KU to honor 87 high school seniors from 4 North Central Kansas counties
LAWRENCE — Students from 13 Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Oct. 8, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment.
A total of 87 seniors from high schools in Ellsworth, Lincoln, Ottawa and Saline counties will be recognized for their academic achievements and named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 6:30 p.m. dinner and program at the Salina Country Club, 2101 East Country Club Road, Salina.
Since 1971, the Kansas Honors Program has recognized over 125,000 scholars who rank in the top 10 percent of their high school senior classes and are selected regardless of occupational plans or higher-education goals. Each year, the KU Alumni Association and its volunteers host 36 programs that reach all 105 counties across the state and include approximately 360 high schools.
During the ceremony, each student will receive a Webster’s New College Dictionary and a commemorative certificate.
Steven Hawley, physics & astronomy professor at the University of Kansas and former NASA astronaut, will speak to the students and their parents and guests.
Honored students will be guests of the alumni association and KU Endowment; parents and area alumni are welcome to attend at a cost of $15 each.
Community volunteers collect reservations, coordinate details and serve as local contacts for the event. Peter & Sara Johnston, of Salina, are the site coordinators. Jim and Joyce Trower, of Salina, are the Saline County coordinators. Dr. G. Derril Gwinner, of Ellsworth, is the Ellsworth County coordinator. Bob and Sharron Hamilton, of Salina, are the Lincoln and Ottawa County coordinators.
The Kansas Honors Program is made possible by KU Endowment and proceeds from the Jayhawk license plate program. The Class of 2015 scholars:
Ellsworth
Ellsworth High School
Shannon Keith - Ellsworth
Mika Ptacek - Brookville
Nathaniel Trapp - Ellsworth
Wilson High School
Isabel Kriley - Wilson
Lincoln
Lincoln High School
Devon Andersen - Lincoln
Kaitlyn Mahin - Lincoln
Breanna Meier - Lincoln
Sylvan-Lucas Unified High School
John Augustine - Sylvan Grove
Ottawa
Bennington High School
Jude Depperschmidt - Salina
Jenna Gantenbein - Bennington
Dustin Stanley - Bennington
Minneapolis High School
Kynedi Allison - Delphos
Jeff Austin - Minneapolis
Colton Baker - Minneapolis
John Kelly - Minneapolis
Lane Nichols - Minneapolis
Tescott High School
George Torres - Culver
Saline
Ell-Saline High School
Emma Drees - Brookville
Collyn Fouard - Brookville
Evan Morrical - Tescott
Alleigh Weems - Salina
Monica Wolf - Salina
Sacred Heart High School
Spencer Roberts - Salina
Emily Sanders - Salina
Kate Schieferecke - Bennington
Gib Schuessler - Salina
Salina Central High School
Eli Berner - Salina
Marysa Bradshaw - Salina
Alycia Buchanan - Salina
Mary Crumpton - Salina
Eliot Cusick - Salina
Candy Dao - Salina
Grant DeMars - Salina
Bailey Driver - Salina
Riley Gates - Salina
Morgan Hauserman - Salina
Zane Heigele - Salina
Corbin Hotz - Salina
Adriana Jasso - Salina
Shaw Laska - Salina
Madison Livengood - Salina
Connor Martens - Salina
Eryn Miller - Salina
Riley Miller - Salina
Parker Montgomery - Bennington
Hannah Schroeder - Salina
Nicholas Shaffer - Salina
Sydney Sollars - Salina
Daniel Villarreal Acha - Salina
Jack Weiner - Salina
Salina South High School
Shaylee Arpin - Salina
Rory Bowell - Salina
Tiffany Bowers - Salina
Melissa Cairns - Salina
Pierce Carey - Salina
Sophia Darnell - Salina
Tasha Deiser - Salina
Liliana Escobedo - Salina
Jonathan Flores - Salina
Michelle Franco - Salina
Logan Frost - Salina
Tristan Irish - Salina
Ezekiel Kaszycki - Solomon
Brooke Keller - Salina
Timothy Kroeker - Salina
Melissa Mahoney - Salina
Mia McDaniel - Salina
Denise Nunemaker - Salina
Alexys Peppers - Salina
Alison Rassette - Salina
Collin Salmans - Salina
Brady Shirk - Salina
Caitlyn Sterrett - Salina
Michael Stueve - Salina
Colin Truhe - Salina
Rachael Turner - Salina
Trey Turner - Salina
Bailey Waters - Salina
Southeast of Saline High School
Brian Eddings - Gypsum
Linzy Kaniper - Gypsum
Brooklyn McElderry - Gypsum
Aidan Murray - Salina
Paige Nurnberg - Assaria
Hannah Puetz - Salina
Daniel Sparacino - Salina
St. John's Military School
YiXiu Li - Salina
YiDn Wu - Salina.