KU to honor 74 high school seniors from Cherokee, Crawford counties
LAWRENCE — Students from 10 Kansas high schools will be honored Feb. 1 by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment.
A total of 77 seniors from high schools in Cherokee and Crawford counties will be recognized for their academic achievements and named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 6:30 p.m. dinner and program at Pittsburg State University, Overman Student Center, 1701 South Broadway, Pittsburg.
Since 1971, the Kansas Honors Program has recognized more than 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.
Lisa Pinamonti Kress, director of admissions at KU, 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. Nancy Scott and Michael Brewer, of Pittsburg, are the site coordinators. Rodney and Karen Odgers, of Pittsburg, are the coordinators for Cherokee and Crawford counties.
The Kansas Honors Program is made possible by KU Endowment and proceeds from the Jayhawk license plate program. The Class of 2016 scholars:
Cherokee
Baxter Springs High School
Brennan Cummings - Baxter Springs
Justin Jones - Baxter Springs
Brennan Kipp - Baxter Springs
Mallory Maryman - Baxter Springs
Kayla Spence - Baxter Springs
David Street - Baxter Springs
Hanna White - Baxter Springs
Columbus Unified High School
Tyler Babbitt - Columbus
Shalaina Conner - Chetopa
Kennedee French - Columbus
Ashlee Lacen - Columbus
Jacob Langerot - Columbus
Jace McDown - Columbus
Trey Robinson - Columbus
Hope Touchton - Galena
Galena High School
Marlena Cantrell - Galena
Ethan Frazier - Joplin
Madelyn Goodwin - Baxter Springs
Kaleb Hulsey - Baxter Springs
Allie Steele - Galena
Macey VanCleave - Galena
Riverton High School
Kenzie Blankenship - Galena
Kassidy May - Baxter Springs
Kaleb McCoy - Baxter Springs
Angela McMaster - Joplin
Allyson Whitehead - Quapaw
Macy Williams - Riverton
Crawford
Frontenac High School
Audrey Dainty - Pittsburg
Kennedi Fields - Frontenac
Shania Majors - Frontenac
Mercedes Smalley - Frontenac
Emily Snider - Pittsburg
Dawn Terrill - Pittsburg
Girard High School
Laike Damman - Girard
Ethan George - Hepler
Samantha Guy - Walnut
Madison Hey - Girard
Morgan Houk - Girard
Katy Pitts - Girard
Jennifer Sooter - Girard
Allison Tucker - Girard
Jonathan Zimmerman - McCune
Northeast High School
Michaela Bedene - Arma
Andrew Mills - Arma
Travinn Oliver - Arma
Jessica Zamora - Arma
Pittsburg High School
Allison Baden - Pittsburg
Samantha Bollinger - Pittsburg
Derek Brumbaugh - Pittsburg
Devon Coulter - Pittsburg
Kailey Curtis - Pittsburg
Ailie Foresman - Pittsburg
Shelbi Heikes - Pittsburg
Amanda Hoffman - Pittsburg
Will Jewett - Pittsburg
Joshua Lee - Pittsburg
Erik McCloskey - Pittsburg
William Mengarelli - Pittsburg
Morgan Plank - Pittsburg
Reyna Valenzuela - Arma
Madison Weidert - Pittsburg
Jared Wilde - Pittsburg
Dillon Williams - Pittsburg
Southeast High School
Zoey Ball - Scammon
Erin Horgan - Weir
Adam Martinie - McCune
Camrin Sellers - Pittsburg
Bryson Spahn - Weir
Olivia Sullivan - Weir
Caleb Thompson - Pittsburg
St. Mary's Colgan High School
Haydn Dawson - Pittsburg
Sawyer Esch - Pittsburg
Jacob Fleming - Pittsburg
Connor O'Brien - Pittsburg.