Governor's Scholars Recognition Program

2021 Award Winners

• Alan Abraham: Blue Valley West High School
• Amelia Adams:  Eisenhower High School
• Tamilore Adeagbo: Eisenhower High School
• Delani Agnew: Southeast High School, Wichita
• Reese Altman: South High School, Salina
• Emma Anderson: Valley Center High School
• Alyssa Andoyo: Chanute High School
• Spencer Angell: Central High School
• Hever Arjon: Dodge City High School
• Keighlee Armstrong: Beloit High School
• Ronald (Sam) Arrick: Olathe Northwest High School
• Koen Arthaud-Day: Manhattan High School
• Eli Artzer: Wamego High School
• Sam Aruskevicius: Bishop Carroll High School, Wichita
• Justin Ashenfelter: Augusta High School
• Madelyn Atkins: Lansing High School
• William Ayers: Leavenworth High School
• Sydney Bacon: South Haven High School
• Sarah Baden: Rose Hill High School
• Sophie Bahadursingh: Blue Valley High School
• Ashlyn Bakersfield: Turner High School
• Reagan Bales: Osborne High School
• Hunter Ballew: Elk Valley High School
• Addison Barg: Winfield High School
• Eliseo Barreno: Highland Park High School
• Lauren Barthelme: Andale High School
• Leah Barwick: Independence High School
• Firas Batrash: Blue Valley North High School
• Blake Beashore: Piper High School
• Lexis Beesley: Dighton High School
• Ethan Benne: Pike Valley High School, Scandia
• Leah Bentley: Buhler High School
• Katherine Bergkamp: Sacred Heart High School, Salina
• Shayla Bhuri: Blue Valley High School
• Avery Bihuniak: Shawnee Mission East High School
• Cole Birky: Russell High School
• Addyson Bjurstrom: Holcomb High School
• Taylor Black: Ottawa High School
• Macy Bliss: Chapman High School
• Kendyl Bolinder: Wabaunsee High School
• Natalie Bollig: Palco High School
• Madeline Boman: Central Christian High School
• Wade Boohar: Olathe North High School
• Amanda Branom: Maize High School
• Khloee Braun: Logan High School
• Eleanor Braynock: Andover High School
• Amber Brockmeier: Hope High School
• Josh Brooks: Trinity Academy, Wichita
• Kayley Brown: Fairfield High School
• Kiona Brown: Bluestem High School
• Mariah Broxterman: Frankfort High School
• Lauryn Broyles: Olpe High School
• Kara Bruna: Hanover High School
• Dylan Bruntz: Ness City High School
• Morgan Brusven: Tonganoxie High School
• Mitch Buessing: Axtell High School
• Elaine Bunten: Topeka High School
• Gage Burdiek: Valley Falls High School
• Jace Burgess: Valley Center High School
• Lydia Burrell: Heritage Christian Academy
• Sam Butler: Olathe West High School
• Taylor Butler: North High School, Wichita
• Avery Campbell: Columbus High School
• Daniel Campbell: Eudora High School
• Audrey Caravello: Shawnee Mission North High School
• Mia Cardenas: Washington County High School
• Carson Cargill: Medicine Lodge High School
• Jaden Carlson: Pawnee Heights High School
• Kaitlyn Carrier: Ottawa High School
• Samantha Casmus: Leavenworth High School
• Liberty Cavender: Yates Center High School
• Rohit Chand: Blue Valley West High School
• Ashleigh Chappel: Garden City High School
• Stacey Chastain: Ulysses High School
• Leslie Chavez: JC Harmon High School
• Melissa Chavez: JC Harmon High School
• Gracie Childs: Clearwater High School
• Lauren Cho: East High School, Wichita
• Carley Chrisler: Natoma High School
• Dylan Cole: Anderson County High School
• Gavin Coleman: Riverton High School
• Morgan Coleman: Miltonvale High School
• Emily Collette: East High School, Wichita
• Audrey Coltrane: Iola High School
• Jude Conley: Centralia High School
• Ella Conover: Baldwin High School
• Hana Cool: Glasco High School
• Garin Cooper: St. Francis High School
• Nevaeh Copenhaver: Wakefield High School
• Jamie Cordes: St. James Academy, Lenexa
• Adison Cornali: Circle High School, Towanda
• Tharen Cox: Northern Valley High School
• Samantha Cozza: Brewster High School
• Angelica Cramer: Leavenworth High School
• Matthew Cunningham: Shawnee Mission North High School
• Tanna Cunningham: Lakeside High School
• Leyton Cure: Goodland High School
• Makenzy Curtis: Basehor-Linwood High School
• Morgan D’Albini: Spring Hill High School
• Ani D’Albini-Rexwinkle: Field Kindley High School
• Madison Daigneault: North High School, Wichita
• Maya Daily: South High School, Salina
• Avery Darby: Central High School
• Gregory Darnell: Northwest High School, Wichita
• Lyric Darrah: South High School, Wichita
• Supta Das: Blue Valley West High School
• Kianna Davis: South High School, Wichita
• Jenifer Delgado Hernandez: Wyandotte High School
• Paige Deneault: Jackson Heights High School
• Audrey Denning: Haysville Campus High School, Wichita
• Alondra Diaz-Delgado: Wyandotte High School
• Brayden Dillow: Chanute High School
• Caden Dinkel: Rose Hill High School
• Ryan Duan: Free State High School, Lawrence
• Lauryn Dubbert: St. John’s High School
• Abigail Dubois: Norton Community High School
• Andrew Duke: Hays High School
• Jeremiah Duncan: Blue Valley High School
• Cal Dunekack: Great Bend High School
• Karrigan Dunstan: Rock Hills High School
• Katrina Dvorak: Caldwell High School
• Grace Eck: Ellis High School
• Hannah Eckstein: Frontenac High School
• Mackenzie Eden: Peabody-Burns High School
• De’avion Emerson: Highland Park High School
• Lucy Entz: Remington High School, Whitewater
• Catherine Erickson: Shawnee Mission East High School
• Landon Eskridge Maize: South High School, Wichita
• Rachel Everitt: Turner High School
• Jonathan Fan: Hutchinson High School
• Rebecca Feng: Free State High School, Lawrence
• Mark Ferguson: Thunder Ridge High School
• Alicia Feyerherm: Hays High School
• Seth Filipsen: St. Thomas Aquinas High School
• Brooke Finnerty: Hartford High School
• Chloe Fischer: Onaga High School
• Gabrielle Fisette: Piper High School
• Carlee Flax: Western Plains High School
• Kylie Flax: Tescott High School
• Jasmin Flores: Garden City High School
• Jonathan Flores: Junction City High School
• Kaden Fox: Seaman High School
• Penner Fox: Fredonia High School
• Rachel Fox: Northeast High School
• Joelle Frady Maize: South High School, Wichita
• Grace Frager: Hutchinson High School
• Dialeen French: North High School, Wichita
• Kale Funk: Goessel High School
• Emmaellese Gage: Paola High School
• Arjun Garapaty: Olathe North High School
• Gerardo Garcia: Moscow High School
• Olivia Gerant: Garden Plain High School
• Nicholas Gerogiou: Olathe West High School
• Grace Gibson: Hugoton High School
• Yoav Gillath: Free State High School, Lawrence
• Brennan Gipson: McPherson High School
• Mary Gipson Kapaun: Mt. Carmel High School, Wichita
• Sho Glashausser: Washburn Rural High School
• Jordyn Gobble: Olathe Northwest High School
• Elliot Godek: Wheatland High School
• Mary Grace Goetting: St. Mary’s Colgan High School
• Elizabeth Goetz: Cimarron High School
• Thomas Gorman: Fort Scott High School
• Jakob Graber: Newton High School
• Liz Graber: Pretty Prairie High School
• Emma Green: Moundridge High School
• Nora Gugelmeyer: South Barber High School
• Isabelle Haahr: El Dorado High School
• Sierra Haddock: Burlington High School
• Zachary Haefele: Marysville High School
• Noah Hale: Maize High School
• Erin Hammeke: Ellinwood High School
• Keith Hancock: Rock Creek High School, St. George
• Asa Handy: Hill City High School
• Shaybree Hanes: Elkhart High School
• Brianna Hanson: Triplains High School, Winona
• Mary Harbour: Tonganoxie High School
• Koby Harding: Hutchinson High School
• Hayley Harman: Royal Valley High School
• Alexander Harper: Washburn Rural High School
• Samuel Harrison: Derby High School
• Xavier Harrison: Topeka High School
• Anna Hathaway: Shawnee Mission North High School
• Jaggar Hawley: Attica High School
• Aubreigh Haxton: Argonia High School
• Cole Hayden: Manhattan High School
• Maggie Heath: Wellsville High School
• Jason Heeb: St. James Academy, Lenexa
• Sian Helfrich: Pratt High School
• Jacob Helsel: Shawnee Mission West High School
• Melissa Henderson: Central High School
• Nicole Henderson: Derby High School
• Adam Herdman: Lyndon High School
• Gabriella Herrera: Arkansas City High School
• Kate Herrera: Topeka West High School
• Jayce Hildebrand: Stafford High School
• Charles Hill: Bishop Miege High School, Shawnee Mission
• Ethan Hill: Clay Center Community High School
• Sophia Hill: Maur Hill-Mount Academy
• Addison Hinterweger: Santa Fe Trail High School
• Ruth Hockenbarger: Topeka West High School
• Bailey Hodgson: Little River High School
• Jenna Holt: Jayhawk Linn High School
• Cade Holtzen: Louisburg High School
• Charles Horner: Shawnee Mission South High School
• Carson Houchen: Louisburg High School
• Holly Howlett: Riverside High School, Wathena
• Anna Hoy: Field Kindley High School
• Jonah Huehl: Sylvan-Lucas Unified High School
• Avery Hurley: Olathe Northwest High School
• Ethan Huynh: Andover High School
• Michael Ingram: Washburn Rural High School
• Chloe Islam: Belle Plaine High School
• William Jackson: Hutchinson High School
• Sneha Jacob: Blue Valley Northwest High School
• Anna James: Shawnee Mission South High School
• Guntas Jammu: Shawnee Mission West High School
• Elise Jantz: Newton High School
• Alicia Jargo: Classical School of Wichita
• Evan Jensen: Heights High School, Wichita
• Kiana Jessepe: Holton High School
• Isaac Jirak: Udall High School
• Alyvia Johnson: Abilene High School
• Chancy Johnson: White City High School
• Chaynee Johnson: Neodesha High School
• Sierra Johnson: Haysville Campus High School, Wichita
• Maddox Kafka: Northwest High School, Wichita
• Korie Kaufman: Nickerson High School
• Adam Kennington: Garden City High School
• Danielle Kerns: Osage City High School
• Sarah King: Haysville Campus High School, Wichita
• Allison Kirby: Kiowa County High School
• Paige Knight: Hamilton High School
• Micah Kobuszewski: Seaman High School
• Douglas Koch: Clifton Clyde High School
• Cambree Koehn: Wichita County High School
• Taylor Koehn: South Gray High School
• Khushi Kohli: Olathe North High School
• Carly Kolle: Linn High School
• Abihith Kothapalli: Blue Valley West High School
• Seth Krehbiel: Kingman High School
• Ayden Krohn: Republic County High School
• Autumn Krueger: South High School, Wichita
• Lily Kuhn: Spring Hill High School
• Nibandh Kulkarni: Washburn Rural High School
• Spencer Lacost: Solomon High School
• Andrew Lam: Highland Park High School
• Colby Lawhorn: Eudora High School
• Rachel Lawton: East High School, Wichita
• Adelynn Le: South High School, Wichita
• Monica Le: Southeast High School, Wichita
• Kelm Lear: Topeka High School
• Elizabeth Leck: Inman High School
• Chanu Lee: Pittsburg High School
• Hannah Lee: Andover Central High School
• Joseph Lee: Pittsburg High School
• Rachel Lee: Wellington High School
• Kayla Lei: Manhattan High School
• Hannah Lewis: Olathe West High School
• Egan Li: Blue Valley Southwest High School
• Owen Li: Blue Valley Southwest High School
• Lucas Liang: Blue Valley Northwest High School
• Alexa Lightner: Ingalls High School
• Alex Lim: Dodge City High School
• Julia Lin: Free State High School, Lawrence
• Alec Liu: Blue Valley North High School
• Samuel Liu: Olathe North High School
• Jeannine Lopez: Maize High School
• Mariela Lopez Gonzalez: Dodge City High School
• Ethan Lord: Emporia High School
• Hendrix Lovett: Southeast High School, Wichita
• Kenneth Luu: Eisenhower High School
• Hannah Macke: Nemaha Central High School
• Luke Macy: West High School, Wichita
• Katherine Madsen: Hiawatha High School
• Grant Mao: Blue Valley North High School
• Tiana Marion: South High School, Salina
• Skylar Markovich: Paola High School
• Jerrett Martin: Jefferson West High School
• Maria Matulis: St. James Academy, Lenexa
• Paige McBride: Lincoln High School
• Gracyn McClain: East High School, Wichita
• Madison McClain: Halstead High School
• Dillon McGinn: Sedgwick High School
• Reed Mchenry: Central High School
• Molly Mclaughlin: Seaman High School
• Allison McMillin: Spring Hill High School
• Riley McNemar: Galena High School
• Haylee Meiwes: Marmaton Valley High School
• Jarek Meyer: Smith Center High School
• Morgan Meyers: Cunningham High School
• Lauren Miller: St. Thomas Aquinas High School
• Ophelia Miller: Smoky Valley High School
• Palmer Bo Miller: Shawnee Heights High School
• Rylie Miller: Kinsley High School
• Melinda Mojica: Southeast High School, Wichita
• Katerin Molina Peraza: Wyandotte High School
• Delaine Molt: Horton High School
• Lanie Mott: St. Marys High School
• Jared Moulthrop: Osawatomie High School
• Elizabeth Mowery: Shawnee Heights High School
• Hannah Nelson: Goddard High School
• Sydney Nelson: South High School, Wichita
• Videl Nelson: Olathe South High School
• Halle Ness Maize: South High School, Wichita
• Elyse Nguyen: Junction City High School
• Kayla Nguyen: Garden City High School
• Tam Nguyen: Garden City High School
• Thanh Nguyen: Heights High School, Wichita
• Thu Nguyen: Southeast High School, Wichita
• Audrey Nguyen-Hoang: Bishop Seabury Academy, Lawrence
• Drew Nicholson: Hoisington High School
• Tyler Nickel: Centre High School
• Kenly Nicolas: JC Harmon High School
• Tyler Norsworthy: Washburn Rural High School
• Grace O’Keefe: St. Thomas Aquinas High School
• Nkemjika Obi: Shawnee Mission North High School
• Aidan Oblepius: Bishop Miege High School, Shawnee Mission
• Belle Olson: Baldwin High School
• Anahi Palacios: North High School, Wichita
• Lauren Papps: West High School, Wichita
• Chanae Parker: Manhattan High School
• Jameson Parks: Atchison High School
• Cameron Pascal: Bishop Carroll High School, Wichita
• Vinay Patel: Lansing High School
• Tanya Pattani: Blue Valley High School
• Annmarie Paul: Topeka High School
• Kate Paulsen: Andover Central High School
• Dakota Payne: Labette County High School
• Maleah Peak: Haysville Campus High School, Wichita
• Alondra Perez: Cheylin High School
• Caleb Perkins: Mulvane High School
• Christina Perkins: West Elk High School
• Ava Perrier: Eureka High School
• Emily Peterson: Canton-Galva High School
• Ryan Pierce: Riley County High School
• Drayton Pletcher: Wallace County High School, Sharon Springs
• Hayden Pool: Labette County High School
• Matthew Powers: McPherson High School
• Tanya Qin: Olathe Northwest High School
• Christopher Raithel: Pleasant Ridge High School
• Shaurir Ramanujan: Blue Valley Northwest High School
• Karla Ramos: JC Harmon High School
• Joseph Rather: Andover High School
• Nikhil Reddy: Blue Valley High School
• Emma Reed: East High School, Wichita
• Josie Reed: Madison High School
• Kyla Reel: Troy High School
• Micaela Reiss: Olathe South High School
• Emily Richenburg: St. Paul High School
• Ryan Rider: Lakin High School
• Anna Ridgway: Dodge City High School
• Madison Riebel: Humboldt High School
• Katelynne Riley: Syracuse High School
• Damian Rios: St. John-Hudson High School
• Lillian Rippe: Rawlins County High School
• Nathaniel Rivas: Deerfield High School
• Tony Rivero: Liberal High School
• Carrie Roe: Herington High School
• Jobi Roemer: Healy High School
• Mason Romero: Olathe South High School
• Lizbeth Romero-Lopez: West High School, Wichita
• Abigail Rosauer: Junction City High School
• Avery Rosenhagen: Norwich High School
• Alley Ross: Meade High School
• Jahim Ross: Fowler High School
• Stephany Rother: Weskan High School
• Makenna Roths: Southeast of Saline High School
• Olivia Rugan: Great Bend High School
• Terin Rundus: Concordia High School
• Sean Runnals: Oakley High School
• Jaren Rush: Colby High School
• Isaiah Russell: Plainville High School
• Emma Sabine: Pleasanton High School
• Margo Salaczplantz: Olathe Northwest High School
• Tasmin Sangha: Olathe North High School
• Colton Sant: Sterling High School
• Karthik Sathish: Blue Valley Southwest High School
• Jessica Saunders: Hillsboro High School
• Paxton Sauser: Ashland High School
• Ryan Sauter: Olathe West High School
• Laura Savage: Marion High School
• Pearl Savasten: Gardner-Edgerton High School
• Josha Schmalz: Jefferson County North High School, Winchester
• Sadie Schmanke: Conway Springs High School
• Chase Schmidt: La Crosse High School
• Josephine Schmidt: Greeley County High School, Tribune
• Megan Schneweis: Minneola High School
• Nicole Schottler: De Soto High School
• Nevaeh Scott: West Franklin High School
• Reegan Scott: Quinter High School
• Gabriella Searl: Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School, Wichita
• Sabrina Searl: Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School, Wichita
• Colin Sears: Olathe South High School
• Caleb Secrest: Pleasanton High School
• Blake Seidel-Pinson: Lyons High School
• Mallory Seirer: Newton High School
• John Selzer: Shawnee Mission South High School
• Brendan Shanks: Minneapolis High School
• Jayci Shepard: Bennington High School
• Dongjun Shin: St. Xavier High School
• Kobi Shubert: Trego Community High School
• Ty Sides: Phillipsburg High School
• Lauren Siebel: Insight School of Kansas (virtual)
• Teja Sieber: Liberal High School
• Paige Sims: Mission Valley High School
• Ashly Sites: Dodge City High School
• Rylie Slusher: Valley Center High School
• Austin Smith: Wetmore High School
• Brenden Smith: Heights High School, Wichita
• Brent Smith: De Soto High School
• Kyle Smith: De Soto High School
• Kyra Smith-Blosser: Council Grove High School
• Aubrey Snapp: Great Bend High School
• Jonathan Spachek: Ellsworth High School
• Morgan Staab: Thomas More Prep-Marian High School
• Noah Stanyer: Circle High School, Towanda
• Koryn Stapleton: Hodgeman County High School
• Julia Starnes: Wellington High School
• Rebecca Statler: Atchison County Community High School
• Ann Stegman: Hayden High School
• Ellie Stember: Oskaloosa High School
• Ashley Stoll: Golden Plains High School
• Pierce Stolte: Baxter Springs High School
• Spencer Strahm: Sabetha High School
• Grace Strongman: Shawnee Mission East High School
• Emma Stubby: Derby High School
• Zachary Stucky: Elyria Christian High School, McPherson
• Rachel Stukey: Waverly High School
• Shalika Subramanian: Olathe South High School
• Anna Suiter: Macksville High School
• Sienna Sun: Shawnee Mission East High School
• Morgan Sutter: Cheney High School
• Carina Swanson: Shawnee Mission South High School
• Natalie Swerdlow: Blue Valley North High School
• Suhaan Syed: Blue Valley Northwest High School
• Nikila Taylor: Bishop Ward High School
• Allison Tee: Wichita Collegiate High School
• Andrew Templin: Berean Academy
• Jeremiah Terronez: Heights High School, Wichita
• Madeline Tessmer: Winfield High School
• Brent Thein: Manhattan High School
• Joseph Theis: Larned High School
• Emelia Toerber: Valley Heights High School
• Annika Tomtschik: Goddard High School
• Matison Totty: Flinthills High School
• Anna Towner: Tipton Catholic High School
• Gaea Tradio: Topeka West High School
• Landon Trout: Scott Community High School
• Audrey Tubach: Chase County High School
• Forrest Tuschhoff: Augusta High School
• Braden Tyler: Skyline High School
• Hayden Tyson: The Independent High School, Wichita
• Kyra Uphoff: Prairie View High School
• Elayne Urban: Bishop Carroll High School, Wichita
• Lily Utt: Shawnee Mission East High School
• Allie Vail: Oswego High School
• Elysia Valverde:  Gardner-Edgerton High School
• Noah Valverde: Shawnee Mission West High School
• Hannah Van Cleave: Erie High School
• Manuel Villamor: Junction City High School
• Moises Villegas: Emporia High School
• Alexandria Vogts: Sublette High School
• Aryan Waghmode: East High School, Wichita
• Kendra Wait: Gardner-Edgerton High School
• Zachary Wallenburg: Shawnee Mission West High School
• Joseph Ward: Perry-Lecompton High School
• Benjamin Weinzirl: Shawnee Heights High School
• Jonathan Welch: Chaparral High School
• Sean Wentling: Derby High School
• Dylan West: Douglass High School
• Taryn West: Emporia High School
• Ethan Wheat: Parsons High School
• Kinlee Whetstine: Doniphan West High School
• Brandon Whitehurst: Burrton High School
• Brenton Wilden:  Gardner-Edgerton High School
• Hollis Wilkins: Free State High School, Lawrence
• Aaliyah Williams: Northwest High School, Wichita
• Caitlin Williams: Sedan High School
• Kalyssa Williams: Haysville Campus High School, Wichita
• Kinley Windholz: Victoria High School
• Evan Wing: Mulvane High School
• Oliver Witt: Fort Scott High School
• Karl Woleslagel: Buhler High School
• Bella Wood: Arkansas City High School
• Taite Woolsey: Decatur Community High School
• Lux Wright: Independence High School
• Virginia Wright: West Franklin High School
• Kristina Wu: Blue Valley Southwest High School
• Evan Young: Burlingame High School
• Sonya Zamora: Basehor-Linwood High School
• Florysell Zarate: Liberal High School
• Braegan Zimmerman: Liberal High School
• David Zimmerman: Derby High School
• Jody Zimmerman: Satanta High School
• Callie Zink: Central Plains High School
• Ryan Zipprich: Trinity Catholic High School