UNL recognizes Distinguished Scholars of 2010

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln recognized top Nebraska high school seniors for their academic excellence Nov. 2 at the 2010 Distinguished Scholars Recognition Dinner in Lincoln.

These distinguished scholars have demonstrated a high level of ability and a strong commitment to superior performance in academics as indicated by their class ranking, combined with their ACT or SAT test scores. All Nebraska National Merit semifinalists, National Hispanic Scholars and National Achievement Scholars were also recognized.

The Distinguished Scholars Recognition Dinner at the Embassy Suites Hotel culminated a full day of events for the scholars. The Distinguished Scholars Day gives students the opportunity to learn more about the academic programs offered at UNL through the University Honors Program. Students and parents learned about the numerous academic opportunities for students at UNL ranging from research to international experiences to campus resources. All students interacted in small seminar classes on subjects including English, biochemistry, computer science, biological systems engineering, chemical engineering, journalism and chemistry.

Following is a list by school of students honored as Distinguished Scholars. The student's city of residence is included in parentheses if it differs from the school.

Adams Central: Max Meier (Juniata), Logan Miller (Hastings), Sierra Schnakenberg (Hastings).

Alliance: Marissa Curtiss, Amanda Hare.

Alma: Adam Vlach (Republican City).

Amherst: Jacob Petr (Riverdale).

Arapahoe: Caitlin Tangeman.

Arcadia: Hollie O'Brien (Ord).

Arlington: Charlsie Bastian, Molly Miller (Kennard).

Auburn: Lindsay Wilson, Brooke Wissler.

Aurora: James Mcdonald (Phillips).

Banner County: Robert Olsen (Harrisburg).

Beatrice: Mitchell Irmer, Cody Minor, Kelsie Post.

Bellevue East: Priscilla Alvarado (Papillion), Seth Bass, Lubna Benalaya (Omaha), Jacqueline Craft, Patrick Curington, Nathan Guericke, Charles Peck, Kayla Penny, Kathryn Reinhard, Marie Rodriguez, Naomi Rountree, Kristine Speltz, Ryan Splichal, Dann Wilson-Sheley, Sergio Zamora.

Bellevue West: Jared Beyersdorf, Kristin Hanna, Josiah Hood, Mackenzie Irvine, Jack McDonald, Joshua Mireles, Jedd Patterson, Aaron Stirewalt.

Bennington: Kyle Heddens.

Bertrand: Brock Taute.

Blair: Brett Andres, Justine Bolton, Karissa Brehm, Katelyn Coleman, Stephanie Demers, Presley Glaser, Kevin Wulff.

Blue Hill: Erin Kinley (Bladen).

Brady: Ethan Callahan.

Bridgeport: Leigh Chikos.

Centennial: Rebecca Brauer (Utica).

Central City: Clay Koziol (Fullerton), Courtney Schnabel (Hordville).

Central City Nebraska Christian: Anna Faeh (Marquette), Nathan Ritta (Marquette).

Centura: Mary Irvine (Cairo).

Chadron: Thomas Kadlecek (Hay Springs).

Chambers: Samantha Burtwistle (Ewing).

Clearwater: Sydney Pokorny.

Columbus: Spencer Moore, Kyle Rieger, Colton Stanton.

Columbus Scotus: Jaci Beauvais, William Cremers, Olivia Sonderman.

Creighton: Anna Sorensen.

Crete: Jessalyn Holdcraft.

Cross County: Kathleen Anderson (Stromsburg).

Deshler: Tabitha Burger (Davenport).

Douglas County West: John Keiser (Waterloo).

Elkhorn: Blake Adams (Omaha), Kaleb Anderson (Omaha), Taylor Bailey, Robert Barnes, Michael Bereisha (Omaha), Emily Davis, Tessa Delaney, Peter Maloley (Omaha), Sarah Merrigan (Omaha), Josh Morman, Hillary Naumann (Omaha), Lauren Patras, Jane Ramsay (Omaha), Devan Ridenoure (Omaha), Ryan Smelser, Brian Strubbe (Omaha), Ethan Workman.

Elkhorn Mount Michael: Darren Chew (Omaha), Peter Kritenbrink (Omaha).

Exeter-Milligan: Kelsey Moore (Exeter).

Falls City Sacred Heart: Hannah Malcolm.

Franklin: Jacob Siel.

Freeman: Shelby Koenig (Adams).

Fremont: Kally Casper, Robert Giovanazzi, Joshua Howard, Britt Jensen, Katelyn Kukoly (Valley), Nicholas Niday, Lisa Poppe, Lukas Samuelson, Ana Troupe.

Gering: Cassandra Doremus.

Gibbon: Cody McGregor.

Gothenburg: Brennan Costello.

Grand Island: Chance Christensen, Christopher Heineman, Manuel Medina, Sarah Mirza, Colby Roseberry, Sarabeth Swift, Hannah Vahle, Addie Voss.

Grand Island Central Catholic: Garrett Coble (St. Paul), Grace Mohr.

Grand Island Northwest: Steven Bartz, Amanda Buhrman, Jennifer Zarek.

Gretna: Abigail Allgood, Justin Bennett, Ellen Emanuel, Jessica Remaly (Omaha).

Hartington Cedar Catholic: Donald Dickes (Fordyce).

Hastings: Evan Beachly, Jaime DeTour, Mikayla Schultz.

Holdrege: Michaela Gray, Lauren Hoeft, Kirsten Larson, Linnea Larson.

Home school: Laura Aumen (Bellevue), Ellen Fluehr (Omaha), Seth Hendrickson (Bellevue), Murielle Lemon (Omaha), Joshua Roth (Lincoln).

Johnson County Central: Daniel Moles (Cook).

Johnson-Brock: Kayla Alberts (Auburn), Amanda Dunekacke (Elk Creek), Kayla Fischer (Johnson).

Kearney: Carly Hillburn, Christopher Lyons (Wilcox), Rosemary Mena-Werth, Zachary Rees, Kelsey Reiman, Natalie Wozniak, Audrey Zuerlein-Johnson.

Kearney Catholic: Nicholas Brummer.

Laurel-Concord: Emma Engebretsen (Laurel).

Lawrence-Nelson: Laura Wehrman (Nelson).

Lexington: Caleb Jergensen.

Lincoln Christian: Rebecca Duncan (Hickman), Brian Plank, Benjamin Powell.

Lincoln East: Daniel Baquet, Ryan Bell, Erin Dougherty, Carmen Erway (Bennet), Jonathan Feingold, Hayden Kaderly, Darrin Lim, Stephanie Mannix (Elkhorn), Aaron Matzke, Alexander McKee, Mallory Morton, Rachel Pillard, Katherine Rilett, Austin Wheeler, Nathan Wiesen, Laurel Woodring.

Lincoln High: Reed Brodersen, Eve Dimagno, Connor Goodwin, Jules Hansen, Justin Lepard, Emily Madcharo, Nathanial Matz, Charles Neibel, Micaela Pacheco-Ceballos, Jordan Scribner, Luke Thiele, Kelsey Williams.

Lincoln Lutheran: Kara Einspahr (Seward), Spencer Farley.

Lincoln North Star: Kevin Reimnitz.

Lincoln Northeast: Dillon Gushard, Derek Hoodjer, Kyle Kettler, Jordan Krahn.

Lincoln Pius X: Rosanna Egge, Jacob Hanus (Eagle), Elizabeth Husmann, William Hynes (Walton), Theodore Kirkpatrick, Shelby Kruse, Regina Merrill, Taylor Tvrdy.

Lincoln Southeast: Adrienne Anderson, Madison Barbee, Brian Clymer, Jacob Crocker, Steven Dosskey, Daley Eldorado, Abigail Flory, Ross Goldenstein, Nathan Hunt, Taylor Johnson, Samuel McCarter, Erin Reis, Derek Vallis, Riley Vanek, Sophia Wennstedt, Lisabeth Wissink.

Lincoln Southwest: Mikaela Balfany, Joyanne Becker, Madeline Bien, Heather Byrne (Denton), Charles Chen, Sara Christianson, Allison Dougherty, Jacob Heidelk, Emma Hoppe, John Jasa, Adam Lif, Kelly Lindsay, Ryan Newsham, Hillary Stoll, Albert Zhou.

Logan View: Leah Harmon (Fontanelle), Austin Peterson (Hooper).

McCook: Beth Peck.

Milford: Jacob Weber.

Millard North (Omaha residents unless otherwise noted): Colin Anderson, Madelyn Becker, Callie Bents, Albert Blanco, Callyn Burgess, Anna Bute, Karen Cheng, Alec Drey, Andrea Eggleston, Andrew Filippini, Alexandra Gardner, Meredith Gold (Elkhorn), Rebecca Grosskurth, Alexandra Hippen, Madelaine Hock, Benjamin Hoeft, Eric Hong, Luke Huber, Justin King, Rebecca Kreis, Nicholas Lambert, Timothy Lane, Shelly Li, Elizabeth Lien, Amanda Longley, Geoffrey Longley, Evan Ludes, Joseph Lunde, Peter Maas, Andrew Madsen, Max Nelson, Rebecca Ramm (Bennington), Ankita Sarawagi, Daniel Schlessinger, Daniel Selzle, Chanse Shirley, James Sinclair, Joshua Temple, Eric Wolatz, James Yong.

Millard South (all Omaha residents): Tyler Rohlfsen, Nicki Veldhouse, Vincent Winkler.

Millard West (all Omaha residents): Brandon Collins, Brandon Cooper, Joseph Farley, Katherine Fickle, Kristin Grether, Logan Hepp, Anna Hesselink, Satcher Hsieh, Kelly Hudek, Whitney Leichner, Mitchell Markin, Allison Miller, Emma Ritter, James Sweeden, Katie Truitt, Zachary Whitham.

Minden: Carter Yelken.

Mullen: Gabriel Connealy (Whitman).

Nebraska City: Andrew Robinson.

Niobrara: Michael Kotrous.

Norfolk: Karl Foxhoven, Natalie Hall (Stanton), Eli Johnson, Stephanie Parks, Kyle Reestman.

Norfolk Catholic: Taylor Pospisil, Elizabeth Schmidt.

Norris: Meradith Ganow (Hickman), Matthew Gutzmer (Hickman), Kody Pritschau (Firth), Ian Schuster (Martell), Jessica Stephenson (Bennet).

North Platte: Ross Rasmussen, Mikayla Wiseman.

Omaha Brownell-Talbot: Emily Chen, William Hughes, Fiona Loggie, Stephen Woods.

Omaha Burke: Katie Bidne, Aaron Priluck, Andrew Prystai, Megan Suing.

Omaha Central: Subodh Adhikari, Alyc-Gabrielle Beasley, Rachel Bruch, Elizabeth del Laittre, Sara Doghman, Claire Ferguson, Jacob Kmiecik, Ariana Koch (Elkhorn), Robert Mancuso III, Noam Margalit, Aaron Perry, Isaac Thomas.

Omaha Christian Academy: Naomi Goossen.

Omaha Concordia: Brooke Fletcher

Omaha Creighton Prep: Grant Bowen (Bennington), Patrick Brookhouser, Paul Davey, Seth Davis, Zachariah Gober, Will Gudenrath, Cole Johnson (South Bend), Michael Lebens, Jeffmin Lin, Colin Longacre, Michael Morrison, Robert Muelleman, Matthew Nelson, Benjamin Novotny, Jacob Padilla, Paul Sobczyk (Bellevue), Corey Thiele, Joseph Weaver, Dane Weinert, Jacob Wingate.

Omaha Duchesne: Caroline Bressman, Katherine Gould, Clara Hageman, Corinne Horner, Kathleen Nelson, Laura Newton (Plattsmouth), Patricia Owens.

Omaha Gross: David Dropinski.

Omaha Marian: Alexa Baumer, Erin Cheese, Katy Feichtinger, Kaitlyn Fischer, Brittany Hytrek, Kayla Kampschneider, Katherine Krettek, Jennifer May, Molly Misek, Megan Morrissey (Papillion), Erin O'Brien, Mary Pistillo, Linnea Tracy, Chloe Wilwerding.

Omaha Mercy: Ashley Dabbs (Bellevue), Rachel Sortino.

Omaha North: Joel Banninga, Jeffrey Baumhover, Dan Burgdorf, Jesse Epperson, Ian McCollum, Nadine Rowen, Nathaniel Stahr.

Omaha Northwest: Joy Carey.

Omaha Roncalli: Joseph Becker, John Comstock.

Omaha Skutt: Anne Bolamperti (Elkhorn), Jessica Chekal, Matthew Keller, Lauren Kolkman (Elkhorn), Mary Ellen Mooter (Kennard), Rachel Platz (Papillion), Lauren Ruden, Kristin Sauma, Frankie Smith (Elkhorn), Sophia Walsh, Garrett Wirka (Wahoo).

Omaha South: Andrew Martinez, Shaylea Valentine.

Omaha Westside: Andrew Blazek, Katherine Branigan, Drew Conley, Elizabeth Davis, Cassandra Florea, Victoria Fritz, Grace Hack, Kyle Hammitt, Brian Jesteadt, Emma May, Thomas Peetz, Maria Podariu, Sarah Toy.

O'Neill: Kevin Zakrzewski.

Palmyra: Eugene Luebker (Bennet).

Papillion-La Vista: Kathryn Cornwell (La Vista), Tyrus Ernst (Papillion), Weston Ernst (Papillion), Julia Franck (Papillion), Geoffrey Weber (La Vista).

Papillion-La Vista South: Zachary Austin (Papillion), Katherine Connell (Papillion), Rebecca Conrad (Bellevue), Benjamin Curttright (Omaha), Ryan Daly (Springfield), Zachary Foster (Papillion), Amy Kenyon (Papillion), Kalyn Laboure (Papillion), Garin Newcomb (Papillion), Katherine Privateer (Papillion).

Platteview: Jessica Branson (Plattsmouth).

Plattsmouth: Maeghan Fry.

Ralston: Emily Murtaugh, Erin Penner (Omaha).

Randolph: Jaleen Albers.

Ravenna: Rachel Nozicka.

Raymond Central: Molly Storm (Davey).

Rock County: Emily Sybrant (Bassett).

Schuyler: Kyle Novacek (David City).

Scottsbluff: Sara Frederick, Gillian Harkins, Madelin Parsley, Karin Shedd.

Seward: Alexander Scheiber, Grace Smetter, Chase Wurdeman.

South Sioux City: Madeline Horner, Zachary Mahon.

Southwest: Danielle Blume (Indianola).

Stanton: Jacob Bohac (Leigh)

Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca: Rachel Clymer (Dunbar).

Thayer Central: Kesston Fink (Hebron).

Tri County: Curtis Reynolds (Plymouth).

Wahoo: Olivia Johnson (Mead).

Wahoo Neumann: John Burke.

Wayne: Riley Mcmanus, Jacob Pulfer.

West Holt: Kalie Friedel (Atkinson).

West Point-Beemer: Alex Hansen (West Point).

West Point Central Catholic: Megan Perry.

Wisner-Pilger: Luke Evans (Wisner), Rebeka Tobias (Pilger).

Wood River: Peter Baek.

York: Tessa Andrews.

Yutan: Blake Feller, Allison Roth.

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