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

KU to honor Barber, Harper, Kingman and Pratt county high school seniors

LAWRENCE -- Students from nine Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, April 9, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and the KU Endowment Association.

The students, seniors from Barber, Harper, Kingman and Pratt counties, will meet for a 7 p.m. dinner reception, where students will be named Kansas Honor Scholars. The program will take place at Kingman High School, 260 Kansas Ave., Kingman.

Honorees are listed below.

Ruth Ann Atchley, assistant professor of psychology, will speak. Kansas Alumni Association representative Bryan Greve, director of Adams Alumni Center and Jayhawk Society membership, is in charge of award presentations.

The program will cost parents and alumni $10 each. Honored students will be guests of the Alumni Association and the Endowment Association.

Debra Meisenheimer, Kingman, is the site coordinator. Robert Slinkard, Medicine Lodge, is the Barber County coordinator. Diana Bonham, Anthony, is the Harper County coordinator. Chuck Holcomb, Cunningham, is the Kingman County coordinator. Cindy Keller, Pratt, and Marcia Suiter, Pratt, are the Pratt County coordinators.

The KU Endowment Association and the KU Alumni Association began sponsoring the Kansas Honors Program in 1971. The program has honored 85,600 students in the top 10 percent of the Kansas high school senior classes.

The Mildred Clodfelter Alumni Award, created in 1986 by the Alumni Association, honors volunteers who serve as KU ambassadors in their home communities. The award is named for Clodfelter, who received a bachelor's degree in 1941 from KU and worked at the university for 47 years, 42 of them at the Alumni Association. Clodfelter retired in 1986 and lives in Lawrence.

The KU Endowment Association and the KU Alumni Association began sponsoring the Kansas Honors Program in 1971. The program has honored 85,600 students in the top 10 percent of the Kansas high school senior classes.

First Name	Last Name	High School
Erika	Bonham	Attica High School
Jennifer	Newberry	Attica High School
Kregg	Carothers	Chaparral High School
Charley	Forsyth	Chaparral High School
Kyle	Kerschen	Chaparral High School
Bret	Mathes	Chaparral High School
Keegan	Miller	Chaparral High School
Nathan	Ramer	Chaparral High School
Reyna	Smoker	Chaparral High School
Kelsey	Zirkle	Chaparral High School
Kandi	Kitson	Cunningham High School
Amanda	Pressier	Cunningham High School
Vicky	Girard	Kingman High School
Megan	Herman	Kingman High School
Angela	Hernandez	Kingman High School
Kale	Langley	Kingman High School
Brenda	Moore	Kingman High School
Lindsey	Schwartz	Kingman High School
Elizabeth	Stucky	Kingman High School
Carrie	Chance	Medicine Lodge High School
Blayne	Lyman	Medicine Lodge High School
Rebekah	Morford	Medicine Lodge High School
Audra	Ricke	Medicine Lodge High School
Todd	Walters	Medicine Lodge High School
Elizabeth	Fieser	Norwich High School
Kendra	Stonebraker	Norwich High School
Kayla	Briggeman	Pratt High School
Lindsay	Bryant	Pratt High School
Tyson	Eisenhauer	Pratt High School
Whitney	Galle	Pratt High School
Lindsay	Hall	Pratt High School
Audrey	Ladenburger	Pratt High School
Lindsey	Luttrell	Pratt High School
Lacey	Maltby	Pratt High School
Jake	Olson	Pratt High School
Amber	Sanders	Pratt High School
Kalista	Glasgow	Skyline High School
Jennifer	Moser	Skyline High School
Brent	Newby	Skyline High School
Justin	Baier	South Barber High School
Terra	Garman	South Barber High School
Darci	Watts	South Barber High School