Teague wins state GOAL award

Funeral service education student is OTCs 3rd overall winner in 7 years

In this February file photo, Ogeechee Technical College president Dawn Cartee, far left, introduces Funeral Services student Luke Teague as the college's 2014 GOAL winner during a luncheon. On Thursday evening, Teague was named the state GOAL winner. - photo by SCOTT BRYANT/file

020514 GOAL 01 — In this February file photo, Ogeechee Technical College president Dawn Cartee, far left, introduces Funeral Services student Luke Teague as the college's 2014 GOAL winner during a luncheon. On Thursday evening, Teague was named the state GOAL winner. - photo by SCOTT BRYANT/file

Lucas "Luke" Teague, a funeral service education student from Ogeechee Technical College, has been named the Technical College System of Georgia's 2014 Student of the Year. Technical College System Commissioner Ron Jackson announced the selection of Teague in front of 600 guests who attended a banquet honoring the system's top students and instructors at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Atlanta on Thursday evening. Teague competed for the top student honor as part of the system's annual Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership, or GOAL, program, which recognizes the best students at each of the 24 technical colleges and the technical division at Bainbridge State College, which is part of the University System of Georgia.

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