Area Students Recognized For Verbal, Math Aptitudes

Johns Hopkins University Institute for the Academic Advancement of Youth honored students from throughout Washington state for outstanding verbal and/or mathematical abilities.

Area students, listed by their hometowns and schools, are:

Chattaroy: Tyler Gray, Riverside Middle School.

Cheney: Joseph Gosse and Billy Weisgerber, both of Cheney Middle School.

Chewelah: Sheena Kohlstedt, Jenkins Middle School.

Colbert: Patrick Bradley, St. Thomas More School.

Colville: Shelby Miksch, Colville Junior High.

Elk: Alexander Hallenius, Debra Lynch, Katie Prichard and Virginia Seganos, all of Riverside Middle School

Fairchild Air Force Base: Matthew Hobin, Medical Lake Middle School.

Liberty Lake: Meghan McGarry, Central Valley School District.

Mead: Brian Reyes, St. Thomas More School.

Pullman: Angela Bonner, Jonathan Galin, Sonia Gupta, George Huo, Hannah McKeekennedy, Emily Rosenman, Anne Simpson, Sarah Spaeth, Lisa Toelle and Ruth Wherlandm, all of Lincoln Middle School.

Spokane: Casey Barratt, Trinity Catholic School; Hannah Bartholomew, Northwood Junior High; Matilda Beadling, St. George’s School; Christapher Benson, Central Valley School District; Jim Bowles, St. Mary’s; Kevin Breaux, Northwood Junior High; Ross Brower, Central Valley School District; Jeffrey Carlson, Cheney Middle School; Catherine Cooper, All Saints Middle School; and Rocco Delaurentis, Central Valley School District.

Stacey Driscoll, Northwood; Lydia Eberly, Central Valley School District; Jacob Farley, Northwood; Michael Fealik, Sacajawea Middle School; Erin Feltman, St. George’s; Marissa Flinders, All Saints Middle School; Andrew Fuchs, St. John Vianney School; Seth Geiser, Central Valley School District; and Christopher Grubb, St. George’s.

Tara Heitman, Assumption School; Laura Hodgson, Jonas Salk Middle School; Christopher Holmes, Central Valley School District; Alexander Johnson, Centennial Middle School; Mark Johnson; Central Valley School District; Cooper Jones, James E. Chase Middle School; Mary Kries, Saint Patrick’s School; Annah Layman, Northwood; and Jonathan McClain, St. George’s.

Megan Overbay, Northwood; David Rinehart, All Saints; Stephanie Salee, Jonas Salk; Siriporn Shadduck, St. John Vianney; Zachary Skaw, St. Mary’s; and Nicolas Stewart, Northwood.

William Stone, Salk; Patrick Weise, Central Valley School District; Robert Weiskopf, All Saints; Anne Winchell, Sacajawea; Julie Witherspoon, St. George’s; Michael Zarate, Salk; and Lauren Zeck, All Saints.

St. John: Andrew Corder, Endicott Middle School.

Valleyford: Evan Landoe, Freeman Elementary School.

Veradale: Laurel Boling, Christopher Bowers, Collin Douglas, Sara Joynes, Roxanne McPeck, Jessica Schultz, Caleb Squires and Alexandra Zirkle, all of Central Valley School District.

Trevor Neal, a 1993 graduate of Central Valley High School, was selected by his classmates to be the senior class speaker during the Whitman College commencement ceremonies.

Inland Northwest students who graduated from Whitman College this spring, their majors and high schools are:

Ezra Ellis, biology, Ferris; Nathan Orona, physics-astronomy, Ferris; Annie Rihn, psychology, University; Andrew Schillinger, politics, West Valley; Trevor Neal, English, Central Valley; Lester Callahan, foreign languages and literatures, Medical Lake; Shauna Banks Coleman, sociology, Cheney; Jason Smith, history, Cheney; Shaylen Garvey, economics, Coeur d’Alene; Jennifer Hoover, psychology, Coeur d’Alene; Brian Hadley, philosophy, Sandpoint; and Megan Weed, foreign languages and literatures, Pullman.

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