KU to honor high school seniors from 3 Kansas counties Sept. 29

LAWRENCE -- Students from 10 Kansas high schools will be honored Thursday, Oct. 9, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and the KU Endowment Association.

A total of 63 seniors from high schools in Ellis, Rooks, Russell and Trego counties will be named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 6:30 p.m. dinner reception at Hays High School, 2300 E. 13th St., Hays.

Honorees are listed below.

Janet Murguia, executive vice chancellor of university relations, will speak. Kansas Alumni Association representative Chris Lazzarino, managing editor of Kansas Alumni magazine, is in charge of award presentations.

The program will cost parents and alumni $8.50 each. Honored students will be guests of the Alumni Association and the Endowment Association.

Fred and Sheila Brening, Hays, will serve as the site and Ellis County coordinators. Tom and Cassi Nuckols, Plainville, will serve as the Rooks County coordinators. Nancy Lane, Russell, will serve as the Russell County coordinator, and Jim and Kathy Cleland, WaKeeney, will serve as the Trego County coordinators.

The KU Endowment Association and the KU Alumni Association began sponsoring the Kansas Honors Program in 1971. The program has honored 86,368 students in the top 10 percent of the Kansas high school senior classes.

First Name	Last Name	High School
John	Kroeger	Ellis High School
Lynn	Pfeifer	Ellis High School
Megan	Weber	Ellis High School
Ryan	Befort	Hays High School
Stephen	Debes	Hays High School
Tomi	Dechant	Hays High School
Helen	Delisi	Hays High School
Jenny	Faber	Hays High School
Kelsi	Fielder	Hays High School
Jade	Fieler	Hays High School
Emily	Giersch	Hays High School
Steven	Hammerschmidt	Hays High School
Shauna	Haynes	Hays High School
Nathan	Hoffman	Hays High School
Khanh Trong	Huynh	Hays High School
Elise	Johansen	Hays High School
Jessica	Juenemann	Hays High School
Maggie	Lanning	Hays High School
Lee	Legleiter	Hays High School
Christopher	Malott	Hays High School
Eryn	Norton	Hays High School
Jason	Oller	Hays High School
Aaron	Rohr	Hays High School
Curtis	Ruder	Hays High School
Jenna	Schippers	Hays High School
Blake	Schonthaler	Hays High School
Jody	Seibel	Hays High School
Jessica	Shank	Hays High School
Michelle	Staab	Hays High School
Stefanie	Stevens	Hays High School
Sara	Wasinger	Hays High School
Alisha	Ridgley	Lucas-Luray High School
Ashley	Dopita	Palco High School
Shana	Lambert	Palco High School
Jessica	Casey	Plainville High School
Aryn	Garvin	Plainville High School
Amanda	Fogle	Plainville High School
Makenzi	Rempe	Plainville High School
Kelsey	Ross	Plainville High School
Holly	Finkbeiner	Russell High School
Sarah	Froetschner	Russell High School
Deric	Funk	Russell High School
Shanda	Kilian	Russell High School
Kristen	Meier	Russell High School
Sarah	Newton	Russell High School
Jared	Nuss	Russell High School
Heather	Gartrell	Stockton High School
Amber	Kollman	Stockton High School
Megan	Lingg	Stockton High School
Aaron	Breit	Thomas More Prep-Marian High School
Curtis	Leiker	Thomas More Prep-Marian High School
Joon-Young	Kim	Thomas More Prep-Marian High School
Erica	Kingsley	Thomas More Prep-Marian High School
Curtis	Leiker	Thomas More Prep-Marian High School
Ho Young	Park	Thomas More Prep-Marian High School
Darin	Rohr	Thomas More Prep-Marian High School
John	Whitmer	Thomas More Prep-Marian High School
Erin	Locke	Trego Community High School
Mitch	Newcomer	Trego Community High School
Brandon	Nimz	Trego Community High School
Katie	Stegman	Trego Community High School
DeAnne	Wedermyer	Trego Community High School
Christopher	Dinkel	Victoria High School
Angela	Gatschet	Victoria High School