KU to honor 253 seniors from Johnson County high schools
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.