Penchant for success marks area runners-up
A long list of standout students from multiple Kansas high schools shows strong academic and leadership achievements. Bethany Badger and Kala Glass headline a cohort with 4.0 to 3.9 GPAs, high ACT scores, valedictorian honors, NHS leadership, FBLA state offices, sports, arts, and extensive community service across Washburn, KSU, KU, and local colleges.
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Bethany Badger
Santa Fe Trail High School
Jeff Badger
LaDona Rayner
Washburn University
School of Business
Kay
National Honor Society
Future Business Leaders of America
First Christian Church
FBLA
Washburn Universi
Kala
Thespians
DeSoto Multiservice Center
Patrick Joseph Mulvihill Jr
Perry-Lecompton
Pat and
Vickie Mulvihill
Kansas
Jefferson County Educational Extension Unit Council
Kansas University Whittaker
Knights
Free State Hurston All-Star Students Named in Journal-World List
Lynn Feng Catherine Kelly Micah Salkind of Free State High School Katarina Cook of McLouth High School Bryce Huschka of Ottawa High School Bryan Gurss of Tonganoxie High School Amanda Pearce of Wellsville High School were named Academic All-Stars by the Journal-World. More than 30 nominees were considered by a three-judge panel judging academics extracurriculars and community service. Finalists plan to enroll at KU Yale Brown Wake Forest and WashU.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brett Myrick
Baldwin
Jeff
Annette Myrick
Drake University
Letterman's Club
STUCO
National Honor Society
Frontier League
NHS
Lynn Feng
Catherine Kelly
Micah Salkind
Free State High School
Katrina Cook
McLouth High School
Bryce Huschka
Ottawa High School
Bryan Gurss
Tonganoxie High School
Amanda Pearce
Wellsville High School
The
Journal-World
Earl Kirk
Baker University
Angela Lumpkin
School of Education
Lumpkin
Kansas
Yale
Brown
Wake Forest
Washington University
St. Louis
KU School of Education
Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett
College of Liberal Arts
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Daniel Hunt
Santa Fe Trail High
Ron
Denise Hunt
KSU Foundation
Kansas Wesleyan
Future Business Leaders of
Painted Community Center
Denver
Heartland Share Food Bank
Church Advent Worker
Let's Help
Kansas State University
Peace Corps
Emporia State University
Michael Ryan Cribbs
Eudora High School
Joseph T
Cathleen L. Cribbs
FCA
Family of Faith Fellowship
Eudora
Johnson County Community College
Sarah Elizabeth Katzfey
Robert and
Sally Katzfey
Kansas Coaches
Kansas State University Foundation
SBC Foundation
Business Leaders of America
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Students Against
Katzfey
Cross County
Relay For Life
Habitat For Humanity
Joel Beard
Lawrence Free State
Philip
Eileen Beard
Veritas Christian School
Florence Black
Chamber Singers
Veritas Cantores
Fellowship of Christian Students
Church
Calculus
Ill
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
Kansas University
Nancy Milleret
Tonganoxie High
Mark and
Melinda Milleret
Salvation Army
Kansas State University At
Salina
Milleret
Adam Harrison Smith
Ottawa
Kelly Smith
First United Methodist Church of Ottawa
Eckan
American College Government College
Kristen M. Jordan
Lawrence High
Dean and
Joyce Jordan
LHS
Jordan
Albles
Lawrence Bible Chapel
Lawrence City Band
Lawrence Arts Center
University of Nebraska
Benet Magnuson
Lawrence
Mike
Sarah Magnuson
Alliance For Social Awareness
the Forum
Harvard University
Matthew Thomas Noonan
Baldwin High
Tom and
Marilyn Noonan
Pittsburg State University
Voices of Kansas
Citizens For
Baldwin Com
University of Missouri, Columbia
Matthew J. Marietta
Oskaloosa
Jim
Lisa Marietta
Future Career and Community Leaders of America
Letterman
Oskaloosa Encountering Christ
Boys State
Mount Oread
Whittaker
Cribbs
Mulvihill
Myrick
Marietta
Tim Carpenter
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