Baby Bears

J.C. Hensley ’04 and Brooke McGehee Hensley, D.O., KYCOM ’13 welcomed their daughter, Blakelynn Reece Hensley, on March 7, weighing 9 pounds, 10 ounces. J.C. is a financial advisor for Edward Jones and Brooke is a dermatologist at Dermatology Associates of Pikeville.

Cory Gannon ’14 MBA ’19 and his wife, Kasi, welcomed their second child, Kathryn Rayne Gannon, on February 27, weighing 8 pounds, 7.6 ounces. The family resides in Prestonsburg, Ky., with their firstborn, Harper Danielle, who turned 3 on May 2. Cory not only studied business at UPIKE, but is currently the assistant director of admissions. Kasi works as an occupational therapist at Pikeville Medical Center.

Nissona Hounshell ’16 MBA ’19 and Evan Faulkner MBA ’18 welcomed their daughter, Blakelynn Rose Faulkner, on December 11, 2019, weighing 6 pounds, 8 ounces. The family resides in Pikeville, Ky., where Nissona is a gymnastics instructor at Flip Flop Gymnastics. She is also a substitåute teacher and cheer coach at Mullins Elementary School. She is currently enrolled in the MAT program at the University of the Cumberlands and assists with UPIKE’s cheer team. Evan is the assistant men’s basketball coach at UPIKE and Blakelynn loves to watch UPIKE basketball games.

Jeff Grieme ’10 and his wife, Kayla, welcomed their son, Kyler Lee Grieme, at 2:31 p.m. on March 17, weighing 8 pounds, 2 ounces. The family resides in Lexington, Ky., where Jeff works in sales for Barrier Roofs and Kayla is a teacher.

Jonathan Adams ’11 and his wife, Meagen, welcomed their daughter, India Blue Adams, on March 17. The family resides in Whitesburg, Ky., where Meagen is an algebra teacher at Letcher County Central High School and Jonathan is the Teacher for the Blind and Visually Impaired for Letcher County.