PDCCC’s adoption of J.P. King Jr. Middle School. He serves on the board of supervisors for the Boys & Girls Club of the Southwest Region.

Cofield also founded and implemented Striving To Reach Excellence To Create Heroes (STRETCH) Project Inc., a peer-to-peer mentoring program focused on middle school youth. He has received numerous awards and honors including the Prudential Spirit Award, Daughter of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award, the Southampton County Public Schools’ Community Partners Award and the Senator Harry F. Byrd Leadership Award. Cofield works as student activities officer on the Hobbs Suffolk Campus.

According to PTK Omega Zeta Chapter Advisor Troy Hand, Virginia is one of 38 states participating in the state Academics Teams project introduced in 1994 as a way to provide scholastic recognition to Phi Theta Kappa members while promoting excellence at two-year colleges.

“The All-Virginia Academic Team recognizes our college scholars by saluting their academic achievements, leadership and service,” he said.