KU to honor 299 seniors from Johnson county high schools
LAWRENCE — Students from 10 Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Oct. 21, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment.
A total of 299 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 Spring Hill High School, 19701 S Ridgeview Road, Spring Hill.
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.
Rueben Perez, director of the Student Involvement & Leadership Center at The University of Kansas, will speak to the students and their parents and guests.
Community volunteers collect reservations, coordinate details and serve as local contacts for the event. Mark and Elaine Corder, of Olathe, serve as Johnson County coordinators. Elaine Vallejos, of Olathe, is the site coordinator and Johnson County Coordinator.
The Kansas Honors Program is made possible by KU Endowment and proceeds from the Jayhawk license plate program. The Class of 2016 scholars:
Johnson
Gardner Edgerton High School
Chase Abram - Gardner
Sydney Anderson - Gardner
Gage Bacon - Olathe
Nicholas Chorny - Gardner
Ethan Eccles - Gardner
Macey Elkinton - Gardner
Lori Fifield - Gardner
Chelsie Gilner - Edgerton
Jenna Goetzmann - Gardner
Andrew Halverson - Gardner
Marianne Hansen - Gardner
Andrew Hubbard - Gardner
Faith Janssen - Gardner
Chase Johnson - Gardner
Bridget Kiosow - Gardner
Alyssa Koehler - Gardner
Abigail Lane - Gardner
Brady Maguire - Gardner
Jack Mills - Spring Hill
Joshua Muse - Gardner
Blair Pfeifer - Gardner
Conner Phillips - Gardner
Tyler Quigley - Gardner
Mariah Rollwagen - Gardner
David Shute - Gardner
Emily Smith - Gardner
Andrew Sprague - Gardner
Taylor Stewart - Gardner
Christopher Strick - Gardner
Allison Weber - Spring Hill
Alexa Wilden - Gardner
Thomas Wilkinson - Gardner
Emily Worth - Gardner
Heritage Christian Academy
Kaylee Barr - Olathe
Edith Earnshaw - Overland Park
Penny Miner - Olathe
Kansas School for the Deaf
Nathan Halterman - Overland Park
Olathe East High School
Mattie Bell - Olathe
Cory Bestwick - Olathe
Joseph Blair - Olathe
Erika Boohar - Overland Park
Logan Brockschmidt - Olathe
Alexa Buechler - Overland Park
Lauren Bush - Overland Park
Yulissa Cantero - Olathe
Deanie Chen - Overland Park
Annie Colwell - Overland Park
Julian Cooley - Overland Park
Jacob DeJong - Olathe
Avery Don - Overland Park
Braden Fain - Lenexa
Ruchi Goyal - Overland Park
Kaylen Gurwell - Lenexa
Cole Heier - Overland Park
Joshua Hernandez - Olathe
Kaitlyn Howard - Overland Park
Scott Johns - Overland Park
Grant Johnson - Overland Park
Jeremy Kabler - Olathe
Julia Kappelman - Olathe
Trent Kempker - Olathe
Jenna Kor - Olathe
Brendan Langmack - Olathe
Rikki Li - Olathe
Jenna Lillian - Overland Park
Selina Liu - Overland Park
Shannon McLeroy - Overland Park
Jordan Meier - Olathe
Michael Meier - Olathe
Hilary Moser - Overland Park
Matthew Mowry - Olathe
Joshua Ng - Overland Park
Samuel Pepper - Olathe
Halina Pinkston - Overland Park
Carlie Rakkaew - Overland Park
Wade Rance - Overland Park
Ryley Schools - Olathe
Emily Schukai - Overland Park
Emily Shehi - Olathe
Katelyn Struckle - Olathe
Bailey Thompson - Olathe
Amy To - Overland Park
Sabrina Ton - Olathe
Emily Tucker - Overland Park
Alden Vogel - Overland Park
Haley Wagner - Overland Park
Mitchell Walden - Overland Park
William Willson - Olathe
Brian Xu - Overland Park
Elise Zissman - Overland Park
Olathe North High School
Chale Abad - Olathe
Daniel Baker - Olathe
Derek Barnes - Olathe
Roshan Bisarya - Overland Park
Elsie Buhl - Olathe
Adeline Chang - Olathe
Disha Dasgupta - Olathe
Darshika Desai - Overland Park
Jansher Dhillon - Olathe
Alexis Echols - Olathe
Lauren Farmer - Olathe
Christopher Fenton - Overland Park
Abigail Friesen - Olathe
Hannah Fuhlhage - Olathe
Peter Georgiou - Olathe
Hannah Greer - Olathe
Sahiba Grover - Lenexa
Alisha Gupta - Overland Park
Hannah Habiger - Olathe
Rachel Hanlin - Olathe
Sarah Hines - Olathe
Brooke Hogan - Olathe
Rachel Hogan - Olathe
Stephen Holbert - Olathe
Isabel Horosz - Olathe
Alexander Jackson - Olathe
Alexander Johnson - Olathe
Anna Johnson - Olathe
Griffin Karr - Olathe
Katrina Kinzel - Overland Park
Ty Lawson - Olathe
David Lie Tjauw - Olathe
Phoebe Markley - Overland Park
Miles McKaig - Olathe
Rachel Mickey - Olathe
Alexis Moddesette - Olathe
Mikaela Moore - Olathe
Melia Ortiz - Olathe
Maria Paramo Perez - Olathe
Leah Peterson - Olathe
Robyn Peterson - Olathe
Douglas Porter - Olathe
Kalei Porter - Olathe
Hannah Rardin - Olathe
Julissa Razo Bravo - Olathe
Katie Sale - Olathe
Maggie Schroeder - Olathe
Erik Schuette - Olathe
Connor Seacat - Olathe
Abby Sebol - Olathe
Shannon Tho - Olathe
Ashton Thomas - Olathe
Savannah Wilkins - Olathe
Triton Wolfe - Olathe
Clare Yurchak - Olathe
Reilly Zink - Olathe
Olathe Northwest High School
Taylor Badowski - Lenexa
Melody Baker - Olathe
Connor Bickford - Olathe
Ashley Bogdan - Olathe
Clayton Borrows - Olathe
Saraya Bragg - Olathe
Carter Brasel - Overland Park
Alexandra Carroll - Olathe
Amber Chadwick - Olathe
Anna Christenson - Lenexa
Aaron Clark - Olathe
Kaylor Cruz - Olathe
Conner Ensign - Olathe
Samuel Fruth - Olathe
Cecelia Grove - Olathe
Weston Harder - Olathe
Patrick Hoback - Olathe
Noah Imel - Overland Park
Paige Jewell - Olathe
Hayden Kovarik - Olathe
Taylor Krakar - Olathe
Namita Kulkarni - Overland Park
Amanda Little - Olathe
Matthew McDonell - Olathe
Ryan McIlvaine - Olathe
Lawrence Meier - Olathe
Steven Meis - Olathe
Abigail Murray - Olathe
Connor Neil - Olathe
John Pace - Olathe
Aswini Patro - Olathe
Jeffrey Payne - Olathe
Danielle Perales - Olathe
Jack Perkins - Olathe
Jessica Richards - Olathe
Nicolas Rodriguez - Olathe
Jesse Rose - Olathe
Sara Sammur - Olathe
Brandon Shaver - Olathe
Heather Smith - Olathe
Isabelle Smith - Olathe
Robert Steele - Lenexa
Carly Stroup - Lenexa
Ashley Sutphin - Olathe
Hannah Wexler - Lenexa
Tatianna Wilson - Olathe
Olathe South High School
April Berry - Olathe
Lilly Bruington - Olathe
Camella Carlson - Olathe
Max Carnes - Olathe
Mariah Case - Olathe
Alice Collins - Olathe
Troy Curfman - Olathe
Kathryn Dorrell - Olathe
Ashton Edwards - Olathe
Kylie Elliott - Olathe
Carley Eschliman - Olathe
Alexandra Francis - Olathe
Sarah Gabel - Olathe
Nathaniel Helgeson - Olathe
Alyssa Hoedl - Olathe
Heather Jackson - Olathe
Bailey Kleinschmit - Olathe
Alex Kunz - Olathe
Holden Leweke - Olathe
Ruiqi Li - Olathe
Mitchell Liermann - Olathe
Henry Lobaugh - Olathe
Zoe Matje - Olathe
William McBride - Olathe
Liam McMullin - Olathe
Sebastian Menez - Olathe
Jeremy Morris - Olathe
Megan Myers - Olathe
Dakota Okwuone - Olathe
Rachel Pierson - Olathe
Cole Robertson - Olathe
Kyle Robinson - Lenexa
Natalie Robinson - Olathe
Taylor Schoep - Olathe
Catherine Serwatka - Olathe
Reagan Sheffield - Olathe
Mitchell Slavik - Olathe
Mikayla Smith - Olathe
Alyson Spencer-Stewart - Olathe
Philip Sperling - Olathe
Kayla Staley - Olathe
Rachel-Anne Stupp - Olathe
Luke Wardle - Olathe
Abigail Weber - Olathe
Benjamin Williams - Olathe
Avonel Willis - Olathe
Steven Wu - Olathe
Ian Yake - Olathe
Kyle Yake - Olathe
Spring Hill High School
Parker Allred - Overland Park
Rebekah Anderson - Spring Hill
Ellisa Bragaw - Olathe
Moira Frakes - Olathe
Carver Gerstberger - Spring Hill
Alyssa Hannon - Olathe
Jamie Hoffman - Spring Hill
Makayla Kosberg - Spring Hill
Rachel Letellier - Spring Hill
Colin McCormick - Olathe
Sydnee Mounce - Olathe
Andrea Oursler - Olathe
Lauren Pope - Spring Hill
Robert Sherman - Spring Hill
Emily Simmons - Spring Hill
Kylie Sprague - Spring Hill
St. James Academy
Jeffrey Berning - Lenexa
Alexander Brisimitzakis - Olathe
Alison Burke - Shawnee
Quinn Cashion - Shawnee
Molly Devine - Lenexa
Alanna Dierking - Shawnee
Taylor Duff - Lenexa
Audriana Fitzmorris - Overland Park
Lauren Gothard - DeSoto
Madilyn Gothard - DeSoto
Kathryn Kearney - Olathe
Lillian Luther - Shawnee
Makensie Marten - Shawnee
Daniel Mauro - Overland Park
Mackenzie Nielsen - Overland Park
Anthony Pham - Overland Park
Grace Schippers - Olathe
Greta Schnake - Olathe
Renee Setter - Lenexa
St. Thomas Aquinas High School
Claire Commodore - Overland Park
Addison Denning - Overland Park
Haley Dietsch - Shawnee
Grant Elias - Overland Park
Emily Everhart - Olathe
Daniel Fortino - Olathe
Daniel Goza - Overland Park
Ryan Grawe - Leawood
Elizabeth Heit - Overland Park
Grace Hernandez - Olathe
Kelsey Hillyer - Shawnee
Patrick Lacy - Overland Park
Andrew Lavery - Lenexa
John Lind - Lenexa
Matthew Malir - Lenexa
Abigail McCormick - Shawnee
Brooke Penn - Overland Park
Daniel Petracek - Olathe
Rachel Speckin - Overland Park
Alexandra Stukel - Leawood
Annie Washburn - Overland Park
Zachary Winterman - Overland Park
Mikaela Wynne - Kansas City.