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KU to honor 55 high school seniors from three SW Kansas counties at Garden City
LAWRENCE -- Students from five Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Oct. 19, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and the KU Endowment Association.
A total of 55 seniors from high schools in Kearny, Finney and Hamilton counties will be named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 6:30 p.m. dinner program at the Southwind Country Club, 77 Grandview Drive, Garden City.
Honorees' names are listed below.
Paul Carttar, executive vice chancellor for external affairs, will speak. Kansas Alumni Association representatives Kevin Corbett, president of the Kansas Alumni Association, and Heath Peterson, interim director of the Kansas Honors Program, are in charge of award presentations.
The dinner program will cost parents and alumni $15 each. Honored students will be guests of the Alumni Association and the Endowment Association.
Rebecca Crotty, Garden City, will serve as the site coordinator. County coordinators will be Dana Nanninga, Garden City, Finney and Kearny counties; and Rob Gale Jr., Syracuse, Hamilton County.
The KU Endowment Association and the Kansas Alumni Association began sponsoring the Kansas Honors Program in 1971. The program has honored 95,794 students in the top 10 percent of high school senior classes throughout the state of Kansas.
| High School | First Name | Last Name | Home City | Home Zip | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield HS | Daniel | Guebara | Deerfield | 67838 | Kearny |
| Deerfield HS | Aaron | Miller | Deerfield | 67838 | Kearny |
| Deerfield HS | Torre | Mohler | Garden City | 67846 | Kearny |
| Garden City HS | Kelsie | Adam | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Quentin | Adams | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Lindsey | Alexander | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Jonathan | Almaguer | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Erin | Bartel | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Dustin | Boyle | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Jill | Daniels | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Jordan | Dinkel | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Katherine | Elliott | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Heber | Garcia | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Jimmy | Garcia | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Kaisha | Gurtner | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Hallie | Harness | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Leah | Haug | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Sonny | Hong | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Haleigh | Kells | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Alexander | King | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Leah | Kopper | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Nghia | Mai | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Jessica | Messenger | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Caitlin | Moser | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Kristina | Murry | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Nancy | Ortiz | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Ryan | Partin | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Ankit | Patel | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Kelsey | Pearson | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Lara | Pracht | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Melinda | Reed | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Tyler | Richard | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Audrey | Robinson | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Rafe | Schaefer | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Kimberly | Schwarting | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Elissa | Shortridge | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Melissa | St Clair | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Melinda | Williams | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Garden City HS | Kait | Wurst | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Holcomb HS | Dustin | Base | Holcomb | 67851 | Finney |
| Holcomb HS | Sarah | Brock | Holcomb | 67851 | Finney |
| Holcomb HS | Tyler | Fenton | Holcomb | 67851 | Finney |
| Holcomb HS | Kayla | Hurley | Garden City | 67846 | Finney |
| Holcomb HS | Terra | Keim | Holcomb | 67851 | Finney |
| Holcomb HS | Trista | Schmitt | Holcomb | 67851 | Finney |
| Holcomb HS | Rance | Schreibvogel | Holcomb | 67851 | Finney |
| Lakin HS | Andrew | Blackburn | Lakin | 67860 | Kearny |
| Lakin HS | Alicia | Shankle | Lakin | 67860 | Kearny |
| Lakin HS | Amanda | Shankle | Lakin | 67860 | Kearny |
| Lakin HS | Justine | Sullivan | Lakin | 67860 | Kearny |
| Lakin HS | Keri | Deaver | Lakin | 67860 | Kearny |
| Syracuse HS | Jacob | Garcia | Syracuse | 67878 | Hamilton |
| Syracuse HS | Cheyenne | George | Syracuse | 67878 | Hamilton |
| Syracuse HS | Emily | Young | Syracuse | 67878 | Hamilton |
| Syracuse HS | Tommy | Zuzelski | Syracuse | 67878 | Hamilton |
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