Class Notes

1980s

Glenda Adkins ’89 has been announced as the principal of Pikeville Elementary School.

2000s

Assistant Coach Bill Bevins ’03 has been named interim head boys basketball coach at Madison Southern High School in Berea, Ky.

Christina English ’03 is the new owner of Rivers and Roads Coffee, a mobile coffee shop in Kingsport, Tenn.

Daniel Price ’06 has been named Simmons College of Kentucky women’s basketball coach.

Whitney Tisdale, Ed.D., ’07 has started a new position as assistant dean of student services at East Tennessee University College of Nursing in Johnson City, Tenn.

Heather English ’08 joined the varsity girls coaching staff at Albertville High School as a varsity assistant in Albertville, Ala.

Employed at UPIKE for 22 years, the last 11 years working in the office of admissions, Barbara Moore ’09, MBA ’17 has been promoted to admissions office manager.

2010s

Randa Newman ’10 booked her first Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists film, The W.A.S.P., a short film about the first Chinese American woman to fly for the U.S. military.

Misty Asbury ’11, MBA ’20 has been named director of UPIKE’s Disability Resource Center.

Cumberland Gap High School Head Basketball Coach Ryan Whitaker ’12, MBA ’14 was named athletic director and will now serve as both.

Della Abshire ’13, ’15, MBA ’17 has been promoted to the assistant director of admissions communications at UPIKE. She has been with UPIKE for 24 years in the office of admissions.

Eleventh grade English and senior seminar teacher Sally Adams ’13 was named the new Lady Jackets basketball coach at Middlesboro High School.

Board-certified dermatologist Brooke McGehee Hensley, D.O., FAAD, KYCOM ’13 joined Pikeville Medical Center’s team of providers, bringing dermatology services to the hospital for the first time.

Debra Hess MBA ’14 has been promoted to the position of vice president, CRA/fair lending officer at Community Trust Bank.

Elisha Justice ’14 was inducted into the Kentucky Basketball Hall of Fame.

Stefan Morales ’15, MBA ’21 and his wife, Alize, welcomed their son, Stefan Alexander Morales Jr., on July 12, weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces. Previously working in admissions, Stefan is now the coordinator of diversity and international affairs at UPIKE and Alize is currently enrolled at UPIKE studying psychology and social work.

Ashonda Underwood, LSW, ’19 published her first book, You Can Say No. The book illustrates different scenarios that show children when it is ok to say “no” to an adult, specifically when it comes to their bodies.

2020s

Jeremy Goodson ’20, MBA ’21 has been promoted to director of the Center for Academic Excellence at UPIKE.

Taylor Garris ’21 is working as a second grade teacher at Pikeville Elementary school.

Dylan Osborne ’21 has been named head eSports coach at Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky.

Jaxon Blaine ’22 has accepted a position as fourth grade teacher at Bridgeport Elementary School.

Kevin Justice ’22 joined the Lean Management Team with the Dayton Phoenix group in Dayton, Ohio.

Lander Vision welcomed Kortny Lancaster, O.D., KYCO ’22 to their team.

2022 Inductees (from left): Amy Kincer of Whitesburg, Betty McGuire '70 of Pikeville, Thom Cochran of Paintsville, Sylvia Bailey '59 of Pikeville, Raquel Stone Goodman '99 of Pikeville and Saundra Curry accepted the award on behalf of her late father, Ronald Keith Curry.

Distinguished Educators Hall of Fame

Since 2010, UPIKE has carried on the yearly tradition of celebrating those educators whose contributions to learning have inspired generations of students, providing them with unwavering support in their life-long commitment to the field of education.