How we picked the Gannett Kansas All-State, Honorable Mention Academic teams
The Gannett Kansas All-State Academic Team honors and recognizes the state's highest performing and most promising graduating high school seniors.
High school principals and counselors from around the state nominate one senior from their respective schools, and those nominees then apply for the honor by completing two short-answer essays.
This year, the essay prompts asked students to tell the story of the last day that changed their lives, as well as a headline they envision 25 years from now and the steps they'd take to make those headlines reality.
The essays were a major portion of the final decision to name a student to the All-State Academic Team, although other criteria — such as ACT score, GPA, involvement and leadership experiences — were considered. Forty students were named to the All-State Academic Team, while another 80-plus students received honorable mention recognition.
No matter their selection to the All-State or honorable mention teams, each of the 120 students prove that no matter the circumstances, challenges or obstacles, Kansas students reach the stars through any difficulties.
Listed by first name alphabetically, these are the 83 students named to the Gannett Kansas Honorable Mention Academic Team.
2022 Gannett Kansas Honorable Mention Academic Team
Abbie Flentie, Centralia High School; Abby Hoffman, Udall High School; Abigail Shurts, Maize High School; Abigail White, Pretty Prairie High School; Abrianna Hay, Kansas Connections Academy; Adam Lee Hands, Pawnee Heights High School; Addyson Easter, Lyndon High School; Alex Meister, Labette County High School; Amala John, Hesston High School; Amy Foos, Ness City High School; Amy Gayle, Marion High School; Angel Tran, Sacred Heart Jr/Sr High School; Anthony Rogers, Caney Valley High School; Ashtyn Jolly, Atchison County Community High School; and Austin O'Hara, St. Paul High School.
Also Bailey Myrick, Pleasanton High School; Brianna Wasson, Douglass High School; Brooke Rosenhagen, Cheney High School; Casey Helm, Madison High School; Celeste Gonzalez, Highland Park High School; Chloe Fleming, Turner High School; Christopher Brooke, Riverside High School; Claire Winston, Shawnee Mission North High School; Colby Stull, La Crosse High School; Cole Lacey, Marais des Cygnes Valley; Corbin Ricke, Spearville High School; Dalton Simmer, Hiawatha High School; and Daniel Gonzalez-Arevalo, Newton High School.
Also Eileen O'Hara, Lawrence Virtual School; Elise Belcher, Spring Hill High School; Elizabeth Giger, South Haven High School; Emilee Cole, Phillipsburg High School; Emily Lynn, Bishop Miege High School; Emily Munson, Lakin High School; Emry Lundy, Hays High School; Ethan Armstrong, Frankfort High; George Crawford IV, Ellis Jr/Sr High School; Grace Wright, Cheylin High School; Grant Schoenrock, Victoria Jr./Sr. High School; Hannah Whetstone, West Elk High School; Hyrum Anderson, Satanta Jr.-Sr. High School; Ian Clark, Rock Creek High School; Isabel Huggard, Garden City High School; Isabella Ostmeyer, Wheatland High School; and Isabelle Fuentez, Parsons High School.
Also Jaiden Taylor, Doniphan West Jr./Sr. High School; James Nobert, Clifton-Clyde High School; James Patrick Madden, Maur Hill Mount Academy; Jenna Richardson, Dexter High School; Joseph Ronald Marten, Onaga High School; Karlie Albright, Royal Valley High School; Kasen Fudge, Anderson County High School; Kendall Scharff, Marmaton Valley High School; Kenzie Strathman, Wetmore Academic Center; and Kyra Gottfried, Stockton High School;
Also Lance Pauly, Conway Springs High School; Layton Hodgson, Osawatomie High School; Lily McClellan, Axtell High School; Lincoln Bartelt, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School; Luke Janzen, Cimarron High School; Madison McGuire, Central Plains High School; Maggie Ridgway, Olathe South High School; Marie Meuli, Chapman High School; Mayah Mumpower, Wabaunsee High School; Michael Sandstrom, Hayden High School; Morgan Hammond, Holcomb High School; Nathan Bowman, Bucklin High School; and NiJaree Canady, Topeka High School.
Also Patience Wagner, Topeka West High School; Randa Sparks, Northeast High School; Raven Peterson, Tescott High School; Riley Chrisler, Oakley High School; Riley Ellis, Perry Lecompton High School; Ryan Ward, Shawnee Mission East High School; Rylee Lopez, Wichita Northwest High School; Sadie Bradley, Ell-Saline Middle/High School; Sadie Krogmann, Sabetha High School; Shelby Fox, Jackson Heights High School; Sophia Glanville, Chase County Jr.-Sr. High School; Thomas Mies, Garden Plain High School; Victoria Wurm, Lebo High School; Xavier Westbrook, Canton-Galva High School; and Zachary Mauer, Saint James Academy.
This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: Gannett Kansas' Academic Honorable Mention includes over 80 students
