Belton Woman Honored 

At the fifteenth-annual Baylor Women’s Brunch of the Central Texas Baylor chapter earlier this year, Debbie Reese Potts ’74, MSEd ’75, was honored as the Distinguished Baylor Woman. Potts began teaching school in 1974, with stints in special education, journalism, and English, and as a guidance counselor. After additional study at the University of Texas Austin and the University of California San Diego, she became a licensed professional counselor. Since 2007, Potts has been employed by Chupik Counseling and Consulting. She was named one of six Incredible Adults for Bell County Campfire International in 2006 and an Outstanding Bell County Woman in 2008.

At Baylor, Potts was an officer in the Athenean Club, which became Kappa Kappa Gamma, and was one of the ten Outstanding Baylor Women her senior year.

She is Bible school director and a Sunday school teacher at First United Methodist Church of Belton. She and her husband, Neale ’74, JD ’75, have two children and one grandchild.