UNL RECOGNIZES DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF 2011


ATTENTION: News, Education Editors
EDITOR: The list of students honored as Distinguished Scholars can be found at http://go.unl.edu/hwx.
CONTACT: Laura Farrell, Asst. Director, Admissions, 402-472-4256, lfarrell2@unl.edu

	Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 21, 2011 -- The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will recognize top Nebraska high school seniors for their academic excellence Nov. 1 at the 2011 Distinguished Scholars Recognition Dinner.
	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 will also recognized. 
	The Distinguished Scholars Recognition Dinner at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Lincoln will culminate an entire 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 will learn about the numerous academic opportunities for students at UNL ranging from research to international experiences to campus resources. Students interact 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 hometown is given in parentheses if it differs from the name of the school.

	Adams Central: Samuel Rayburn (Juniata).
	Alliance: Jett Jurgens.
	Amherst: Zane Petersen (Miller).
	Arapahoe: Ashley McCoy.
	Arlington: Madeline Volk (Bennington).
	Arthur County: Wil Lage (Sutherland).
	Ashland-Greenwood: William Pettit (Ashland), Dennis Stille (Ashland).
	Auburn: Drew Allgood, Kenda Frenzel, Jacob Parker.
	Aurora: Emily Hackett.
	Beatrice: Megan Gronewold (Pickrell).
	Bellevue East: Brianna Boehne, Roosevelt Boyland, Evan Cotto, Samuel Ervin, Lindsey Pfender, Trevor Savage, Nicholas Trojanowski, Victoria Trojanowski.
	Bennington: Ryan Baker, Daniel Connor, Joshua Edgar (Omaha), David Johansen (Omaha).
	Blair: Madeline Blaha, David Fuhs, Isaac Lindgren, Hannah Opfer, Joseph Sheehan.
	Boone Central: Marcus Lee (Albion), Jacob Meyer (Albion), Britany Seda (St. Edward).
	Broken Bow: Jamelyn Foster (Berwyn).
	Chadron: Megan Bradley, Geoffrey Ledbetter.
	Clearwater: Jesse McKillip (Elgin).
	Cody-Kilgore: Lindsay Adamson (Cody).
	Columbus: Blake Beiermann, Courtney Burma, Christopher Fuchs, Dylan Ganskow, Holly Hartman, Audra Moore.
	Columbus Lakeview: Amy Chin.
	Columbus Scotus: Trenton Kuta, Joel Ostdiek, Brad Steiner.
	David City: True Siffring (Ulysses).
	Deshler: Josiah Burger (Davenport), Dana Dlouhy.
	Diller-Odell: Cassandra Lottman (Diller).
	Elgin: Ashley Bode.
	Elgin Pope John: Olivia Borer.
	Elkhorn: Clay Cameron, Daniel Feickert, Ethan Kroymann (Omaha), Madison Musselman, Wayne Osborn, Madelyn Petersen.
	Elkhorn Mount Michael: Mike Collins (Omaha), Sean Kruger (Omaha), George Townsend (Papillion).
	Elkhorn South: Gretchen Baker (Omaha), Sara Bukoskie, Connor Gibson (Omaha), Ann Routh (Omaha), Alena Senik (Omaha), Sarah Stirling (Omaha), Cassandra Thielen, Lauren Timm (Omaha), Raymond Young.
	Elmwood-Murdock: Shannon Ronhovde (Eagle).
	Fairbury: William Ebke (Daykin), Samantha Henske.
	Falls City: Justin Elwonger.
	Fillmore Central: Elizabeth Workentine (Geneva).
	Fort Calhoun: Jeffrey Hofer, Eric Stevens.
	Freeman: Adam Frerichs (Virginia).
	Fremont: Mirannda Arrowsmith, Roger Brohimer, Samantha McMahon, Logan Richards.
	Gering: Thomas Jacobs.
	Gothenburg: Joshua Clark.
	Grand Island: Kaitlin Hehnke (Dannebrog), Kuulei Hose, Ashley Jasnoch, Autumn Kunze, Danielle Mettenbrink, Donald Nabity, Kyle Wojtalewicz.
	Grand Island Central Catholic: Amy Nguyen, Alexander Wirth.
	Grand Island Northwest: Connor Dennhardt, Bryce Hesterman.
	Gretna: Jordan O'Neal, Brandon Purintun, Payton Samuelson (Omaha), Benjamin Stoltenberg (Omaha), Cody Thompson.
	Hartington: Gabriel Scoville.
	Hastings St. Cecilia: Joseph Wahlmeier (Juniata).
	Heartland: Cody Brown (Henderson), Rick Siebert (Henderson), Andrew Spader (Henderson).
	Heartland Lutheran: Michael Hollman (Hastings), Lauren Staehr (Grand Island).
	Hemingford: Sandra Mendiola.
	Hershey: Aksel Wiseman.
	Holdrege: Nicholas Anderson, Joseph Burr, Seth Hald, Taylor Jurgens.
	Home school: Samuel Baumgartner (Lincoln), Adriana Carlson (Omaha), Bradley Carlson (Lincoln), Nathan Cornelius (Omaha), Nathan Walter (Norfolk).
	Homer: Kylie Andersen (Dakota City).
	Kearney Daniel Benavides, Emelie Berke, Ann Holen, Farah Imtiaz, Jessalyn Kreutzer, David Lillyman, Harry Meister, David Reed.
	Kearney Catholic: Collin Petri.
	Kenesaw: John Gallagher (Juniata).
	Lexington: Kelli Bomberger.
	Lincoln Christian: Jesse Mills, Lauren Nun.
	Lincoln East: Drew Bakenhus, Seth Bashford, Noah Brubaker, Curtis Dlouhy, Jackson Fisher, Christopher Harroun, Grady Henrichs, Manizha Kholmatov, Ryan Kirkpatrick, Katherine Lagerstrom, Michael Liou, Matthew Lutomski, Mackenzie Miller, Taylor Montgomery, Jenna Olson, Jacqueline Osenbaugh, Jessica Qiu, Matthew Shattil, William Sheldon.
	Lincoln High: Marina Blum, Claire Karsting.
	Lincoln Lutheran: Brian Klintworth (Seward), Rees Klintworth (Seward).
	Lincoln North Star: Samuel Buller, Khanh Mai, Devin Schroeder.
	Lincoln Northeast: Joseph McCright, Coly McPike, Kelsey Schoenleber.
	Lincoln Pius X: Connor Aylor, Cassandra Effken, Margaret Johnson, Nicholas Varilek, Benjamin Woita, Allison Zastrow.
	Lincoln Southeast: Charles Day, Hope Edwards, Mark Friend, Alena Hejl, Brendon Henning, Kayla Krueger, Kari Nelson, Jack Rodenburg, Matthew Schmitt, Rachel Schmitt, Victoria Shum, Collin Tussing, Ryan Wichtendahl.
	Lincoln Southwest: Gregory Atkin, Noemi Berkowitz,  Shelby Clausen, Mikala Cooper, Samuel Gemar, Andrew He, Kyle Hinz, Ahsan Kamal,  Ian Kobler, Sarah Kocher, Celeste Labedz, Hyungdong Lee,  Aaron Mack, Andrew Murphy, Derek Nordgren, Kaitlin Reiss, Davis Rempe, Jigme Rinchen, Meghan Senne, Mariah Wailes, Joshua West, Bo Yarabe.
	Logan View: Taylor Anderson (Hooper), Nathaniel McCormick (Hooper), Glen Ready (Scribner).
	McCook: Alan Goodenberger.
	Milford: Alexandria Ficke (Pleasant Dale).
	Millard North: Haonan Bai, Randolph Barker II, Kelly Bast, Rachel Brown, Rishi Chebrolu, Christopher Clark (Bellevue), Christopher Davidson, Samuel Davidson, Gregory Decker, Kevin Dickey, Matthew Falcon, Austin Grady, Jackson Gzehoviak, Zachary Holm, William Hotchkiss, Mohit Jain, Sesha K. Myneni, Shariq Kahn (Elkhorn), Patrick Luddy, Andrew Mackin, Keaton Moss, Catherine Nguyen, Alex O'Donnell, Allen Qiu, Shannon Reeves, Emily Reiff, Aanya Sagheer (Elkhorn), Daniel Shats, Ilya Shats, Adam Shriver, Eshita Singh, Amy Soderquist, Grace Solem-Pfeifer, Carl Stokes, Erik Strottmann, Claire Thomas, Ravi V. Chintapalli, Jeeva Venkataraman, John Warren, Caitlin Wilhelm, Cole Wilhelmi, Zachary Williams, Xiongfei Zhang.
	Millard South: Mikayla Burton, Pierce Dageforde (Blair), Sophie Ford, Kurtis Johnson, Laura Olson, David Shriver, Chelsea Zacharias.
	Millard West: Ellie Ahlquist, David Beavers, Joseph Beeson, Alexander Bruening, Megan Burke, Robert Harvey, Kayla Hoechner, Easton Jacobsen, Drew Johnston, Seth Kurfman, Thomas McClenahan, Tracy Moody, Andrew O'Connell, Katherine Preston, Rachel Sosnowchik, Noah Vacanti, Lanruo Wang, Michael Wiesner, Reid Winkelmann, Yan Zhang.
	Nebraska City: Michael Aksamit, Nicholas Andersen.
	Nebraska City Lourdes: Michael Katalenich (Plattsmouth).
	Norfolk: Preston Cook, Drew Dudley, Andrew Eisenbraun, Mitchell Groninger, Austin Hall, Elise Miller, Jessie Miller, Michael Schwartz, Bryan Timperley.
	Norfolk Catholic: Megan Aschoff, Luke Smith.
	Norfolk Lutheran High Northeast: Andrea Snow (Battle Creek), Nicholas Williams (Madison).
	Norris: Jacob Greenwood (Firth), Trevor Hohbein (Hickman), Austin Walker (Roca).
	North Bend Central: Clarissa Hall.
	North Platte: Jordan Enderle, Nathan McKain, Anton Olbricht (Grand Island).
	North Platte St. Patrick: Josiah Allison.
	Ogallala: Johnathan Jeffers.
	Omaha Brownell-Talbot: Britt Fossum.
	Omaha Burke: Thien Chau, Desirae Cook, Chris Haggart, Nicholas Herrera, Mitchell Matis, Brett Newkirk, Kelcy Sorensen, Andrea Vukorepa.
	Omaha Central: Bryce Gollobit, Emma Harwood (La Vista), Alex Howe, Adam Lacroix, Clayton Reynolds, Harrison Simmons, Imagine Uhlenbrock.
	Omaha Christian Academy: Cameron Deckett (Bellevue), Steven Hamilton.
	Omaha Concordia: Arianne Gesell (Fremont), Madison Hawkins, Trevor Johnson.
	Omaha Creighton Prep: Matthew Barton (Elkhorn), Ryan Barton (Elkhorn), Kyle Briggs, Patrick Buckley, Nathan Demaria, Shane Giles (Bellevue), Ralph Hauke, Mark Irvine, Kyle Kelley, Mitchell Kilborn, Charles Kilgore, Nicholas Kozusko (Bellevue), Paul Lafave (Omaha), Benjamin Lueders, Cale Rohwer, Michael Tritz, Jalani Williams.
	Omaha Duchesne: Hannah Benedix, Victoria Bracht, Alison Dudek, My Nguyen, Katherine Reilly.
	Omaha Gross: Rachel Wilwerding (La Vista).
	Omaha Marian: Hannah Grace, Katherine Hoffman, Anna Hupp, Claire Troia.
	Omaha North: Josie Bircher, Timothy Cameron, Zigang Chen, Emily Griffin, Nathan Kellogg, Catherine Pearson.
	Omaha Roncalli: Margaret Findall (Bennington), Thomas Mullen, Joshua Von Kampen.
	Omaha Skutt: Danielle Desa, Ryan Drvol, Hannah Ek, Chase Gorham (La Vista), Kaitlyn Heffron, Justine McCarty, Mary O'Brien, Emily Pachunka, James Pieper, Matthew Rago, Andrew Thielen, Catherine Zaleski.
	Omaha Westside: Samuel Adams, Tarek Ali, Hannah Blazek, Aaron Calderon, Julia Carlson, Ben Fenwick, Samuel Fuller, Tessa Fulmer, David Glazer, Sara Guo, Kira Hannon, Jordan Jensen, Yan Jia, Hannah Kerby, Charles Landen, Maxwell Lawlor, Jacob Lehr, Madison Mapes, Brett Meyer, Jacob Poots, April Quinn, Jake Quinn, Megan Thacker, Jared Thomsen, Allison Tomek, Timothy Tracey, Alex Van Lent, Aisha Wang, Andrew Wiesman.
	O'Neill St. Mary's: Tyler Timmerman.
	Overton: Ethan Johnson.
	Papillion-La Vista: Aaron Clark (Papillion), Ann Himes Omaha, Trevor Jorgensen (Papillion), David O'Neil (Papillion), Nathan Pike (Papillion), Jeffrey Ren (Papillion), Aaron Rowe (Papillion), Syed Sadiq (Papillion), Laura Tschida (La Vista), Roger Tschida (La Vista).
	Papillion-La Vista South: Abigail Ashby (Papillion), Eric Bertone (Papillion), Michaela Bonnett (Bellevue), Rachel Cook (Papillion), Mikal Dahlstrom (Papillion), Christopher Harlow (Papillion), Nathan Huyser (Papillion), Freeman Judd (Papillion), Reece Miller (Papillion), Mitchell Peterson (Gretna), Mikaela Robbins (Papillion), Brent Snyder (Papillion), Ryan Sumpter (Papillion), Richard Warner (Papillion).
	Pender: Rachael Dahlman (Thurston).
	Pierce: Jarold McWilliams (Norfolk), Emily Steffensen.
	Platteview: Andrew Nelson (Springfield), Emily Scholting (Springfield).
	Plattsmouth: Austin Kliewer, Jamie Nickeson, Kylie Pape.
	Ralston: Calin Kachek, Shannon Rowe (Omaha), Sarah Wagelie (Omaha).
	Ravenna: Christin Albright.
	Schuyler: Jordan Brabec.
	Scottsbluff: Madeline Holscher, Giles Hovseth, Courtney Imel (Mitchell).
	Seward: Brinson Chapp, Brock Lewis, Micah Moravec, Jaclyn Pennington, Alyssa Sleight.
	Sherwood Cass, Mo.: Joseph Meyer (Omaha).
	Sidney: Joshua Blauert, Leah Uhlir.
	South Sioux City: Sara Hohenstein (Dakota City), Austin Stark.
	Superior: Madison Miller.
	Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca: Connor Bohlken (Syracuse), Shane Keslar (Syracuse).
	Tekamah-Herman: Meagan Anderson (Herman).
	Valentine: Matthew Harris, Emily Simmons.
	Wallace: John Lempke.
	Waverly: Kelsey Cummings (Eagle), Derek Janecek, Madeline Kasra, RemyGrace Sass (Lincoln).
	Wayne: Sawyer Jager, Quentin Jorgensen, Colin Loberg, Andrew Pulfer.
	West Boyd: Alix Mashino (Spencer).
	West Holt: Abigael Olson (Atkinson).
	West Point Central Catholic: Kylie Peyton.
	Wisner-Pilger: Carling Bloedorn (Wisner), Connor Bloedorn (Wisner).
	Wood River: Maggie Arnett.
	York: Elizabeth Fillman, Emily Kadavy, Letitia Phan.
	Yutan: Gary Grinvalds.
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