KU to honor top high school seniors in Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford counties

LAWRENCE -- Students from seven Kansas high schools will be honored Thursday, Feb. 5, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and the KU Endowment Association.

A total of 22 seniors from high schools in Edwards, Pawnee and Stafford counties will be named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 6:30 p.m. dinner program at Walker's Steakhouse, 718 Fort Larned, Larned.

Honorees are listed below.

Richard Johnson, associate vice provost for student success and dean of students, will speak. Kansas Alumni Association representative Carolyn Barnes, director of the Kansas Honors Program, is in charge of award presentations.

The program will cost parents and alumni $11 each. Honored students will be guests of the Alumni Association and the Endowment Association.

John Adams, Larned, is coordinator for the site. County coordinators are Al Frame, Kinsley, for Edwards County; Mike Best, Larned, for Pawnee County; and Gayle Cornwell, Saint John, for Stafford County.

The KU Endowment Association and the KU Alumni Association began sponsoring the Kansas Honors Program in 1971. The program has honored 89,113 students in the top 10 percent of the Kansas high school senior classes.

First Name	Last Name	High School
Todd	Haskell	Kinsley High School
Darleen	Polson	Kinsley High School
Jason	Wetzel	Kinsley High School
Kristen	Burdett	Larned High School
Amber	Humphrey	Larned High School
Anne	Moeder	Larned High School
Seth	Schmidt	Larned High School
Jeremy	Snyder	Larned High School
Larissa	Spare	Larned High School
Sarah	Taylor	Larned High School
Megan	Jones	Lewis High School
Katie	Clowers	Macksville High School
Eryn	Wood	Macksville High School
Kevin	Wood	Macksville High School
Shelly	Blattner	Pawnee Heights High School
Nathan	Maresch	Pawnee Heights High School
Casey	Cornwell	Saint John High School
Kristin	Russell	Saint John High School
Nathan	Spare	Saint John High School
Cynthia	Arzola	Stafford High School
Jill	Fritzemeier	Stafford High School
Anthony	Holmes	Stafford High School