KU to honor 295 seniors from Johnson county high schools
LAWRENCE — Students from 10 Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Oct. 22, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment.
A total of 295 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 Olathe South High School, 1640 E. 151st St, Olathe.
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.
Mary Lee Hummert, interim vice chancellor for research 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 2015 scholars:
Johnson
Gardner Edgerton High School
Marcos Aleman - Gardner
Lucas Allen - Gardner
Brandon Belcher - Gardner
Ryan Billups - Gardner
Cassidy Brandt - Gardner
Sydney Clarke - Edgerton
Lauren Diederich - Gardner
Sydney Eaton - Gardner
Amy Eichman - Gardner
Alison Faris - Gardner
Sean Grossnickle - Springhill
Alexandra Haag - Gardner
Jacob Haywood - Gardner
Hunter Hilliker - Gardner
Caroline Hogue - Gardner
Amy Hurd - Gardner
Krista Long - Gardner
Bryce MacDonald - Gardner
Cooper McGuire - Gardner
Angelica Mitchell - Gardner
Colton Mullin - Gardner
Bryan Njogu - Gardner
Joseph O'Connor - Gardner
Morgan Peine - Gardner
Kendra Rogers - Gardner
Bethany Schultz - Gardner
Ashia Sihongheune - Gardner
Shelby Simpson - Springhill
Alexandria Siscoe - Gardner
Danielle Sprague - Gardner
Aubrie Stricker - Gardner
Ashton Vega - Gardner
Maria Vite - Gardner
Jordan Weyand - Gardner
Sarah Woods - Olathe
Heritage Christian Academy
Emily Currey - Olathe
Jared Finley - Gardner
Alex Wendte - Overland Park
Kansas School for the Deaf
Renate Rose - Olathe
Olathe East High School
Madison M. Bolen - Overland Park
Reed T. Boohar - Overland Park
Allison J. Brachtenbach - Overland Park
Erica R. Chang - Olathe
Courtney N. Child - Olathe
Emma C. Clark - Olathe
Eryn E. Coates - Overland Park
Logan D. Coates - Overland Park
Hannah M. Coatney - Olathe
Carly L. Cole - Overland Park
Leah J. Collins - Olathe
Camille N. Denis - Overland Park
Taber Fisher - Olathe
Matthew D. Gwin - Overland Park
Saurabh S. Harohalli - Overland Park
Lauren M. Hart - Overland Park
Chenxi He - Olathe
Allison N. Heckmann - Overland Park
Rebekah G. Hernandez - Olathe
Grant W. Hoppock - Overland Park
Chandler M. Hudak - Overland Park
Muwen N. Hwang - Olathe
Jilsha L. Jose - Olathe
Misbah Karamali - Overland Park
Zakary A. Kedrovsky - Overland Park
Adam L. Khan - Overland Park
Brent A. Krull - Overland Park
Justin T. Lee - Overland Park
Angela Li - Olathe
Katherine E. Loecker - Olathe
Emily A. Nicholson - Overland Park
Jacob D. Ockerhausen - Overland Park
Megan E. Petheram - Overland Park
Kennedy Poro - Olathe
Emily E. Randol - Overland Park
Jadrian U. Salmans - Lenexa
Madison G. Sanders - Overland Park
Paige H. Schick - Overland Park
Benjamin R. Schraeder - Olathe
Jakob K. Sola - Olathe
Chelsia T. Sooksengdao - Olathe
Taylor C. Spillers - Overland Park
Madison K. Stapleton - Olathe
Kyndall T. Stegman - Olathe
Lydia N. Sturges - Overland Park
Thomas W. Williams - Overland Park
Haotian Xue - Olathe
Emma G. Yourdon - Olathe
Olathe North High School
Elizabeth Anstaett - Olathe
Harrison Biasella - Overland Park
Gregory Bixler - Overland Park
Traci Blue - Overland Park
Michaela Butler - Olathe
Camille Claro - Olathe
Chloe Clay - Olathe
Carolyn Culp - Lenexa
Kyra Duong - Overland Park
Elise Dyck - Olathe
Sarah Emry - Olathe
Anthony Gagliano - Olathe
Luke Genis - Olathe
Jack Gerhold - Olathe
Carlos Guzman - Overland Park
Amanda Harra - Olathe
Nicholas Haug - Olathe
Wyatt Heikes - Olathe
Kristofer Ho - Olathe
Hannah Jones - Olathe
Kallean Kennedy - Olathe
Jessica Lickteig - Olathe
Winifred Luginbill-Ruder - Olathe
Marisha Madhira - Overland Park
Aliya Marroquin - Olathe
Madison McCracken - Olathe
Niccole Miller - Olathe
Mary Mitchell - Overland Park
Karen Morua - Olathe
Sarah Myers - Olathe
David Nelson - Olathe
Emili Neubauer - Olathe
Christopher Oetken - Olathe
Caleigh Penn - Olathe
Brooke Phillips - Olathe
Akshay Prabhushankar - Olathe
Jacob Ramsdell - Olathe
Amy Ross - Olathe
Andrew Schaff - Lenexa
Austin Shute - Olathe
Kennedy Snyder - Olathe
Stephanie Songer - Overland Park
Kyle Swift - Olathe
Sarah Taylor - Olathe
Juhi Thaman - Overland Park
Mark Vrablic - Overland Park
Claire Wakefield - Overland Park
Rachel Wakefield - Overland Park
Alison Weber - Olathe
Cooper Yerby - Overland Park
Kyle Yoksh - Olathe
Olathe Northwest High School
Alexandra J. Brown - Lenexa
Darby M. Burk - Olathe
Andrew J. Buyle - Olathe
Shelby M. Clark - Olathe
Emily J. Day - Olathe
Bonnie C. Dowd - Olathe
Mary E. Duncan - Olathe
Madison A. Elliott - Lenexa
Lee M. Fitchett - Overland Park
Benjamin B. Harper - Olathe
Candace A. Hayes - Lenexa
Dylan N. Herrig - Lenexa
Kristin N. Hiemstra - Olathe
Kurtis M. Huff - Lenexa
Michael J. Hund - Olathe
McKenzie P. Jepperson - Lenexa
Ashlynn Kimball - Olathe
Thomas M. King - Olathe
Cassidy A. Knipp - Lenexa
Taylor J. Latham - Lenexa
Mikeelie M. Martin - Overland Park
Adrianna E. Morse - Olathe
Zane H. Moxley - Olathe
Meagan N. O'Hare - Olathe
Naiya S. Patel - Olathe
Naleen Y. Patel - Olathe
Nidhi S. Patel - Olathe
Haley E. Plaas - Lenexa
Christian D. Robless - Lenexa
Kelly R. Rogers - Shawnee
Abigail N. Rouse - Lenexa
Ashwanth J. Samuel - Olathe
Harneet K. Sanghera - Olathe
Brogan C. Sedlacek - Lenexa
Kieran S. Sedlacek - Lenexa
Laurel B. Sherman - Olathe
Nikki M. Solfermoser - Olathe
Samantha M. Viron - Olathe
Brooks J. Walker - Olathe
Kaitlyn Weeks - Lenexa
Bayu J. Wilson - Olathe
Caleb D. Wolf - Olathe
Joel Zcharia - Olathe
Olathe South High School
Sydney Albrecht - Olathe
Heather Ambre - Olathe
Taylor Burkdoll - Olathe
Christopher Chavez - Olathe
Zizhao Chen - Olathe
Benjamin Conner - Olathe
Alexis Deleon - Olathe
Renee Devault - Olathe
Andrew Dieckmann - Olathe
Conor Duffy - Olathe
Kathn Edler - Olathe
Lauren Eide - Olathe
Claire Freeman - Olathe
Anna Furst - Olathe
Kristin Gaddis - Olathe
Nathanael Garcia - Olathe
Kimberly Gleason - Olathe
Tanner Green - Olathe
Isaiah Hastings - Olathe
Tanner Hayhow - Olathe
Zachary Heidrick. - Olathe
Emily Hemphill - Olathe
Kayla Henry - Olathe
Elia Hernandez - Olathe
Benjamin Hix - Olathe
Brett Hollenbeck - Olathe
Melissa Hostmeye - Olathe
Rachel Jenkins - Olathe
Jordan Johnson - Olathe
Michael Johnson - Olathe
Taylor Johnson - Olathe
Rachel Johnston - Olathe
Danielle Kortan - Olathe
Andrew Kunz - Olathe
Megan Lanier - Olathe
Erin Larson - Olathe
Jordan Morton - Olathe
Emily Musil - Olathe
Brian Newmaster - Olathe
Jacob Nichols - Olathe
Danielle Palomino - Olathe
Sarah Peden - Olathe
Ethan Potter - Olathe
Logan Prough - Olathe
Ashley Reece - Olathe
Gretchen Reed - Olathe
Callie Van Winkle - Olathe
Nigel Viduya - Olathe
Ashley Weigand - Olathe
Brandon Wright - Olathe
Spring Hill High School
Taylor Boyle - Olathe
Macy Burke - Olathe
Alisa Childress - Olathe
Olivia Childress - Olathe
Kaitlyn Churchill - Spring Hill
Tessa Davids - Spring Hill
Erin Drees - Spring Hill
Brenna Ewing - Spring Hill
Ali Ghaisarnia - Spring Hill
Taurean Guzman - Spring Hill
Cody John - Spring Hill
Kasaundra Kosberg - Spring Hill
Garrett Kroutch - Spring Hill
William Mccreight - Spring Hill
Anna Mitchell - Spring Hill
Riley Pettit - Olathe
Sydney Shoemaker - Spring Hill
Mattison Sills - Spring Hill
Kaylynn Smith - Spring Hill
Marissa Volkman - Spring Hill
Riley Waddle - Spring Hill
Kendra Wendte - Spring Hill
St. James Academy
Olivia Adams - Lenexa
Corbin Befort - Shawnee
Aubree Dennis - Grandview
John Donart - Shawnee
Mary Engen - Overland Park
Andrew Englander - Lenexa
Meghan Fallon - Overland Park
Clay Feldman - DeSoto
Andrea Galindo - Overland Park
Andrew Growney - Overland Park
Lily Hecke - Shawnee
Anna Huber - Olathe
Tylar Lock - Lenexa
Catherine Pham - Overland Park
Hannah Phillips - Overland Park
Benjamin Reimer - Olathe
Sarah Schaefer - Overland Park
Emma Schneider - Lenexa
St. Thomas Aquinas High School
Jane Bachkora - Overland Park
Megan Bartolac - Lenexa
Catherine Bernard - Overland Park
Kyle Bollig - Overland Park
Anna Christian - Overland Park
Ryan Cowdrey - Overland Park
Emma Deatherage - Olathe
Joseph Denning - Overland Park
Emily Downey - Overland Park
Jordan Eberhardy - Olathe
Claire Ferguson - Olathe
Brandon Flaspohler - Lenexa
Jason Frederick - Overland Park
Michael Grasing - Overland Park
Rebecca Hare - Lenexa
Adam Kutney - Olathe
Emily Lavery - Shawnee
Sarah Mayerle - Overland Park
Madeline McCormick - Overland Park
Timothy McCormick - Shawnee
Alexander Metzger - Overland Park
Abigail Pope - Leawood
Kyra Stark - Overland Park
Abigail Stec - Overland Park.