Dr. Gary Davis
UNK Symphonic Band director, 308.865.8497
Freshmen in the Honors Program at the University of Nebraska at Kearney this fall have a record high ACT score of 28.21, according to Dr. Gary Davis, Honors Program adviser.
In all, 120 freshmen have been admitted to the Honors Program for the 2005-2006 academic year.
“This year’s freshmen class is very much a mirror of the whole program,” Dr. Davis said. “Of the 120 students, 94 percent are from Nebraska, as is true of the entire program.”
The College of Natural and Social Science accounts for 40 percent of the freshmen Honors students. The College of Fine Arts and Humanities is represented by 26 percent; the College of Business and Technology, 20 percent; and the College of Education, nine percent. Only five percent of the Honors freshmen are undecided in their major.
“They are a pretty focused class,” Dr. Davis said. “They’re coming in knowing what they want to do.”
Honors Program students are guided by an student advisory board. Newly elected officers for the Honors Student Advisory Board (HSAB) include: Jamie Dusin of Phillipsburg, Kan., president; Claire Perry of Gretna, vice president; and from Lincoln, Holly Esquivel, treasurer, and Amber Nabity, secretary.
The members of the 2005-2006 Honors Program freshmen class are listed below alphabetically by hometown:
2005 Freshman Honors Students–
Ainsworth – Courtney Johnson
Archer – Jessica McNeff
Ashton – Tyler Ritz
Atkinson – Rebecca Osborne and Bradley Slaymaker
Axtell – Jennifer Jelden
Bellevue – Brittany Bengtson and Scott Seeba
Bertrand – Jenesis Tacha
Bladen – Ashley Timm
Brady – Katherine Rich
Bridgeport – James Hadden
Broken Bow – Emmie Baker
Burwell – Scott Anderson
Butte – Megan Reiman
Central City – Keisha Anderson and Becky Benson
Chappell – Jordan Van Winkle
Clarkson – Rita Vogel
Clearwater – Shannon Kester
Columbus – Vanessa Engquist and Jason Lescelius
Cook – Katrina Benedict
Culbertson – Jessica Bair
David City – Chris Hein
Deshler – Faith Maschmann
DeWitt – Sara Hahn
Elm Creek – Morgan Farquhar
Fullerton – Kalie Wetovick
Gering – Amanda Propp
Gibbon – Nicole Blaschko
Gothenburg – Nicole Saum
Grand Island – Ethan Cordes, Mark Grupe, Emily Vencill
and Danielle Webben
Gretna – Bethany Chandler
Harrison – Shelly Fox
Hastings – Brittany Davidson
Hickman – Aaron Steele and Cody Waldman
Holdrege – Claire Freeburg
Kearney – Isaac Bonk, Amanda Calleroz, Jenny Fusby, Elizabeth
Gunderson, Amanda Huerta, Deidre Isaac, Taryn Jackowiak,
Zachary Liibbe, Peter Longo, Mallory Mawby, Kassandra
Montag, Paul Niedbalski, Joshua Palmer, Cameron Push,
Jordan Seevers, Kevin Stones and Trenton Talbitzer
Lexington – Sandra Torres
Lincoln – Kendra Francke, Jason Gfeller and Jena Lynch
Lisbon – Katlin Anderson
Madison – Stephanie Bonner
Marquette – Angela Mack
McCook – Kimberly Serbousek
Morrill – Andrea Fredrickson and Hope Marsh
Nebraska City – Michael Gogan and Michael James
Newman Grove – Cody Nelsen
North Platte – Holli Beckmann, Brian Bohan, Turner Dorr
and Mason Doughty
Omaha – Richard DuVall, Sarah Frick, Corey Hatt, Sarah Koenig,
Katie Langenfeld, Tess Larson, Jacob McGlade, Sarah Mellick,
Amee Rotschafer, Ashley Vandeventer and Alicia Webber
Ord – Timothy Hruza, Dru Kastler and Laura Smith
Oshkosh – Riley Howsden and Marguerite Smith
Pierce – Megan Sedlacek
Pilger – Caleb Barth
Ravenna – Clinton Luth and Nathan Ritz
Riverdale – Katharine Fong
Salem – Marceile Ankrom
Scottsbluff – Scott Ritterbush
Spencer – Angela Ohri
St. Edward – Susanne Troyer
Stuart – Kathleen Schaaf
Sutherland – Zachary Blessin
Tecumseh – Grant Campbell
Thedford – Rachel Fitzer
Waco – Michelle Foley
Wayne – Wade Jarvi, Rachel Jensen and Sarah Jensen
West Point – Phillip Erb
Wood River – Chelsea Larsen and Angela Reynolds
Utica – Morgan Kellogg
Colorado
Iliff – Kassandra Schuppe
Longmont – Megan Busch
Florida
Gulf Breeze – Anthony Ward
Kansas
Bonner Springs – Morgan Kenney
Leavenworth – Samantha Schmidt
Ulysses – Kimberly Heil
The freshmen join 367 students who have participated in the
UNK Honors Program for one or more years. Those students are listed
below, alphabetically by town:
Returning Honors Students:
Ainsworth – Kandra Johnson, Stefanie Schaefer and Brindi Utemark
Albion – Megan Dozler, Ashley Johnson, Cassandra Olson and
Rachel Usasz-Keber
Alma – Robin Miller and Steffan Saviano
Amherst – Jenna Derr
Arapahoe – Adam Haussler and Patrick Nott
Arnold – Megan Strasburg
Atkinson – Eric Lemunyan and Emily Osborne
Auburn – Abigail Om, Nicole Smith, Katherine Thomas
and Kari Wellman
Aurora – Elizabeth Obermeier and Stephanie Obermier
Axtell – Kylee Margritz
Bartlett – Andrew Smith
Beatrice – Thomas McCarty and Michael Springer
Bee – Shannon Niemann
Beemer – Landon Lueshen
Bellevue – Adam Ecklund, Carlena Seeba, Jason Stodolka
and Leah Stortvedt
Bellwood – Gregory Eickmeier
Benedict – Brandon Wright
Benkelman – Alison Glidden
Bennington – Benjamin Goetz and Ashton Klahn
Bertrand – Brooke McGee and Stephanie Renken
Bloomfield – Christine Olsen
Bloomington – Sara Rybacki
Blue Hill – Danielle Schmidt
Brady – Bryce Isackson
Bradshaw – Jenna Watt
Brainard – Karynn Kucera
Broken Bow – Preston Larson and Elissa Martin
Burwell – Matthew Breitkreutz, Patrick Breitkreutz, Amanda Jeffres
and Hanna Thoene
Cambridge – Matthew Depperschmidt
Carroll – Kari Hochstein
Central City – Sheila Garrett
Chadron – Mary Connealy and Anne Drinkwalter
Chambers – Amber Miller and Ellen Tomjack
Chapman – Jake VanPelt
Chappell – Andrea Spencer
Chester – Shawna Poppe
Columbus – Michael Adelman, Sarah DeNio, Jenna Grenier, Kent Lutt,
Brian Malicky, Kelli Morrison, Angela Runquist, Sarah Ternus,
Ruth Udey and Heather Zoucha
Cook – Michael Wilken
Crawford – Kelsey Johnson
Crete – Brittany Rische
Culbertson – Ross Oberg
Curtis – Jody Elson and Lisa Elson
David City – Robert Daro and Deanna Schatz
Diller – Colby Bartlett
Duncan – Justin Stamm
Elgin – Meredith Beckmann and Kathryn Miller
Elwood – Lauren Blessing and Ashley Clouse
Elm Creek – Sarah Marshall
Eustis – Brooke Malcom and Wesley Sanders
Ewing – Brent Bollwitt
Fairbury – David Drees and Tyson Winslow
Fairmont – Joni Cassidy
Fordyce – Brenda Thoene
Franklin – Melissa Rasmussen, Melinda Rasmussen and
Jessica Ziegler
Fremont – Jordyn Dalton, Nicole Dickmeyer, Colleen McMickell,
Sara Ottun, Travis Rump and Seth Yount
Fullerton – Amber Rolf
Gering – James Schledewitz, Andrew Stobel and Jaime Wendt
Gibbon – Briann Horacek and Brittany Mann
Gothenburg – Chelsey Brock and Jed Clark
Grand Island – Kelli Bunger, Kaleigh Cook, Russtanna Faimon,
Brian Fandry, Ruth Jensen, Matthew Lehechka, Alicia Mueller,
Kailey Rock, Audrey Rowley, Casey Samuelson, Lea Schneider,
Sarah Singkofer, Lindsay Vivian and Nathan Wiegand
Grant – Joshua Borowski and Stewart Clouse
Gretna – Claire Perry
Hastings – Suzana Cook, Jenna Eichman, Eric Korth and
Zachary Nelson
Hazard – Clarissa Long
Henderson – Rebecca Brunssen and Liesal Vandenberg
Hershey – Kathryn Bodenhamer
Hickman – Broc Schleicher
Holdrege – Megan Brestel, Breann Horn, Erin Schledewitz
and Sarah Schreiter
Homer – Shannon Thompson
Hooper – Molly Weitzenkamp
Humphrey – Sheila Rios
Hyannis – Katherine Baker and Willie Hayward
Imperial – Brett Berry and Michelle Dill
Indianola – Krista Dolan, Lanay Manker and Kristen Wilson
Johnson – Rachel Gerdes
Kearney – Megan Anderson, Morgan Anderson, Kristie Artz, Kristan
Barleen, Justin Bebb, Matthew Bjornsen, Rebecca Blanton, Nicole
Blum, Laura Bradshaw, Amber Caprario, Nicole Chramosta, Carl
Corder, Jacqueline Crosby, Karsen Duncan, Trisha Dunn Rinke,
Tiffany Feldman, Chelsie Flanagan, Dustin Fread, Sarah Giffin, Brian
Gough, Heather Hansen, Karen Harp, Jessica Isaac, Emily Jensen,
Caitlin Keller, Mindy Lester, David Marshall, Sarah Mertz, Whitney Meyer,
Kristin Moncrief, Anne Nagel, Brent Roemmich, Katherine Sabah, Dustin
Schledewitz, Jessica Seberger, Joshua Sole, Brock Steinbrink, Elizabeth
Stevens, Kyle Stewart, Dana Stubbs, Joelle Thompson, Laura Todd
and Stacey Wood
Kenesaw – Drew Gourley
LaVista – Jeffrey Watson
Lexington – Mai Linh Bui, Ely Colindres, Timothy Karges, Jennifer Keim,
Megan Kulhanek, Nohad Maloley, James Maxcy, Ashley Speak and
Amber Whittington
Lincoln – Sara Bom, Lyndsey Clewell, Stacey DeVore, Holly Esquivel,
Andrea Herndon, Melissa Hinkley, Kyle Myers, Alisha Nabity, Amber
Nabity, Jeffrey Smith and Sarah Stefkovich
Lisco – Cherry Stevens
Loup City – Kristen Day
Lyons – Marjorie Brownyard
Madison – Stacey Bonner
Malcolm – Sharice Ward
Marquette – Eric Lemmerman
McCook – Rocky Esteraich and Shawn Pfanstiel
McCool Junction – Emily Norquest
Meadow Grove – Jill Schwarting
Miller – Andrew Saathoff and Megan Saathoff
Minden – Jessica Dorn, Christina Lewis and Jayme Smith
Morrill – Nicole Fredrickson
Mullen – Cami Barner
Naponee – Lindsay Schluntz
Nebraska City – Brent Haverty
Norfolk – Benjamin Brummels, Brandon Carlson, Carrie Divis, Kimberly
Short and Heidi Spiegel
North Loup – Sara Woolsey
North Platte – Sasha Andersen, Rebecca Coulter, Derek Enderle,
Rebecca Gosnell, Joshua Hofer, Kenneth Hopkinson, Lindsey
LaShell, Amanda Mollet, Megan Nelson, Kyle Rupp, Kari Sawyer,
Craig Smith, Megan Smith, Thomas Stehno and Ashley Stillwell
O’Neill – Julie Long and Brandy Spiegel
Oak – Derrick Drohman
Oberlin – Keely Witt
Odell – Steven Vitosh, Dawn Wallinger and Dania Wallinger
Ogallala – Courtney Cullinan, Tanner Holscher, Randi Reimers
and Drew Youngs
Omaha – Anthony Baranowski, Sarah Campbell, Siobhan Duffy, Jonathan
Flanagan, John Hansen, Shea Harris, Elizabeth Killip, Andrea Maly,
Ryan McMahon, Kathleen Parish, Amanda Morse, Ashley Phillips,
Jodi Phillips, Sarah Reeks, Brian Shreves, Joseph Szczepaniak,
Josh Tolliver-Humpal, Matthew Wagie and Griffith Watson
Ord – Benjamin Dennis and Henry Nuxoll
Orleans – Jarod Murdoch
Palmer – Heather Wells
Papillion – Lindsay Higgins, Dawn Oltman and Melinda Zink
Pierce – Tina Bilau
Pleasanton – Patrick Campbell and Danielle McNeil
Polk – Stephanie Gray
Potter – Daniel Huffman
Ravenna – Amanda Luth, Thomas Schlund and Jacob Williams
Schuyler – Isis Ortiz
Scottsbluff – Martin Demoret and Naomi Schemm
Seward – Sarah Jerger and Alyssa Tucker
Shelby – Justin Schmidt
Sidney – Amber Davis
St. Edward – Tiffany Sherwood
Stockville – Nicole Houser
Stratton – Ryan Downing and Tara Sydow
Stuart – Annie Schaaf
Superior – Alayna Ehlers
Sutherland – Josh Dethlefsen, Jessica McCune and Josie McCune
Sutton – Elizabeth Weaver
Syracuse – Rachel Sitzman
Utica – Courtney Davis
Valentine – Blake Beebout
Verdon – Dearra Johnson and Dustin Johnson
Wahoo – Andy Wesely
Wakefield – Toan Nguyen
Wallace – Celeste Lempke
Wauneta – Terrin Barnard
Wayne – Tyler Anderson, Emily Brady, John Jensen and Heather
Stauffer
Weeping Water – Melanie Spilinek
Western – Chance Klasek
West Point – Laura Erb
Wilbur – Cody Sasek
Wilcox – Miranda Gardels
Wood River – Timothy Davis and Kristy Rickert
York – Cory Ciccone, Keith Duerksen, Kylee Gardner, Lindsay Hinz,
Aaron Lewien and Scott Vincent
Colorado
Colorado Springs – Kristi Bauer and Danielle Temple
Holyoke – Dustin Boyd
Ovid – Todd Shank
Paonia – Adrienne Olin
Parker – Mrett Greene
Westminster – Nicholas Pacifico
Wyoming
Pine Bluffs – Annastashia Malcolm
Wheatland – Kellie Nevins
Texas
Nacogdoches – Blaine French
Iowa
Cedar Rapids – Corey Marz
Harlan – Jessica Murtaugh
Lemars – Bradley Miller
Winterset – James Watson
Kansas
Burr Oak – Sarah Garman
Norton – Amber Norman
Phillipsburg – Jamie Dusin
South Dakota
Yankton – Kevin Meyer
Japan
Akaiwa-gun – Kyoko Okuno
Nagoya-shi – Nobutoshi Ota
India
Hyderabad – Siva Kommuri
