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Mattie Dee Spiers
Please join us in celebrating this year’s Terrific Teens! These top-performing students from across the three coastal counties exemplify what it means to
go above and beyond, whether it be in athletics, academics, extracurriculars, or philanthropy. We can’t wait to see what the future holds for these amazing students and all those who were nominated!
Mattie Dee Spiers.............................. 82 Jimmil C. Taylor................................83 Gabrielle Rizk .................................... 83 Colton Muraco...................................84 Alicia Joy Young.................................84 Matthew Church................................ 85 Emma Roth ........................................ 85 Emmah Gehlsen ................................ 86 Hayden Grenn....................................86 Katy Lou Geiser ................................ 87 Taniyah Lewis....................................87
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Biloxi
High School
Sophomore
Mattie Dee
Spiers has spent
her high school
academic
career staying
busy and
focused. She’s
the student
council
president and
class favorite, in
the beta club, a
member of two
homecoming
courts, a
Biloxi High
Dance team
member, and a
member of the
Ocean Springs
Cotillion, all
while maintaining an honor roll status.
photo courtesy of
Mattie Dee Spiers
She’s also a member of the NEXT
LEVEL Performing Arts Studio and spends up to five hours daily practicing and learning dance routines. She travels nationwide with the studio for various competitions and courses.
Her college plans include gaining a business degree. She eventually wants to join her family’s business, Knight-Abbey Commercial Printers in Biloxi, and help with further expanding it.
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