KU to honor 94 high school seniors from 4 North Central Kansas counties

LAWRENCE — Students from 13 Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Oct. 7, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment.

A total of 94 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.

Ken Audus, dean of the School of Pharmacy, 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. Kevin & Barbara Kennedy, of Ellsworth, are the Ellsworth County coordinators. 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 2016 scholars:

Ellsworth

Ellsworth High School

Whitney Bahr - Ellsworth 

Mara Cunningham - Ellsworth 

Emmy Kempke - Ellsworth 

Wilson High School

Heath Cox - Wilson

Ashlyn Weinhold - Wilson

Lincoln

Lincoln High School

Catherine Huskey - Lincoln

Zachary Walter - Lincoln

Ashley Wollesen - Lincoln

Sylvan-Lucas Unified High School

Courtney Batchman - Sylvan Grove

Ottawa

Bennington High School

Abby Jurgensmeier - Salina 

Kyler Mick - Minneapolis 

Madeline  Schmidt - Salina 

Olivia  Stewart - Bennington 

Minneapolis High School

Shay Allison - Minneapolis

Moriah Ausherman - Minneapolis

Nicole Forte - Minneapolis

Brik Thompson - Delphos

Eric Yoxall - Minneapolis

Tescott High School

Kaitlynn King - Tescott

Devon Lee - Tescott

Saline

Ell-Saline High School

Noah Bradley - Salina

Dakota Came - Salina

Riley Drees - Salina

Morgan Kindlesparger - Beverly

Morgan Parker - Salina

Catelyn Richards - Salina

Haley Thomason - Salina

Sacred Heart High School

Joshua Bergkamp - Salina

Zack Bieberly - Salina

Matthew Cavender - Salina

Ingrid Herrenbruck - Salina

Stephen Loader - Salina

Thomas Williams - Salina

Salina Central High School

Cortney Berndt - Salina

Travis Bigler - Salina

Garrett Campion - Salina

Makenzi Carlgren - Salina

Adrian Castelli - Salina

Grace Claman - Salina

Trey Cullins - Salina

Mary Freelove - Salina

Jetta Greene - Salina

Akiyaa Hagen-Depusoir - Salina

Jamie Hawley - Salina

Kiley Hemmy - Salina

Zachary Hilbig - Salina

Nash Johnson - Salina

Liam Jones - Salina

Sydney Kossow - Salina

Cole Leiker - Salina

Jacob McHenry - Salina

Reagan Montre - Salina

Sienna Poague - Salina

Ashley Sankey - Salina

Jackson Shetlar - Salina

Savanna Smith - Salina

Katherine Stanley-Lorson - Salina

Joshua Walters - Salina

Alexander Wilson - Salina

Lindsey Wood - Salina

Salina South High School

Alexcis Barnes - Salina

Matthew Berneking - Salina

Brendan Borcherding - Salina

Alea Burt - Salina

Hailey Chapman - Salina

Jonathan Coleman - Salina

Olivia Giroux - Salina

Trevor Hawk - Salina

Megan Henry - Salina

Briahnna Hultgren - Salina

Zachary Kaszycki - Solomon

Matthew Luber - Salina

Brandon Magazine - Salina

Jade McDaniel - Salina

Danielle Morton - Salina

Elizabeth Motter - Salina

Jessica Richards - Salina

Anthony Russ - Salina

Olivia Streit - Salina

Taylor Thompson - Salina

Jiaying Wang - Salina

James Warren - Salina

Jacob Yarochowicz - Salina

Ethan Zajac - Salina

Noah Zajac - Salina

Sarah Zajac - Salina

John-Ryan Zimmerman - Salina

Southeast of Saline High School

Ethan Hughes - Salina

Easton Montgomery - Salina

Erica Montgomery - Salina

Kylee Poague - Salina

Allison Stutterheim - Salina

St. John's Military School

JiaJi Liu

Jake Whitting - Glen Head.