KU News Release

KU to honor 111 high school seniors from three counties Oct. 20 in El Dorado

LAWRENCE — Students from 15 Kansas high schools will be honored Monday, Oct. 20, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment.

A total of 111 seniors from high schools in Butler, Elk and Greenwood counties will be recognized for their academic achievements and named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 7 p.m. reception program at El Dorado Civic Center, 201 E. Central, El Dorado.

The Kansas Honors Program began in 1971 and has honored more than 100,000 students. Scholars rank in the top 10 percent of their high school senior classes and are selected regardless of curricula, majors, occupational plans or higher-education goals.

During the ceremony, each student will receive an American Heritage Dictionary in hardcover and CD versions, presented by KU Alumni Association representative Joy Maxwell, Kansas City programs assistant director.

David Johnston, director of marketing and Internet services for the alumni association, will speak to the students and their parents and guests.

Honored students will be guests of the alumni association and KU Endowment; parents and area alumni are welcome to attend.

Community volunteers collect reservations, coordinate details and serve as local contacts for the event. The site coordinator is Scott Ennis of El Dorado. Steven Ensign of Eureka is county coordinator for Elk and Greenwood counties.

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

Honorees are listed below by high school.

Andover Central High School: Joshua Bikus, Benjamin Clark, Daniel Collins, Benjamin French, Sarah Gafvert, Nathan Hansen, Jessica Harney, Tyson Hilyard, Kirsten Jacobson, Kathryn H. Johnson, Kassidy Kaiser, Julianne London, Matthew Patterson, Victoria Schaulis, Paul Wagle and Clayton Winter.

Andover High School: Olivia Banks, Trenton Bishop, Sabra Clark, Katherine Dewitt, Andrew Drumm, Angela Grommet, Kyra Hagan, Jessica Harris, Breanna Kirkhart, Luke Meisch, Lauren Pistotnik, Joseph Ryan, Kelsey Smith, Madison Starns and Lisa Towne

Augusta High School: Ryan Bennett, Lauren Collins, Quentin Cox, Nellie Gillies, Aaron Hamilton, Jesse Mahannah, Amanda Maly, Margo Moore, Jasmine Ostrander, Alexa Poore, Jarod Regier, Ashley Schwemmer, Nicole Schwemmer, Jarod Todd and Amanda Wendler

Bluestem High School: Jeremy Coltharp, Medley Madison, Zachary Muckenthaler, Benjamin Reding, Kelsey Rivers and Kaitlin Seymour

Circle High School: Amanda Crisler, Bethany George, Rachel Griffis, Miranda Hinnenkamp, Claire Jensen, Lauren Johnson, Tara Mollhagen, Abbey Nicholas, Donald Severson, Kyle Walls and Taylor Weber

Douglass High School: Cara Barnes, Conner Baus, Ashleigh Bryan, Carrie Grabau, Rachelle McDaniel, Courtney Myers and Timothy Nispel

El Dorado High School: Tyler Barnes, Tyler Briscoe, Tristan Connell, Megan Fleener, Seth Hadley, Sara Keenan, Kellly Nuckolls, Kay Riedl, Josh Scott, Kalynn Scott, Jessica Wade and Patrick Ward

Elk Valley High School: Devon Packett

Eureka Junior/Senior High School: ReAnna Kern, Ethan McCoy, Kelsey Nichols and Joseph Shaw

Flinthills High School: Rachel Allemand, Kenneth Hoyt and Sonya Merwin

Frederic Remington High School: Cort Mosiman, Amanda Regehr, Margo Regier and Mattithyah Tillotson

Hamilton Junior/Senior High School: Melissa Elizabeth McEwen

Madison High School: Molly Ballard and Caleb Hamilton

Rose Hill High School: Michael Bunyard, Samantha Carlson, Miranda Fisher, Kellie Frazier, Ashley Green, Kevin Hagen, Jessica Kolb, Jordan Martin, Abbigail Munn, Alexandra Pearce, Eric Stuewe and Kaytlin Zimpfer

West Elk High School: Kyle Huntington and Caitlin JuAire

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