February 4, 2026
Crews Capps Named Prince 2026 STAR Student
Senior Crews Capps has been named the 2026 STAR Student for Prince Avenue Christian School after earning the highest SAT score in a single sitting among the senior class. Crews selected high school history teacher Karen Barrett as his STAR Teacher.
Crews is the son of Meradith and Brad Capps and has attended Prince for the past two years. He is a member of the National Honor Society, National Beta Club, Interact Club, and Thespian Club and received the Wolverine Academian Award for earning the highest grade point average in his class during his junior year. His academic honors also include being named a National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist, an AP Scholar, and a College Board National Recognition Program recipient. In addition, Crews was the 2025 GHSA AA Region and State Literary Champion in Extemporaneous Speaking.
At Prince, Crews has been actively involved as a high school Bible study leader, praise team media manager, and lighting designer and operator for the Fine Arts Department. He attends Prince Avenue Baptist Church, where he assists with food drives. Crews has also volunteered with Victory Train, a nonprofit organization in the Lake Oconee area that organizes and packs educational kits for local families with young children. Additionally, he has worked as a freelance journalist for a local magazine, where he has published nearly 30 articles.
Crews shared that he chose Mrs. Barrett as his STAR Teacher because of her unique ability to inspire students to love her subject area. “It takes a lot of planning and endless patience to motivate a room full of high schoolers to love learning about geography or government, but Mrs. Barrett does the impossible,” he said. Crews also praised Mrs. Barrett’s Christlike leadership and dedication to both her students and in the field of education.
Mrs. Barrett is currently in her 27th year of teaching, including eight years at Prince Avenue Christian School. She expressed her appreciation for teaching Crews over the past two years, stating, “Crews’s work is exceptional. He is engaged and engaging, and his character and example for his peers are admirable.”
Crews has not made a final college decision but is considering Auburn University, Clemson University, or the University of Georgia. He intends to pursue pre-dental studies with aspirations of a career in orthodontics.