Kewanee High School handed out awards, scholarships and honors at the KHS Commencement Ceremony held at the Brockman Gymnasium on Sunday, May 18. The awards totaled over $150,950.
The recipients of the scholarships and awards are:
Hailey Fairbrother – The Frank and Fannie Lay Kewanee High School Award
Davontae Jordan – The Frank and Fannie Lay Kewanee High School Award, Hilding Beck Scholarship, The Kyle and Mark Kay (Kazlowski) DeJaeger Scholarship
Aaliyah Duarte – The Kiwanis Cup, Doctor Smith loyalty Award, Rotary Scholars Award, Adela Wesebaum Award, Marvin Damron Memorial Scholarship, The Laurence Horler Scholarship, P.A. Hinderliter Scholarship
Benjamin Taylor – The Elks Trophy, The Lions Club Plaque, Barry Lee Ensley Memorial Award, Rotary Scholars Award, Jerry Nell Memorial Award, Christiansen Family Healthcare Scholarship, Tyanda Thomas Kindness Award, The Harriet McCarthy Math Scholarship, 3 x 4 Athletic Scholarship
Rebeca Corral – The Lions Club Plaque, The Mary Lee and H.T. Mercer Fine Arts Award, Rotary Scholars Award, The Harriet McCarthy Math Scholarship, The Katie Woods Creative Spirit Award, Heidi L. Goodbar Memorial Art Scholarship
William Ly – The Lions Club Plaque, John Philip Sousa Band Award, Rotary Scholar Award, Louis Armstrong Jazz Award, Kewanee Music Boosters Scholarship, Richard Schieler Performing Arts Scholarship, Kevin L. Yepsen Excellence in Math Scholarship
Alejandro Duarte – The Lions Club Plaque, D.A.R. Good Citizen Award, Dr. Smith Loyalty Award, The David Hepner Football Memorial, Rotary Scholars Award, Robert L. Petersen Memorial Award, Dr. Robert Breedlove Memorial Athletics Scholarship, Ruth and Edmond Beauprez Memorial Scholarship, Gary L. Zarvell Memorial Scholarship, Reeser Family Scholarship, P.A. Hinderliter Scholarship, Joan L. Kempin Nosal – Tender Heart, Gentle Hands Nursing Scholarship
Dillon Price – The Lions Club Plaque, Rotary Scholars Award, Dean L. Bates Scholarship, Mary (Beyer) Keim Math/Accounting Scholarship
Chase Palm – The Chamber of Commerce Award, Margaret Ririe Memorial Award, The Chris R. Ketridge Memorial Journalism, Edwin F. Peterson Free Enterprise Memorial Scholarship Award, Kewanee Schools Foundation – Video Scholarship
Trivian Massens – The Mary Lee and H.T. Mercer Fine Arts Award, National School Choral Award, Kathryn L. Kirley Memorial Scholarship, The Katie Woods Creative Spirit Award, James L. Golby – Kenneth W. Sullens Scholarship, Richard Schieler Performing Arts Scholarship
Aiden McClay – The National Arion Foundation Award – Choir, American Legion Post #31 Scholarship
Garrett Komnick – The National Arion Foundation Award – Band, Rotary Scholars Award, Richard Mautino Memorial Government Service Learning Award
Brady Schiltz – Industrial Education Award and Galen and Mary Landis Plaque, The Bradley Wessels Memorial Award, Rotary Outstanding Vocational Award
Kashen Ellerbrock – The Lions Club plaque, The Agriculture Advisory Council Cup, Tom Blake Basketball Memorial Award, Rotary Scholar Award, FFA Alumni Scholarship, Glidden Family Scholarship
Tyson Currie – The Joe Hill Memorial Award, Amelia Hutchinson
Pauline Schott Memorial Award, Judy Huggins Memorial Scholarship
Quentin Bloome – The Martin Rapczak and Rodney Rogers Memorial Patriotism Award
Tyler Johnston – Rumbold Valley Farms Award
Tessa Mitchell – The Susan Smith Memorial Plaque, KHS Class of 1972 Scholarship
Lauryn Padilla – Belle Alexander Dennis Scholarship, Hilding Beck Scholarship, The Harriet McCarthy Math Scholarship
Addyson Hicks – Rodney Rogers Memorial Medical Arts Award, Hilding Beck Scholarship, Jim and Alice Golby Empathy Award
Marcus Guzman – Ethel C. Tillman Scholarship, The Harriet McCarthy Math Scholarship
Ivan Ruiz Sanchez – Rotary Scholar Award, The Harriet McCarthy Math Scholarship, Brian P. Murphy Memorial Scholarship
Adrienne Desmit – Hilding Beck Scholarship
Brennyn Ford – Woody Herman Jazz Award, Dean L. Bates Scholarship
Miguel Gamez – Woody Herman Jazz Award
Joey Janey Jr. – FFA Alumni Scholarship, Matthew Scott Memorial Award, Gold Star FS Scholarship
Jacie Hinton – Dr. Ronald Thompson Memorial Scholarship, Mattingly Student Council Leadership Award
Claire Olalde – The Bernie VanWassenhove-Johnson Scholarship Award, Norma Barto Memorial Scholarship, Blake/Zarvell Memorial Music Scholarship
Tejhiana Amos – Jerry Nell Memorial Award, Derek Hodge Memorial Scholarship, John Jagers Memorial Award
Stardeja Jordan – Leo A. Saey Memorial Award, Robert E. Breedlove Scholarship
Elizabeth Pratt – Dean L. Bates Scholarship, Patricia (Snider) Sullens Cheerleading Award, John Headlund Scholarship
Julia Pendergrass – Dean L. Bates Scholarship, Kewanee High School Class of 1957 Scholarship
Faith Frykman – Dean L. Bates Scholarship, Wayne and Hazel Zang Memorial Scholarship
Emma Brants – Dean L. Bates Scholarship
Shawn Roller – Dean L. Bates Scholarship
Amos Campbell – Dean L. Bates Scholarship
Leocadio Gandarillo – Richard A. Ruzas, Jr. Memorial Track Award
Paola Morado Mendoza – Kewanee Park District Scholarship
Payton Ouart – The DeKalb Agricultural Accomplishment Award
Waylan Lambert – The Bradly & Joanne Waugh Family Memorial Award
Brayden Conley – Gary L. Zarvell Memorial Scholarship, Geoffrey R. Schmidt Memorial Scholarship, Shaune Lewis Memorial Basketball/Football Scholarship, Detective Sergeant James Ramon Mock Memorial Scholarship, 3 x 4 Athletic Scholarship
Adrian Buss – George Cernovich Auto Service Scholarship
Aaliyah Pickering – R. Lynn Saey Memorial Scholarship, Heidi Heinrich Memorial Scholarship, Christiansen Family Education Scholarship
Marlee Bates – Geoffrey R. Schmidt Memorial Scholarship,
Patricia (Snider) Sullens Cheerleading Award, The Good Neighbor Award
Emily Witte – Anna L. Sheahan Memorial Scholarship
Riley Gibson – Robert A. Grabbe Memorial Award
Robert Burgess – Robert A. Grabbe Memorial award
Veronica Murillo – Patricia (Snider) Sullens Cheerleading Award,
The Caring Spirit Award, P.A. Hinderliter Scholarship
Adrianna Zepeda Sanchez – Kewanee Rebekah Lodge #512 Scholarship, Joan L. Kempin Nosal “Tender Heart, Gentle Hands” Nursing Scholarship
Gabriel Dominguez Guevara – John B. Heartt Memorial BHE Mechanics Scholarship, John Spets Family Memorial Award
Alejandra Martinez – P.A. Hinderliter Scholarship
Colson Welgat – 3 x 4 Athletic Scholarship
Nayeli Leon – Margo Eastman Berry Memorial Scholarship
