October 4, 2001

Kansas Honors Program

Contact: Carolyn Barnes, Kansas Alumni Association, (785) 864-4760

KU to honor high school students in Salina on Oct. 16

Editors note: Reporters are welcome to attend the program.

LAWRENCE Ü Students from 13 Kansas high schools will be honored Tuesday, Oct. 16, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and the KU Endowment Association.

The students, seniors from Ellsworth, Lincoln, Ottawa and Saline counties, will be named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 6:30 p.m. dinner program at the Salina Country Club, E. Country Club Road, Salina.

Honorees' names are listed below.

Angela Lumpkin, dean of the School of Education, will speak. Alumni Association representative Fred Williams, president of the Kansas Alumni Association, is in charge of award presentations.

The program will cost parents and alumni $15 each. Honored students will be guests of the Alumni Association and the Endowment Association.

Pat Thompson, Salina, is the site and Saline County coordinator. Jim and Joyce Trower, Salina, are also coordinators for Saline County. G. Derril Gwinner, Ellsworth, is the Ellsworth County coordinator, and Bob and Sharon Hamilton, Lincoln, are the coordinators for Lincoln County. Pam Barker, Minneapolis, is the Ottawa County coordinator.

The KU Endowment Association and the KU Alumni Association began sponsoring the Kansas Honors Program in 1971. The program has honored 79,500 students in the top 10 percent of the Kansas high school senior classes.

First Name Last Name High School
Chloe Bos Bennington High School
Jason Crist Bennington High School
Jacqueline Tiede Bennington High School
Jacob Wood Bennington High School
Erica Landis Ell-Saline High School
Abby White Ell-Saline High School
Jacqueline Allen Ellsworth High School
Mindy Parry Ellsworth High School
Ryan Parsons Ellsworth High School
Mychel Pflughoeft Ellsworth High School
Deanna Schultz Ellsworth High School
Eli Svaty Ellsworth High School
Joshua Howell Lincoln High School
Cody Ruby Lincoln High School
Jenelle White Lincoln High School
Lacie Allen Minneapolis High School
Branden Comfort Minneapolis High School
Laura Heck Minneapolis High School
Nicole Macy Minneapolis High School
Kristen Perry Minneapolis High School
Lois Prochaska Minneapolis High School
Drew Wedel Minneapolis High School
Shannon Wooton Minneapolis High School
Jody Balaun Sacred Heart High School
Nicholas Deneault Sacred Heart High School
Monica Neuman Sacred Heart High School
Joshua Crenshaw St. John's Military School
Brendan Harris St. John's Military School
Peter Wilcox St. John's Military School
Emily Allred Salina High School Central
Peter Anderson Salina High School Central
Ken Baxa Salina High School Central
Fai Beal Salina High School Central
Charles Elsea Salina High School Central
Jamie French Salina High School Central
Janie Hammerschmidt Salina High School Central
James Jordan Salina High School Central
John Jordan Salina High School Central
Leighton LaPierre Salina High School Central
Morgan Lovullo Salina High School Central
Katherine McMillen Salina High School Central
Elizabeth Miller Salina High School Central
Nathan Mull Salina High School Central
Ethan Nuss Salina High School Central
Brianne Randall Salina High School Central
Daniel Romans Salina High School Central
Joshua Sebree Salina High School Central
Patrick Shearer Salina High School Central
Mark Sibilla Salina High School Central
Ashley Snyder Salina High School Central
Leslie Stelljes Salina High School Central
Sally Struble Salina High School Central
Megan Weil Salina High School Central
Crystal Wilson Salina High School Central
Kristin Bastin Salina High School South
Katy Conway Salina High School South
Emily Delker Salina High School South
Ashley Ferguson Salina High School South
Vanessa Fiske Salina High School South
Juan Garcia Salina High School South
Jennifer Geissert Salina High School South
Gen Gillespie Salina High School South
Ryan Hannebaum Salina High School South
Lauren Hatfield Salina High School South
Jenna Hoffhines Salina High School South
Jessica Jones Salina High School South
Katie Knoll Salina High School South
Cathy Ko Salina High School South
Lauren Marshall Salina High School South
Angela Morgan Salina High School South
Eugene Musfelt Salina High School South
Tracee O'Conner Salina High School South
Kevin Pelzel Salina High School South
Grace Pestinger Salina High School South
Mary Ray Salina High School South
Lisa Sader Salina High School South
Lindsay Taylor Salina High School South
Joel Thompson Salina High School South
Melanie Vidricksen Salina High School South
Katie Witham Salina High School South
Clinton Zier Salina High School South
Ryan Brack Southeast of Saline High School
Ashley Mueller Southeast of Saline High School
Lindsey Shirack Southeast of Saline High School
Melissa Wagner Southeast of Saline High School
Angela Wilson Southeast of Saline High School
Kelsey Kelly Sylvan High School
Shanna Base Tescott High School
Amy Graves Tescott High School
Lisa Hummel Tescott High School
Courtney Pekar Wilson High School
Melissa Ptacek Wilson High School

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