Tony “T.J.” Eaves, a rising Western Carolina University senior from Hamlet, recently was elected 2011-12 WCU student body president.

Eaves previously served as chief justice of WCU’s Student Government Association supreme court. Eaves is pursuing a degree in business administration and law, and is a member of Mortar Board Honor Society.

He is the son of Tony and Tina Eaves and a 2008 graduate of Richmond Senior High School. As SGA president, Eaves serves as an ex-officio member of the WCU Board of Trustees.