Kimball High School's guidance counselor Chauncey Pedersen receives 2016 Nebraska State College System Counseling Excellence Award

The Nebraska State College System (NSCS) has named Chauncey Pedersen the 2016 NSCS Counseling Excellence Award recipient. Pedersen, who has been the guidance counselor at Kimball Jr/Sr High School since 2008, also spends time coaching girls' basketball at Kimball. Pedersen worked at Mitchell, Neb. as an elementary teacher and coach for football and girls' basketball prior to taking the counseling position at Kimball.

The Counseling Excellence Award was created to honor high school guidance counselors for exemplary service and commitment to students. Students at Chadron, Peru and Wayne State Co...