September 6, 2001

Kansas Honors Program

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

KU to honor Sumner County high school students at Wellington

LAWRENCE -- Students from eight Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Sept. 19, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and the KU Endowment Association.

The students, seniors from Sumner County, will be named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 6:30 p.m. dinner program at the Raymond Frye Complex, 320 N. Jefferson.

Honorees' names are below.

Andrea Norris, director of the Spencer Art Museum, will speak. Alumni Association representative Chirs Lazzarino, managing editor of Kansas Alumni magazine, is in charge of award presentations.

The program will cost parents and alumni $13 each. Honored students will be guests of the Alumni Association and the Endowment Association.

David Carr, Wellington, is the site coordinator. Cathy Mitchell, Wellington, is the reservations and facilities 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
Jared Allen Argonia High School
Timothy Hinerman Argonia High School
Brett McNeil Argonia High School
Philip Burrows Belle Plaine High School
Sara Eckhart Belle Plaine High School
Jessica Fergen Belle Plaine High School
Eric Johnson Belle Plaine High School
Hallie Perryman Belle Plaine High School
Stephanie Ryherd Belle Plaine High School
Karensa Skeels Belle Plaine High School
Chris Craft Caldwell High School
Jennifer Marcrum Caldwell High School
Chandra Nispel Caldwell High School
Kendra Barkley Conway Springs High School
David Fisher Conway Springs High School
Danny Pauly Conway Springs High School
Keith Seiwert Conway Springs High School
Desera Wiesner Conway Springs High School
Jane Burrow Mulvane High School
Elizabeth Coughlan Mulvane High School
Michelle Dinkel Mulvane High School
Chris Hein Mulvane High School
Troy Johnson Mulvane High School
Kari Leonard Mulvane High School
Daniel MacKay Mulvane High School
Darin Mason Mulvane High School
Jason Nesbitt Mulvane High School
Tamera Parman Mulvane High School
Jenna Pierce Mulvane High School
Derek Pyeatt Mulvane High School
Samantha Scarlett Mulvane High School
Stevi Shaw Mulvane High School
Chris Thompson Mulvane High School
Dara Vishnefske Mulvane High School
Daniel Wright Mulvane High School
Kirby DeHaven Oxford High School
Andrea Thurber Oxford High School
Danielle Totten Oxford High School
Deedra Totten Oxford High School
Melissa Wheeler Oxford High School
Crystal Bryant South Haven High School
Kimberly Simmons South Haven High School
Elizabeth Van Zant South Haven High School
Christina Avalos Wellington High School
Rebecca Caldwell Wellington High School
Tenneil Cobb Wellington High School
Colt Cody Wellington High School
Randall Gerberding Wellington High School
Nicole Goodrum Wellington High School
Dru Heffron Wellington High School
Casey McNeil Wellington High School
Daniel McNeil Wellington High School
Christina Peralez Wellington High School
Elizabeth Reusser Wellington High School
Tiffany Weber Wellington High School
Ann Young Wellington High School
Beth Young Wellington High School
Chris Young Wellington High School
Nickolas Zimmerman Wellington High School

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