KU
LAWRENCE— This fall, the Kansas Honor Scholar Program, a longstanding tradition of the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment, will honor more than 3,700 high school seniors throughout Kansas for their academic excellence and achievement.
Those from Ellis County are:
Ellis High School
Kaden Armbruster
Lane Fischer
Cameryn Kinderknecht
Logan Shaw
Cassie Waldschmidt
Hays High School
Rebecca Anderson
Braun Isabelle
Emma Brungardt
Madyson Flax
Johnny Fuller Jr.
Alexandria Hagerman
Cordelia Isbell
Cameron Karlin
Dezerae Kinderknecht
Kallie Leiker
Zoe Martin
Brittany Pflaum
Rebekah Porter
Savannah Schneider
Cole Schroeder
Alyssa Underwood
Sydney Winter
Spencer Wittkorn
Thomas More Prep-Marian High School
Paul Brull
Jillian Lowe
Tiffany Pfeifer
Leanne Rack
Emily Schulte
Kade Urban
Victoria High School
Ally Dinkel
Kali Weber
Ashlyn Windholz
Other northwest Kansas high school scholars are:
Golden Plains High School, Rexford
Amanda Kay Cheney
Kaycee Lynn Miller
Goodland High School
Austin Hahn
Ella Ihrig
Garin Ihrig
Ryan Lalicker
Sadie McCary
Greeley County High School, Tribune
Matthew Zorn
Brittany Luebbers
Hill City High School
Asa Brandyberry
Aaron McDowell
Alec Segarra
Hoxie High School
Matthew Diercks
Thaddeus Friess
La Crosse High School
Matthew Frick
Garrett Holopirek
Lakeside High School, Downs
Adrianna Bergmann
Megan LaRocque
Logan High School
Matthew Kirkendall
Natoma High School
Ethan Dickerson
Ness City High School
Tiana Epperson
Alysson Foos
Taylor Murray
Landon Reinhardt
Norton Community High School
Leah David
Allison Engelbert
Hadley Hauser
Taryn Kuhn
Raelynn Slipke
James Sturgill
Hayden Wiltfong
Oakley High School
Wyatt Abell
Kade Hemmert
Andrea Kuhlman
Osborne High School
Sarah Seifert
Otis-Bison High School
Kaleigh Maier
Hannah Tanger
Phillipsburg High School
Nikole Huntley
Ashlynn Kennedy
Mya McDonald
Nathan Moon
Trey Sides
Logan Solida
Plainville High School
Vincent McLaughlin
Alyssa Sowles
Quinter High School
Kourtney Davidson
Codi Kentner
Rawlins County High School, Atwood
Amy Crouse
Samuel Hurst
Taryn Sattler
Russell High School
Isabella Boxberger
Tayla Goodenough
Maria Hilger
Emma Morgenstern
Lauren Myers
Samuel Ochs
Andrew Oste
Smith Center High School
Tayln McKenzie
Holly Timmons
Sienna Wingerson
St. Francis Community High School
Lauren Johnson
Mason Schmid
Shalyn Zweygardt
Stockton High School
Emma Bedore
Katy Kriley
Sylvan-Lucas Unified High School, Sylvan Grove
Aundrea Haberer
Kylie Rahmeier
Taegen Walter
Thunder Ridge High School, Kensington
Leah Bienhoff
Brice Hendryx
Trego Community High School, WaKeeney
Julian Coker
Brenna Flax
Helen Giefer
Jenna Howard
Keagan Shubert
Triplains High School, Winona
Jess Schertz
Wallace County High School, Sharon Springs
Gabrielle Hammer
Makayla Kuhlman
Weskan High School
Brylee Aldridge
Josie Purvis
Western Plains High School, Ransom
Logan Mauch
Wheatland High School, Grainfield
Angel Mong
Wichita County High School, Leoti
Nicole Biermann
Lane Wells
Wilson High School
Ethan Dlabal
Kaleigh Hanzlick
Since 1971 the program has honored more than 140,000 high school seniors—from all 105 Kansas counties and approximately 360 high schools—for ranking academically in the top 10 percent of their class. The program is made possible by KU Endowment, alumni donations and proceeds from the Alumni Association’s Jayhawk license plate program, and allows the University and the Alumni Association to create more scholarship opportunities for Kansas students.
This year, the Association and KU’s Office of Admissions and Scholarships awarded five incoming freshmen from Augusta, Garden City, Lyons, Mulvane and Wichita one-time, $1,000 Kansas Honor Scholar Scholarships, funded entirely by alumni donations. In addition, two students from Liberal and Ulysses received the $1,000 renewable four-year Herbert Rucker Woodward Scholarship, given annually for the past 20 years to Kansas Honor Scholars. Since 1985, more than 17,000 Kansas Honor Scholars have attended KU.
Scholars and their families are invited to attend any of the 13 regional ceremonies that is most convenient in terms of date and location. Ceremonies will occur in:
Great Bend Oct. 2
Salina Oct. 3
Topeka Oct. 15
Garden City Oct. 17
Hays Oct. 18
Colby Oct. 22
Manhattan Oct. 23
Wichita Oct. 29
Emporia Oct. 30
Wichita Nov. 7
Hutchinson Nov. 8
Kansas City Nov. 14
Lawrence Nov. 28
Ceremonies will include speakers, recognition of the scholars, and a reception for scholars, families, school administrators and alumni. During the ceremony, students will receive distinctive Kansas Honor Scholar medallions that can be worn at their local graduations or recognition events. In addition, the Alumni Association will mail certificates to all high schools for distribution to all 3,700 Kansas Honor Scholars. For more information and to register online, visit kualumni.org/khs.