FHSU University Relations

Area students have accepted scholarships to Fort Hays State University for the 2014-2015 school year.

Students are listed alphabetically by high school with their scholarships, parents and majors.

Brewster High School

Ashley Barrie, a 2014 Brewster High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in teacher education and a $500 Copper Academic Award. Barrie, daughter of Jim and Jessica House, Brewster, plans to major in early childhood education.

Cheylin West High School

Connor Hazuka, a 2014 Cheylin West High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in agriculture and a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award. Hazuka, son of Dale Jr. and Stacey Hazuka, McDonald, plans to major in agronomy.

Jose Ponce, a 2012 Cheylin High School graduate and a Garden City Community College transfer student, accepted a $1,000 Transfer Student Award. Ponce, son of Roberto and Guadalupe Ponce, McDonald, plans to major in marketing.

Colby High School

Chase Hartwell, a 2014 Colby High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic
Opportunity Award in applied technology and a $500 Copper Academic Award. Hartwell, son of Irene Hartwell, Colby, plans to major in construction management.

Andrew Taylor, a 2014 Colby High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Taylor, son of Fred and Kim Taylor, Colby, plans to major in business management.

Decatur Community High School

Kyle Breth, a 2014 Decatur Community High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in applied technology and a $500 Copper Academic Award. Breth, son of Tim and Brenda Breth, Oberlin, plans a career in industrial art education.

Ellis High School

Brittany Dinkel, a 2014 Ellis High School graduate, accepted a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award and a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in nursing. Dinkel, daughter of Lana Dinkel, Ellis, plans to major in nursing.

Sidney Gottschalk, a 2014 Ellis High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Gottschalk, daughter of Bryan and Sonya Gottschalk, Hays, plans a career in physical therapy.

Braden Parke, a 2014 Ellis High School graduate, accepted a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in justice studies. Parke, son of Larry and Mary Parke, Ellis, plans to major in justice studies.

Skyler Tebo, a 2014 Ellis High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Tebo, son of Brad and Sue Ann Tebo, Ellis, plans to major in business.

Alan Wilson, a 2014 Ellis High School graduate, accepted a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in applied technology. Wilson, son of David and Twila Wilson, Ellis, plans to major in technology studies.

Landon Younger, a 2014 Ellis High School graduate, accepted a $1,200 Miller Black and Gold Academic Award. Younger, son of Bobby and Toni Younger, Ellis, plans a career in pharmacy.

Golden Plains High School

Jacob Antholz, a 2014 Golden Plains High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Antholz, son of Janell Antholz, Rexford, plans to major in information technology.

Macayla Easton, a 2014 Golden Plains High School graduate, accepted a $2,000 FHSU Presidential Award and a $1,200 Miller Black and Gold Academic Award. Easton, daughter of Charles Easton, Selden, and Heather Easton, Holdrege, Neb., plans to major in biology.

Kylie Jones, a 2014 Golden Plains High School graduate, accepted a $1,200 Miller Black and Gold Academic Award and a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in biology. Jones, daughter of Alan Jones, Rexford, and Sally Graham, Hays, plans to major in biology.

Hailee Spresser, a 2014 Golden Plains High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Spresser, daughter of Daniel and Annette Spresser, Gem, plans to major in business.

Zachary Spresser, a 2014 Golden Plains High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Spresser, son of Curtis and Jennifer Spresser, Hoxie, plans to major in biology.

Goodland High School

Cheyenne Prevatt, a 2014 Goodland High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award and a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in biology. Prevatt, daughter of Charles and Nancy Prevatt, Goodland, plans to major in biology.

Gabriella Rangel, a 2014 Goodland High School graduate, accepted a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in business and entrepreneurship. Rangel, daughter of Arnold and Monica Rangel, Kanorado, plans to major in marketing.

Cheyenne Stegeman, a 2014 Goodland High School graduate, accepted a $1,200 Miller Black and Gold Academic Award. Stegeman, daughter of Rick and Pam Stegeman, Goodland, plans to major in wildlife biology.

Hays High School

Joshua Adcock, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $1,200 Miller Black and Gold Academic Award. Adcock, son of Jack and Sherri Flagor, Hays, plans to major in communications studies.

Justin Adcock, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $2,000 Presidential Award and a $1,200 Miller Black and Gold Academic Award. Adcock, son of Jack and Sherri Flagor, Hays, plans to major in psychology.

Kord Albers, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Albers, son of Tom and Tina Albers, Hays, plans a career in civil engineering.

Kaden Beilman, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $1,200 Miller Black and Gold Academic Award and a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in informatics. Beilman, son of Chris and Janell Beilman, Hays, plans to major in informatics.

Jacob Booth, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in psychology. Booth, son of Jon and Renae Booth, Hays, plans to major in psychology.

Alexa Brull, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. She is the daughter of Keith and Melinda Brull, Catharine.

Andria Buchholz, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award. Buchholz, daughter of Shane Buchholz, Hays, plans to major in radiologic technology.

Sana Cheema, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $2,000 FHSU Presidential Award and a $1,200 Miller Black and Gold Academic Award. Cheema, daughter of Gulraiz and Nazish Cheema, Hays, plans a career in medicine.

Alysia Cook, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in sociology and a $500 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award. Cook, daughter of Lee and Donna Hansen, Hays, plans to major in social work.

Blake Cooper, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in art and a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award. Cooper, son of Stan and Jolene Cooper, Hays, plans to major in graphic design.

Brittney Dannels, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $500 Copper Academic Award. Dannels, daughter of Michelle Dannels, Hays, plans to major in elementary education.

Tyra Gramly, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $400 FHSU Student Recognition Program Scholarship. Gramly, daughter of Megan Gramly, Hays, plans to major in psychology.

Brett Hertel, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $500 Copper Academic Award. He is the son of John and Laura Hertel, Hays.

Bridget Holloway, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in teacher education. Holloway, daughter of Jesse and Sarah Holloway, Hays, plans to major in early childhood development.

Kendall Kandt, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $1,200 Miller Black and Gold Academic Award and a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in physics. Kandt, son of Greg and Charmane Kandt, Hays, plans to major in physics.

Courtney Keener, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in allied health and an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Keener, daughter of Robert and Rhonda Keener, Hays, plans to major in radiologic technology.

Aleska Kelley, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award. She is the daughter of Erica Washburn, Hays.

Russ Kohl, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award and a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in biological sciences. Kohl, son of Dan and Tina Kohl, Schoenchen, plans to major in biology.

Aaron Kreutzer, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in the College of Business and Entrepreneurship. Kreutzer, son of Doug and Pam Kreutzer, Hays, plans to major in business management.

Colton Leiker, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Leiker, son of Glenn and Dawne Leiker, Hays, plans to major in art education.

Haili Leiker, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in art and design and an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Leiker, daughter of Francis Leiker, Hays, plans to major in art.

Shelby Matlock, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in music and an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Matlock, daughter of Johnny and Sherri Matlock, Hays, plans to major in music (performance).

Nicholas Overbey, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in the College of Business and Entrepreneurship and a $500 Copper Academic Award. Overbey, son of Bill and Karen Overbey, Hays, plans to major in business.

Kirk Pfannenstiel, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in the College of Business and Entrepreneurship and a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award. Pfannenstiel, son of Leon and Melinda Pfannenstiel, Hays, plans to major in finance.

Lacey Pfannenstiel, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $500 Copper Academic Award. Pfannenstiel, daughter of Dale and Julie Pfannenstiel, Hays, plans to major in biology.

Jill Pokorny, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $2,000 Presidential Award and a $1,200 Miller Black and Gold Academic Award. Pokorny, daughter of John and Rebecca Pokorny, Hays, plans to major in biochemistry.

Benjamin Prindle, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in physics and an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Prindle, son of Michael and Shelley Prindle, Hays, plans to major in physics.

Shelby Richmeier, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $500 Academic Opportunity Award. Richmeier, daughter of Mark and Claudine Richmeier, plans to major in justice studies.

Clayton Riedel, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in agriculture. Riedel, son of Glenn and Tammy Riedel, Hays, plans to major in agricultural business.

Justice Roberds, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Roberds, daughter of Mike and Tonya Cole, Gainesville, Va., plans to major in nursing.

Jessica Stoecklein, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Stoecklein, daughter of Dave and Kirsten Stoecklein, Hays, plans a career as a dietician.

Blair Street, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Street, daughter of Linda Street, Hays, plans to major in biology.

Haley Wells, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award Wells, daughter of Dan and Jill Wells, Hays, plans to major in business and education.

Jared Willhoft, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in the College of Business and Entrepreneurship and an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Willhoft, son of Joel and Marra Willhoft, Hays, plans to major in business management.

Casey Wise, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in physics and an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Wise, son of James and Karen Wise, Hays, plans to major in physics (pre-engineering).

Dakota Zimmerman, a 2014 Hays High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. He is the son of Mark and Roxie Zimmerman, Hays.

Hill City High School

Emily Brack, a 2014 Hill City High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award and a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in nursing. Brack, daughter of Larry and Melissa Brack, Hill City, plans to major in nursing.

Brooke Burton, a 2014 Hill City High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. She is the daughter of Les and Debra Burton, Hill City.

Claire Couey, a 2014 Hill City High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in agriculture and an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Couey, daughter of Steve and Colleen Couey, Hill City, plans to major in agricultural business.

Christie Johnson, a 2014 Hill City High School graduate, accepted a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award. Johnson, daughter of Rick Johnson, Bogue, and Tara Johnson, Norton, plans a career in medicine.

Faith Kenyon, a 2014 Hill City High School graduate, accepted a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in education. Kenyon, daughter of Todd Kenyon, Bogue, plans to major in early childhood development.

Hoxie High School

Mitchel Johnson, a 2014 Hoxie High School graduate, accepted a $2,000 FHSU Presidential Award, a $1,200 Miller Black and Gold Academic Award and a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in physics. Johnson, son of Rick and Kristin Johnson, Hoxie, plans to major in physics.

Chase Kennedy, a 2014 Hoxie High School graduate, accepted a $500 Academic Opportunity Award from the College of Business and Entrepreneurship. Kennedy, son of Scott Kennedy, Hoxie, and Rechelle Stevenson, Selden, plans to major in business.

Christopher Weber, a 2014 Hoxie High School graduate, accepted a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award. Weber, son of Leonard and Donna Weber, Hoxie, plans to major in agronomy.

Kansas Connections Academy

Jassandra Timken, a 2014 Kansas Connections Academy graduate, accepted a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in English. Timken, daughter of Darren and Shandell Timken, Hays, plans to major in English literature.

La Crosse High School

Taylor Yohe, a 2014 La Crosse High School graduate, accepted a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award and a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in agriculture. Yohe, son of Bryan and Michelle Yohe, La Crosse, plans to major in agricultural business.

Logan High School

Michaela Girard, a 2014 Logan High School graduate, accepted a $500 Copper Academic Award. She is the daughter of Kirk and Tammy Girard, Prairie View.

Natoma High School

Jackson Stull-Meiers, a 2014 Natoma High School graduate, accepted a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in agriculture. Stull-Meiers, son of Chris Meiers and Allie Williams, Natoma, plans to major in beef cattle management.

Ness City High School

Landon Fellhoelter, a 2014 Ness City High School graduate, accepted a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in applied technology. Fellhoelter, son of Pat and Annetta Fellhoelter, Ness City, plans a career in construction management.

Drew Foster, a 2014 Ness City High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. He is the son of Jim and Lori Foster, Ransom.

Logan Jansonius, a 2014 Ness City High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in physics and an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Jansonius, son of Randall and Joy Jansonius, Ransom, plans to major in physics.

Norton Community High School

Cody Ellis, a 2013 Norton Community High School graduate, accepted a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award. Ellis, son of Brock and Kim Ellis, Norton, plans to major in agricultural business.

Ashley Hildebrand, a 2014 Norton Community High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Hildebrand, daughter of Sandi Hildebrand, Norton, plans to major in graphic design.

Damian Lawson, a 2014 Norton Community High School graduate, accepted a $500 Academic Opportunity Award from the College of Business and Entrepreneurship. Lawson, son of Kasey Stanton, Norton, and Jarred Lawson, Norton, plans to major in business.

Hannah Pollock, a 2014 Norton High School graduate, accepted a $1,200 Miller Black and Gold Academic Award. Pollock, daughter of Ann Wente, Norton, and Mike Pollock, Hays, plans a career in music technology.

Oakley High School

Austin Baalman, a 2014 Oakley High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in agriculture and a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award. Baalman, son of Duane and Michaela Baalman, Oakley, plans to major in agriculture.

Nicole Close, a 2014 Oakley High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in the College of Business and Entrepreneurship and a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award. Close, daughter of Greg Close and Janel Spohn, Oakley, plans to major in business management.

Kenzie Hemmert, a 2014 Oakley High School graduate, accepted a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award. She is the daughter of Kyle and Barb Hemmert, Oakley.

Nathan Janzen, a 2014 Oakley High School graduate, accepted a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in education. Janzen, son of Marty and Brenda Janzen, Oakley, plans to major in elementary education.

Carlie Schiltz, a 2014 Oakley High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Schiltz, daughter of Kelly and Bonnie Schiltz, Menlo, plans to major in graphic design.

Osborne High School

Kaleb Conway, a 2014 Osborne High School graduate, accepted a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in agriculture. Conway, son of Rick Conway, Osborne, and Jenney Conway, Osborne, plans to major in agriculture.

Caitlyn Miller, a 2014 Osborne High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Miller, daughter of Julie Miller, Osborne, and Tony Miller, Stockton, plans a career in occupational therapy.

Tucker Serna, a 2014 Osborne High School graduate, accepted a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award and a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in art. Serna, son of Robert and Debra Serna, Osborne, plans to major in art.

Joel Simon, a 2014 Osborne High School graduate, accepted a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award. He is the son of Kenny and Mandy Simon, Osborne.

Kenton Ubelaker, a 2014 Osborne High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Ubelaker, son of Kenny and Shari Ubelaker, Osborne, plans to major in agriculture.

Otis-Bison High School

Ceciley Mitchell, a 2014 Otis-Bison High School graduate, accepted a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in education. Mitchell, daughter of Robert and Laurie Mitchell, Bison, plans to major in early childhood education.

Janel Tammen, a 2012 Otis-Bison High School graduate and a Seward County Community College transfer student, accepted a $1,000 FHSU Transfer Student Award. Tammen, daughter of Reggie and Paula Tammen, Timken, plans to major in agricultural business.

Palco High School

Kiley Marcotte, a 2014 Palco High School graduate, accepted a $1,000 Paul and Virginia Miller Scholarship. Marcotte, daughter of Sean and Kim Marcotte, Damar, plans to major in elementary education.

Pawnee Heights High School

Rayna Karst, a 2014 Pawnee Heights High School graduate, accepted a $1,200 Miller Black and Gold Academic Award. Karst, daughter of Richard and Rhonda Karst, Rush Center, plans to major in English.

Phillipsburg High School

Mackenzie Lumpkin, a 2014 Phillipsburg High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Lumpkin, daughter of Darcie Lumpkin, Phillipsburg, Todd Lumpkin, Kirwin, plans to major in biology.

Plainville High School

Christopher Loney, a 2013 Plainville High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in justice studies. Loney, son of Douglas and Malynda Loney, Plainville, plans to major in justice studies.

Samantha Reif, a 2014 Plainville High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in art. Reif, daughter of Marvin Reif, Plainville, and Melissa Reif, Plainville, plans to major in art education.

Allison Sears, a 2014 Plainville High School graduate, accepted a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award. Sears, daughter of Glenn and Kristy Sears, Plainville, plans a career in physical therapy.

Alexandra Tuttle, a 2014 Plainville High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Tuttle, daughter of Amy Tuttle, Plainville, plans a career in agricultural education.

Dalton Werner, a 2013 Plainville High School graduate, accepted a $250 FHSU Achievement Award. He is the son of Ronald Werner, Plainville.

Quinter High School

Colton Corwin, a 2014 Quinter High School graduate, accepted a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award. Corwin, son of Richard and Mary Corwin, Quinter, plans a career in construction management.

Russell High School

Steven Rose, a 2014 Russell High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. He is the son of Greg Rose, Russell.

Eric Rourke, a 2014 Russell High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in allied health and an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Rourke, son of Kevin and Joan Rourke, Russell, plans to major in radiologic technology.

Devin Thomas, a 2014 Russell High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in applied technology and an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Thomas, son of James and Melissa Thomas, Russell, plans a career in construction management.

Smith Center High School

Kaitlin Albert, a 2014 Smith Center High School graduate, accepted a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award. Albert, daughter of Jeff Albert, Smith Center, plans to major in chemistry.

Jordan Baxter, a 2014 Smith Center High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Baxter, daughter of Barry and Janeil Baxter, Smith Center, plans a career in law.

Rachael McDowell, a 2014 Smith Center High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in sociology and social work and a $500 Copper Academic Award. McDowell, daughter of Michael and Carrin McDowell, Lebanon, plans to major in social work.

Stockton High School

Savannah Germaine, a 2014 Stockton High School graduate, accepted a $500 Copper Academic Award. Germaine, daughter of Bill and Savannah Germaine, Stockton, plans to major in nursing.

Colton Hull, a 2014 Stockton High School Graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award and a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in biology. Hull, son of Downer and Tricia Hull, Woodston, plans to major in biology

Reed Stephens, a 2014 Stockton High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. He is the son of Tom and Dawn Stephens, Stockton.

Miranda Wildeman, a 2014 Stockton High School graduate, accepted a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award. Wildeman, daughter of Mark and Paulette Wildeman, Stockton, plans to major in elementary education.

Sylvan-Lucas Unified High School

Tasha Bland, a 2014 Sylvan-Lucas Unified High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in education and a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award. Bland, daughter of Dennis and Rhonda Bland, Lucas, plans to major in elementary education.

Thomas More Prep-Marian High School

Rachel Becker, a 2014 Thomas More Prep-Marian High School graduate, accepted a $1,200 Miller Black and Gold Academic Award. Becker, daughter of Joe and Linda Becker, Hays, plans to major in psychology.

Rebecca Befort, a 2014 Thomas More Prep-Marian High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in justice studies and a $500 Copper Academic Award. Befort, daughter of Steve and Christy Befort, La Crosse, plans to major in justice studies.

Cameron Brin, a 2014 Thomas More Prep-Marian High School graduate, accepted a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award and a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in geosciences. Brin, son of Rodney and Verda Brin, Hays, plans to major in geology.

Mason Choitz, a 2014 Thomas More Prep-Marian High School graduate, accepted a $2,000 Presidential Award and a $1,200 Miller Black and Gold Academic Award. Choitz, son of Justin and Amy Choitz, Hays, plans a career in chemical engineering.

Austin Dinkel, a 2014 Thomas More Prep-Marian High School graduate, accepted a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in political science. Dinkel, son of Jeff and Marcia Dinkel, Hays, plans to major in political science.

Megan Pfannenstiel, a 2014 Thomas More Prep-Marian High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in art and design and an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Pfannenstiel, daughter of Joseph and Mindy Pfannenstiel, Hays, plans to major in art.

Grant Romme, a 2014 Thomas More Prep-Marian High School graduate, accepted a $2,000 FHSU Presidential Award and a $1,200 Miller Black and Gold Academic Award. Romme, son of Galen and Cindy Romme, Hays, plans to major in chemistry.

Adam Schibi, a 2014 Thomas More Prep-Marian High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in the Department of Informatics and an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Schibi, son of Eric and Kelly Schibi, Hays, plans to major in management information systems.

Cody Schmidtberger, a 2014 Thomas More Prep-Marian High School graduate, accepted a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award. He is the son of Ron and Kim Schmidtberger, Victoria.

Samantha Younie, a 2014 Thomas More Prep-Marian High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in teacher education and a $500 Copper Academic Award. Younie, daughter of Phil Younie and Christine Werth, Hays, plans to major in early childhood development.

David Moeder, a 2014 Thomas More Prep-Marian High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Moeder, son of Eric and Karen Moeder, Hays, plans a career in engineering.

Trego Community High School

Brittany Brock, a 2014 Trego Community High School graduate, accepted a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award. Brock, daughter of Kurtis and Brenda Brock, WaKeeney, plans to major in radiology.

Kristen Hanks, a 2014 Trego Community High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Hanks, daughter of Richard and Jennifer Hanks, WaKeeney, plans to major in psychology or math education.

Blake Huxman, a 2014 Trego Community High School graduate, accepted a $1,200 Miller Black and Gold Academic Award. Huxman is the son of Trent and Valerie Schneider, WaKeeney, and Jason and Debbie Huxman.

Cheyenne Phillips, a 2014 Trego Community High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in agriculture and a  $500 Copper Academic Award. Phillips, daughter of Travis and Monique Phillips, WaKeeney, plans to major in animal science.

Dillon Schmidt, a 2014 Trego Community High School graduate, accepted a $500 Copper Academic Award. Schmidt, son of Al Schmidt, WaKeeney, and Debra Dillon, Logan, plans a career in kinesiology.

Ella Sherwood, a 2014 Trego Community High School graduate, accepted a $2,000 Adah Howat Scholarship and a $500 Copper Academic Award. Sherwood, daughter of John and Sara Sherwood, WaKeeney, plans to major in nursing.

Triplains High School

April Mays, a 2014 Triplains High School graduate, accepted a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award. Mays, daughter of Rodney Jr. and Trina Mays, Wallace, plans to major in speech-language pathology.

Seth Smith, a 2014 Triplains High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in agriculturef and a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award. Smith, son of Daniel and Ruth Smith, Winona, plans to major in agricultural business.

Victoria High School

Connor Gagnon, a 2014 Victoria High School graduate, accepted a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in the College of Business and Entrepreneurship. Gagnon, son of Dave and Lisa Gagnon, Victoria, plans to major in business.

Trenton Klaus, a 2014 Victoria High School graduate, accepted a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in agriculture. Klaus, daughter of Terry and Peggy Klaus, Victoria, plans to major in beef cattle management.

Sam Ottley, a 2014 Victoria High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in the College of Business and Entrepreneurship and a $500 Copper Academic Award. Ottley, son of David and Adrea Ottley, Victoria, plans to major in business management.

Brooke Schmidt, a 2014 Victoria High School graduate, accepted a $500 Copper Academic Award. Schmidt, daughter of Robert and Melissa Schmidt, Victoria, plans to major in nursing.

Audra Nowak, a 2014 Victoria High School graduate, accepted a $1,200 Miller Black and Gold Academic Award and a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in agriculture. Nowak, daughter of P.J. and Kim Nowak, Gorham, plans to major in animal science.

Wallace County High School

Cayden Daily, a 2014 Wallace County High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in agriculture and an $800 Hays City Silver Award. Daily, son of David and Jori Daily, Sharon Springs, plans to major in agriculture.

Western Plains High School

Andrew Flax, a 2014 Western Plains High School graduate, accepted a $2,000 FHSU Presidential Award, a $2,000 Adah Howat Scholarship and a $1,200 Miller Black and Gold Academic Award and $900 Academic Opportunity Award in agriculture. Flax, son of Cletus and Pat Flax, Brownell, plans to major in beef cattle management.

Colbey Foos, a 2014 Western Plains High School graduate, accepted a $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Award. He is the son of Craig and Tammi Foos, Bazine.

Ruth Hair, a 2014 Western Plains High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. She is the daughter of Melvin and Loretta Hair, Brownell.

Wheatland High School

Christina Bixenman, a 2014 Wheatland High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in leadership studies and an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Bixenman, daughter of Ron and Nancy Bixenman, Grainfield, plans to major in leadership studies.

Hannah Gillespie, a 2014 Wheatland High School graduate, accepted a $2,000 FHSU Presidential Award, a $1,200 Miller Black and Gold Academic Award and a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in nursing. Gillespie, daughter of Mitch and Carlene Gillespie, Grainfield, plans to major in nursing.

Courtney Haffner, a 2014 Wheatland High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. She is the daughter of Rodney and Kay Haffner, Grainfield.

Heather Heier, a 2014 Wheatland High School graduate, accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science and an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Heier, daughter of Larry and Marilyn Heier, Grinnell, plans to major in mathematics education.

Paige Ramey, a 2014 Wheatland High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award and a $500 Academic Opportunity Award in communication disorders. Ramey, daughter of Troy and Bridgette Ramey, Grinnell, plans to major in speech language pathology.

Maryester Todd, a 2014 Wheatland High School graduate, accepted an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Todd, daughter of Leon and Donna Tuttle, Gove, plans to major in political science.