KU News Release

KU to honor 63 high school seniors from four Kansas counties Oct. 27

LAWRENCE — Students from 10 Kansas high schools will be honored Monday, Oct. 27, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment.

A total of 61 seniors from high schools in Chase, Coffey, Lyon and Morris counties will be recognized for their academic achievements and named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 6:30 p.m. dinner program at the Emporia State University Student Union, Webb Lecture Hall, 1200 Commercial St., Emporia.

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 Michelle Miles, assistant director of Kansas programs.

Barbara Ballard, associate director for outreach at KU’s Dole Institute of Politics, 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 at a cost of $12 each.

Community volunteers collect reservations, coordinate details and serve as local contacts for the event. The site coordinator is Gary Ace of Emporia. County coordinators are Brian and Penny Filinger for Chase County; Polly Epting and Nikki Barrett, both of Emporia, for Coffey County; and Jody Sellers of Council Grove for Morris County.

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.

Burlington High School: Brandon Doebele, Jennifer Gueve, Crystal Hinterweger, Elizabeth Hopkins, Annelise Masters, Michael Raymer and Jessica Watts

Chase County High School: Amelia Mitchell, Kristopher Roberts, Kylee Scott and Briana Talkington

Council Grove High School: Elyse Hecht, Nicole Peterson, Catherine Robidou, Danielle Siegle, Jeri Sigle and Jessica Zimmerman

Emporia High School: MaryAnne Alderman, Joel Bland, Zachariah Button, Joel Christiansen, Jared Dakin, Brian Dorsey, Ryan Dorsey, Erin East, Corinne Edds, Suzanne Gonzalez, Jasmine Greene, Hilary Heinrichs, Caitlin Hotzel, Claudia Jaimes, Derek Nielsen, Raelyn Pearson, Dayren Ramirez, Kristen Ranalli, Jose Rios, Seung-Yun Shin, Kelli Sippola, Michael Stauffer, Kimberly Thompson, Michelle Thompson, Jacob Torres, Rachelle VanGundy, Gabriel Waterman, Katherine Weaver and Aaron Wyatt

Hartford High School: Logan Grieder and Amanda Zweimiller

Lebo High School: Hope Dyer, Chelsie Eagleburger and Jesse Madsen

Northern Heights High School: Tess Hobson, Amy Lee, Robyn Meahl and Erik Pracht

Olpe High School: Brianne Davis, Courtney Kuhlmann and Camille Webb

Southern Coffey County High School: Justin Meyer and Andrea Stohs

Waverly High School: Danyl Chapman, Angela Gifford and Kirsten Henry

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