KU to honor 66 high school seniors from six Southwest Kansas counties
LAWRENCE — Students from 10 Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Nov. 5, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment.
A total of 66 seniors from high schools in Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton and Stevens counties will be recognized for their academic achievements and named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 7 p.m. dinner and program at the Seward County Community College Student Union, 1801 N. Kansas, Liberal.
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.
Howard Graham, associate director for academic programs in the Office of First-Year Experience 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. Al and Donna Shank, of Liberal, are the site coordinators. Nathan McCaffey, of Liberal, is coordinator for Morton and Seward counties. Kevin and Catherine Moyer, of Ulysses, are coordinators for Grant and Stanton counties. Jackie and Sterling Hall, of Sublette, are the Haskell County coordinators. Erick and Debbie Nordling, of Hugoton, are the Stevens County coordinators.
The Kansas Honors Program is made possible by KU Endowment and proceeds from the Jayhawk license plate program. The Class of 2015 scholars:
Grant
Ulysses High School
Cesar Aparicio - Ulysses
Tori Billings - Ulysses
Kristen Calderwood - Ulysses
Kyann Eslick - Ulysses
Nick Feezor - Ulysses
Kyra Hagerman - Ulysses
Jordan Howard - Ulysses
Rebecca Krom - Ulysses
Adanari Lopez - Ulysses
April Peters - Ulysses
Kurtis Rodriguez - Ulysses
Haskell
Satanta High School
Austin Brown - Copeland
Luke Stalker - Satanta
Sublette High School
Jayden Garetson - Sublette
CeAnn Greeson - Sublette
Andrew Lower - Sublette
Sam Massey - Satanta
Morton
Elkhart High School
Israel Barco - Elkhart
Preston Bashford - Richfield
Keyah Richardson - Elkhart
Rolla High School
Chandler Huddleston - Rolla
Katie Murray - Rolla
Seward
Liberal High School
Star Bayer - Liberal
Clayton Benson - Liberal
Megan Besecker - Liberal
Robert Buchanan - Liberal
Vanessa Diaz De Leon - Liberal
Hernan Dominguez - Liberal
Jhoselin Dominguez - Liberal
Diana Fraire - Liberal
Monica Garcia Espitia - Liberal
Diana Gonzalez - Liberal
Jasmine Hernandez - Liberal
Katherine Hernandez - Liberal
Briana King - Liberal
Devin King - Liberal
Jorge Mendoza - Liberal
Caitlin Morgan - Liberal
Allyson Nondorf - Liberal
Adelina Parral - Liberal
Garrett Poulton - Liberal
Jessica Rodriguez - Liberal
Adan Rosales - Liberal
Alissa Stoddard - Liberal
Jerry Valdez - Liberal
Judy Valenzuela - Liberal
Nancy Varela - Liberal
Katherine Wehling - Liberal
Kyle Williams - Liberal
Southwestern Heights High School
Emily Jacobs - Plains
Ashton Lee - Plains
Austin Metcalf - Plains
Johnathon Rodriguez - Liberal
Jordan Scott - Liberal
Stanton
Stanton County High School
Jenna Black - Johnson
Hayley Floyd - Johnson
Nickolas Shironaka - Johnson
Stevens
Hugoton High School
Kristan Crawford - Hugoton
Taylor Fiss - Hugoton
Lauren Fox - Hugoton
Amanda Mills - Hugoton
Ana Peña - Hugoton
Kathryn Weaver - Hugoton
Sadie Wood - Hugoton
Kaitlyn Dobie - Moscow
Carley Hockett - Ulysses.