KU News Release

LAWRENCE — Students from 15 Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, April 7, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment.

A total of 43 seniors from high schools in Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas and Wallace counties will be recognized for their academic achievements and named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 7 p.m. dinner program at the Colby Community College Student Union, 1255 S. Range Ave.

The Kansas Honors Program began in 1971 and has honored more than 107,000 students. Scholars rank in the top 10 percent of their high school senior classes and are selected regardless of occupational plans or higher-education goals. Honorees are listed below.

During the ceremony, each student will receive an American Heritage Dictionary, in both hardback and electronic versions, presented by Danny Lewis, assistant director of the KU Alumni Association.

William J. Crowe, special assistant to the dean of libraries, 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 $13 each.

Community volunteers collect reservations, coordinate details and serve as local contacts for the event. Jeff and Nona Mason, Goodland, will be the site coordinators and Sherman County coordinators. Other county coordinators are Mike and Brenda Day, St. Francis, for Cheyenne County; Sherrie Wiedeman, Colby, for Gove, Logan and Sheridan counties; Charles and Connie Peckham, Atwood, for Rawlins County; Paul and Sharon Steele, Colby, for Thomas and Wallace counties; and Rhonda May, Oberlin, for Decatur County.

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

Brewster High School: Stefanie Eicher

Cheylin High School: Naomi Reeh

Colby High School: Gray Henry, Jacob Hutflies, Anna Juenemann, Kalen Rasmussen, Jacob Rose, Collin Rous and Keesa Wright

Decatur Community High School: Ashley Horton, Kira Meitl and Adrienne Pauls

Golden Plains High School: Issac Broeckelman, Jonathan Broeckelman and Shaun Gilbert

Goodland High School: Alexis Bateman, Landon Brenner, Jay Cotter, Ismawl Garcia, Brook Redlin and Benjamin Waugh

Hoxie High School: Mackenzie Carman and Jenna Patmon

Oakley High School: Rachel Gosser, Caleb Jurey, Danielle Keller, Brandon Maurath, Matthew Temaat, Skyler Whittman and Austin Zerr

Rawlins County High School: Jill Bergling, Wendy Fields and Kevin Wolters

St. Francis Community High School: Brooklyn Hnizdil and Trent Raile

Triplains High School: Jerri Williams

Wallace County High School: Kenzi Knobbe, Gabrielle Kuhlman, Taylor Pearce and Kelly Van Laeys

Weskan High School: Payton Walker

Wheatland High School: Layne Ostmeyer and Taylor Ostmeyer