Anthony Coggins of Jenkins County High School was among nearly 200 outstanding high school seniors who recently attended Georgia Southern University's second annual Southern Leadership Excellence Academics and Dedication (LEAD) Conference at its main campus in Statesboro.

The keynote speaker was Chris Clark, executive director of the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority and a 1992 alumnus of Georgia Southern University. The theme of his speech was servant leadership.

To be invited to the Southern LEAD Conference, students must score a minimum of 1100 on the SAT, earn a 3.0 grade point average in high school and have experience in leadership and involvement through extracurricular and volunteer experience.