2022 LWC Alumni Awards
Ann Martin ’75 - Distinguished Alumna Award Ann Martin’s banking career spans nearly 40 years. She began her career as a part-time teller at a local community bank and today she is president of First & Farmers National Bank in Columbia where she is a member of the board of directors. An active member of the Columbia-Adair County community, Martin has served on various city and county leadership boards and she is a frequent volunteer at area fundraisers and events. She was named Columbia-Adair County Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Business & Professional Woman of the Year in 2008. Martin has had a lifelong connection to Lindsey Wilson College. She graduated from LWC with an associate of arts degree in 1975 and worked in the college’s admissions office for one year. Each of Martin’s three siblings attended or graduated from LWC, and her son, Ross Martin and his wife, Leigh Ann graduated from the college in 2005. For 18 years, Martin has coordinated a yearly gift from First & Farmers National Bank. The donation, which has grown to $10,000 annually, provides support to student scholarship aid at LWC. Martin and her husband, Steve, have been married for 41 years. Along with their son Ross, they also have a daughter, Lori. Ross and Leigh Ann have three children -- Addison, Lucy and Maggie. She is an active member of Gum Lick Christian Church in Liberty, Ky., where her husband is a minister.
Dan Antle ’71 - Distinguished Service Award
Adair County native Dan Antle has been a part of Lindsey Wilson College since his days attending the Lindsey Wilson training school as a boy. Antle graduated from LWC with an associate of arts degree in 1971. Some of his fondest memories from his time at LWC are of the great teachers he had and the students he met from other parts of the United States. After graduating from LWC, Antle earned a bachelor of science in business management from Western Kentucky University. Antle is the owner of Reed Brothers Insurance Agency. The company has five locations across the state of Kentucky. He was a licensed real estate broker and a certified real estate appraiser prior to entering the insurance business in 1984. Antle currently serves on the Lindsey Wilson College Board of Trustees and for many years served on the local fund raising committee. He is a member of numerous organizations and past Chairman of the Columbia-Adair County Industrial Authority. Antle’s wife, Patti Sparks Antle, was a teacher at Lindsey Wilson College prior to retiring from the public school system. They have three sons -- Daniel, Jordan and Benjamin, and three grandchildren. Antle is proud to accept the Distinguished Service Award because his mother, Mrs. Jean McLean ‘49 received the same award in 2013.
Andy Mann ’08 - Outstanding Young Alumnus Award
Most people spend their entire lives trying to uncover their true passion. But for Andy Mann, his life has been defined by his love for the arts, performing and singing. He spent the greater part of his youth performing in community theatre around southcentral Kentucky. When Mann enrolled at LWC the college didn’t offer a degree in theatre. He joined the Lindsey Wilson Singers and worked with his advisors to design a multi-disciplinary degree that would combine his interests of the arts and communication. Mann graduated from Lindsey Wilson in 2008 just as the nation was heading into a recession. Experienced performers were finding it difficult to have full-time careers in the arts. Mann put his contract degree to work and entered into pharmaceutical sales specializing in oncology and rheumatology. He was soon promoted to operations manager and developed a successful generic oncology sales team. He now works for Nashville based HealthTrust which is part of the HCA family where he is responsible for the contracts of more than 1,600 hospital groups. Mann met his wife, Tiffany Cloud ’04 Mann at LWC and they have been married for 11 years. They live in Nashville, Tenn., with their two sons, August and Abram. He is actively involved with many charities through HCA’s Caring for the Community programs. He also spends time volunteering with the Alzheimer’s Association of Middle Tennessee, Luke 14:12 Soup Kitchen and he enjoys helping out at his boys’ elementary schools. Andy still gets the chance to perform. He is a member of the Providence United Methodist Church praise band in Mt. Juliet, Tenn., and he fulfilled a lifelong dream when he sang at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville in 2016.
John Howery - Honorary Alumnus Award
As one of the longest-serving professors at Lindsey Wilson College, Associate Professor of Business John Howery is a respected member of the college’s faculty. Howery came to LWC in 1990 and has served on several academic committees and councils. Along with his regular teaching schedule on the A.P. White campus, Howery has also taught students at LWC’s campus in Scottsville, Ky. Howery is an active member of the Lindsey Wilson community, providing support for several new initiatives and programs. In the 1990s, Howery coordinated the LWC prison program taking LWC classes to inmates in the local prison system. He helped to restart the LWC baseball program by serving as an assistant coach from 1990-93 and he currently serves as an instructor in Lindsey Wilson’s online business administration program. Howery has personified the mission of LWC with a tireless dedication to generations of Lindsey Wilson students. He has hosted several international students through LWC host family program. He is a regular supporter of the college theatre, music and athletic programs. And he has represented the college by participating with the Columbia-Adair County Chamber of Commerce. Howery earned a bachelor’s degree and an MBA from Bellarmine University. His wedding to his wife, Sandy, was the first wedding performed in the John B. Begley Chapel 20 years ago. It was officiated by Dr. John B. Begley. The couple has three children: Paul, Jennifer and Sara, and nine grandchildren.