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Governor's Scholars Recognition Program

2023 Award Winners

 

The Great Seal of the State of Kansas

 

Questions about this program contact:

Brent Unruh
(785) 273-5329
bunruh@kshsaa.org

 

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Tamla Miller
(785) 296-4950
tmiller@ksde.org

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
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