K-State Silver Key Sophomore Honorary selects new members

By Kathryn Harth

Kansas State University's Silver Key Sophomore Honorary, a leadership honor society emphasizing community service, has selected 41 new members for the 2025-2026 academic year.

To be eligible for Silver Key, students must have at least a 3.0 grade point average, be a 2025 high school graduate and be in their freshman year at the university.

Silver Key members participate in various community service projects throughout the semester. Past projects have included hosting children from the Boys and Girls Club at K-State Athletics events; partnering with the K-State Recycling Center; writing cards and making quilts for a local veterans' center; collecting donations for the Manhattan Emergency Shelter; cleaning up highways and neighborhoods; and visiting the Stoneybrook and Meadowlark senior living communities in Manhattan.

The following students, all of whom will be sophomores in the next school year, are members of Silver Key for 2025-2026:

Doak Guttery, animal sciences and industry, Alton; Drew Torgerson, kinesiology, Andover; Jacob Wendland, agribusiness, Barnes; Tucker Seibert, animal sciences and industry, Chapman; Bricen Benyshek, environmental engineering, Concordia; Abigail Kuhn, business administration, Derby; Evann Drewes, chemical engineering, and Vivian Nguyen, physics, both from Dodge City; Layton Leiker, biology, Ellsworth; Annelise Hall, political science, Fort Scott; Jory Ratzlaff, agricultural technology management, Galva; Hanna Bailey, animal sciences and industry, Girard; Logan Prichard, animal sciences and industry, Goddard; Addy Nicholson, nutrition and health, and Diego Sanchez, electrical engineering, both from Great Bend; Kaydence Schotte, business administration, and Shaylee Schotte, business administration, both from Hanover; Mia Lang, business administration, Hays; Ava Oentrich, integrative human sciences, Junction City; Tyra McNeil, communication studies, Kansas City; Thomas Patton, business administration, Lawrence; Jennifer Honorato, public health, Leavenworth; Katelyn Kuckelman, cybersecurity, Lenexa; Rose Latta, milling science and management, Marysville; Mason Springer, agricultural economics, Neodesha; Laura Wingert, psychology, Ottawa; Amy Collins, elementary education, and Katelyn Collins, secondary education, both from Overland Park; Ryan Uphaus, chemical engineering, Seneca; Ryan Hoverson, public health, Valley Center; Calvin Dwyer, industrial engineering, Wellsville; and Aiden Lyons, mechanical engineering, Wichita.

From out of state:

Kate Dunham, biomedical engineering, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Maddie Bellmar, hospitality management, Loveland, Colorado; Drew Mickey, animal sciences and industry, Taylorville, Illinois; Ryleigh Gee, agricultural education, Fishers, Indiana; Ashlyn Okenquist, music education, Blue Springs, Missouri; Cadence Brier, communication studies, Liberty, Missouri; Chase Nagel, bakery science and management, St. Charles, Missouri; Blaine Vogt, regional and community planning, Kennard, Nebraska; and Ashlyn Simonson, environmental science, Mullen, Nebraska.

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