Sam Klauer is valedictorian and Cole McDaniel is salutatorian of the class of 2019 at Christian Academy of Knoxville.
Sam Klauer is a scholar-athlete who has accomplished much during his time at CAK. As a National Merit Finalist, Klauer has achieved the highest academic average in many courses at CAK including Honors Spanish III and IV, AP English III, AP Statistics, AP Psychology, Honors Biology and Honors Algebra II, while receiving the Outstanding Student award in several others, such as AP Calculus BC and AP Chemistry.
Sam is a National Spanish Exam silver medalist in both Spanish III and Spanish IV. He is a member of the National Honor Society and the National English Honor Society, achieved “Excellent” from the ACSI Creative Writing Festival and was a finalist in the Optimist’s Club Essay Contest.
He is a four-year varsity letterman, the captain of the CAK soccer team and an all-district player, and he scored the “go ahead” goal as a freshman in CAK’s soccer state championship in 2016. Sam is the son of Dr. Kevin and Tamara Klauer. He is planning to attend the California Institute of Technology to study applied mathematics and aerospace; he will also play collegiate soccer.
Cole McDaniel also strongly excels in academics and is a National Merit Commended Scholar. He sets a strong Christian witness example as the student senate chaplain and a member of the worship band. Cole is a student-athlete who contributed to his team’s tennis state championship and also founded the bowling club. Cole is the son of Dr. Lee and Christin McDaniel. Cole is planning to attend Berry College, where he will major in finance.
Report taken from CAK website