KU to honor 194 seniors from Shawnee Mission high schools
LAWRENCE — Students from five Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Oct. 5, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment.
A total of 194 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 more than 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.
Doug Girod, executive vice chancellor of the KU Medical Center, 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 2017 scholars:
Johnson
Shawnee Mission East High School
Haley Bell - Mission Hills
Morgan Biles - Prairie Village
Eric Blom - Prairie Village
Coleman Brockmeier - Mission Woods
Madison Burkhart - Overland Park
William Clough - Fairway
Devon Dietrich - Mission Hills
Kendall Dunbar - Leawood
Brianna Foley - Leawood
Laura Fredrick - Overland Park
John Gasperi - Leawood
Celia Hack - Fairway
Kate Haefele - Prairie Village
Michael Hamilton Jr - Prairie Village
Peter Haynes - Prairie Village
Caroline Heitmann - Fairway
Tyler Keys - Prairie Village
Natalie Kidwell - Prairie Village
Abigail Kotar - Prairie Village
Katherine Kuhlman - Mission Hills
Eli Kurlbaum - Overland Park
Allison Libeer - Prairie Village
Michael Liesner - Prairie Village
Ian Longan - Leawood
Quinn Lyddon - Mission Hills
Courtney McClelland - Fairway
Elizabeth Mitchell - Leawood
Stanley Morantz - Leawood
Emma Nixon - Leawood
Michael Poores - Prairie Village
Claire Pottenger - Prairie Village
Christopher Shirling - Mission Hills
Daniel Tapp - Leawood
Katherine Vander Laan - Westwood
Emma Vaughters - Prairie Village
Yashi Wang - Westwood
Carl Young - Leawood
Guanghao Yu - Prairie Village
Shawnee Mission North High School
Joseph Baldwin - Roeland Park
Katherine Beckley - Overland Park
Edan Belihu - Shawnee
Harrison Boldt - Merriam
Madison Brown - Shawnee
Mateus Burns - Shawnee
Jasmine Carter - Shawnee
Robert Collins - Mission
Emily Cooper - Merriam
Juliamaria Coromac - Overland Park
Nancy Dinh Phan - Overland Park
Jackson Drakulich - Shawnee
Spencer Dubois - Shawnee
Bailey Edmonds - Overland Park
Erin Grochowsky - Overland Park
Ian Grochowsky - Overland Park
Magdelaine Hendricks - Overland Park
Richard Honas - Overland Park
Raphaella Kim - Mission
Taya McCorkle - Merriam
Derek Mootz - Roeland Park
Oluoma Obi - Mission
Mariana Orrego - Fairway
Eli Peach - Merriam
Callie Pierce - Merriam
Jeremy Sanchez - Merriam
Jacqueline Skidmore - Roeland Park
Van Tam - Overland Park
Alyssa Vela - Overland Park
Mia Watkins - Roeland Park
Hannah Whitney - Overland Park
Eden Wolff - Roeland Park
Shannon Wray - Overland Park
Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Ashley Ard - Lenexa
Coleman Biery - Lenexa
Sara Blunk - Shawnee
Andrew Chen - Shawnee
Greta Christianson - Shawnee
Luis Corona - Lenexa
Kayla Craigmile - Shawnee
Saron Demeke - Shawnee
Natalie Egan - Shawnee
Adam Gleason - Shawnee
Hannah Gruman - Olathe
Brandon Harrell - Shawnee
William Hauser - Shawnee
Austin Heinisch - Lenexa
Camille Henderson - Mission
Ashton Hess - Lenexa
Claire Hutchinson - Shawnee
Alexandrea Kendrick - Merriam
Sophia Leonard - Lake Quivira
Lauren Londeen - Shawnee
Morgan Lowry - Shawnee
Marlaina Markwart - Shawnee
Jessica Martin - Lenexa
Chloe McCrary - Shawnee
Trent McHenry - Lenexa
Leah Pfeifer - Shawnee
Neema Rafizadeh - Lenexa
Ryan Rebori - Lenexa
Bryce Rex - Shawnee
Alison Rosebaugh - Lenexa
Joseph Ruis - Shawnee
Jacqueline Sayers - Shawnee
Rana Schenke - Lenexa
Sarah Scott - Shawnee
Michael Senior - Lenexa
Kristen Smith - Lenexa
Katherine Springer - Shawnee
Allyson Steinmetz - Shawnee
Christa Stoll - Lenexa
Hailey Utech - Shawnee
Drew Vander Leest - Shawnee
Rhiannon Wilhite - Shawnee
Tong Zhang - Lenexa
Shawnee Mission South High School
Lila Alvarado - Overland Park
Andrew Anderson - Overland Park
Lauren Anderson - Overland Park
Colleen Bontrager - Overland Park
Rebecca Brodine - Overland Park
Joshua Buss - Overland Park
John Byrne - Overland Park
Karynn Carroll - Lenexa
Jonathan Carter - Overland Park
Kenny Chan - Overland Park
Emily Featherston - Overland Park
Megan Gunter - Lenexa
Robert Haskin - Overland Park
Jennifer Hendricks - Overland Park
Amelia Holcomb - Overland Park
Elizabeth A Holmes - Overland Park
Jonathan Huhn - Overland Park
Olivia Love - Overland Park
Caelan Lovell - Leawood
Ian Mccalmon - Leawood
Cameron Maxey - Overland Park
Brock Minton - Overland Park
Keegen, Mould - Overland Park
Faith Ndavi - Overland Park
David Parks - Leawood
Thuy Quang - Overland Park
Ryan Rigler - Overland Park
Aidan Sarmiento - Overland Park
Emma Stapp - Lenexa
Jack Swann - Lenexa
Anna Trofimoff - Overland Park
Hannah Underwood - Leawood
Colin Wakefield - Lenexa
Shawnee Mission West High School
Colette Balas - Lenexa
Emma Beason - Lenexa
Jonah Berggren - Lenexa
Daria Blyzniuk - Lenexa
Lauren Brown - Lenexa
Emma Bunde - Overland Park
Ariana Coker - Shawnee Mission
Taylor DeMint - Lenexa
Brooks Dvorsky - Overland Park
Eileen Eilert - Overland Park
Megan Fangman - Lenexa
Laura Florez - Lenexa
Evaristo Galarza - Overland Park
Alexandria Gambill - Lenexa
Andy Garcia - Overland Park
Alissa Gilmer - Lenexa
Gisselle Gutierrez - Overland Park
Ellen Hancock - Overland Park
Jenna Heng - Overland Park
Adam Holmes - Lenexa
Matthew Hug - Lenexa
Andrew Hui - Lenexa
Paige Humphreys - Lenexa
Samantha Jansen - Lenexa
Riley Kaiser - Lenexa
Jenna Koosed - Overland Park
Adam Leligdon - Lenexa
Ethan Loveland - Lenexa
Jacob Martin - Lenexa
Robert McMahon - Lenexa
Blake Mendenhall - Lenexa
Delaney Miller - Lenexa
Alicia Miro - Overland Park
Citlally Orozco - Overland Park
Hannah Parker - Lenexa
Joseph Perry - Overland Park
Grace Peterson - Lenexa
Rachel Pruett - Lenexa
Alexander Sedlacek - Lenexa
Anjali Sharma - Lenexa
Cameron Stout - Overland Park
Charles Todd - Lenexa
Emily Tracy - Lenexa
Madeline Wilkus - Lenexa
Zachary Witters - Lenexa
Jared Yankovich - Lenexa
Margaret Youngs - Lenexa.