Former Cabot High School student David Phelps, a senior in civil engineering at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, recently received the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award at the 2014 Premier Awards, the top individual honors for scholarship, leadership and service at Alabama. The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award recognizes excellence of character and service to humanity. The award honors one man and one woman of the graduating class and one non-student who has been helpful to and associated with the University. Phelps, a senior civil engineering major, began the Tide Talks program to help student speakers spread ideas through the campus community … David Phelps has accepted a two-year position with Teach For America after his May 2014 graduation and will be teaching middle school math in Brooklyn, N.J., beginning this summer.