KU to honor 253 seniors from Johnson County high schools


Tue, 10/27/2015

author

Jennifer Jackson Sanner

LAWRENCE — Students from 11 Kansas high schools will be honored Monday, Nov. 9, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment.

A total of 253 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 Blue Valley Northwest High School, 13260 Switzer, 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.

Michael Branicky, dean of engineering 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. Anne and Bill Blessing, of Leawood, are the site and county 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

 

Bishop Miege High School

Samuel Burdolski - Lenexa

Dawson Downing - Lenexa

Mallory Fellows - Kansas City

Victoria Gomerdinger - Shawnee

Nolan Gray - Shawnee

Jackson Gress - Merriam

Andrew Jezak - Roeland Park

Kyle Lauterwasser - Overland Park

Magdalene Mannebach - Kansas City

Lucy Mohler - Kansas City

Nicholas Murdock - Kansas City

Dylan Murray - Kansas City

Hannah Patterson - Overland Park

Catherine Rometti - Lenexa

Gabriella Salmento - Overland Park

Zoey Slettehaugh - Lenexa

Kara VonWyl - Shawnee

 

Blue Valley High School

Lavanya Aggarwal - Overland Park

Megan Boushka - Leawood

Emily Bridges - Overland Park

Hope Brown - Overland Park

Grant Daugherty - Stilwell

Lindsay Davis - Leawood

Madison Davis - Leawood

Nicholas Drosos - Overland Park

Madeline Ebling - Overland Park

Aubrey Gilchrist - Leawood

Demond Glynn - Overland Park

Grace Goheen - Leawood

Sheila Gregory - Overland Park

Nimisha Halder - Leawood

Kathleen Hatfield - Overland Park

Meghan Hollingsworth - Overland Park

Adam Houghton - Stilwell

Michael Jeffries - Leawood

Abigail Krump - Leawood

Cameron Lee - Leawood

Jacob Lester - Overland Park

William Liu - Leawood

Rachel Lock - Leawood

Nathan Luzum - Leawood

Jacob Marshall - Overland Park

Nathan McClain - Overland Park

Josie McKenna - Leawood

Michael Meissner - Overland Park

Amanda Miller - Leawood

Madison Newell - Overland Park

Amanda Novicoff - Leawood

Erin O'Toole - Leawood

Sophia Ragomo - Leawood

Katherine Retz - Overland Park

Jenna Rola' - Overland Park

Matthew Romero - Overland Park

Katherine Stachowiak - Overland Park

Rachel Trout - Overland Park

Alexis Vance - Leawood

Elizabeth Vore - Leawood

 

Blue Valley North High School

Ganesh Aruna - Overland Park

Alexa Breyfogle - Leawood

Reena Burt - Leawood

Orunima Chakraborti - Overland Park

Andrea Corr - Leawood

Yifeng Ding - Overland Park

Peter Fortunato - Overland Park

Allison Franken - Overland Park

Jia Fu - Leawood

Samuel Glaser - Overland Park

Shelby Go - Overland Park

Jacob Goldman - Leawood

Madison Hines - Overland Park

Jack Kleikamp - Leawood

Lucas Liu - Leawood

Patricia Lu - Leawood

Clare Meyer - Overland Park

Gregory Nail - Leawood

Mark Nail - Leawood

Robert Nickel - Leawood

Lauren O'Brien - Leawood

Chaehee Park - Overland Park

Chetan Parthiban - Leawood

Romin Patel - Leawood

Alexis Pudvan - Leawood

Margaret Russo - Overland Park

Steven Schmoll - Overland Park

Grace Schram - Leawood

Sandon Scott - Leawood

Matthew Seck - Leawood

Srishti Sharma - Overland Park

Amrutha Vinod - Overland Park

Cameron Wall - Overland Park

Andrew Wehner - Leawood

Emerson Womble - Overland Park

Sricharan Yadali - Overland Park

 

Blue Valley Northwest High School

Vibha Agarwal - Overland Park

Olivia Baird - Overland Park

Andrew Binder - Overland Park

Claudia Chen - Overland Park

Megana Chinalachaiagari - Overland Park

Madeline Connor - Overland Park

Samuel Crowl - Overland Park

Nandita Daga - Overland Park

Alex DeMarea - Overland Park

Sean Doyle - Overland Park

Kaitlin Flannagan - Overland Park

Bradley Halverson - Overland Park

Evan Hamner - Overland Park

Peter Hartman - Overland Park

Benjamin Hawkins - Overland Park

Justin Henry - Overland Park

Holly Hull - Overland Park

Surabhi Khachar - Overland Park

Joseph Lambertz - Leawood

Samuel Liu - Overland Park

James Lowe - Overland Park

Jonathan Lowe - Overland Park

Kevin Massey - Overland Park

Dhruv Mathur - Overland Park

Nicholas Mauer - Overland Park

Allison Meegan - Overland Park

Saif Merchant - Overland Park

Anders Pearson - Overland Park

Madison Pickett - Overland Park

Arvind Raghuraman - Overland Park

Suruchi Ramanujan - Overland Park

Riya Rana - Overland Park

Manisha Ravi - Overland Park

Nikhita Ravikanti - Overland Park

Blake Shadwick - Overland Park

Susie Song - Overland Park

Jesse Tannahill - Overland Park

Ian Trost - Overland Park

Vivek Velagapudi - Overland Park

Ayesha Vishnani - Overland Park

 

Blue Valley Southwest High School

Madison Allen - Olathe

Nicole Beckeer - Overland Park

Sneharika Bhavanasi - Overland Park

Reed Bowling - Overland Park

Devin Bratkiv - Olathe

Lauren Browning - Overland Park

Nicole Dudley - Olathe

Kayla Egan - Overland Park

Jack Fiorella - Olathe

Casey Gonzales - Overland Park

Will Hawkins - Overland Park

Taylen Hitchcock - Overland Park

Adnan Islam - Olathe

Swetha Jasti - Overland Park

Margo Johnson - Overland Park

Rathi Narayan - Bucyrus

Jay Patel - Olathe

Brandon Rathburn - Olathe

AnnMarie Riley - Olathe

Michael Shao - Overland Park

Rachael Sorcher - Overland Park

Rachel Stetson - Overland Park

Lauren Wambold - Bucyrus

Colin Webber - Overland Park

Victoria Wilson - Overland Park

Seth Wingerter - Olathe

Jacob Woolworth - Olathe

Kevin Woolworth - Olathe

 

Blue Valley West High School

Sherouk Abdelmoity - Overland Park

Devon Arnold - Olathe

Sasha Arteaga - Olathe

Saif Bajwa - Overland Park

William Brabston - Overland Park

Tony Cheng - Overland Park

Jordan Cowen - Overland Park

Benjamin Glidden - Overland Park

Marin Hodges - Overland Park

Donya Jahandar - Overland Park

Divya Jain - Overland Park

Ehsan Javed - Overland Park

Caroline Kennedy - Overland Park

Grace Lamar - Overland Park

Mitchell Laube - Overland Park

Elizabeth Liu - Overland Park

Margaret Lunn - Olathe

Bailey Marcom - Overland Park

Brigid Mark - Olathe

Carly McDonald - Overland Park

Mehul Mittal - Overland Park

Himadri Narasimhamurthy - Overland Park

Noah Pollock - Overland Park

Lakshmi Priya - Overland Park

Hayden Smith - Overland Park

Paula Walewicz - Overland Park

Ashley Willis - Overland Park

Shannon Willis - Overland Park

Isaac Witte - Overland Park

Jacob Wyrick - Overland Park

Emre Yurtbay - Overland Park

Alissa Zeitelhack - Overland Park

 

DeSoto High School

Ethan Bartel - Shawnee

Morgan Darter - De Soto

Chandler Fairbanks - Shawnee

Lyndsey Fowks - Olathe

Travis Hodge - De Soto

Jacob Jennings - Shawnee

Madeline Keleher - Lenexa

Jackson McQuality - De Soto

Kelsey Mills - Shawnee

Luis Murillo - De Soto

Alexandria Pasquale - De Soto

Nathan Roberts - De Soto

Julia Sanders - Lenexa

Samuel Seidl - De Soto

Christa Stenzel - Shawnee

Jaycie Thaemert - De Soto

Lucas Zoller - Lenexa

 

Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy

Elana Goldenberg - Leawood

Lindsey Paul - Leawood

 

Kansas City Christian School

Bryce Johnston - Leawood

Peter Loganbill - Lenexa

Eden Pierce - Overland Park

Blase Pivovar - Prairie Village

 

Midland Adventist Academy

Karina Bovee - Shawnee

 

Mill Valley High School

Sarah Amos - Shawnee

Spencer Boaz - Shawnee

Hanna Ceule - Shawnee

Isabel Crain - Shawnee

Micaela Crispin - Shawnee

Justin Curto - Shawnee

Devin DiJoseph - Shawnee

Annabelle Dillon - Shawnee

Sofia Camille Gatapia - Shawnee

Lindsey Hamner - Shawnee

Sydney Hanson - Shawnee

Abigail Hughes - Shawnee

Siddarth Jambunathan - Shawnee

Karla Kim - Shawnee

Zachary Kornis - Shawnee

Allison Kubiak - Shawnee

Rachel Lamb - Shawnee

Katie Lee - Shawnee

T-Ying Lin - Shawnee

Jennifer Morrill - Shawnee

Sarah Myers - Shawnee

Morgan Nelson - Shawnee

Morgan Panovich - Shawnee

Niamh Pemberton - Shawnee

Sebastian Peterson - Shawnee

Alicia Pickett - Shawnee

Alexander Schmidt - Shawnee

Rienna Schriner - Shawnee

Morgan Schuler - Shawnee

Tyler Shurley - Shawnee

Nadia Suhail - Shawnee

Sydney Ward - Shawnee

Allen Weinert - Lenexa

Julia Wheeler - Shawnee

Paige Wiebe - Shawnee

Eleanor Wilson - Shawnee.

 

Tue, 10/27/2015

author

Jennifer Jackson Sanner

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