MHS students recognized with scholarships
Marion High School students were honored May 17 at an awards assembly in the high school gymnasium.
Scholarships
Calvin Ray Hett Memorial Scholarship — Adam Depler.
Doug Regier Memorial Scholarship — Preston Williams.
John V. Hansen Memorial Scholarship — David DeForest.
Chris Hauser Performing Arts Award — Michael Brookens.
Corey Darrow Memorial Scholarship — Jeffrey Richmond.
J.L. and Ada Fruechting Memorial Scholarships — Rachel Davidson and Adrienne Chamberland.
Marion Advancement Campaign Scholarships — Rachel Davidson and Misti Richmond.
Marion Lions Club Community Service Award — Katelyn Whitaker and Jessica Carlson.
PEO Chapter DB Scholarship — Ashley Billbe.
St. Luke Hospital Scholarship — Adrienne Chamberland and Allison Maddox.
Donna Dannenfelser Scholarship — Adam Depler.
Tampa State Bank Scholarship — Emalee Versch.
Prudential Spirit Community Award — Michael Brookens.
Dean Pippin Memorial Scholarship — Jessica Carlson and Gavin Moore.
Leroy D. Dreier Scholarship — Casey Nelson.
MHS Endowed Scholarship — Misti Richmond.
Stephen Bowers Memorial Scholarship — Preston Williams, $700; Jessica Carlson, $600; Adrienne Chamberland, $400; Jenna Parli, $400; Emalee Versch, $300; Molly Rhodes, $300; and Mitch Enos, $1,000.
McPherson Church of Christ Scholarship — Lena O'Connor.
FFA Alumni Scholarships — Adam Depler and Shawn Britton.
Citizenship Award — Michael Brookens, Misti Richmond.
VFW Voice of Democracy awards were presented to Rachel Davidson, $100; Misti Richmond, $75; and Michael Brookens, $50.
Debate
Those receiving academic awards for maintaining a GPA of 3.0 to 3.24 included Kevin Billbe, Jake Bredemeier, Jake Cochran, Kara Druse, Isaac Guetersloh, Zach Helmstead, Elisha Hokanson, Jon Nesser, Lee Ownbey, and Clay Riggs.
Ownbey received an award for the most speaker points, followed by Guetersloh, Nesser, and Riggs.
FFA
Retiring FFA officer plaques were presented to president Adam Depler, vice president Shawn Britton, and treasurer Clayton Garnica.
State proficiency award winners were Braden Suffield in emerging ag technology and Adam Depler for forest management and products.
Adam Depler was a state star in agribusiness finalist.
Forensics
Outstanding forensics students were Rose Taylor, Rachel Davidson, and Michael Brookens.
Outstanding actor and actress were Michael Brookens and Rachel Davidson.
Outstanding stage manager was Adrienne Chamberland.
Students who lettered in forensics included Lena O'Connor, Rose Taylor, Katie Whitaker, Rachel Davidson, Jenna Parli, Nicole Nelson, Megan Hudson, Christina Adams, Michael Brookens, Riley Ross, Logan Fowler, Jordan Timm, Isaac Guetersloh, Lee Ownbey, Luke Bowers, Elisa Gayle, Clay Riggs, Alyssa Seacat, Laura Holt, Tedra Eis, Jandee Sharp, Brett Billings, and TC Edwards.
FCCLA
Jessica Bernhardt received a Kansas FCCLA Scholarship.
Officer pins were presented to Jessica Bernhardt, president and three-year pin; Jayde Hess, vice president; Valeree Hett, secretary; Kalaya Jackson, treasurer; and Kimber Hardey, public relations.
STAR event participant award — D.J. Gore, silver medal, creed competition.
Top point awards — Megan Schmidt, first; Amber Ratzloff, second; Audra Allen, third; Kimber Hardey, fourth; Valeree Hett, fifth; and Amara Prescott, sixth.
National Honor Society
Those seniors receiving NHS honor cords were Michael Brookens, Rachel Davidson, Alysha O'Dell, Jeffrey Richmond, Misti Richmond, Katelyn Whitaker, Adrienne Chamberland, Allison Maddox, Casey Nelson, and Russell Ploutz.
Scholars' bowl
MHS scholars' bowl teams participated in 11 varsity and four junior varsity and freshman/sophomore competitions during the year.
The varsity team of Michael Brookens, Rachel Davidson, Matt Thierolf, and Isaac Guetersloh took first place with a perfect 8-0 record at the Eureka tournament.
Brookens, Davidson, and Guetersloh were joined by Luke Bowers and Jessica Vogel to take first place with a 7-0 record at Sterling.
Brookens, Davidson, Guetersloh, and Brett Billings captured fourth at the Emporia High School meet and Brookens, Davidson, Bowers, and Kyle Hett placed fourth in the varsity division at Smoky Valley.
In junior varsity and freshman/sophomore meets, the team of Thierolf, Billings, Adam Regnier, Adam Svoboda, and Kerim Geldymuradov took first with a perfect 8-0 record at the Remington JV meet.
Thierolf, Billings, Vogel, and Svoboda took first at Smoky Valley and at the Marion JV meet, Billings, Vogel, Geldymuradov, Regnier, and Svoboda posted a perfect 6-0 record to place first.
Fourth year seniors who lettered were Michael Brookens and Rachel Davidson.
First-year letter winners were juniors Isaac Guetersloh and Lee Ownbey, sophomore Brett Billings, and freshman Matt Thierolf.
Other participants included Adrienne Chamberland, Kerim Geldymuradov, Kyle Hett, Luke Bowers, Jessica Vogel, Adam Regnier, and Adam Svoboda.
Top scorers for the JV and freshman/sophomore competitions were freshman Matt Thierolf with an average of 157 JV points and sophomore Brett Billings with an average of 159 JV points.
Top varsity scorers were Michael Brookens, 1,270 points; and Rachel Davidson, 995 points.
