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:
Pawnee County
Larned: Dennan Trey Morrow, Ezra T. Hallman, Karlee Rainbolt, Kayla J. Schmidt
Phillips County
Kirwin: Christy Renee Stones, Jake Bradford Wyrill
Logan: Kathryn Leigh Hartman
Phillipsburg: Brett Dane Mcclain, Cody Kennedy, Garrett A. Kennedy
Stuttgart: Colin Austin Kirchhoff
Pottawatomie County
Belvue: Victoria Marie Umscheid
Blaine: Michael Ryan Mahan
Emmett: Kassidy Dawn Robbins, Kristal Marie Channel
Havensville: Daniel James Todd, Jordan Daniel Reisinger, Kara Louise Gudenkauf
Louisville: Rhonda Marie Zarger
Manhattan: Brian J. Conklin, Brianne Lynn Porter, Danielle Marie Hajek, Deborah Schumm, Elizabeth Ford, Erin E. Keeley, Lindsy Dean Ekart, Siera Lynne Lungren, Sierra Destiny Derusha, Thomas Kelsham Fullagar
Olsburg: Jacob Steven DeHart, Kameron Christine Drouillard, Russell Lynn Heier
Onaga: Chelsea Marie Ahlquist, Cody Joseph Meyer, Elaina DoVeta Broughman, Elizabeth Edna Roggenkamp, Elizabeth Lottie Jennings, Kirsti Anne Gomez
Saint George: Adam Benjamin Ukena, Bobbie Jo Horocofsky, Bradley Michael Gober, Bryant Umscheid, Corey Alan Flax, Danielle Nicole McCulley, Elizabeth Joy Harner, Jonathan Robert Harner, Michele L. Ridder, Monica Lea Ebert, Torrey Michelle Peterson, Tyler Thomas Umscheid, Zachary Caleb Dodd
Saint Marys: Allison Marie Skees, Amanda Kay Pedersen, Andrew V. Klein, Hali Jo Hutley, Isaac Andrew Moats, Kayla Marie Moylan, Marianne Catherine Maddeford, Molly Christine Mawhinney
Wamego: Abigail Margaret Huddleston, Adam Henry Patterson, Alicia Kolek Kilian, Amanda Rae Oakley, Benjamin George Chmiel, Bethany Deanna Sanderson, Brett Dale Swoyer, Clara Hannah Kientz, Conner Wynn Nickerson, Darcie Cecilia Badger, Elizabeth Elmore, Elizabeth Marie Zabel, Hillary Lyne Velasco, Jacob A. Cox, Jeffrey Michael Suther, Jennifer Lynn Rapp, Katelin Cleion Morton, Melissa I. Slagle, Michelle Kozar, Nick Levi Johnson, Nickolas Lee Hartwich, Richard Wellington Biswell, Robert Dean Ewing, Theodore Steven Damman, Trenton Joseph Modean, Walter Anthony Siebert
Westmoreland: Amanda Elizabeth Johnson, Amy Renee Young, Matthew Sherman Plummer, Pake Joshua Ebert
Wheaton: Jamie Rae Fischer, Rebecca Marie Kohman
Pratt County
Pratt: Bronson Richard Blasi, Caleb Gillig, Emalee Alise Hitt, Jakob Wayne Whitson, Melissa Renee McGuire, Paul Harris, Sarah Ann Mason