CHS Senior Honors Assembly held

CANTON—The Canton High School Senior Honors Assembly was held Sunday, May 1.

The following awards and scholarships were presented:

AMERICAN LEGION AWARD – Rylee DeMott and Turner Plumer (Jim Watts - Presenter)

ELKS TEENS OF THE YEAR – Lauren Brown and Jacob Breese (Garry Hensley – Presenter)

YOUTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY – (Carla Bobell – Presenter)

Christian Becker, Lexus Ellsworth, Isabella Rivero, Trista Buskirk, Jaydon Fleisch, Brady Smith, Devlin Dennis, Anna O’Brien, Hannah Steck Abbigale DeRenzy, Turner Plumer, Madison Weaver, Ellie Downing, Alexa Reavley, Ella Wheeler, Connor Willcoxen

SCHOLARSHIPS -

BRUCE and NELLIE JACKSON – Alexis Steck, Kaytlynn Taylor, Brionnah Williamson and Ashlyn Zedric (Sue Freiley and Mitch Coonradt – Presenters)

JAMES and LENA HALSEY – Eric Hedden, Isaac Keck, Emma Orwig, Isabella Rivero, Tyler Tarvin and Darren Woods (Sue Freiley and Mitch Coonradt – Presenters)

LAWS TUELL – Devlin Dennis, Mya Matusik, Brady Smith, Ashlyn Ward and Audrey Ward (Sue Freiley and Mitch Coonradt – Presenters)

LOUISE WILCOXEN-JONES – Christian Becker, Abbigale DeRenzy, Kaitlyn Driskell, Addison Postin and Trevor Putman (Sue Freiley and Mitch Coonradt – Presenters)

CECIL and VELMA A. DENNY MEMORIAL – Abbigale DeRenzy and Jaydon Fleisch (Sue Freiley and Mitch Coonradt – Presenters)

FOSTER and MARALEE OVERCASH – Trista Buskirk, Saige Kenser, Anna O’Brien, Turner Plumer and Addison Postin (Sue Freiley and Mitch Coonradt – Presenters)

CLAYTON and LOUISE RAY – Joseph Furgerson, Kaitlin Smith and Ella Wheeler (Sue Freiley and Mitch Coonradt – Presenters)

IDA and CLARENCE SMITH – Alexis Knowles (Sue Freiley and Mitch Coonradt – Presenters)

RALPH and CONSUELO GREEN – Lauren Brown and Trista Buskirk (Sue Freiley and Mitch Coonradt – Presenters)

RICHARD KINGERY – Miles Hinderliter (Sue Freiley and Mitch Coonradt – Presenters)

VAN B. EYERLY – Ella Wheeler (Sue Freiley and Mitch Coonradt – Presenters)

CAROLINE and ALICE GRAHAM FOR U OF I – Alexa Reavley (CHS Representative – Presenter)

CAROLINE and ALICE GRAHAM FOR WOMEN – Ashley Groves (CHS Representative – Presenter)

CATHERINE HEALD – Trinity Friedrich (CHS Representative – Presenter)

CLARA DONALDSON – Hailie Clark (CHS Representative – Presenter)

U.G. ORENDORF – Connor Willcoxen (CHS Representative – Presenter)

WOODS FAMILY – Alexa Reavley (CHS Representative – Presenter)

PEAK (U of I) – Lauren Brown, Jaydon Fleisch, Joshua Fuller, Joseph Furgerson, Alexa Reavley, Ella Wheeler and Ashlyn Zedric (CHS Representative – Presenter)

HARRY and NAOMI DANNER MILLER – Chase Williamson (CHS Representative – Presenter)

VASSAR FOR WOMEN – Makenzie Ewalt and Jennifer Hernandez (CHS Representative – Presenter)

STONE SCHOLARSHIP – Jersey Dilts, Eric Hedden, Ashton Hand and Jennifer Hernandez (CHS Representative – Presenter)

SCHOLARSHIPS -LOCAL

P.E.O./B.Z.- Anna O’Brien (Jean Edwards and Janet Krulac - Presenters)

C.E.A. – Abbigale DeRenzy (Amy Evans - Presenter)

CANTON UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT SERVICE EMPLOYEE – Addison Postin (Amy Evans - Presenter)

LITTLE GIANT BOOSTER CLUB SCHOLARSHIP – Ashley Groves and Kaitlin Smith (Samantha Norton – Presenter)

YOUNG WOMAN OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – Lauren Brown (Samantha Norton – Presenter)

CLASS OF 1981 FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP – Brennen Lawson (Becky McLeod – Presenter)

ALTRUSA SCHOLARSHIP – Isabella Alig (Shawna Beam – Presenter)

ILLINOIS SHERIFFS’ ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP – Emily Foster (Jeff Standard – Presenter)

CANTON JUNIOR WOMEN’S CLUB – Jennifer Hernandez (Harley Barnard – Presenter)

FRIENDS OF WESTVIEW – Isabella Alig (CHS Representative – Presenter

LITTLE GIANT SCHOLARSHIP – Isabella Rivero (CHS Representative - Presenter)

EASTVIEW SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL – Trinity Friedrich (CHS Representative - Presenter)

LINCOLN SUPPORTERS GROUP – Jennifer Hernandez (CHS Representative - Presenter)

MIKE WALTERS SCHOLARSHIP – Connor Willcoxen (CHS Representative – Presenter)

MARY DANNER – Jersey Dilts (CHS Representative – Presenter)

DAN and LORI OAKS/CF SCHOLARSHIP – Hanna Anderson-Nuttall (CHS Representative – Presenter)

THERESA GUMMERSON MEMORIAL/CF – Ella Dixon, Ellie Downing and Addison Palmer (CHS Representative - Presenter)

BARNHART, TINSMAN & LANE, LTD/CF SCHOLARSHIP – Anna O’Brien (CHS Representative – Presenter)

MCBARN/CF SCHOLARSHIP – Jocee Miller (CHS Representative – Presenter)

ART HOSSLER/CF SCHOLARSHIP – Jacob Breese (CHS Representative – Presenter)

SEDGWICK FUNERAL HOME/CF SCHOLARSHIP – Madyson Passmore (CHS Representative – Presenter)

FULTON COUNTY BOWLING ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP – Blake Cullen (CHS Representative – Presenter)

SPOON RIVER COLLEGE (Staci Mayall - Presenter)

Isabella Alig, Academic Performing Grant

Ella Alexander, Canton Works Club Trust Scholarship

Harley Allen, Cody Krulac Memorial Scholarship

Destiny Anthony, B. H. and Jim A. Taylor Scholarship

Haile Clark, Edward Jones-Rusty Melhouse Scholarship

MidAmerica National Bank Scholarship

Jersey Dilts, Swalec Incentive Scholarship

Ella Dixon, B. H. and Jim A. Taylor Scholarship

Robert E. Ritschel Leadership Scholarship

Lexus Ellsworth, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Rogers Scholarship

Makenzie Ewalt, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Rogers Scholarship

Lucas Fontana, Gene and Evelyn Wrestler Scholarship

Emily Foster, Robert George, and Jennifer Bond, Kauzlarich Scholarship

Joseph and Maxine Dalmasso Memorial Scholarship

Trinity Friedrich, Molly Kay O’Brien Scholarship

Jack Gilmore, Danny Ball Scholarship

Dr. Fred C. and Leona Benson Scholarship

Cheryl Dare Memorial Scholarship

Jacob Henderson, Dean and Mildred Crawford Scholarship

Jennifer Hernandez, Molly Kay O’Brien Scholarship

Kiwanis Club of Canton Scholarship

Jocee Miller, Molly Kay O’Brien Scholarship

MidAmerica National Bank Scholarship

Liam Murphy, Canton Works Club Trust Scholarship

Canton Area Chamber of Commerce Scholarship

Nicholas Oldfield, Elizabeth Champlin Scholarship

Addison Palmer, Mildred and Emory Brott Memorial Scholarship

Elijah Perkins, Cody Krulac Memorial Scholarship

Leonard and Virginia L. Barnard Scholarship

Anna Dare Memorial Scholarship

Sierra Richards, Francis Roy Herink and Margaret C. Otto Herink Memorial Scholarship

Madison Weaver, Francis Roy Herink and Margaret C. Otto Herink Memorial Scholarship

Chase Williamson, Dorothy Cox Memorial Scholarship

WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (Katy Gorsuch – Presenter)

Jocelyn Diers - Western Commitment

Kaitlyn Driskell - Western Commitment

Catlynn Hackwith - Western Commitment,

Local Leatherneck- Ashton Hand - Western Commitment

Miles Hinderliter - Western Commitment, Visitor, Local Leatherneck, Alumni Legacy

Tyler Tarvin - Western Commitment, Visitor, Local Leatherneck

Kelsey Watson - Visitor, Local Leatherneck

Darren Woods - Western Commitment, Visitor, Local Leatherneck, Alumni Legacy

DELTA EPSILON PHI – (Kim Malone – Presenter)

Isabella Alig Jersey Dilts Melanie Behymer Audrey Ward

MEMORIAL AWARDS

JASON SMITH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP – Brady Smith (Dr. Adrienne Coleman – Presenter)

AMY JULIUSSON GILLESPIE AWARD – Aaron Olson (Shawna Beam-Axline and Chris Wright - Presenters)

JOSEPH BERARDI SCHOLARSHIP – Turner Plumer (Berardi Family Representative – Presenter)

JOHN KEETS AWARD – Abbigale DeRenzy (Chris Jump - Presenter)

CODY KRULAC MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP – Turner Plumer (Janet Krulac & Zach Krulac – Presenters)

CODY KRULAC IN HONOR OF JOHN WERTMAN SCHOLARSHIP – Ellie Downing and Ella Wheeler (Janet Krulac and Zach Krulac – Presenters)

VIRGINIA BARNARD MEMORIAL – Elijah Perkins (Leonard Barnard – Presenter)

DOUGLAS J. RINEY SCHOLARSHIP – Ashlie Herrin (Dave Riney – Presenter)

JIMI ROGERS MEMORIAL – Jocelyn Diers and Darren Woods (Kim Rogers – Presenter)

TOM ORWIG MEMORIAL – Emma Orwig (Maria Orwig – Presenter)

TYLER CROTZER MEMORIAL – Eric Hedden (Allen Crotzer - Presenter)

TROY CHISUM EMS SCHOLARSHIP – Tyler Tarvin (CHS Representative – Presenter)

CARRIE WALLJASPER SCHOLARSHIP – Ella Alexander (CHS Representative - Presenter)

KAY GROVE SCHOLARSHIP – Lauren Brown, Trista Buskirk and Alexa Reavley (CHS Representative – Presenter)

HOWARD E. STRUBE JR. SCHOLARSHIP – Elijah Perkins and Turner Plumer (CHS Representative – Presenter)

ARDEN KEEN FINE ARTS SCHOLARSHIP – Darren Woods (CHS Representative – Presenter)

CHARLES ROGERS MEMORIAL – Joshua Fuller (CHS Representative – Presenter)

DRAKE YERBIC MEMORIAL – Jake Miller (CHS Representative – Presenter)

ILLINOIS STATE SCHOLARS (CHS Representative – Presenter)

Isabella Alig, Jaydon Fleisch, Melanie Behymer, Joshua Fuller, Lauren Brown, Joseph Furgerson,Trista Buskirk, Anna O’Brien, Hailie Clark, Addison Postin, Abbigale DeRenzy, Alexa Reavley Ellie Downing, Ella Wheeler, Connor Willcoxen

MID-ILLINI ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE & IHSA ACADEMIC (CHS Representative - Presenter)

Hanna Anderson-Nuttall, Will Eskridge, Eric Hedden, Brady Smith, Connor Willcoxen, Lauren Brown, Jaydon Fleisch, Jocee Miller, Kaitlin Smith, Caden Williams, Devlin Dennis, Emily Foster, Nicholas Oldfield, Hannah Steck, Brionnah Williamson, Jocelyn Diers, Trinity Friedrich, Emma Orwig, Weston Swise, Darren Woods, Ella Dixon, Ashley Groves, Turner Plumer, Tyler Tarvin, Ashlyn Zedric, Ellie Downing, Ashton Hand, Addison Postin, Ella Wheeler

ATHLETIC AWARDS (CHS Representative – Presenter)

Female and Male Athletes of the Fall Sports Season: Ryleigh Moser and Nick Oldfield

Female and Male Athletes of the Winter Sports Season: Kaitlin Smith and Turner Plumer

Female and Male Athletes of the Spring Sports Season: Ellie Downing and Connor Willcoxen

Female Athlete of the Year: Kaitlin Smith

Male Athlete of the Year: Nick Oldfield

Little Giants Sportsmanship Award: Ella Wheeler and Jayson Kuzniar

AGRICULTURE AWARDS – (Colton Downs – Presenter)

Ag Council – Alexa Reavley

THESPIAN AWARDS – (Amanda Vandermeer – Presenter)

Best Actor: Aaron Olson

Best Actress: Kelsey Watson

Best Theatrical Technician: Jocelyn Diers

Director's Awards: Mya Matusik, Tanner Putman, Isabella Rivero and Kaitlyn Driskell

Best Thespian: Hannah Steck

STUDENT COUNCIL AWARDS

Student Council Senior Award – Ashlyn Ward (Mya Phillips - Presenter)

Dan Pettit Memorial President's Award – Alexis Steck (Mya Phillips and Chris Wright - Presenters)

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY MOST VALUABLE (Christopher Siders and Harley Barnard - Presenters)

Lauren Brown, Emma Orwig, Ellie Downing, Turner Plumer, Jaydon Fleisch, Alexa Reavley, Trinity Friedrich, Ella Wheeler, Ashley Groves

This article originally appeared on Canton Daily Ledger: May 1, the Canton High Senior Honors Assembly was held