Note to editors: If a county or state is not listed, there were no honor students from that area. If a Manhattan area address was given as a permanent address, the student will be listed in the permanent address county and also in the county for the high school of record.
News release prepared by: Megan Molitor, 785-532-1566, molitor@k-state.edu; and Julie Fosberg, 785-532-1542, jfosberg@k-state.edu
Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012
Achieving excellence: Semester honors to more than 3,200 students for outstanding academic work
MANHATTAN -- More than 3,200 students earned semester honors from Kansas State University for their academic performance in the fall 2011 semester.
The university awards semester honors to students who earned a 3.75 grade point average or higher for the semester. To qualify, students had to be enrolled in at least 12 hours of graded course work. Students earning semester honors receive commendations from their deans, with the honors recorded on their permanent academic records.
K-State students earning semester honors by county and hometown include:
Nebraska
Adams: Russel Wayne Richardson
Bellevue: Josef Hector Lang
Columbus: Kelsie Rose Brandt, Melissa Marie Wilke
Danbury: Alyssa Marie Rippe
Deshler: Cassandra Alyce Mohrmann
Elkhorn: Elizabeth Ann Faltin, Hannah Jean Gordon, Matthew Browning Hull
Fremont: Courtney Shuree Cook
Grand Island: Kelly Marie Soto
Gretna: James Woodrow Rittenberger
Hastings: Kourtney Boehler
Kearney: Emily Kaye Navis
Lavista: Michaela Synowiecki
Lincoln: Kurt Nicholas Andre, Brian James Blankenau, Amanda Marie Carnazzo, Sophia Josephine Dongilli, Giselle Delia Gamba, Madison Marie Rosenthal, Jamie Leigh Weiser
McCool Junction: Samantha Ray White
Nickerson: Leah Christine Harmon
Oakland: Maxwell Aaron Andersen, Paige Elizabeth Lechtenberg
Omaha: Hannah Elizabeth Brummer, Katlyn Marie Delano, Robert John Dorman, Taylor Leigh Kelly, Caroline Grace Kroeger, Katherine Marie Leise, Grace Catherine Twedt, Charles Deloss Viers, Paul Joseph Waters, Emily Anne White
Papillion: Callie Ann Erickson, Courtney Nicole Hylen, Scott Daniel Johnson
Plattsmouth: Megan Okeson
Ralston: Matthew Ryan Mcgath
Raymond: Jessica Lynn McKeown
Red Cloud: Emma Belle Bohrer
Saint Paul: Alex Edward Inman
Schuyler: Alexandra Frances Rath
Seward: Kent Allen Urban
Trumbull: Benjamin Wallace Harmon
Utica: Justin Gene Wiemer
Valparaiso: Kathryn Elizabeth Clifford
Weeping Water: Cari Laughlin
New Jersey
Brick: Michael A. Denk
Lambertville: Parker Lane Jensen
New Mexico
Albuquerque: Cesserie Samantha Ballou, Joseph Bartley Kinney
Aztec: Elizabeth Sanctuary Poe
Carlsbad: Haley Merritt Jones
Clovis: Ashley Marie Thackrah
Rio Racho: Sara Elizabeth Alves
New York
Brooklyn: Pnina Garfinkel
Buffalo: Alexandra Krause Dawes
Horseheads: Angela Marie Eck
Palmyra: Amber Lee Caton
Webster: Chad Robert Foust
North Carolina
Canton: Cayleigh Griffith
Greensboro: Cara McGrath
Jamestown: Sydney Allison Smolecki
Locust: Brandy Danielle Cleveland
North Dakota
Saint Anthony: Benjamin Richard Tokach
