KU to honor 192 seniors from Shawnee Mission high schools
LAWRENCE — Students from five Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Oct. 7, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment.
A total of 192 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 Shawnee Mission North High School, 7401 Johnson Drive, Overland Park.
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.
Mahesh Daas, dean of the School of Architecture, Design & Planning at KU, will speak to the students and their parents and guests.
Community volunteers collect reservations, coordinate details and serve as local contacts for the event. Dr. Robert Thompson and Kevin Baughman, both of Shawnee, are the local coordinators.
The Kansas Honors Program is made possible by KU Endowment and proceeds from the Jayhawk license plate program. The Class of 2016 scholars:
Johnson
Shawnee Mission East High School
Chloe Alexander - Leawood
Elsa Bernauer - Leawood
Mary Birt - Overland Park
William Bledsoe - Leawood
Charles Burkhead - Leawood
Carly Byrd - Overland Park
Hannah-Kaye Carter - Overland Park
Emily Chisholm - Fairway
Sherman Choi - Prairie Village
Bhavish Dinakar - Prairie Village
Jack Eddy - Prairie Village
Samuel Engelken - Prairie Village
Brooke Erickson - Leawood
Emily Facklam - Prairie Village
Megan Gertzen - Prairie Village
Pierce Giffin - Leawood
Stephen Gill - Prairie Village
Juliana Gogol - Westwood Hills
Kate Hales - Prairie Village
Xinyi He - Overland Park
Claire Hessenflow - Leawood
Natalie Kaufmann - Fairway
Annika Kuhnke - Leawood
Joseph Levin - Prairie Village
Mason Lieb - Prairie Village
Madeline Long - Prairie Village
Claire McClelland - Mission Hills
Camron Myers - Prairie Village
Caroline Olson - Prairie Village
Priyanka Radadiya - Overland Park
Henry Redmond - Prairie Village
Kylie Rellihan - Prairie Village
Taylor Sawalich - Prairie Village
Alexandra Schudy - Leawood
Bethany Snyder - Overland Park
Eleanor Stewart-Jones - Mission
Spencer Thompson - Mission Hills
Claire Whittaker - Leawood
Madison Willson - Prairie Village
Lily Wulfemeyer - Leawood
Shawnee Mission North High School
Ahammed Anon - Merriam
Gretchen Burchstead - Overland Park
Kylie Cameron - Overland Park
Natalie Claerhout - Mission
Grant Cole - Shawnee
Derek Davidson - Shawnee
Amy Epp - Mission
Corey Goodburn - Roeland Park
Madison Hobbs - Shawnee
Aidan Javier - Shawnee
Alexis Johnson - Overland Park
Olivia Johnson - Kansas City
Quinton Jones - Mission
Charles Kaifes - Merriam
Brittany Kracht - Merriam
Emily Kyle - Roeland Park
Cindy Lazo - Overland Park
Savannah Leach - Merriam
Gressi Lopez - Roeland Park
Josie McDermott - Kansas City
Miles McLenon - Merriam
Corrie Naughton - Merriam
Tevin Oller - Merriam
Emily O'Meara - Mission
Ali Patterson - Overland Park
Joseph Steve - Mission
Noah Stevenson - Merriam
Jacob Swearingen - Shawnee
Samantha Taylor - Overland Park
Kimberly Tran - Merriam
Danielle Vickers - Shawnee
Nola Vincze - Overland Park
Matthew Webb - Shawnee
Nicholas Wilson - Roeland Park
Walter Wright II - Overland Park
Daniel Zolotor - Kansas City
William Zumalt - Merriam
Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Kara Bamberger - Lenexa
Meaghan Bower - Lenexa
Jessica Broll - Shawnee
Rebecca Carroll - Lenexa
Teren DeBok - Shawnee
Ryan D'Silva - Shawnee
Sean Fitzgerald - Shawnee
Colleen Freeman - Shawnee
Brittany Funk - Shawnee
Gina Gabrielli - Shawnee
Samantha Goetting - Shawnee
Elizabeth Gregor - Shawnee
Amelia Guglielmi - Shawnee
Steven Hein - Shawnee
Maia Hollenbeck - Kansas City
Olivia Hollman - Shawnee
Jake Honer - Shawnee
Mckenzie Johnson - Shawnee
Samuel Korth - Lenexa
Kamryn Koziol - Shawnee
Claire Lammers - Lenexa
Emilee Lindsay - Shawnee
Shelbie McLain - Shawnee
Carlee Mendoza - Shawnee
Riley Mitts - Lenexa
Jonathan Modig - Lenexa
Stephen Nachtsheim - Shawnee
Kelsey Nagel - Shawnee
Gage Oberheu - Shawnee
Tevyn Pak - Shawnee
Mark Petrie - Shawnee
Braden Pomerantz - Shawnee
Lucas Powell - Shawnee
Danielle Rehor - Shawnee
Deon Richmond - Shawnee
Sophie Ross - Shawnee
Trenton Schroeder - Shawnee
Nicholas Senior - Lenexa
Shelby Smith - Shawnee
Joseph Specht - Shawnee
Christian Swearingen - Shawnee
Reid Thornburg - Lenexa
Sophie Tomasic - Shawnee
Samuel Verschelden - Lenexa
Brinley Weirick - Lenexa
Santana Yusuf - Shawnee
Zachary Ziegenhorn - Lenexa
Shawnee Mission South High School
Rachael Ashcraft - Overland Park
Kendall Barker - Lenexa
Ellise Bartlett - Lenexa
Jonathan Buenger - Overland Park
Young In Chang - Overland Park
Ryan Conley - Shawnee
Rachel Dukes - Overland Park
Mia Duncan - Leawood
Gretchen Fiebig - Overland Park
Nicholas Fowler - Overland Park
Remy Gordon - Overland Park
Hannah Hall - Overland Park
Isabel Holcomb - Overland Park
John Huggins - Lenexa
Mona Jahani - Overland Park
Yikendall Jongerius - Overland Park
Dylan Klemmer - Overland Park
Grace Price - Overland Park
Delaney Rundell - Overland Park
Kathleen Smithson - Lenexa
Gabrielle Stein - Overland Park
Joseph Stokes - Overland Park
Gregory Strobel - Leawood
Josiah Swim - Overland Park
Emma Tapko - Overland Park
Leah Thomas - Overland Park
Ryan Wagner - Overland Park
Natalie Warshaw - Overland Park
Grace Wilson - Leawood
Shawnee Mission West High School
Alexis Allen - Lenexa
Megan Bartlett - Lenexa
Maya Bluitt - Lenexa
Madisen Broadway - Overland Park
Brockton Burnett - Lenexa
Joseph Coleman - Overland Park
Joshua Compton - Lenexa
Benjamin Deatherage - Lenexa
Spencer Deats - Overland Park
Emma Ferrin - Lenexa
Isabelle Frankel - Lenexa
Kathleen Gartner - Lenexa
Alexis Hart - Lenexa
Brian Hayes - Lenexa
Christopher Holcomb - Lenexa
Courtney Johnson - Lenexa
Sierra Layton - Lenexa
Renny Ma - Lenexa
Jordan McKemy - Overland Park
Max Meyer - Lenexa
Hannah Miller - Lenexa
Sinclaire Miramontez - Lenexa
Shannon Moore - Lenexa
Alexandra Morse - Overland Park
Leah Payne - Overland Park
Bryan Ralphs - Lenexa
Alexander Ralston - Lenexa
Justin Reis-Henrie - Lenexa
Mackenzie Richards - Lenexa
Merani Rivarola-Gragg - Lenexa
Chloe Schade - Lenexa
Nathan Schmidt - Lenexa
Madalyne Shackelford - Lenexa
Jensen Shipp - Lenexa
Jolynn Smith - Lenexa
Rian Stallbaumer - Overland Park
Alicia Valverde - Overland Park
Nicholas Vance - Lenexa
Kristin Wells - Lenexa.