Here are the Pontiac Township High School, college students who received academic honors
After a long school year of hard work, students now have the opportunity to relax before cracking the books in the fall.
In completing their school year, quite a few students at Pontiac Township High School, as well as students at the collegiate level, earned recognition for their efforts. The following is a listing of honor roll students from PTHS, as well as area college students receiving honors.
There are three levels of honors recognized at PTHS ranging from receiving a 3.000 grade point average to a perfect 4.000.
There were 76 students who received perfect 4.000 — straight A's — for the second semester. Seniors receiving a 4.000 were Logan Barnett; Logan Brummel; Mackenzie Coates; Christopher Corrigan; Tyson Cramer; Sydney Gragert; Kaden Gregory; Kaitlyn Hamilton; Megan Henkel; Doralyn Lee; Lillian Logan; Jacob Lucas; Owen Lutz; Abigail Matern; Grace Mathus; Aeyden Moyer; Emma Nelson; Dylan Ramsey; Isaac Torkelson and Drew Wayman.
Juniors receiving a 4.000 GPA were Kerr Bauman; Paige Collins; Duncan Eilts; Brianna Hilleary; Riley Kelly; Zechariah Landstrom; Bailey Masching' Aidan Ores' Jazmyn Schulter and Aubrey Shepherd.
Sophomores with a 4.000 included Brooke Burger; Jonathan Cassady; Jacob Davis; Jacob Dewald; Brieaunna Duck; Ryson Eilts; Elijah Hartke; Daniel Hernandez-Aguirre; Elena Krause; Andrew Lauritsen; Maria Long; Jaden Lucas; Seth Mund; Meeya Prawl; Lilian Rainbolt; Emma Reilly; Hannah Ricketts; Levi Rients; Devin Skrzypiec; Michelle Stevenson; Gabriel Thoman; Lily White and Olivia Yedinak.
Completing their first year in high school, the freshmen receiving all A's were Addyson Brannan; Sherrylee Bray; Alexandra Cobix; Rilie Dawson; Morgan Dewald; Henry DeYoung; Lyla Donovan; Nicholas Doughan; Kayla Finedore; Haidyn Francis; Madison Franklin; Madelynn Grampp; Addison Harms; Anderson Horning; Brody Karr; Kayla Lakadat; Cayden Masching; Olivia Masching; India Mattingly; Myley Remkus; Camden Tuley; Mariah Wallis and Megan Wiechmann.
Those receiving a grade point average from 3.75 to 3.999 were named to the High Honor Roll. Among the 67 students attaining this honor were seniors Adam Ahrends; Payson Bauman; Raya Bohm; Austin Boldt; Aaliyah Daily; Natalie Davis; Jasmine Denk; Kaleb Elzey; Keegan Foster; Riley Foster; Julie Godart; Addisyn Holzhauer; Daniel Jones Jr.; Libby Larkin; Aeden McDowell; Makayla Metz; Bailee Myers; Sidney Necheles; Andrew Pelletier; Nicholas Pelletier; Grace Rice; Trenton Rork; Katelynn Stith; Aithen Sullivan; Annika Von Holten and Matthew Wiechmann.
Juniors receiving high honors were Hana Bartnik; Olivia Bonnivier; Britnee Ferguson; Alaina Franklin; Jacob Green; Lucy Jackson; Hulija Jaoski; Vanessa Kapper; Dylan LeBlanc; Aidan Lee; Summer Negray; Payton Semmens; Delaney Thoman and Aaron Verdun.
High honored sophomores were Kyah Brogan-Shawback; Kate Christensen; Adison Dearth; Camden Fenton; Olivia Lindsay; Alexandra Martinez; Sienna Metz; Thomas Oestmann; Elizabeth Paulson; Lauren Robertson; Izayli Serna-Woods; Addisonn Shaw; Calla Spandet; Eliza Stock; Jack Vogel; Peyton Von Holten and Nola Zehr.
Freshmen named to the High Honor Roll were Tyler Drechsel; Anjolie Duck; Kaydence Flansburg; Kialey Gilliam; Allison Hovaniec; Grace Lanning; Logan McCabe; Samantha Myers; Lauren Russow and Mykyla Torrez.
There were a total of 187 students named to the Honor Roll (3.00-3.749). Named from the Senior Class were Shiana Alverson; Addison Bennett; Jack Bertsche; Piper Brewer; Kylie Brockett; Matthew Bromley; Jaedyn Casares; Orville Compton; Gabriella Cortez; Brayden Cox; Brady Donovan; Zayn Eilts; Jennifer Faust; Jamie Geyer; Skyler Gilliam; Ethaniel Gonder; Sanjuana Gonzalez; Ethan Gray; Clara Haas; Thalen Harty; Payge Heffelfinger; Rebekah Hendershott; Tate Hendershott; Ali Jensen; Jacob Johnson; Henry Krueger; Raul Martinez; Addisyn Mauser; Ethan McCabe; Dominic Molinero; Lindsey Negray; Caroline Paulson; Jared Quinn; Vanessa Rich; Isaiah Robinson; Adam Rodriguez; Brooklyn Romani; Claire Smith; Levy Tucker and Emily Woodburn.
Juniors named to the Honor Roll were Adam Bell; Allyson Blakeman; Anthony Bridgeforth-Rich; Henry Brummel; Amare Curtiss; Fernando Daily Jr.; Emma Donze; Tatum Dopler; James Durham; Nia Eggleston; Nolan Fetgatter; Jacob Fogarty; Rylee Gibbons; Camden Gillette; Maddie Gourley; Matthew Hack; Megan Hack; Ethan Hall; Kassyn Harcharik; Makyah Hartfield; Piper Henry; Anthony Hernandez; Kate Hoover; Chayse Knobbe; Colin Kristich; Michael Kuska; Abigail Lauritsen; Shannon Law; Haylie Lindley; Lucas Machroli; Trishton Marc; Marcus Martinez; Zachary Masching; Landon Miles; Hailey Moyer; Trenton Norman; Austin Oakes; Jaxen Paine; Emma Reichardt; Jamil Romero; Aidan Scholwin; Destiny Smith; Mickala Travis; Nathan Traylor and Hunter Wilson.
Honor Roll sophomores included Abigail Albiter; Kyla Baker; Connor Bartle; James Berry; Allyvia Betts; Hailee Bressner; Jared Bressner; Parker Brock; Addison Brockett; Tessa Collins; Grasey Cool; Nevaeh Cox; Hailey Davies; Joseph Deboard Jr.; Anthony DeMarco; Olivia Edinger; Mason Fiorini; Morgan Gilliam; Emma Gragert; Tyler Hanson; Jade Henry; Aria Hittle; Lindsay Hooker; Bobbie Horton; Elizabeth Hurley; Abraham Jean Jacques; Sophia Karr; Tristan Kindred; Cooper Lamps; Kaitlin Leonard; Natalie McCoy; Trevor McCoy; Addisyn McKinney; Jeremy Melton; Sadie Moreno; Bella Murphy; Santi Pina; Kendall Pitchford; Layla Pulliam; Mason Schlosser; Caeden Toppel; Claire Tucker; John Van Winkle and Beau Zygadlo.
Freshmen named to the Honor Roll were Brian-Michael Bagley; Tristin Bednar; Peyton Beebe; Laila Bekirovski; Kynlee Brandt; Avery Butler; Jeremiah Canady; Hunter Christenson; Branden Collins; Alvin DeLong; Willow Dodson; Kaisha Evans; Elisa Ewing; John Finnegan II; Hannah Foster; Makena Gipp; Jade Gordon; Chancey Haas; Addison Hall; Jacob Hammer; Layne Heffelfinger; Michael Hendershott; Wesley Hodgson; Adrian Hoy; Kori Johnson; Cody Knight; Zackary Legner; JoAna Leiter; Elizabeth Logan; Mackenzie Makemson; Owen Masching; Paige Meier; Faith Mercado; Trinity Miller; Daylen Orsowy; Allyvia Pennington; Kassondra Poshard; Sarah Potter; Valorie Raby; Joshua Raines; Cole Rapp; Jasmine Ray; Piper Reeder; Max Reichardt; Liam Reilly; Healfdene Riley; Brynn Runyon; Christopher Sanchez; Haley Shadwick; Hailey Shelton; Keylee Thomas; April Thompson; Aron Trevino; Armando Valenzuela Jr.; Dylan Verdun; Carson Walker; Bryce Wildman and Graham Wolf.
Colleges
Wisconsin-Stevens Point
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point honored more than 2,000 undergraduate students for attaining high grade point averages during the spring semester of the 2022-2023 academic year.
William Weber, a sophomore from Flanagan, received Highest Honors.
Full-time undergraduates who earned grade points of 3.90 to 4.0 are given the highest honors designation. Personalized certificates of scholastic achievement are sent to those who earned highest honors distinction.
Southeast Missouri State
Weston Cottrell of Fairbury has been named to the Southeast Missouri State University Dean's List for academic achievement during the spring 2023 semester.
Students named to the list earned at least a 3.75 grade point average on a 4.0 scale, completed at least 12 hours of standard graded credit, achieved no grade below a B and received no failing grades in enrolled, credit/no credit or pass/fail courses.
Shenandoah University
Isabelle Schultz of Dwight is one of 943 students who earned a spot on the Dean's List at Shenandoah University for the Spring 2023 semester.
To qualify for the Dean's List, students enrolled in baccalaureate degree programs must complete at least 12 semester hours and earn a semester GPA of 3.50 or higher.
Olivet Nazarene University
Nine students who attended Livingston County high schools were named to the Dean's List for the 2023 Spring semester at Olivet Nazarene University.
To qualify for inclusion on the Dean's List, a student must have been enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student and must have attained a semester grade point average of 3.50 or higher on a 4.00 grading scale.
Named to the Dean's List were Cheyanne Bazzell of Fairbury; Rylie Bond of Dwight; Crystal Coffey of Piper City; Emilie Collins of Pontiac; Brayden Fuoss of Chatsworth; Connor Haab of Fairbury; McKenna Haab of Fairbury; Grace Mund of Odell and Hunter Trainor of Pontiac.
University of Alabama
Two area students received academic honors at the University of Alabama. An academic record of 3.5 or above is required to be named to the Dean's List. To be named to the President's List, a student must record a 4.0 (all A's).
The UA Dean's and President's lists recognize full-time undergraduate students. The lists do not apply to graduate students or undergraduate students who take less than a full course load.
Brianna Cook of Pontiac was named to the Dean's List.
Summer Huber of Strawn was named to the President's List.
Western Illinois University
Three area students were among the 1,024 who earned academic degrees or post-baccalaureate certificates after the Spring 2023 semester at Western Illinois University.
Michael J. Fitzsimmons of Pontiac graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Law Enforcement & Justice Administration.
Jacob A. Lauffenburger of El Paso graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Science.
Megan Marie Lackoff of Fairbury earned a Master of Music degree.
Oregon State University
Oregon State University will graduate more than 7,300 students during ceremonies Saturday, June 17 at Reser Stadium in Corvallis and Sunday, June 18 at OSU-Cascades in Bend. Among them will be a student from Pontiac.
Nathan Ramos of Pontiac will receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science.
This article originally appeared on Pontiac Daily Leader: Pontiac-area students who received academic honors this school year
