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Oct. 19, 2006
Contact: W. Heath Peterson, KU Alumni Association, (785) 864-4760.

KU to honor top seniors from nine high schools, volunteer alumni Oct. 23

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment will honor students from nine Kansas high schools Monday, Oct. 23, along with longtime alumni volunteers Bill and Anne Blessing of Leawood.

A total of 208 seniors from nine high schools in Johnson County will be recognized for their academic achievements and named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 7 p.m. reception at Blue Valley West High School, 16200 Antioch Rd., Stilwell.

The Kansas Honors Program began in 1971 and will honor its 100,000th student this year. Scholars rank in the top 10 percent of their high school senior class and are selected regardless of curricula, majors, occupational plans or higher-education goals. Honorees’ names are listed below.

During the ceremony, Karen Miller, senior vice chancellor for academic and student affairs the KU Medical Center and dean of the Schools of Nursing and Allied Health, will speak to students, parents and guests. Each student will receive an American Heritage Dictionary in hardback and CD versions, presented by Heath Peterson, Kansas programs director for the KU Alumni Association.

Peterson will also present the Blessings with a Mildred Clodfelter Alumni Award for their years of service in Johnson County on behalf of the university. The Blessings have coordinated the Johnson County Kansas Honors Program for more than 20 years. Both are Alumni Association life members. They have advocated for the needs of higher education as Jayhawks for Higher Education volunteers and have recruited KU students by attending college fairs as Office of Admissions and Scholarship assistants. Bill, who graduated from the KU School of Business in 1977, is the senior vice president of corporate strategy and development at Embarq and was on the Edwards Campus and Business Management advisory boards. Anne, who graduated from the KU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 1976 and from the School of Law in 1979, is a retired attorney and was on the Law Society Board of Governors from 1992 to 1994.

The Kansas Honors Program is made possible through KU Endowment and proceeds from the Jayhawk License Plate program.

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 KU for 47 years, 42 of them at the Alumni Association. Clodfelter, known to countless Jayhawks nationwide, retired in 1986 and passed away in 2005.

High SchoolLast NameFirst NameHome ZIP
Bishop MiegeAmeyClare66208
Bishop MiegeArnoldMatt66203
Bishop MiegeArnoldMeghen66203
Bishop MiegeBarkmanAnne66206
Bishop MiegeBauerJoanne66206
Bishop MiegeBolinLindsay66206
Bishop MiegeDuncanKatie66106
Bishop MiegeElbeinLucy66202
Bishop MiegeFamaNatalie64114
Bishop MiegeFogelAimee66207
Bishop MiegeFoleyPatrick66208
Bishop MiegeKaneMaggie66103
Bishop MiegeLaJoieSally66204
Bishop MiegeLongKelsy66112
Bishop MiegeLynchPatrick66216
Bishop MiegeMathewsStephanie66202
Bishop MiegeMorrisAlex66202
Bishop MiegeMourlamTim66205
Bishop MiegeMurphyKathryn66205
Bishop MiegeO'ConnorErin66212
Bishop MiegePezzaMaria66216
Bishop MiegeRichardsonElise66213
Bishop MiegeRichardsonKatie66207
Bishop MiegeRuppertMargaret64131
Bishop MiegeSmileyTraci66106
Bishop MiegeSommerhauserJennifer64113
Bishop MiegeStrayhallMatthew66203
Blue Valley High SchoolAzadAva66224
Blue Valley High SchoolBernardJennifer66085
Blue Valley High SchoolChesleyKrista66223
Blue Valley High SchoolCrewsEmily66085
Blue Valley High SchoolCurryBrent66085
Blue Valley High SchoolDickersonLila66085
Blue Valley High SchoolDirksAmanda66223
Blue Valley High SchoolEblingKatherine66224
Blue Valley High SchoolEsserineAdrienne66224
Blue Valley High SchoolFriedlanderLauren66224
Blue Valley High SchoolGorsuchAnn66223
Blue Valley High SchoolHamptonTrevor66013
Blue Valley High SchoolHillJoel66223
Blue Valley High SchoolIrvineChelsea66223
Blue Valley High SchoolKellermanTeresa66224
Blue Valley High SchoolKennonTyler66085
Blue Valley High SchoolKrullStefanie66085
Blue Valley High SchoolMcKaigMeredith66013
Blue Valley High SchoolMeltonKaren66224
Blue Valley High SchoolMeyerAllison66085
Blue Valley High SchoolMikkelsonTyler66085
Blue Valley High SchoolMinoofarElizabeth66224
Blue Valley High SchoolMulliganMatthew66085
Blue Valley High SchoolNelsonSarah66224
Blue Valley High SchoolPaxsonChelsea66223
Blue Valley High SchoolQiuYue66223
Blue Valley High SchoolSilversteinMatthew66223
Blue Valley High SchoolStinsonSarah66085
Blue Valley High SchoolStriebyJames66085
Blue Valley High SchoolStrutzAndrea66224
Blue Valley High SchoolThomasEllen66085
Blue Valley High SchoolUrsoAlyssa66085
Blue Valley High SchoolWongLaura66224
Blue Valley North High SchoolAlbertElizabeth66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolAlhaj-lssaAla'66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolAlnadiNoor Abu66224
Blue Valley North High SchoolBarouchMollie66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolBlakesleySara66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolCassatPaul66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolColbertKevin66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolComoNatalie66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolCowinElisabeth66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolCunninghamElizabeth66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolDamasTiernan66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolDel NeroPeter66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolFehrCaroline66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolGowanMark66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolHallLyndsay66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolHammerMichelle66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolHoeferMichelle66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolHoisingtonHannah66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolJanvrinDaniel66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolJohnsonAndrew66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolJohnsonJulia66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolKaplanJeffrey66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolKellerStacy66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolKelleyEvelyn66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolKloteDiana66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolLeeErik66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolLiuXiaolong66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolLytleHannah66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolMarkJoshua66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolMyersRachel66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolPetersSarah66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolPlanchonMallory66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolRaoShilpa66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolRichardsonWilliam66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolRosamondElizabeth66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolRutterRachael66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolSamuelsonJessica66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolSamuelsonRachel66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolSweenieRachel66209
Blue Valley North High SchoolThompsonAdam66209
Blue Valley NorthwestAmosRyan66013
Blue Valley NorthwestArmisteadClinton66213
Blue Valley NorthwestBiethmanElyse66213
Blue Valley NorthwestBurikMegan66210
Blue Valley NorthwestCartmillKristine66213
Blue Valley NorthwestChenRobert66013
Blue Valley NorthwestChisholmLaura66221
Blue Valley NorthwestChurchBrittany66013
Blue Valley NorthwestCollettiPeter66013
Blue Valley NorthwestCooperHolly66013
Blue Valley NorthwestDavidsonColin66013
Blue Valley NorthwestDerryLogan66213
Blue Valley NorthwestGraySara66221
Blue Valley NorthwestHawleyLogan66013
Blue Valley NorthwestJayTaylor66013
Blue Valley NorthwestKellyPatrick66013
Blue Valley NorthwestKrolKatie66221
Blue Valley NorthwestKukukKayla66221
Blue Valley NorthwestLogueJennifer66221
Blue Valley NorthwestLynchKelly66013
Blue Valley NorthwestMaJimmy66213
Blue Valley NorthwestMcCabeGenevieve66221
Blue Valley NorthwestMitchellKristine66221
Blue Valley NorthwestMohiuddinHafsa66221
Blue Valley NorthwestMurphyMaxwell66223
Blue Valley NorthwestNeilsonLee66013
Blue Valley NorthwestNewsumPatrick66221
Blue Valley NorthwestSerbousekLance66053
Blue Valley NorthwestShanmugamNathan66013
Blue Valley NorthwestShipleyJustin66223
Blue Valley NorthwestSibalaTaylor66210
Blue Valley NorthwestSmithAngela66013
Blue Valley NorthwestSmithSharlee66213
Blue Valley NorthwestSywenkiAmanda66221
Blue Valley NorthwestThomsenStephen66221
Blue Valley NorthwestTurbittJennifer66213
Blue Valley NorthwestWagnerSimon66210
Blue Valley NorthwestWieghardRyan66210
Blue Valley WestBelgeriSteven66221
Blue Valley WestBirzerRebecca Ann66224
Blue Valley WestChangMichael M66221
Blue Valley WestCrumrineStefanie Marie66223
Blue Valley WestDeGennaroJenna66221
Blue Valley WestDickAndrew Ryan66221
Blue Valley WestDonleyBrooke Robinson66221
Blue Valley WestFisherJessalyn66223
Blue Valley WestGieschenMatthew Sean66223
Blue Valley WestGolubAllison Louise66224
Blue Valley WestHarmonJames Quentin66062
Blue Valley WestHershbergerHilary J66221
Blue Valley WestJonesKelsey Elizabeth66221
Blue Valley WestKaussAusten Kristopher66223
Blue Valley WestLiuJohn66223
Blue Valley WestMaddockSean Dore66062
Blue Valley WestMockCharles66221
Blue Valley WestMorefieldSarah66221
Blue Valley WestNelsonDerek66221
Blue Valley WestNussKimberly J66223
Blue Valley WestOwensEmily Katherine66221
Blue Valley WestParkAnnie66221
Blue Valley WestRowlenEryka Jordan66221
Blue Valley WestSchmittMeghan Danielle66221
Blue Valley WestTabmanBrandon Everett66221
Blue Valley WestTurnerMeredith Diane66223
Blue Valley WestUbelKayla66223
Blue Valley WestWalkerJenae66221
Blue Valley WestWaltersNeal Ross66221
Blue Valley WestWedemeierClarissa66224
Blue Valley WestWrightGill Cowan66221
DeSoto High SchoolBeaverKathryn66018
DeSoto High SchoolBeckKathryn66018
DeSoto High SchoolDavidsonRonald66061
DeSoto High SchoolDavisChristina66018
DeSoto High SchoolDeGraeveAustin66018
DeSoto High SchoolFreheMorgan66018
DeSoto High SchoolGroenKyle66018
DeSoto High SchoolHodgesLeslie66018
DeSoto High SchoolLinduffHolly66226
DeSoto High SchoolProsserAlexandra66018
DeSoto High SchoolSmithJordan66226
Hyman Brand Hebrew AcademyEdelmanElizabeth (Katja)66209
Kansas City ChristianFarrisCatherine66210
Kansas City ChristianFrancisKimberly66207
Kansas City ChristianJohnsonEmily66206
Kansas City ChristianPalmerLacy64113
Kansas City ChristianSpaldingRebecca64129
Mill Valley High SchoolBieberAlexandria66218
Mill Valley High SchoolBirdKyLee66226
Mill Valley High SchoolBrizendineAndrew66226
Mill Valley High SchoolClarkKevin66226
Mill Valley High SchoolGallowayClayton66226
Mill Valley High SchoolJohnsonLisa66226
Mill Valley High SchoolJonesKelly66226
Mill Valley High SchoolLeAbigail66226
Mill Valley High SchoolMcCartAllison66226
Mill Valley High SchoolMorrisonAlyssa66226
Mill Valley High SchoolMuckenthalerTanner66226
Mill Valley High SchoolMullinHillary66226
Mill Valley High SchoolNewhouseKatie66226
Mill Valley High SchoolRhodesBrandie66226
Mill Valley High SchoolSpauldingNathanael66226
Mill Valley High SchoolSteelmanCourtney66226
Mill Valley High SchoolUmbargerElise66226
Mill Valley High SchoolWendorffAndrew66226
Mill Valley High SchoolWilburSara66226
Mill Valley High SchoolWilliamsonRobert66226
Mill Valley High SchoolYoungWhitney66226

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