Colton Burbach and Ashlee Beatty have been named the February Lions of the Month by the Lions Club.
Colton Burbach is a senior at Chandler High School and in his second year of the computer networking technology program at Gordon Cooper Technology Center.
He plans to attend Rose State College, majoring in cyber security with a minor in vocal music, after he graduates.
Burbach is an active member of the Business Professionals of America and co-captain of his team, The Terrorbytes, in the CyberPatriot program at Gordon Copper. At Chandler High School, he has been involved in both archery and Music Makers. He played the role of Lurch in the CHS Drama Department’s “Addam’s Family Musical.”
Burbach is an All-State vocalist who has repeatedly scored “Superior” ratings at the OSSAA State Music Contest. He has been selected all four years of high school for the ECOCDA Honor Choir. He has also auditioned and was selected for the Oklahoma Arts Institute Chorus at Quartz Mountain.
Ashlee Beatty is the daughter of Jennifer and Ralph “Bo” Pryor and Danny Beatty, and has five siblings.
After graduation, Ashlee plans to attend the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) in the fall of 2024 and major in graphic design. She also plans to try out for the UCO mascot - Buddy the Bronco - and hopes to launch a career selling her own art.
Ashlee made the 2023 Superintendent’s Honor Roll, achieved Academic Excellence in Wildlife Management in 2023, and earned FFA Greenhand in 2020 and 2023.
She has also won OSSAA Sweepstakes in choir in 2022 and 2023 and All-American Mascot in 2023, for which she performed in the halftime show of the Citrus Bowl. Additional awards for mascot include the UCA Crowd Pleaser Award (2023), the Traditional Mascot Award (2023), the UCA Overall Spirit Award and various others.
She has participated in the Music Makers choir for two years, varsity cheer as mascot (Leo the Lion) for two years and FFA for four years.
Ashlee has been involved in and assisted with the Greenfield Girl Scout Day Camp, Stamp Out Starvation, Chandler Sweeps, FFA Chamber Banquet, CHS Alumni Banquet, FFA Bash for Cash, Chamber Crawfish Bowl, Hiland Dairy Ice Cream Festival, Lincoln County Relay for Life, DHS Christmas Adopt a Child, FFA Fall Plant Sale and Royanna’s Soup De Doup.