KU to honor 299 seniors from Johnson county high schools


LAWRENCE — Students from 10 Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Oct. 21, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment.

A total of 299 seniors from high schools in Johnson County will be recognized for their academic achievements and named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 7 p.m. program and reception at Spring Hill High School, 19701 S Ridgeview Road, Spring Hill.

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.

Rueben Perez, director of the Student Involvement & Leadership Center at The University of Kansas, will speak to the students and their parents and guests.

Community volunteers collect reservations, coordinate details and serve as local contacts for the event. Mark and Elaine Corder, of Olathe, serve as Johnson County coordinators. Elaine Vallejos, of Olathe, is the site coordinator and Johnson County Coordinator.

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

 

Johnson

 

Gardner Edgerton High School

Chase Abram - Gardner

Sydney Anderson - Gardner

Gage Bacon - Olathe

Nicholas Chorny - Gardner

Ethan Eccles - Gardner

Macey Elkinton - Gardner

Lori Fifield - Gardner  

Chelsie Gilner - Edgerton

Jenna Goetzmann - Gardner

Andrew Halverson - Gardner

Marianne Hansen - Gardner

Andrew Hubbard - Gardner

Faith Janssen - Gardner

Chase Johnson - Gardner

Bridget Kiosow - Gardner

Alyssa Koehler - Gardner

Abigail Lane - Gardner

Brady Maguire - Gardner

Jack Mills - Spring Hill

Joshua Muse - Gardner

Blair Pfeifer - Gardner

Conner Phillips - Gardner

Tyler Quigley - Gardner

Mariah Rollwagen - Gardner

David Shute - Gardner

Emily Smith - Gardner

Andrew Sprague - Gardner

Taylor Stewart - Gardner

Christopher Strick - Gardner

Allison Weber - Spring Hill

Alexa Wilden - Gardner

Thomas Wilkinson - Gardner

Emily Worth - Gardner

 

Heritage Christian Academy

Kaylee Barr - Olathe

Edith Earnshaw - Overland Park

Penny Miner - Olathe

 

Kansas School for the Deaf

Nathan Halterman - Overland Park

 

Olathe East High School

Mattie Bell - Olathe

Cory Bestwick - Olathe

Joseph Blair - Olathe

Erika Boohar - Overland Park

Logan Brockschmidt - Olathe

Alexa Buechler - Overland Park

Lauren Bush - Overland Park

Yulissa Cantero - Olathe

Deanie Chen - Overland Park

Annie Colwell - Overland Park

Julian Cooley - Overland Park

Jacob DeJong - Olathe

Avery Don - Overland Park

Braden Fain - Lenexa

Ruchi Goyal - Overland Park

Kaylen Gurwell - Lenexa

Cole Heier - Overland Park

Joshua Hernandez - Olathe

Kaitlyn Howard - Overland Park

Scott Johns - Overland Park

Grant Johnson - Overland Park

Jeremy Kabler - Olathe

Julia Kappelman - Olathe

Trent Kempker - Olathe

Jenna Kor - Olathe

Brendan Langmack - Olathe

Rikki Li - Olathe

Jenna Lillian - Overland Park

Selina Liu - Overland Park

Shannon McLeroy - Overland Park

Jordan Meier - Olathe

Michael Meier - Olathe

Hilary Moser - Overland Park

Matthew Mowry - Olathe

Joshua Ng - Overland Park

Samuel Pepper - Olathe

Halina Pinkston - Overland Park

Carlie Rakkaew - Overland Park

Wade Rance - Overland Park

Ryley Schools - Olathe

Emily Schukai - Overland Park

Emily Shehi - Olathe

Katelyn Struckle - Olathe

Bailey Thompson - Olathe

Amy To - Overland Park

Sabrina Ton - Olathe

Emily Tucker - Overland Park

Alden Vogel - Overland Park

Haley Wagner - Overland Park

Mitchell Walden - Overland Park

William Willson - Olathe

Brian Xu - Overland Park

Elise Zissman - Overland Park

 

Olathe North High School

Chale Abad - Olathe

Daniel Baker - Olathe

Derek Barnes - Olathe

Roshan Bisarya - Overland Park

Elsie Buhl - Olathe

Adeline Chang - Olathe

Disha Dasgupta - Olathe

Darshika Desai - Overland Park

Jansher Dhillon - Olathe

Alexis Echols - Olathe

Lauren Farmer - Olathe

Christopher Fenton - Overland Park

Abigail Friesen - Olathe

Hannah Fuhlhage - Olathe

Peter Georgiou - Olathe

Hannah Greer - Olathe

Sahiba Grover - Lenexa

Alisha Gupta - Overland Park

Hannah Habiger - Olathe

Rachel Hanlin - Olathe

Sarah Hines - Olathe

Brooke Hogan - Olathe

Rachel Hogan - Olathe

Stephen Holbert - Olathe

Isabel Horosz - Olathe

Alexander Jackson - Olathe

Alexander Johnson - Olathe

Anna Johnson - Olathe

Griffin Karr - Olathe

Katrina Kinzel - Overland Park

Ty Lawson - Olathe

David Lie Tjauw - Olathe

Phoebe Markley - Overland Park

Miles McKaig - Olathe

Rachel Mickey - Olathe

Alexis Moddesette - Olathe

Mikaela Moore - Olathe

Melia Ortiz - Olathe

Maria Paramo Perez - Olathe

Leah Peterson - Olathe

Robyn Peterson - Olathe

Douglas Porter - Olathe

Kalei Porter - Olathe

Hannah Rardin - Olathe

Julissa Razo Bravo - Olathe

Katie Sale - Olathe

Maggie Schroeder - Olathe

Erik Schuette - Olathe

Connor Seacat - Olathe

Abby Sebol - Olathe

Shannon Tho - Olathe

Ashton Thomas - Olathe

Savannah Wilkins - Olathe

Triton Wolfe - Olathe

Clare Yurchak - Olathe

Reilly Zink - Olathe

 

Olathe Northwest High School

Taylor Badowski - Lenexa

Melody Baker - Olathe

Connor Bickford - Olathe

Ashley Bogdan - Olathe

Clayton Borrows - Olathe

Saraya Bragg - Olathe

Carter Brasel - Overland Park

Alexandra Carroll - Olathe

Amber Chadwick - Olathe

Anna Christenson - Lenexa

Aaron Clark - Olathe

Kaylor Cruz - Olathe

Conner Ensign - Olathe

Samuel Fruth - Olathe

Cecelia Grove - Olathe

Weston Harder - Olathe

Patrick Hoback - Olathe

Noah Imel - Overland Park

Paige Jewell - Olathe

Hayden Kovarik - Olathe

Taylor Krakar - Olathe

Namita Kulkarni - Overland Park

Amanda Little - Olathe

Matthew McDonell - Olathe

Ryan McIlvaine - Olathe

Lawrence Meier - Olathe

Steven Meis - Olathe

Abigail Murray - Olathe

Connor Neil - Olathe

John Pace - Olathe

Aswini Patro - Olathe

Jeffrey Payne - Olathe

Danielle Perales - Olathe

Jack Perkins - Olathe

Jessica Richards - Olathe

Nicolas Rodriguez - Olathe

Jesse Rose - Olathe

Sara Sammur - Olathe

Brandon Shaver - Olathe

Heather Smith - Olathe

Isabelle Smith - Olathe

Robert Steele - Lenexa

Carly Stroup - Lenexa

Ashley Sutphin - Olathe

Hannah Wexler - Lenexa

Tatianna Wilson - Olathe

 

Olathe South High School

April Berry - Olathe

Lilly Bruington - Olathe

Camella Carlson - Olathe

Max Carnes - Olathe

Mariah Case - Olathe

Alice Collins - Olathe

Troy Curfman - Olathe

Kathryn Dorrell - Olathe

Ashton Edwards - Olathe

Kylie Elliott - Olathe

Carley Eschliman - Olathe

Alexandra Francis - Olathe

Sarah Gabel - Olathe

Nathaniel Helgeson - Olathe

Alyssa Hoedl - Olathe

Heather Jackson - Olathe

Bailey Kleinschmit - Olathe

Alex Kunz - Olathe

Holden Leweke - Olathe

Ruiqi Li - Olathe

Mitchell Liermann - Olathe

Henry Lobaugh - Olathe

Zoe Matje - Olathe

William McBride - Olathe

Liam McMullin - Olathe

Sebastian Menez - Olathe

Jeremy Morris - Olathe

Megan Myers - Olathe

Dakota Okwuone - Olathe

Rachel Pierson - Olathe

Cole Robertson - Olathe

Kyle Robinson - Lenexa

Natalie Robinson - Olathe

Taylor Schoep - Olathe

Catherine Serwatka - Olathe

Reagan Sheffield - Olathe

Mitchell Slavik - Olathe

Mikayla Smith - Olathe

Alyson Spencer-Stewart - Olathe

Philip Sperling - Olathe

Kayla Staley - Olathe

Rachel-Anne Stupp - Olathe

Luke Wardle - Olathe

Abigail Weber - Olathe

Benjamin Williams - Olathe

Avonel Willis - Olathe

Steven Wu - Olathe

Ian Yake - Olathe

Kyle Yake - Olathe

 

Spring Hill High School

Parker Allred - Overland Park

Rebekah Anderson - Spring Hill

Ellisa Bragaw - Olathe

Moira Frakes - Olathe

Carver Gerstberger - Spring Hill

Alyssa Hannon - Olathe

Jamie Hoffman - Spring Hill

Makayla Kosberg - Spring Hill

Rachel Letellier - Spring Hill

Colin McCormick - Olathe

Sydnee Mounce - Olathe

Andrea Oursler - Olathe

Lauren Pope - Spring Hill

Robert Sherman - Spring Hill

Emily Simmons - Spring Hill

Kylie Sprague - Spring Hill

 

St. James Academy

Jeffrey Berning - Lenexa

Alexander Brisimitzakis - Olathe

Alison Burke - Shawnee

Quinn Cashion - Shawnee

Molly Devine - Lenexa

Alanna Dierking - Shawnee

Taylor Duff - Lenexa

Audriana Fitzmorris - Overland Park

Lauren Gothard - DeSoto

Madilyn Gothard - DeSoto

Kathryn Kearney - Olathe

Lillian Luther - Shawnee

Makensie Marten - Shawnee

Daniel Mauro - Overland Park

Mackenzie Nielsen - Overland Park

Anthony Pham - Overland Park

Grace Schippers - Olathe

Greta Schnake - Olathe

Renee Setter - Lenexa

 

St. Thomas Aquinas High School

Claire Commodore - Overland Park

Addison Denning - Overland Park

Haley Dietsch - Shawnee

Grant Elias - Overland Park

Emily Everhart - Olathe

Daniel Fortino - Olathe

Daniel Goza - Overland Park

Ryan Grawe - Leawood

Elizabeth Heit - Overland Park

Grace Hernandez - Olathe

Kelsey Hillyer - Shawnee

Patrick Lacy - Overland Park

Andrew Lavery - Lenexa

John Lind - Lenexa

Matthew Malir - Lenexa

Abigail McCormick - Shawnee

Brooke Penn - Overland Park

Daniel Petracek - Olathe

Rachel Speckin - Overland Park

Alexandra Stukel - Leawood

Annie Washburn - Overland Park

Zachary Winterman - Overland Park

Mikaela Wynne - Kansas City.

 

Fri, 10/09/2015

author

Jennifer Sanner

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