KU to honor 83 high school seniors from 8 southwest Kansas counties

LAWRENCE — Students from 15 Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Sept. 28, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment.

A total of 83 seniors from high schools in Clark, Comanche, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Meade and Ness counties will be recognized for their academic achievements and named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 7 p.m. program and reception at Dodge City High School, 2201 W. Ross Boulevard, Dodge City.

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.

Mahesh Daas, dean of Architecture, Design & Planning, will speak to the students and their parents and guests.

Community volunteers collect reservations, coordinate details and serve as local contacts for the event. Carson Robinson, of Dodge City, is the site coordinator and also serves as the coordinator for Ford and Ness counties. Liz and Chris Ballard, of Haviland, are Comanche and Kiowa county coordinators. Richard Sorem, of Jetmore, is the Hodgeman County coordinator. Lynn Chance, of Fowler, is the Meade County coordinator.

The Kansas Honors Program is made possible by KU Endowment and proceeds from the Jayhawk license plate program. The Class of 2017 scholars are:

Clark County

Ashland High School
Alex Bratcher – Protection
Lezah Fox – Ashland

Comanche County

South Central High School
Garrett Girk – Protection
Jessica Kissel – Protection

Ford County

Bucklin High School
Sierra Collins – Bucklin

Dodge City High School
Abigail Argumedo Ortiz – Dodge City
Karla Arias-Ramos – Dodge City
Corbin Baldwin – Cimarron
Adrienne Bentley – Dodge City
Tia Bradshaw – Jetmore
Breanna Bui – Dodge City
Luz Isabel Cobian Lepe – Dodge City
Rebekah Crockett – Dodge City
Marin Dameron – Dodge City
Lucero Del Real – Dodge City
Saira Enriquez – Dodge City
Chloe Fischer – Wright
Alicia Guzman Soriano – Dodge City
Allison Hall – Dodge City
Paige Harding – Wright
Payson Hatfield – Dodge City
Anas Kashif – Dodge City
Nila Khan – Dodge City
Kelly Lara – Dodge City
Stacy Lara – Dodge City
Amber Laskowsky – Dodge City
Lisa Lim – Dodge City
Ronaldo Lopez – Dodge City
Arianna Macias Adame – Dodge City
Kaylyn Maple – Dodge City
Maria Martinez – Dodge City
Gabriella Mendoza – Dodge City
Aneth Morales Canales – Dodge City
Chiamaka Okoro – Dodge City
Arianna Ormord – Dodge City
Gustavo Ortiz – Dodge City
Alexandria Phelps – Dodge City
Call Rankin – Dodge City
Thane Reid – Dodge City
Zachary Ridgway – Dodge City
Annabella Rodriguez – Dodge City
Luke Royle – Dodge City
Aurora Sanchez – Dodge City
Maribel Sanchez Equihua – Dodge City
Hannah Sowers – Dodge City
Ngan Tran – Dodge City
Cara Unruh – Dodge City
Alexandra Valdivia Orozco – Dodge City
Francisco Villa – Dodge City
Matthew Vogel – Dodge City
Brier Whitaker – Dodge City

Spearville High School

Caleb Rich – Spearville
Kyler Stein – Spearville
Wyatt Strecker – Spearville

Gray County

Cimarron High School
Wyatt Bell – Cimarron
Audra Burns – Cimarron
Kayla Harter – Cimarron
Bernadette Shaughnessy – Cimarron
Joseph Stegman – Cimarron
Morgan Toothaker – Cimarron

Ingalls High School
Chambre Droste – Cimarron
Michaela Loewen – Ingalls

South Gray High School
Shelby Axtell – Montezuma
Jackson Miller – Montezuma
Lucas Skinner – Montezuma

Hodgeman County

Hodgeman County High School
Kyra Lampe – Jetmore
Mayson Seemann – Jetmore
Tayler Wade – Jetmore

Kiowa County

Kiowa County High School
Nicole Ballard – Haviland
Mackenzie Kendall – Greensburg
Morgan Powell – Greensburg

Meade County

Fowler High School
Lane Lundeen – Fowler

Meade High School
Jagger Borth – Meade
Brooke Reimer – Meade
Jaylin Stapleton – Meade

Ness County

Ness City High School
Alexis Clarke – Ness City
Wyatt Delaney – Ness City
Robert Wierman – Brownell

Western Plains High School
Rachel Cofer – Ransom