Trinity’s 29th Lincoln Laureate Recipient Announced: David (Woody) Lucas ’15
David “Woody” Lucas ’15 of Hobart, Indiana, has been named Trinity’s 29th Lincoln Laureate by the Lincoln Academy of Illinois. He was honored at the annual Student Laureate Convocation in Springfield, Illinois, on November 1.
The Lincoln Academy’s Student Laureate Awards are presented for excellence in curricular and extracurricular activities to seniors from each of the state’s four-year, degree-granting colleges and universities, and one student from among the community colleges in Illinois.
Lucas, an exercise science major, said the variety of courses offered at Trinity has allowed him to engage in many types of classes. In addition, he said his interactions with professors have been formational.
“The professors at Trinity are wonderful,” said Lucas. “They have done an excellent job of both challenging and encouraging me throughout my coursework.”
The close-knit community is what first drew Lucas to Trinity as a transfer student, and it has allowed him to grow as a student and as a Christian. He views the many opportunities to be involved as blessings.
Lucas has participated in residence life, chapel worship, residence worship, and men’s soccer, and he found his two-year role as a residence assistant to be life changing. He has also been involved in the Exercise Science Club and Love Palos event.
“The reason I’ve chosen to be involved in my time at Trinity is because I believe that it is what God has called me to,” said Lucas.
Trinity Christian College Lincoln Laureates
2014 – David (Woody) Lucas
2013 – Megan Anderson
2012 – Adam Perez
2011 – Alberto LaRosa
2010 – Joseph Wydra
2009 – Jon Vander Woude
2008 – Caitlin Fillmore
2007 – Elizabeth VanderSpek
2006 – Allison Backous
2005 – Erin Marshalek
2004 – Rachel Van Oort
2003 – Yvana Hansen
2002 – Evan VanderZee
2001 – Nate Bosch
2000 – Laurie Johnson
1999 – Hanna Vancer Zee
1998 – Kristen Devine
1997 – Heidi Boeck
1996 – Julie Tinklenberg
1995 – Keri Dyksterhouse
1994 – Mark Mulder
1993 – Kristen Hart
1992 – Sarah Ver Velde
1991 – Aron Reppmann
1990 – Nathan Van Der Male
1989 – Drew Sweetman
1988 – Erik Hoekstra
1987 – Kimberly Dykema
1986 – Edward Wiener, Jr.