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See list of counties represented. Students are listed below by county, with hometown and high school.
LAWRENCE -- One hundred thirty top high school students in Kansas have been selected to attend the 15th annual Kansas Regents Honors Academy from June 9 to July 6 at the University of Kansas.
The students represent the following counties: Atchison, Barton, Bourbon, Brown, Butler, Cherokee, Clay, Cowley, Crawford, Decatur, Douglas, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford, Franklin, Geary, Graham, Gray, Greenwood, Harper, Jefferson, Jewell, Johnson, Labette, Leavenworth, Linn, Lyon, McPherson, Meade, Miami, Montgomery, Morris, Nemaha, Neosho, Osage, Ottawa, Rawlins, Republic, Reno, Rice, Riley, Russell, Saline, Sedgwick, Shawnee, Trego, Wabaunsee, Washington, Wilson and Wyandotte.
The junior- and senior-level students competed to attend the one-month college-credit academy, which will contemplate the origins and meaning of our expanding universe. High school counselors nominate students to the Regents Honors Academy Coordinating Committee, which selects the participants. Selection for the academy is based on an original essay, grade-point average, class standing, standardized test scores, extracurricular and work activity, and teacher recommendations.
The theme for the 2002 academy, which rotates to a different regents campus each year, is "Existence, Essence, Quintessence: Origins, Meaning and the Expanding Universe." Academy students enroll in two courses exploring the theme. Faculty from the departments of art history, biology, communication studies, physics, psychology, political science and religious studies teach the courses. Academy students paying college tuition may earn college credit that may transfer as elective credit to any regents university.
This year's academy strives to present a rewarding intellectual experience for Kansas' strongest students, said David Besson, an associate professor of physics and astronomy at KU who will teach the core class at the academy.
"Studies of distant supernovae, coupled with recent delicate measurements of the faint, 12.5 billion-year-old 'glow' left over from the Big Bang, have redefined our model of the cosmos," Besson said. "The academy will look at the philosophical implications of our redefined models of physics at both microscopic and macroscopic levels."
Students are responsible for transportation costs and personal expenses while attending the academy and for college tuition if they choose to earn college credit. Sandra S. Wick is director of the 2002 Kansas Regents Honors Academy.
Selected academy participants are:
Atchison
From Atchison
Alexander Denton, Atchison High School
Timothy Hoffman, Atchison High School
Barton
From Pawnee Rock
Kyle Hesed, Otis-Bison High School
Bourbon
From Fort Scott
Quinton Cheney, Fort Scott High School
Brown
From Hiawatha
Carla Schuster, Hiawatha High School
From Horton
Meranda Paden, Horton High School
From Robinson
Erin Feuerbacher, Hiawatha High School
Butler
From Augusta
Steven Guthrie, Bluestem High School
From El Dorado
Stacy Grove, Flinthills High School
Brandon Light, El Dorado High School
Ashton Martin, El Dorado High School
From Rosalia
Katherine Marten, Flinthills High School
Cherokee
From Galena
Katie Horner, Galena High School
Clay
From Wakefield
Cayla Witty, Wakefield High School
Cowley
From Atlanta
Tyler Martin, Burden Central High School
From Udall
Christine Burrus, Udall High School
Crawford
From Girard
Molly Murphy, Girard High School
Christina Sell, Girard High School
From Pittsburg
Michelle Keeling, Frontenac High School
Decatur
From Jennings
Christina Coiner, Jennings High School
Douglas
From Baldwin City
Katherine Lammers, Baldwin High School
From Lawrence
Sean Hill, Bishop Seabury Academy
Edwards
From Lewis
Micah Unruh, Wichita Northeast Magnet
Ellis
From Hays
John Whitmer, Thomas More Prep-Marian
Ellsworth
From Ellsworth
Matthew DeVolder, Ellsworth High School
Finney
From Garden City
Eric Babb, Garden City High School
Elizabeth Crotty, Garden City High School
Kevin Meier, Garden City High School
Ford
From Bucklin
Jeremy Oakley, Bucklin High School
Franklin
From Princeton
Michelle Vanover, Central Heights High School
From Williamsburg
Joanna Rubick, Williamsburg High School
Geary
From Junction City
Heather Martin, Junction City High School
Ashley Wheeler, Junction City High School
Graham
From Hill City
Kyle Robinson, Hill City High School
From Morland
Amanda Knoll, Quinter High School
Gray
From Montezuma
Kamille Ratzlaff, South Gray High School
Greenwood
From Severy
Christopher Taliaferro, West Elk High School
Harper
From Anthony
Charley Forsyth, Chapparal High School
Jefferson
From Oskaloosa
Garret Tufte, Oskaloosa High School
Jewell
From Mankato
Reba Liggett, Mankato High School
Johnson
From Lenexa
Jason Lee, Shawnee Mission West High School
From Olathe
Nicole Coulson, Olathe North High School
Haley Goucher, Olathe North High School
Alicia Greene, Olathe North High School
From Overland Park
Phyllis Yang, Blue Valley Northwest High School
From Shawnee
Zeba Hasan, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Labette
From Altamont
Matthew Ybarra, Labette County High School
From Edna
Jarrod Waugh, Labette County High School
From Parsons
Shelby Brenn, Parsons High School
Leavenworth
From Easton
Cassandra Akasaki, Pleasant Ridge High School
From Leavenworth
Catherine Erickson, Leavenworth High School
BriAnnan Jones, Leavenworth High School
Kaitlyn Kelly, Tonganoxie High School
Linn
From Centerville
Sara Holt, Prairie View High School
Lyon
From Admire
Audra Jenkins, Emporia High School
From Emporia
Abigail East, Emporia High School
Elizabeth Yanik, Emporia High School
McPherson
From McPherson
Amy Do, McPherson High School
Rachel Gentry, McPherson High School
Jessica Harper, McPherson High School
Meade
From Plains
Tamarah Dreitz, Southwestern Heights High School
Amanda Mercer, Southwestern Heights High School
Miami
From Osawatomie
Duncan Miller, Osawatomie High School
From Paola
Nelson Green, Paola High School
Brook Rentz, Paola High School
Montgomery
From Caney
Samantha Post, Caney Valley High School
From Coffeyville
Afrita Stewart Davis, Field Kindly Memorial High School
Morris
From Council Grove
Deborah Murphy, Council Grove High School
Nemaha
From Centralia
Cassandra Boyle, Centralia High School
Neosho
From Chanute
Benjamin Coate, Chanute High School
Aubrey Jarred, Chanute High School
Sarah McCauley, Chanute High School
Laura Tripp, Chanute High School
Osage
From Vassar
Suzette Runyon, Lyndon High School
Ottawa
From Culver
Whitney Suske, Ell-Saline High School
From Tescott
Rachel Larson, Tescott High School
Rawlins
From Atwood
Angela Bliss, Atwood High School
Republic
From Belleville
Kelley Melton, Belleville High School
Reno
From Abbyville
Heather Mitzner, Fairfield High School
From Partridge
Peter Miller, Haven High School
Rice
From Chase
Jordan Poskey, Chase High School
From Lyons
Sally Ebright, Lyons High School
Kristin Watson-Drennen, Lyons High School
Riley
From Fort Riley
Christina Lachut, Junction City High School
From Manhattan
Andrew Boyd, Riley County High School
Tracy Britt, Manhattan High School
Allison Brooks, Manhattan High School
Mehrdad Hosni, Manhattan High School
Amanda Tackett, Riley County High School
Matthew Taylor, Manhattan High School
Russell
From Lucas
Marley Palmer, Lucas-Luray High School
From Russell
Raine Kaufman, Russell High School
Saline
From Salina
Jennifer Guerra, Salina High South
Travis Haugh, Salina High Central
Emily Henke, Sacred Heart High School
Joseph Sparacino, Southeast of Saline High School
Arthur Thompson, Salina High South
Timothy Welch, Salina High Central
Sedgwick
From Clearwater
Megan Mills, Clearwater High School
Mitchell Papish, Clearwater High School
From Derby
Jaime Andrews, Derby High School
Brian Starr, Derby High School
From Goddard
Jimmy Bishop, Goddard High School
From Haysville
Beverly Ball, Campus High School
From Kechi
Laura Ehmke, Wichita Northeast Magnet High School
From Wichita
James Blakemore, Wichita East High School
Emily Calabro, Andover Central High School
Kimberly Dickey, Maize High School
Charles Henry, Andover Central High School
Margaret Kobawoo, Wichita East High School
Jordan List, Maize High School
Michael Phillips, Maize High School
Dennis Toy, Wichita East High School
Alexandra Unruh, Wichita Northeast Magnet High School
Luis Vargas, Wichita Northwest High School
Nhung Vu, Wichita Heights High School
Shawnee
From Topeka
Katie Becker, Hayden High School
Joy Noakes, Washburn Rural High School
Katherine O'Hara, Topeka High School
Michela Perry, Hayden High School
Jonathan To, Topeka West High School
Jaime Wade, Perry-Lecompton High School
Trego
From Ogallah
Will Schlegel, Trego Community High School
Wabaunsee
From Alta Vista
Rachel Collier, Council Grove High School
Washington
From Linn
Crystal Pihl, Prairie View High School
Wilson
From Fredonia
William Clausen, Fredonia High School
Matthew Harsin, Fredonia High School
Wyandotte
From Kansas City
Genevie Gold, Sumner Academy
Akilah Mahon, Washington High School
Natalie Modzelewski, Sumner Academy
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