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: Julie Fosberg and Beth Bohn, 785-532-2535, media@k-state.edu

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

K-STATE AWARDS SEMESTER, GRADUATION HONORS FOR SPRING 2010

MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University is recognizing more than 2,850 students with spring semester honors and more than 320 students with graduation honors.

K-State students who earned a 3.75 grade point average or higher for the spring 2010 semester were awarded semester honors. Students had to be enrolled in at least 12 semester hours of graded course work.

Summa cum laude, K-State's highest graduation honor, was awarded to 103 students who graduated with an academic average of 3.95 or higher; 120 students graduated magna cum laude with an academic average of 3.85 to 3.949; and 125 students graduated cum laude with an academic average of 3.750 to 3.848.

Students earning semester and/or graduation honors receive commendations from their deans, with the honors recorded on their permanent academic records.

K-State students earning semester honors and students earning graduation honors, by county and hometown:

 

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS

CHASE COUNTY

Elmdale: Nathan Matthew Whitcomb

Strong City: Kyle Patrick Hannigan

Editor's note: The students listed below gave an out-of-county permanent address. These students are listed by high school to get the news to their hometown newspapers.

Chase County High School: Amanda J Hedrick

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS

Elmdale: Anna Ingeleiv Wold, magna cum laude with a B.S. in education

 

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS 

CHEROKEE COUNTY

Baxter Springs: Kyle Jacob Essley, Laura Kemp, Stephanie Michelle Rarick

Columbus: Sara May Daniel

Editor's note: The students listed below gave an out-of-county permanent address. These students are listed by high school to get the news to their hometown newspapers.

Riverton High School: Nathan T Spriggs

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS

There were no Cherokee County students graduating with honors.

 

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS

CLARK COUNTY

Ashland: Megan A Cunningham

Minneola: Katie Jo Marshall, Trevor Blake Yost

Editor's note: The students listed below gave an out-of-county permanent address. These students are listed by high school to get the news to their hometown newspapers.

Minneola High School: Jatin Tyler Allen, Ryan Scott Blew, Payden Gerald Dowling

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS

There were no Clark County students graduating with honors.

Editor's note: The students listed below gave an out-of-county permanent address. These students are listed by high school to get the news to their hometown newspapers.

Minneola High School: Ryan Scott Blew, magna cum laude with a B.S. in agribusiness

 

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS

CLAY COUNTY

Clay Center: Brock G Bebermeyer, Matthew King James, Scott Ryan Mall, Kimberley Rose Marks, Chad Robert Maulsby, Kyle Adam Mcclure, Krista Marie Mcmahan, Anthony Robert Meals, Joshua Louis Sanneman, Eli Mark Schooley, Jonathan Henry Thompson

Green: Jamie Michelle Duitsman

Morganville: Todd P Rundell

Wakefield: Johnathan Michael Yarrow

Editor's note: The students listed below gave an out-of-county permanent address. These students are listed by high school to get the news to their hometown newspapers.

Clay Center Community High School: Nicolas Marshall Mellies

Wakefield High School: Kristen Nichole James

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS

Green: Brendan C Lund, magna cum laude with a bachelor of science

 

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS

CLOUD COUNTY

Aurora: Katelyn Rose Koerber

Clyde: Lauren Elizabeth Bergstrom, Benjamin Sorensen Detrixhe, Derek Drake, Katie Elizabeth George

Concordia: Michelle Renea Johnson, Alexandra Kaitlin Muff, Stuart Charles Warkentin

Jamestown: Michael Dean Anderson, Jamie Lynn Michel

Miltonvale: Jaci Denae Hamel

Editor's note: The students listed below gave an out-of-county permanent address. These students are listed by high school to get the news to their hometown newspapers.

Clifton-Clyde High School: Melissa Rose Knox

Concordia High School: Gabriel Adam Hughes, Andrew Gale Nicholson

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS

There were no Cloud County students graduating with honors.

Editor's note: The students listed below gave an out-of-county permanent address. These students are listed by high school to get the news to their hometown newspapers.

Clifton-Clyde High School: Andrea Marshall, summa cum laude with a B.S. in construction science management

 

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS

COFFEY COUNTY

Burlington: Jordan R Bartholomew, Brande Marie Iseman, Annelise Brianne Masters

Lebo: Jason Mark Freund, Andrew Loren Hammond

Editor's note: The students listed below gave an out-of-county permanent address. These students are listed by high school to get the news to their hometown newspapers.

Waverly Secondary School: Nicholas Reed Brown

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS

There were no Coffey County students graduating with honors.

 

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS

COMANCHE COUNTY

Protection: Benjamin Thomas Murphy

Saint Francis: Elizabeth Pauline Gienger, Alecia Ann Zimbelman

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS

There were no Comanche County students graduating with honors.

 

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS

COWLEY COUNTY

Arkansas City: Teall Culbertson, Rachel Katherine Fountaine, Katelyn Marie Kuecker, Daniel Maslen, James Francis Swanson

Rock: Grant Edward Tillemans

Winfield: Cody Barthuly, Bethany Danielle Beach, Brian Jacob Lawrence, Annelise Keely Muret, Michelle Ashley Thomas, Aaron M Wasko, Peter Christian Weinert

Editor's note: The students listed below gave an out-of-county permanent address. These students are listed by high school to get the news to their hometown newspapers.

Dexter High School: Julie Marie Stinson

Winfield High School: Kathryn Lawson, Nathan John Neises

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS

Arkansas City: James Francis Swanson, cum laude with a B.S. in chemical engineering

Winfield: Bethany Danielle Beach, magna cum laude with a B.S. in hotel and restaurant management; Ruth Elizabeth Ruggles, cum laude with a B.S. in business administration

 

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS

CRAWFORD COUNTY

Farlington: Kassie Laine Curran

Franklin: Aaron Lee Widmar

Frontenac: Brian Matthew Prichard

Girard: Brett Eugene Crask, Meredith Duling, Sierra Michele Gottlob, Brenna Murphy, Andrew S Thompson, Dustin Willard

Mccune: Rebekah Hope Sotta

Pittsburg: Robyn Anne Hilt, Lloyd Daniel Martin

Editor's note: The students listed below gave an out-of-county permanent address. These students are listed by high school to get the news to their hometown newspapers.

Girard High School: Steve Andrew Taylor

Northeast High School: Logan Tyrel Rivers

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS

Girard: Erin Danielle Grotheer, magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts; Lindsay Beth Lehman, cum laude with a B.S. in education