KU to honor 247 seniors from Johnson county high schools

LAWRENCE — Students from 12 Kansas high schools will be honored Monday, Nov. 17, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment.

A total of 247 seniors from high schools in Johnson County will be recognized for their academic achievements and named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 7 p.m. program and reception at Blue Valley High School, 6001 W 159th St., Stilwell.

Since 1971, the Kansas Honors Program has recognized over 125,000 scholars who rank in the top 10 percent of their high school senior classes and are selected regardless of occupational plans or higher-education goals. Each year, the KU Alumni Association and its volunteers host 36 programs that reach all 105 counties across the state and include approximately 360 high schools.

During the ceremony, each student will receive a Webster’s New College Dictionary and a commemorative certificate.

University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little will speak to the students and their parents and guests.

Community volunteers collect reservations, coordinate details and serve as local contacts for the event. Anne and Bill Blessing, of Leawood, are the site and county coordinators.

The Kansas Honors Program is made possible by KU Endowment and proceeds from the Jayhawk license plate program. The Class of 2015 scholars:

Bishop Miege High School
Hope Bentley - Kansas City
William Bryson - Kansas City
Caroline Burton - Shawnee
Caleb Ellermann - Kansas City
Hunter Friesen - Lake Quivira
Lucas Gardner - Kansas City
Andrew Gleason - Roeland Park
Brandon Gonzalez - Mission
Charles Grunhard - Mission Hills
Valerie Hansen - Shawnee
Kevin Kellerman - Leawood
Manion Kuhn - Kansas City
Jeong Lim - Overland Park
Madeleine Swall - Overland Park
Elliott Vanderford - Kansas City
Martin Yap - Shawnee
Makaylee Young-Mills - Kansas City

Blue Valley High School
Beau Bequeaith - Leawood
Adrienne Bieker - Overland Park
Jenna Bodenhausen - Leawood
Luke Buescher - Overland Park
Jennifer Carey - Overland Park
Allen Chen - Leawood
Richard Chen - Overland Park
Sally Cochran - Leawood
Luke Conners - Overland Park
Madeline Coole - Overland Park
Kaleb Cox - Overland Park
Harrison Dyer - Overland Park
Julia Garrett - Leawood
Joseph Gorthy - Stilwell
Gabrielle Gunnerson - Overland Park
Andrea Hamilton - Overland Park
Dane Holland - Leawood
Chiranth Honnur - Leawood
Delilah Hsu - Overland Park
Matthew Jarnevic - Leawood
Elijah Kahn - Overland Park
Joseph Lasley - Overland Park
Jonathan McHenry - Overland Park
Monica Morris - Stilwell
Madison Mrla - Overland Park
Zachary Naatz - Overland Park
Sarah Olson - Leawood
Sarani Pachalla - Leawood
Arjun Prakash - Overland Park
Rashin Rajasingh - Overland Park
Abigail Rudigier - Stilwell
Elizabeth Rudigier - Stilwell
Nicholas Williams - Overland Park
Payton Wise - Overland Park

Blue Valley North High School
Austin Adams  - Leawood
James Bergman - Overland Park
Yuyang Chu - Overland Park
Alexandra Davis - Overland Park
Olivia Degner - Leawood
Claire Eggleston - Leawood
Cheyenne Ernst - Overland Park
Victor Gonzalez - Overland Park
Juniper Hall-Aquaitania - Overland Park
Madelyn Hendler - Leawood
Jackson Hubble - Leawood
Shane Hursh - Leawood
Wyatt Hursh - Leawood
Sophie Jerwick - Leawood
Bennett Johnson - Leawood
Tate Knudson - Leawood
Spandana Koduri - Leawood
Kyle Kopecky - Leawood
Jake Kwon - Overland Park
Emily Levinson - Leawood
Mychal Masterson - Overland Park
Anna Meyer - Overland Park
Samantha Mills - Leawood
Mary Nadeau - Overland Park
Madison Parker - Leawood
Lauren Pudvan - Leawood
Vijayasundaram Ramasamy - Overland Park
Mitchell Reinig - Overland Park
Noah Ryan - Leawood
Devanshi Singh - Overland Park
Ramanan Sivakumar - Overland Park
Jacob Synek - Leawood
Thu Tran - Overland Park
Judy Jiajing Wang - Overland Park
Zhisheng Xue - Overland Park
Zhiyuan Xue - Overland Park
Louise Yang - Overland Park
Lynn Zhu - Leawood

Blue Valley Northwest High School
Jay S. Alexander - Overland Park
Hayden T. Andresen - Overland Park
Lauren E. Baumert - Overland Park
Robert C. III Canfield - Overland Park
Elizabeth M. Cha - Overland Park
Madeline M. Fitzgerald - Overland Park
Stratton J. Georgoulis - Overland Park
Haley E. Glowik - Overland Park
Sidney R. Hallak - Overland Park
Meghan E. Henderson - Overland Park
Moira E. Henderson - Overland Park
Priya Jain - Overland Park
Sara E. Jenab - Overland Park
Ankit B. Kadakia - Overland Park
Kerry Y. Kao - Overland Park
Austin S. Klein - Overland Park
Jack D. Lapin - Overland Park
Thomas D. Lasnier - Overland Park
Tammy Ma - Overland Park
Shafaq Mansoor - Overland Park
Ann E. McLean - Overland Park
Alec C. Mitchell - Overland Park
Hanna M. Moradi - Overland Park
Abhik Nag - Overland Park
Jacqueline N. Passonno - Overland Park
Nidhi N. Patel - Overland Park
Helen Peng - Overland Park
Katherine L. Quick - Overland Park
Amani Raheel - Overland Park
Megan D. Rodrigues - Overland Park
Dalton J. Schoen - Overland Park
Zachary C. Stanley - Overland Park
Suzanna J. Stephenson - Overland Park
Mikaela R. Steutermann - Overland Park
Brandon M. Strecker - Overland Park
Kate E. Sullivan - Overland Park
Katherine V. Thill - Overland Park
Evan E. Trout - Overland Park
Kellen D. Wright - Overland Park

Blue Valley Southwest High School
Sarina Acharya - Olathe
Ananda Bhatia - Overland Park
Wesley Caldwell - Olathe
Erica Christie - Overland Park
Victoria Clark - Olathe
Charlotte Davis, - Stilwell
Andie Divelbiss - Overland Park
Emily Dixon - Olathe
Nicholas Foulon - Olathe
Shari Gaynes - Overland Park
Alexander Ghekas - Olathe
Jacksen Goyer - Overland Park
Jacob Hegna - Olathe
Justin Hicklin - Stilwell
Madison Leighty - Bucyrus
Jacqueline Leonard - Overland Park
Emma Lucas - Overland Park
Amanda Miller - Stilwell
Cole Nyffeler - Olathe
Elena Renner - Overland Park
Corinne Rolfs - Stilwell
Paige Salts - Overland Park
Jordan Scharnhorst - Olathe
Lauren Scott - Olathe
Vanessa Shields - Overland Park
Alyssa Yarbrough - Olathe

Blue Valley West High School
Emma Anstine - Overland Park
Tyler Bechtel - Overland Park
Matthew Birzer - Leawood
Chandler Conn - Overland Park
Dena Dimachkie - Overland Park
Lisa Erhart - Overland Park
Andrew Fancher - Overland Park
Billy Ferguson - Overland Park
Emily Freeburne - Olathe
Sarah Freeburne - Olathe
Elizabeth Friedeman - Overland Park
Luisa Galhardo - Overland Park
Lauren Hansen - Overland Park
Grant Jurgensen - Olathe
Debolina Kanjilal - Olathe
Min Kim - Overland Park
Isabel Kurzban - Overland Park
Alexandria Lawrence - Overland Park
Katherine Lenson - Overland Park
Samuel Mallory - Overland Park
Kent McDonald - Overland Park
Shyam Narayanan - Overland Park
Gabriel Ng - Overland Park
Yuhuan Qiu - Overland Park
Abhimanyu Sharma - Overland Park
Avani Sharma - Overland Park
Carter Stout - Overland Park
Vivek Tallavajhala - Overland Park
Mehtab Warya - Overland Park
Shabad Washist - Overland Park
Gavin Zhu - Overland Park

Christ Prepatory Academy
Tana Kunze - Olathe
Sawyer Massing - Paola
Sarah Rogg - Olathe

DeSoto High School
Kate Barger - DeSoto
Lance Erickson - Olathe
Gabriela Juarez - DeSoto
Victoria Marshall - Shawnee
Nicholas Mechler - Shawnee
Alexander Michalek - DeSoto
Brenton Michalek - DeSoto
Xena Moore - Lenexa
Abby Oberle - DeSoto
Shannon Pelkey - Overland Park
Tanner Post - DeSoto
Jessica Stanton - Shawnee
Garrett Stous - Shawnee
Joel Sweeney - Shawnee
Adam Wilcox - DeSoto
Meredith Wolfe - Olathe
Bryce Zimmerman - DeSoto

Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy
Sophia Porter - Leawood

Kansas City Christian School
Alyssa Elliott - Lenexa
John Goodwin - Mission Hills
Katelyn Holst - Kansas City
Matthew Horner - Prairie Village
Savannah Ko - Lenexa

Midland Adventist Academy
Sara Pope - Pleasant Hill
Megan Schlinsog - Shawnee
Garret Whitson - Shawnee

Mill Valley High School
Peyton Barton - Shawnee
Madeline Butterfield - Shawnee
Cody Deas - Shawnee
Callahan Eckardt - Shawnee
Allison Eigsti - Shawnee
Kyle Foley - Shawnee
Sarah Hall - Shawnee
Emma Hansen - Shawnee
Jessica Harrington - Shawnee
Hannah Hilton - Shawnee
Sara Hopkins - Shawnee
Kaitlyn Jackman - Shawnee
Benjamin Kelm - Shawnee
Jordan Lange - Shawnee
Kyal Long - Shawnee
Madeline Loving - Shawnee
Christina Nguyen - Shawnee
Kaitlin Parker - Shawnee
Mitchell Perkins - Shawnee
Alexandra Ralston - Shawnee
Virginia Riddle - Shawnee
Savannah Rudicel - Lenexa
Katherine Schau - Shawnee
Natalie Shaw - Shawnee
Grace Sulzman - Shawnee
Abby Taylor - Shawnee
Emily Taylor - Shawnee
Holly Webb - Shawnee
Maridee Weber - Shawnee
Bailey Weeks - Shawnee
Ashley Weis - Shawnee
Katherine White - Shawnee
Margo Wieschhaus - Shawnee.