Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 12, 2003 -- The University of Nebraska-Lincoln recognized the achievements of more than 100 Omaha-area high school students Dec. 7 at the inaugural Nebraska Achievement Banquet at the Doubletree Hotel in downtown Omaha.
This dinner event was a celebration of diverse talents, highlighting the accomplishments that students of color have made in the Omaha metro area through academics, leadership or community service. UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman was the keynote speaker and Danielle Davis, a UNL senior from Omaha who will graduate Dec. 20, spoke as a featured current student.
Each Honored Scholar was presented with a certificate and memento of special recognition.
"At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, we value the contributions these honored scholars are making to their community, their family and to their future. We are excited to spend an evening with such an accomplished group of potential UNL students," said Amber Hunter, assistant director of admissions at UNL and the banquet's coordinator.
The Nebraska Achievement Banquet is one of several events coordinated by UNL this year as part of recruitment and retention efforts of in-state and out-of-state students. Diversity of UNL students increased in 2003, and admissions officials hope the Nebraska Achievement Banquet will play a role in efforts to continue to increase the diversity of students on campus.
Following is a list of students honored at the banquet, alphabetically by high school:
Abraham Lincoln (Council Bluffs): Steven Flores.
Bellevue East: Renata Anderson, Nikia Armstrong, Janielle Bryan, Charles Bullard, Matthew Burnham, Rory Cobbs Jr., Amanda Copeland, Peter Cruz, Patricia Cullum, Eddie Davis Jr., Catherine Enoviso, Rhandy Figueroa, Danita Gomez, Jessica Hiatt, Lisa Hilburn, Rebekah Hughes, Sheena Kennedy, Tina Lark, Jennifer Leibhart, Michael Lucia, Roberto Reyes, Natalie Ryan, Anais Santamaria, Leah Smith, Stephanie Smith, Franco Solis, Rodney Spence, Stephan Torres, Caramel Velez, Richard Wedner, Dominique Whitehead, Crystal Woodiest, Gregory Woolford.
Bellevue West: Kymbelie Bennett, Kristine Born, Claudia Candamil, Jessie Chancey III, Jon Dotzler, Nicole Esparza, Cydney Gaines, Martina Geralds, Natalie Iwai, Travis King, Anna Knopes, Melissa Lawson, David Martinez, Michael Mier, Kimberly Moore, Kelvin Nesbit, Michael Norenberg, Michael Pham, Bianca Ramirez, Joshua Rangel, Wayne Rogers, Felica Ryder, Brandon Tait, David Thuringer, Sean Toppi, Brandon White, Kenneth Yoho, Nicole Zamora.
Benson: Michael Eiland, TeAnna Strickland.
Bryan: Nicole Baker, Mikayla Bruner, Kellie Carruthers, Everilda Chavez, Maria Chavez, Sylvia Chavez, Deborah Gomez, Michelle Gonzalez, Michael Hughes, Francisco Jacinto, Alejandra Jimenez, Jon-Erik Lowery, Stephen Manh, Jerry Nong, Cameron Patterson, Osvaldo Perez, Josh Price, Ana Torres, Carlos Uriel.
Burke: Mallory Austin, Paul Cain, Toan Doan, Daniel Holcomb, Chapin Huey, Joseph Lee, Deepa Paramesh, John Peters, Humaira Qasimyar, Ami Rezac. Christopher Ruiz, Ian Walker.
Central: Jonathan Albright, Maria Arredondo, Ashley Campbell, Tamara Cooks, Alex Driggs, Samar Elatta, Pascha Fountain, Indira Gallardo, Ean Garrett, Aaron Gauff, Abby Graskourak, Christopher Hallgren, Brandon Henley, Alfredo Hernandez Jr., Steve Hogan II, Lianne Lau, Christopher Mason, Danielle Minnifield, Nicholas Monge, Maria Montes, Eric Moore Jr., Maria Negrete, Adam Ramirez, Alexandrea Romano, Kyle Soares, Shannon Teamer, Stephanie Williams.
Creighton Prep: Brandon Cartwright, William Gregory, Mike Guzman, Hai-Yen Hoang, Aaron Holliday, Christopher Oliver, Lee Jaramillo, David Lopez, Peter Mai, Daniel Ramirez, Michael Ramirez, Ajay Saini.
Gross: Michaela Monjaraz, Danny Pham.
Duchesne: Tanisha Wrather.
Girls and Boys Town: Minako Howell.
Heelan (Sioux City): Zachary Bata.
Marian: Stephanie Bradley, Summer Broderick, Kionna Comer, Nicole Ghahramani, Renee Just, Nicole DaSilva, Terra Taylor, Joy Thomas.
Mercy: Amber Tyler, Karnyta White.
Millard North: Krystle Ahmadyar, Juanita Allocco, Bradly Bigger, Irene Blue, Laura Ceron, Florence Choi, Stephanie Delgado, Ryan Doke, Te'ossha Ford, Priya Garg, Victoria Huerta, Nathan Jayappa, Jonathan Kimbrough, Joseph Margritz, Eduardo Menchara, Kristina Meneely, Felicia Monjarez, Maria Negrete, Duc Nguyen, Cassandra Rivera, Susan Sanchez, Cherita Scott, Alexis Stankiewicz, Amanda Tifft, Clifton Tullis, Heriberto Ulteras, Rachel Vazquez, Gregory Washington Jr., Gracia Wilson. Jasmin Wright, Mercedes Yanes.
Millard West: Natalie Capurro, Chelsea Castaneda, Alyssa Niensiri.
North: Terbia Allen, Michaela Ayers, Cherrelle Bennett, Matthew Bintz, Garryn Crowder, Christopher Estwick, Brandon Frazier, Jason Gomez, Charles Henderson, Tillisha Holliman, Casandra Jimenez, Anthony Johnson, Felicia Johnson-Neal, April Lopez, Sasha McCoy, Chanvinder Pahwa, Tiguila Parnell, Kinesha Shelton, David Tillman, Sade Townsell, Blake Tyler, Zongkor Vang, Deanna Williams, Quineda Wilson.
Northwest: Bobbie Adams, Tiffanee Carter, Ciara Dean, Jessica Fleming, Branden Hemmatazad, Ranaldo Overton.
Omaha Christian Academy: Kristina Sandoval.
Papillion-La Vista South: Saria Bartholomew, Tiffany Bridges, Jessica Capizano, Katrina Christensen, Jason Devose, Tatianna Ellington, Ryan Garcia, Joshua Huppe, Kylee Johnson, Victor Jones, Brittany Jones-Cooper, Ashley Larry, Adam Le, Howard Lemon, Daniel Lightner, Jamiela McMillian, LySandra Mungin, Leilani Nolte, Benjamin Pham, Christopher Ransier, Aaron Soares, Allyson Sokolewicz, Teonette Tellis, Leslie Vela, Sheila Walter, Lorene Watts, Michael Webster, Brandon White, Natascha Williams, Deyi Yin.
Ralston: Marcus Bell, Minsoo Goo, Elianna Martinez, David Mayen, Zachary Monono, Madeline Renner.
Roncalli: Desir Derisson Jr.
Skutt: Andrew Welch.
South: John Bonet, Jesus Calzada, Brittani Dutton, Ana Gomez, Jessica Gonzalez-Gomez, Dennis Goodwin, Adrian Magana, Iveth Najarro, Jennifer Perea, Ashley Plaza, Laura Sanchez, Danielle Sherman, Yuliana Sotelo, John Walter, Steven Watson.
Westside: Runa Acharya, Danielle Barbour, Amy Bresel, Anna Everitt, Warren Ford III, Naimul Huq, Adil Manda, Kingsley Okafor, Richard Owens-Reams, Kyle Quinn.
CONTACT: Amber Hunter, Asst. Director, Admissions, (402) 472-0671
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Posted by Tom Simons, Office of University Communications
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