KU News Release

April 6, 2005
Contact: Carolyn Barnes, KU Alumni Association, (785) 864-4760.

KU to honor 29 high school seniors from five NW Kansas counties on April 14

LAWRENCE -- Students from 11 Kansas high schools will be honored Thursday, April 14, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and the KU Endowment Association.

KU's ROTC will post the colors and perform "Taps" as part of the dedication ceremonies.

A total of 29 seniors from Graham, Norton, Osborne, Phillips and Smith county high schools will be named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 7 p.m. program at the Dane G. Hansen Memorial Plaza Community Room, 110 W. Main St., Logan. The gallery will be open for viewing at 6:15 p.m.

Honorees are listed below.

John Staniunas, associate professor of theatre and film, will speak. Kansas Alumni Association representative Jennifer Sanner, senior vice president for communications and editor of Kansas Alumni magazine is in charge of award presentations.

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

Jerry and Marsha Edwards, Scott City, will serve as the site and Scott/Lane county coordinators; Maurine Firner, Tribune, will serve as the Greeley County coordinator and Janna DeLissa, Leoti, will serve as the Wichita County coordinator.

Polly Bales and Carol Bales, both of Logan, will serve as the site coordinators. David Rankin, Phillipsburg, is coordinator for Graham and Phillips counties; Kevin Baughman and Tom Baumann, both of Norton, are coordinators for Norton County; Philip Hardman, Osborne, is coordinator for Osborne County, and Samuel Wagner, Harlan, is coordinator for Smith County.

The KU Endowment Association and the KU Alumni Association began sponsoring the Kansas Honors Program in 1971. The program has honored 92,630 students in the top 10 percent of the Kansas high school senior classes.

First Name	Last Name	High School
Nicole	Haskett	Eastern Heights High School
Carter	Atkins	Hill City High School
Sloane	Schulz	Hill City High School
Matthew	Worcester	Hill City High School
Raylene	DeBey	Lakeside High School
Melanie	DeBolt	Lakeside High School
Andrew	Rotman	Lakeside High School
Zachary	Steinshouer	Lakeside High School
Vanessa	Van Diest	Logan High School
Aimee	Beisner	Natoma High School
Thomas	Ostmeyer	Northern Valley High School
Nick	Evans	Norton Community High School
Jason	Green	Norton Community High School
Claudia	Lacy	Norton Community High School
Justin	Shirk	Norton Community High School
Hailey	Applegate	Osborne High School
R.J.	Michel	Osborne High School
Jennifer	Schurr	Osborne High School
Karie	Ubelaker	Osborne High School
Bradley	Rachow	Phillipsburg High School
Kurt	Thomas	Phillipsburg High School
Ashley	Conrad	Phillipsburg High School
Ashley	Elders	Phillipsburg High School
Zachary	Allen	Smith Center High School
Courtney	George	Smith Center High School
Chelsey	Lyon	Smith Center High School
Andrew	Sanford	Smith Center High School
Leah	Kuhlmann	West Smith County High School
Baylee	Lehmann	West Smith County High School

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