KU to honor 66 high school seniors from six Southwest Kansas counties


Wed, 10/22/2014

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Jennifer Jackson Sanner

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.

Wed, 10/22/2014

author

Jennifer Jackson Sanner

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