KU to honor 137 seniors from Douglas, Jefferson county high schools

LAWRENCE - Students from 12 Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Sept. 30, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment.

A total of 137 seniors from high schools in Douglas and Jefferson counties will be recognized for their academic achievements and named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 7 p.m. program and reception in the Kansas Union’s Woodruff Auditorium.

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.

Barbara Ballard, associate director for outreach & civic engagement for the Dole Institute of Politics, will speak to the students and their parents and guests.

Community volunteers collect reservations, coordinate details and serve as local contacts for the event. Teresa Dillon and Keith Wood, of Lawrence, are coordinators for Douglas County. Julie Hamel, of Lawrence, is the coordinator for Jefferson County.

The Kansas Honors Program is made possible by KU Endowment and proceeds from the Jayhawk license plate program. The Class of 2016 scholars:

Douglas
 
Baldwin High School
Natalie Bostwick - Baldwin City
Phillip Carroll - Lawrence
Lily Fursman - Baldwin City
Hollie Hutton - Baldwin City
Jake Katzer - Wellsville
Joel Katzer - Wellsville
Megann Lawrenz - Baldwin City
Brendan Owings - Baldwin City
Fayth Peterson - Baldwin City
 
Bishop Seabury Academy
Taylor Hodge - Lawrence
Christina Im - Lawrence
Noah Yoshida - Lawrence
 
Eudora High School
Sydney Coleman - Eudora
Kristi Daigh - Eudora
Mason Fawcett - Eudora
Tucker Gabriel - Eudora
Abigail Jackson - Eudora
Molly James - Eudora
Griffin Katzenmeier - Eudora
Elizabeth Kendall - Eudora
Mindy McClaskey - Eudora
Jayce McQueen - Eudora
Julia McQueen - Eudora
Baron Miller - Eudora
Maria Wellman - Eudora
Corrinne Yoder-Mulkey - Eudora
 
Free State High School
Haley Boden - Lawrence
Maame Britwum - Lawrence
Cali Bryn - Lawrence
Tucker Click - Lawrence
Bradley Collicot - Lawrence
Michael Corbett - Lawrence
Christina Craig - Lawrence
Caitlin Dodd - Lawrence
Matthew Eagle - Lawrence
Joshua Eisenhauer - Lawrence
Angela Gao - Lawrence
Sydney Gard - Lawrence
Adam Goertz - Lawrence
Hala Hamid - Lawrence
Callie Hicks - Lawrence
Nathaniel Hoopes - Lawrence
Ethan Kallenberger - Lawrence
Victoria Karlin - Lawrence
Cole Kissinger - Lawrence
Prerona Kundu - Lawrence
Liying Liu - Lawrence
Thor Lyche - Lawrence
Fiona Mcallister - Lawrence
Annalise McCurdy - Lawrence
Sidney Miller - Lawrence
Nikki Myers - Mclouth
Natalie Rios - Lawrence
Shimon Rosenblum - Lawrence
Claire Sanner - Lawrence
Mika Schrader - Lawrence
Trenna Soderling - Lawrence
Samantha Travis - Lawrence
Jessica Vanahill - Lawrence
Rachel Walters - Lawrence
James Wensel - Lawrence
Di Xie - Lawrence
Sidney Zavala - Lawrence
 
Lawrence High School
Emily Alt - Lawrence
Ashley Ammann - Lawrence
Caroline Baloga - Lawrence
Andrew Bell - Lawrence
Emma Bentzinger - Lawrence
Laura Berghout - Lawrence
Kai Blosser - Lawrence
Frederick Brou - Lawrence
Destinee Bush - Lawrence
Amanda Coatney - Lawrence
Miranda Doores - Lawrence
Joaquin Dorado Mariscal - Lawrence
Meghan Fletcher - Lawrence
Mia Franklin - Lawrence
Sophia Gilbert Smith - Lawrence
Elizabeth Godinez - Lawrence
Kenneth Jossie - Pomona
Kari Karnes - Lawrence
Nicolasa Kenney - Lawrence
Parker Kirkpatrick - Lawrence
Tiona Lenhardt - Lawrence
Jalon Lewis - Lawrence
Colton Lovelace - Lawrence
Samantha Mills - Lawrence
Tori Mitchell - Lawrence
Price Morgan - Lawrence
Jaycee Mountain - Lawrence
Warren Parnell - Lawrence
Stefan Petrovic - Lawrence
Kaitlyn Preut - Lawrence
Elise Ruhlman - Lawrence
Mackenna Russell - Lawrence
Amanda Ryan - Lawrence
Isabelle Schmidtberger - Lawrence
Lauren Schulteis - Lawrence
Daniel Tomkins - Lawrence
Adam Weir - Lawrence
 
Veritas Christian School
Grace Brazell - Baldwin City
Caitlin Breuer - Tonganoxie
Katelyn Eveleth - Mclouth
Isaiah Garrett - Lawrence
Alex Tharp - Lawrence
 
Jefferson
 
Jefferson County North High School
Jeremy Larson - Nortonville
Savannah Parkey - Nortonville
Amanda Wistuba - Winchester
 
Jefferson West High School
James Bevitt - Meriden
Jordan Biggs - Ozawkie
Makayla Greene - Meriden
Jacob Korb - Valley Falls 
Chord Livingston - Meriden
Hannah Magathan - Meriden
Kyra Miller - Valley Falls 
Andrew Myers - Ozawkie
Gabe Orndorff - Meriden
Tana Pearson - Meriden
Nathaniel Schmidt - Meriden
 
McLouth High School
Tristan Funk - Oskaloosa
Shannon Greene - Mclouth
Rebecca Nowlan - Mclouth
 
Oskaloosa High School
Tegan Bowers - Oskaloosa
Austin Coughlin - Oskaloosa
Savannah Henricks-Ayres - Ozawkie
Dalton VanHoutan - Oskaloosa
 
Perry-Lecompton High School
Sara Boyden - Perry
Jameson Brehm - Perry
Morgan Eggenberger - Topeka
Bjorn Funk - Lecompton
Anna Guess - Lawrence
Brio Ratzlaff - Perry
Joshua Schmidt - Lecompton
 
Valley Falls High School
Brylee Coleman - Valley Falls
Collin Edwards - Valley Falls
Conner Gast - Valley Falls
Macee Jepson - Valley Falls.