Maliaka Schneider A Finalist In Miss Washington Teen Pageant

Sat., Sept. 27, 1997

Compiled By Lori Derryberry

Maliaka Schneider, a sophomore at Rogers High School, was chosen as a state finalist in the Miss Washington American Teen Pageant.

Maliaka, Rogers’ freshman class president, is a 4.0 student and a member of Young Life and was a People to People student ambassador in Australia this summer.

Several Inland Northwest students graduated from the University of Washington in the spring.

Following is the beginning of the list of students, alphabetized with their degrees by home towns.

Cheney: Jennifer Franks, psychology; Daniel Hilton, economics; Adam Means, drama; Ronald Mill, economics and political science; Tiffany Morgan, speech and hearing sciences; and Chima Nwala, business administration in accounting.

Colbert: Benjamin Dyer, English; Gregory Grabowski, biology; Lori Guillaume, business administration.

Deer Park: Christopher Hailey, interdisciplinary visual arts Greenacres: Nicole Boyle, zoology and psychology; Amber Reynolds, psychology; and Eric Wigen, business administration.

Liberty Lake: Alison Gilley, business administration; Stuart Hagler, physics and astronomy; Steven Jeffrey, economics; Tricia Jeffrey, art history; Kristy Kiele, communications; and Kimberly Wilcox, English.

Nine Mile Falls: Jenny Anderson, history and zoology; Kristie Gagner, English; Tammy Padayao, business administration in accounting.

Spokane: Daphne Adair, English; Michael Alfstad, political science; Stacie Bain, forest resources in conservation; Ryan Baker, construction management; Joy Baldwin, drama; Derek Battan, biology; Susan Betts, English; Julia Blake, biochemistry; Ryan Boe, Slavic languages and literature; Heidi Herling-Brink, political science.

Merry Broberg, English; Lisa Brodie, English; Timothy Brown, business administration; Jason Brulotte, forest engineering; Matthew Buchanan, architectural studies; Samuel Bunnell, mechanical engineering; Shawn Burke, business administration.

Katherine Chadwick, English; Harvey Chen, accounting; Hee Cho, technical communication; Jan Chun, economics; Carolyn Coballes, accounting; Amanda Cooke, history; Belen Courtright, business administration; Todd Cox, prosthetics and orthotics; Shon Crampton, chemistry; and J. Cameron Crump, Chinese.

More University of Washington graduates will be published in future Achievements columns.

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