Cadet Shanna Marie Couch of Edwardsville, Kan., was recently honored for outstanding academic achievement at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, during the fall semester of the 2011-2012 academic year.

   Couch earned one of the college's top academic honors, a Gold Star.

   Gold Stars are presented to students who achieve a 3.7 grade point average or higher during a semester's course work. In addition, Couch also will be placed on the Dean's List, a recognition that is given to those cadets and active duty military students whose grade point ratio is 3.2 or higher with no grade below a C for the previous semester's work.

   Couch is seeking a bachelor's degree is physical education.

   Gold Star and Dean's List students will be recognized during The Citadel's Jan. 27 military dress parade.

   The Citadel, founded in 1842, is a public, coeducational military college in Charleston, S.C., that offers a classic military education for young men and women seeking a college experience.