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UNL awards scholarships to high school seniors

By the Lincoln Journal Star
Friday, May 16, 2008 - 11:41:57 pm CDT
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has awarded nearly 3,500 scholarships to seniors at Nebraska high schools with a total potential value of  more than $23 million.

The awards comprise 781 Regents Scholarships (including 254 Nebraska Top Scholars), 177 Nebraska Achievement Scholarships, 264 David Distinguished Scholarships, 1,938 James H. Canfield Scholarships, 94 Chancellor’s Leadership Class scholarships and 63 Pepsi Scholarships.

Regents Scholarships pay tuition for full-time students (equivalent to a cash value of more than $22,000 over four years) and are renewable for up to 135 credit hours or completion of a bachelor’s degree provided eligibility requirements are met. The scholarships are awarded based on the student’s sixth-semester high school class rank and ACT or SAT composite score.

Students selected as Nebraska Top Scholars will receive at least $1,500 per year in additional scholarship awards from the university or the University of Nebraska Foundation, provided they meet renewal criteria each year.

Nebraska Achievement Scholarships are based on academic achievement, admission test scores, information in the student’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid and the university’s desire to enroll a diverse student body. The scholarships are renewable for up to four years provided continuing eligibility conditions are met.

David Distinguished Scholar Awards offer full-time students $1,000 annually for up to four years if they meet the same renewal requirements as with Regents Scholarships.

Canfield Scholarships offer full-time students a one-year award of $1,000.

Members of the Chancellor’s Leadership Class are awarded one-year scholarships of $1,000. The award was created to recognize and reward students who have excelled both academically and in leadership roles in school and community activities.

Pepsi Scholarships are one-year, $1,000 scholarships to full-time students who participate in scheduled weekly leadership development seminars that focus on volunteer service.

Following is a list by high school of students from Southeast Nebraska who have been awarded scholarships since Dec. 6. A list of scholarship winners named prior to Dec. 6 was published in January in the Journal Star.

Ashland-Greenwood: Alexandra L. Cowsky and Sara Christine Lutton, both Canfield; Kimberly Nicole Morwitzer, Regents, Nebraska Top Scholar; Serena Ann Riecken  and Daquiri Talea Voss, both Canfield; Benjamin Michael Weise, Regents, Nebraska Top Scholar.

Auburn: Jacob Robert Oshlo, Canfield; Daniel Steven Wright, David.

Beatrice: Joshua Warren Blood and Jeffrey Christopher Cass, both Canfield; Rachel Christensen, David; Caitlin Marie Engelbrecht and Michael James Fox, both Canfield; Allison Marie Havekost, Regents; Mac Henning, Mallory Jodene Johnsen and Bobbi Jean Millwood, all Canfield; Evan Dean Moore, Regents; Zachary Taylor Ruiz, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000); Nichole Alaina Schlake, Regents.

Bishop Neumann (Wahoo): Chelsea Mary Engel, Canfield; Lauren Elizabeth Hartman, Regents; Cairo Thuy Isley, David; Giana Marie Rada, Pepsi; Kyle Joseph Wenninghoff, Canfield.

Conestoga: Marsha Jo Erixson, Nebraska Achievement (tuition); Caleb Patrick Miner, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000); Minton Jack Prall IV, Canfield.

Crete: Kelsey Marie Bridges, Regents; Minji Chang, David; Kyoung-Han Chu, John Anders Levorson and Morgan Leigh Mowery, all Canfield; Alexa Karyn Wittstruck, Canfield, Chancellor’s Leadership.

Cross County: Megan Sue Brooke, Courtney Jane Dravitzki, Erica Ann Hengelfelt and Taylor Lynn Westring, all Canfield.

David City: Christina Michelle Vach, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000).

David City Aquinas: Elisha Marie Birkel, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000); Chase W. Holoubek and Zechariah John Skrdla, both Canfield; Danielle Elizabeth Masur, David.

Deshler: Leah Michelle Nelson, Canfield.

East Butler: Ross Ermin Benes, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000); Deron Joseph Jakub and Eric James Snitily, both Canfield.

Exeter-Milligan: Klaire Marie Jorgensen, Dean Michael Kassik Jr. and Trevor Roland Odvody, all Canfield.

Fairbury: Alyssa Mary Beranek, Regents; Laura Margaret Judd, Regents, Nebraska Top Scholar; Kara Ann Knobel, Canfield.

Falls City: Trevor Joe Campbell, Deric Rodney Elliott, Thomas Richard Gist and Alex Edward Maddox, all Canfield; Krista Nikole Kopf, Regents; Laura Joy Stevens, Regents, Nebraska Top Scholar; Molly Marie Thomas, Canfield, Pepsi.

Falls City Sacred Heart: Rachel Marie Bieker, Canfield.

Fillmore Central: Phillip Roy Boon and Matthew Don Miller, both Regents.

Freeman: Denae Marie Wolken, Canfield.

Friend: Tonya Nicole Ellis, Canfield; Mckenzie Kay Fricke, Chancellor’s Leadership; Bailie Noel Moore, Pepsi; Katina Dawn Talley, Regents.

Heartland: Lauren Marie Klute, Regents, Nebraska Top Scholar.

Home School: Frances Katherine Anderson (Raymond) and Claire Marie Wathen (Lincoln), both Canfield; Jeremiah Lee Bolin (Eagle), Canfield, Chancellor’s Leadership; Marie Tekla Eleanor Bolin (Eagle), Canfield, Pepsi; Samuel James Pynes (Lincoln) and Bryan Martin Scott (Lincoln), both David.

Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer: Jack D. Bursovsky III, Regents; Dustin Hadley Smith, Canfield.

Johnson-Brock: Ana Medea Cathcart, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000).

Lincoln Christian: Rachel Anne Hiser, Canfield; Stephanie Marie Carlson and Michaela Nicole Jameson, Regents, Nebraska Top Scholar; Jared Jason McCoskey, Pepsi; Alexander Luke Ward, David.

Lincoln College View: Aaron L. Flores, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000); Maria Isabel Lopez, Nebraska Achievement (tuition), Chancellor’s Leadership; Benjamin Jacob Origas, Regents, Nebraska Top Scholar.

Lincoln East: Emily Nicole Ackerman, David; Angela Dawn Albers, Canfield; Lauren E. Bavitz, Canfield, Pepsi; Nicole L. Beecher, Regents; Rachel Ann Brenning, Daniel Scott Zahller Brown, Laura Elizabeth Christy, Christopher Michael Connor, Aubrey Elizabeth Cummings and Darja Dobermann, all Canfield; Callie Elizabeth Feingold, Regents; Dain David Finke, Michelle Renee Fluitt, Cassandra Lynn Frohberg and Eric Paul Harmon, all Canfield; Lauren Marie Harrison, Chancellor’s Leadership; Eric Henry Hartwell, Canfield; Addison R. Higley, David; Wade Brayton Hilligoss, Canfield; Trevor Thomas Johnson, Regents; Susan Amy Kachman, Canfield; Stephanie Kay Lee, David, Chancellor’s Leadership; Alexis Nicole Lehman, Harry Wright Meginnis III, Samuel Wood Meginnis, Canfield; Jenna Marie Nelson, Canfield; Brian Lee Obermeier, Canfield; Bryan E. Odell, Pepsi; Rachael Dian Pickerel, Canfield, Chancellor’s Leadership; Ryan William Pickerill, Regents; Sarah Elizabeth Preston, Canfield; Mary Karen Reid, Regents; Alice Isabel Root, Adam John Russnogle, Deanne Marie Schmidt, Hayley Janece Schmidt and Kristin Jean Schumacher, all Canfield; Cassandra Marie Shemek, David; Gregory Levi Smith, Canfield; Lucas Gregory Thomas, Canfield; Graham L. Thurber, Chancellor’s Leadership; Weston Emerson Woldt, Canfield; Michael Owen Yardley, Canfield.

Lincoln High: Leah Grace Adams, Canfield; Alexander Adam Azzam, Regents; Erica Bartz, Canfield; Miguel Beltran, Pepsi; William Nelson Bennett, Canfield; Roger Matthias Carlson, Regents, Nebraska Top Scholar; Jonathan Lutz Cole, Regents; Ethan Christopher Conn, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000); Kieu Han Thi Do, Nebraska Achievement (tuition); Arthur Rhys Doerr and Catherine Marie Dvorak, both Canfield; Megan E. Foss, David; Snjezana Gligorevic, Canfield; Alissa Christine Goodding, Regents, Nebraska Top Scholar; Ellana Kristina Haakenstad, Regents; Karez K. Hassan, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000); Caitlin Ann-Marie Huggins, Canfield; Elizabeth Jean Johnson, Canfield, Pepsi; Natalia A. Ledford, Canfield; Michael Dylan Maly, Canfield, Chancellor’s Leadership; Cherise Marie Matz, David; Amber Sue Morse and Meagan Jo Neely, both Regents; Emma Chantry Nelson and Emma Elizabeth Olson, both Canfield; Karis Joy Parker, Regents, Nebraska Top Scholar; Hanna Elise Pinneo, Canfield; Lauren Catherine Pudenz, Regents, Nebraska Top Scholar; Heather Renae Sipes, Canfield; Wil M. Stillwell-Edler, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000), Chancellor’s Leadership: Alisha Tesfalem, Chancellor’s Leadership; Lisa Thuy Tran, Nebraska Achievement (tuition); Leandra K. Walters, Canfield; Jingyao Yu, David; Thomas James Zimmer, Regents, Nebraska Top Scholar.

Lincoln Northeast: Austen D. Andersen, Kristina Lynne Blaha, Jason Eugene Danley and Patrick Alan Gunther, all Canfield; Nathan Douglas Hoppe, Regents; Joshua Floyd Jandera and Nathan Gregory Jarvis, both Canfield; Abigail Joy Keeshan, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000); Megan Anne Leach, Canfield, Chancellor’s Leadership; Van Thi Thanh Luu, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000); Kayla Christine Miller, Canfield; Madeline Opal Moore and Heather Marrie Morton, both David; Brittany M. Sattler, Canfield; Angelena Celeste Shasteen, David, Chancellor’s Leadership; Mattie Maria SimBarcelos, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000); Christopher Neal Simley, Canfield, Pepsi; Melissa Jo Spaulding, Canfield; Minh Thu Tri Tran, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000), Pepsi; Courtney Michele Wendt, Canfield.

Lincoln North Star: Jacob Lee Benne, Canfield; Kristen Janelle Benson, Regents; Lindsey Ann Clausen, Stephanie Michelle Dodge, Alyssa Rose Emodi and Derek John Hedges, all Canfield; Kim Ngoc Huynh, Nebraska Achievement (tuition); Brittany Morgan Justa, Canfield; Danielle Lourena Kempkes, Nebraska Achievement (tuition); Alexandra Benita Charlo Luethje, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000); Maria Jesus Martinez, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000); Quang D. Ngo, Canfield; Thomas Mai Nguyen, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000); Anthony Wayne Odem, Anthony William Perry, Danica Jo Petersen, Zachary Albert Stofferahn, Derek Michael Strough and Thomas Alan Sturges, all Canfield; Irina Sulejmanovic, Chancellor’s Leadership; Christopher Harris Yoakum, Canfield.

Lincoln Parkview Christian: Lane Phillip Grone, Canfield, Pepsi.

Lincoln Pius X: Reinaldo Enrique Alcalde, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000), Pepsi; Claire Nicole Aylward, Canfield; Zachary Mark Benes, Regents; Elizabeth Paige Connot, Canfield, Chancellor’s Leadership; Brian T. Emmerich, David; Sarah Elizabeth Finegan, Victoria Lyn Grdina, Neil Patrick Hassler and Kathleen Marie Hecker, all Canfield; Kayla Marei Hochstein and Kellie Rae Holtmeier, both David; Colby Lee Honke, Regents; Mackenzie Christine Hruby, Allyson Marie Hynes, Kathryn Marie Konecky and Megan Elizabeth Kopetzky, all Canfield; Sarah Marie Kosch, Regents; Alex Michael Kurtenbach, Phillip James Luebbert, Elizabeth Kay Massey and Benedict James Mattern Jr., all Canfield; Sarah Hope McClure, Regents; Ethan Ross McWilliams, Joseph Kelby Meyers, Donald Jeffrey Powell, William Jacob Rentschler and Jonathan Lee Richter, all Canfield; Brandon Joseph Schlautman, Regents; David Paul Schroer, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000); Zachary Kale Seier and Kevin Alan Slattery, both Canfield; Catherine Joan Tasler, David; Benjamin Michael Thiele, Canfield, Chancellor’s Leadership; Benjamin James Tomjack and Kathleen Marie Wichers, both Canfield.

Lincoln Southeast: Christopher Dutton Beecham, Canfield; Philip Anthony Blankenau, Regents; Erin Rachel Cordell, Canfield; Jessica Nicole Green, Canfield; Christopher Ryan Halbersma, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000); Philip Henry Hejl, Canfield; Makaela Rashel Henning, Pepsi; Kaitlin Marie Hildreth, Samuel William Hubka, Rebecca Anne Hurst and Nikki Frances Jacobsen, all Canfield; Joel W. Jacox, Regents; Jared Scott Jobes, Annie Rose Kaufman, Thomas Joseph Krueger and Shelby Lyn Olson, all Canfield; Joshua Lawrence Raef, Regents; Christopher Matthew Rowe, Alyssa Roxanne Sharp, Douglas Adrian Szwanek and Lindsay Michele Undeland, all Canfield.

Lincoln Southwest: Jared Timothy Ashton, Regents; Christian James Brabec, Canfield; John Michael Calahan and Jacob Tyler Cambridge, both Canfield; Chelsea Rae Campbell, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000); Hieu Minh Cao, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000); Amanda Marie Conway, David; Erin Elizabeth Eisbach, Allison Leigh Fortkamp, Austin Tyler Fritz, Dustin James Garrett and Meghan Leigh Henderson, all Canfield; Collin Nicholas Holmquist, Regents; Nicole Ashley Hudson and Taylor Read Jones, both Canfield; Spencer Daniel Kerl, Regents; Kelsey Marie Klute, Brandon M. Koch, Marc Gerhard Koenig Jr., Ali Fazal Malik, Alyssa Nicole Malone and Kiersten Nicole Mavis, all Canfield; Alicia Jordan Meyer, Pepsi; Thomas Carl Mundt and Sean James Murphy, both Canfield; Andrew Tai Nguyen, Regents; Rebecca Florence Nitzel, Canfield; Maxwell Clayton Olson, Regents; Stephanie Lynn Pelan and Nathan Martin Petro, both Canfield; Abigail Leigh Raasch, Canfield, Pepsi; Benjamin Charles Shallenberger, Canfield; Dillon James Svec, Canfield; Tyler Scott Swartz, Regents; Mallory Lenae Vogt, Canfield; Amanda Leigh Vuu, Regents; Brittany Marie Wagner and David Lee Wiese, both Canfield; Austin Reid Zimmerman, David.

Louisville: Nico Joseph Lemmers and Christine Marie Stohlmann, both Canfield.

Malcolm: Gary Lee Burruss Jr., Morgan Justine Densberger, Kaitlin Mackenzie Leslie and Zachary Todd Porath, both Canfield; Anatoliy Rybak Jr., Nebraska Achievement ($1,000); Meredith Eileen Schneider, Canfield.

McCool Junction: Colby Anson Hobbs, Nebraska Achievement (tuition).

Meridian: Tyson Scott Johnson, Canfield.

Milford: Sarah Elizabeth Penry and Clee Seburn Shy, both Regents.

Nebraska City: Emily Jane Anderson, Levi Logan Borrego, Capri Renae Juilfs and Alex Joseph Moyer, all Canfield; Kiel Ambrose VanderVeen, Regents, Nebraska Top Scholar.

Nebraska City Lourdes: Leslie Mae Boyle, Canfield; Jason Lewis Frye, Regents; Brock Gordon Morrison and Samuel Stephen Volkmer, both Canfield.

Norris: Tyler Patrick Anderson, Rebecca Michelle Bartlett, Kayla Marie Fink, Geoffrey William Gross, Charles Freeman Kaplan and Marie Danielle Kisling, all Canfield; Cole Thomas Marolf, Regents; Eli Brandon Olsen, Canfield; Corey Lynne Richards, David; Curtis John Richards, Regents; Garrett LeRoy Sawyer, Canfield; Jordan Lienemann Sullivan, David.

Osceola: Anthony Douglas Hanson, Pepsi.

Palmyra: Adam Ryan Field, Canfield; Derek Stuart Higgins, David.

Pawnee City: Kristen Marie Bloss, David, Pepsi.

Plattsmouth: Emily Carole Bateman, Canfield, Chancellor’s Leadership; Timothy James Immonen, Adam Douglas Mitteis and Brandon Thomas Morland, all Canfield; Kylie Rose Parshall, Hank Timothy Peppe and Amanda Jo Thumann, all Regents.

Raymond Central: Emily Ann Koopmann, Canfield, Chancellor’s Leadership; Emily Nichole Quick, Canfield; Sierra De Studebaker, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000); Nathan Timothy White, Chancellor’s Leadership.

Rising City: Derek Thomas Prososki, Canfield.

Schuyler: Angela Catherine Brichacek, Jillian Elizabeth Droge, Jayme Rose Houdek and Peng Liu, all Canfield; Lauren Elizabeth Martin, Regents, Nebraska Top Scholar; Cassandra Lea Seckman, Canfield, Chancellor’s Leadership.

Seward: Dani Jo Albrecht and Rebecca Elizabeth Nelson, both Canfield; Sherry Marie Stevens, David; Becky Holly Wagner, Canfield.

Southern (Wymore): Tiffany Rae Mewes-Dunn, Canfield.

Sterling: Kaylee Lynn Agena, Jamie Lynne Erickson and Wade Amos Hunt, all Canfield.

Sutton: Sylvia Jane Bartell, Canfield; Ashley Ann Nunnenkamp, Pepsi; Justin Michael Ochsner, Nebraska Achievement (tuition); Levi Kent Ochsner, Canfield.

Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca: Ellen Marie Neels, Canfield, Chancellor’s Leadership; Casandra Lynn Oestmann, Canfield; Eric Steven Post, Canfield, Pepsi; Holly Anne Sitzman, Canfield; Jeremy Scott Wilkinson, David.

Thayer Central: Caleb Arthur Fangmeier, Regents, Nebraska Top Scholar; Destry Rae Kenning, Canfield; Jessica Renae Kroll, Regents; Nicholas James Long and Kirsten Emma Van Cleef, both Canfield; Jenna Kristine Wiedel, Chancellor’s Leadership.

Tri County: Jason Matthew Epp, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000); Cara Lynn Erskine, Canfield; Ashton Danelle Meints, David, Chancellor’s Leadership; Elizabeth Ann Timberlake, David, Chancellor’s Leadership.

Wahoo: Jeffery Robert Borreson, David.

Waverly: Katelyn Jean Bock and Cody Alan Bye, both Canfield; Sarai Lynette Obenland, David; Benjamin Joel Schiermann, Canfield.

Weeping Water: Allison Nichole Baier and Rachel Janae Randall, both Canfield.

Wilber-Clatonia: Barrett Jon Huneke, Stephanie Lyn Morrissey and Ryan J. Pryor, all Canfield.

York: Barry Elbrage Goff, Evan Andre Keelan-White and Katie Marie McKenna, all Canfield; Oscar Dario Spader, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000); David Isaiah Thomas, Julie Alyssa Thomas and Jared Martin Wiemer, all Canfield.

Yutan: Chris Michael Barnard, Nebraska Achievement ($1,000); Dustin Nicolas Feller, Regents; Kirk Robert Liermann, Whitney Rose Nelson and Kyle William Schimenti, all Canfield.