Paige Sadé Fennell of Columbia has received a prestigious 2009 James Madison Fellowship, awarded to graduating seniors and graduate students, who intend to become secondary- school teachers of American history, American government, or social studies.

Fennell is a South Carolina Honors College senior majoring in history and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She is the daughter of Gloria and Donald Cho of Columbia and a graduate of Richland Northeast High School.

Fennell is a South Carolina Palmetto fellow and a South Carolina Teaching fellow and holds memberships in Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Minority Assistance Peer Program (MAPP), and Minority Honors Student Union. She also is a Ronald E. McNair scholar and a Magellan scholar.