Organizations, groups honor high school, college students

Topeka Capital-Journal, The, Sep 1, 2002 by Capital-Journal

The Capital-Journal

Organizations from across the country award scholarships to students each school year. These students received scholarships:

- $250 Parents Telefund Scholarship from Kansas State University: Julie Williams, Ryan McCoy, Corey Peay, Ashley Riedel, Jana Rieger, Leslie Bolz and Sarah Wartman, all of Topeka.

- Topeka LULAC Council No. 11071 Scholarship Awards: Robert and Hazel Memorial Scholarship Awards --- Ramon Chavez, Hayden High School; Meghan Augusto, Lawrence High School; Melissa Sue Gasper, Topeka High School; Rosalba Soto-Gomez, Highland Park High School; Monica Felecia Pacheco Guevara, Topeka High School; Cheryl Marie Gomez-Simecka, Hayden High School.

- Nettie Serna Memorial Scholarship Awards: Andrew Ortega, Hayden High School; Theresa M. Sharp-Gardara, Washburn Rural High School; Nicole Kristine Gutierrez, Topeka, Central Missouri State University; Regina Michelle Munoz, Topeka, Kansas State University; Andrea Ornelas, Topeka West High School; Diane Torrez, Topeka High School.

- Topeka Kiwanis Foundation Scholarship Awards: Stephanie Dobler, Seaman High School; Maggie Bixler, Topeka High School; Kajsa Affolter, Topeka West High School; Jordan Lacore, Hayden High School; Kim Malo, Topeka West High School; Rachel Tindall, Shawnee Heights High School.

- Shawnee County Medical Society Aliance Scholarships: Aaron Meggison, Tecumseh, Baker University; Brett Meggison, Kansas City, Kan., Kansas University School of Medicine; Stephanie Dobler, Topeka, University of Kansas; Edward Duensing, Topeka, Washburn University; Brandan Kramer, Kansas City, Kan., University of Kansas Medical School.

- Alfonzo A. Maxwell Jr., Topeka, Florida A&M University Achievement Scholarship; Kristin Newell, Topeka, Beta Kappa Honorary Scholarship, University of Kansas; Erin Younkin, Topeka, Delta Gamma Foundation Scholarship, Washburn University; Joy D. Spicer, Topeka, Lester Barrett King/Clarice Whitehill King scholarship from Masonic Foundation; Washburn University; Jason L. Russell, Topeka, Cynthia Ruth Russell Memorial Grant from Masonic Foundation, Kansas State University.

Marne Wasson Fischer, Topeka, 2002 Muriel Anderson Steed Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation Scholarship, Washburn University; Katie Martinez, Topeka, Freshman Imagine the Difference Scholarship, Friends University; Michael K. Williams, Topeka, $24,000 James Madison Memorial Fellowship.

Alison Richmond, a graduate of Highland Park High School, $20,000 Board of Trustees Scholar Award, Doane College; Mira Minner, a 2002 graduate of Topeka High School, $4,000 soccer scholarship, Kansas Wesleyan University; Jerika Swatek, a 2002 graduate of Topeka High School, $4,000 basketball scholarship, Kansas Wesleyan University; Annie Hund, a 2002 graduate of Hayden High School, $750 Rachel Snyder Memorial Scholarship from the Grasslands Heritage Foundation; Jamin Dreasher, Tecumseh, Governor's Scholars Award.

Matthew A. Woerman, Topeka, National Merit $2500 Scholarship, National Merit Scholarship Corporation; Kelli Pitman, a 2002 graduate of Washburn Rural High School, $3,000 Putnam Scholarship, Kansas State University; Amanda Harvey, Topeka, $4,000 Memorial Scholarship and a softball award, Kansas Wesleyan University; Timothy Kemp, a 2001 graduate of Topeka West High School, Simon Youth Foundation scholarship, Washburn University; Angelyn Journagan, $1,000 U.S. Bancorp Scholarship, Friends University.

Katherine Calvert, $750 Ethel Garnier Thompson Scholarship, Alpha Xi Delta, Kansas State University; Alexander Bleiberg, Topeka, Macalester College Merit Scholorship, Macalester College; Stephanie E. Kirmer, Topeka, W. Harold Otto Merit Scholarship, University of Kansas; Mark Wine, W. Harold Oto Merit Scholarship, The University of Kansas.