K-State Blue Key Senior Honorary selects new members

Blue Key members for 2025-2026 at Kansas State University. Front row, from left: Lakota Persing, Andrew Le, Isaiah Choma, Kiersten Schmalz, Zoey Pudenz; second row: Hannah Whetstone, Lizzie Schafer, Emily Jones, Shayna Vlock, Cami Fulton; third row: Braden Adams, Eva Naab, Austin Mills, Preston Dunn, Jack O’Malley, Landon Menees. | Download this photo.

By Jenna Wallace

The Kansas State University chapter of Blue Key Senior Honorary has initiated 16 new members for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Blue Key recognizes upperclassmen at colleges and universities throughout the nation for an exemplary and balanced record of achievement inside and outside the classroom. K-State Blue Key is a premier honor society that provides members unique opportunities throughout the year to serve campus and the local community through scholarship, leadership and service.

Blue Key members will have the opportunity to lead a variety of programs, including Quest Freshman Honorary and Catalyst: A Self-Development Program. Members also will have the opportunity to facilitate LeadX workshops to various student organizations and groups, award endowed scholarships and professional development funds to K-State students, and arrange for student organization leaders and advisors across campus.

The following students, all of whom will be seniors in the 2025-2026 school year, are new members of Blue Key; included are their majors, hometowns, and officer positions:

Braden Adams, computer science, Abilene, president; Hannah Whetstone, news and sports media, Howard, director of membership; Lakota Persing, communications sciences and disorders, Hugoton, director of alumni and nationals; Zoey Pudenz, marketing, Kansas City, vice president; Isaiah Choma, biomedical engineering, Manhattan, co-director of Quest.

Eva Naab, psychology, director of scholarships and Mistler fellows, and Landon Menees, personal financial planning, director of personal and professional development, Overland Park; Austin Mills, mechanical engineering, Shawnee, co-director of Catalyst; Preston Dunn, animal sciences and industry, St. John, director of leadership programming; Emily Jones, integrative human sciences, Washington, director of team recognition and service; Andrew Le, political science, director of LeadX, and Jack O’Malley, management, co-director of Quest, Wichita;

From out of the state:

Lizzie Schafer, animal sciences and industry, Owaneco, Illinois, director of public relations; Kiersten Schmalz, marketing, Kansas City, Missouri, director of retreats and team training; Cami Fulton, educational studies, Litchfield, Nebraska, co-director of Catalyst; Shayna Vlock, personal financial planning, Omaha, Nebraska, director of leadership appreciation.

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