Area scholars to be honored
Spokane high school seniors will be honored for their academic achievement Monday at the 25th annual Spokane Scholars Foundation Banquet.
Each student was nominated by a principal, counselor or teacher based on success in English, social studies, mathematics, science, world language or fine arts.
The foundation will award $60,000 in grants, ranging from $1,000 to $4,000, to 24 of the 144 scholars, four students for each of the six content areas, based on grade-point average, course of study in the content area of nomination, test scores, original research or similar activities and letters of recommendation.
Parker Barrile, of Norwest Venture Partners, former chief product officer at Prosper, is the keynote speaker. The banquet begins at 6 p.m. at the Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.
The 2017 Spokane Scholars Foundation honorees are:
English
Taylor Bastian, Mt. Spokane; Laurel Behrend, Newport; Cameron Blegen, University; Larai Brigoli, The Oaks; Abigail Freeman, West Valley; Anna Gallagher, Freeman; Connor Hart, Medical Lake; Kelton Hedstrom, Mead; Deer Park; Abigail Karlis, Liberty; Emma Koski, Riverside; Dakota Lovins, Central Valley; Simon Mai, Rogers; Elizabeth Marcinkowski, Gonzaga Prep; Randy McDonald, East Valley; Max McGougan, St. George’s; Kaleen Pope, Valley Christian; Benjamin Read, Lewis and Clark; Kyla Schneider, Lakeside; Raven Smith, Ferris; Scarlet Smith, Northwest Christian; David Song, North Central; Caitlyn Strong, Cheney; Emma Tucker, Upper Columbia; and Alisyn Waite, Shadle Park.
Fine arts
Evan Figuracion, University; Alexis Fox, Central Valley; Grace Ganz, Gonzaga Prep; Tannor Glumbik, Mt. Spokane; Melissa Gray, Rogers; Callan Hosmer, Cheney; Daylyn Hoxie, Lakeside; Nickolas Isherwood, Medical Lake; Kayla Kime, Upper Columbia; Justin Krell, The Oaks; Linnea Love, Lewis and Clark; Kyle Luiten, St. George’s; Julie Mackenzie, Shadle Park; Leah O’Neal, Newport; Allison Pinnock, Ferris; Noah Placzek, Mead; Hannah Rison, Deer Park; Taylor Roderick, West Valley; Olivia Roth, Northwest Christian; Victoria Wagner, Freeman; Ivy Waldroup, North Central; Laurel Weberg, East Valley; and Paige West, Riverside.
Mathematics
Joseph Ammatelli, Mead; Andrew Bailey, Mt. Spokane; Ryan Bax, Northwest Christian; Yuyang Cao, St. George’s; Travis Dillon, Newport; Madelynne Flaig, Liberty; Jordyn Fouts, West Valley; Shannon Frucci, East Valley; Grace Hannahs, Central Valley; Nancy Liu, University; Jakob Ludwig, North Central; Ryan Maine, Freeman; Gabriel Mangione, Medical Lake; Ella McKeirnan, Gonzaga Prep; Rylie Pease, Cheney; Delaney Plumb, Lewis and Clark; Katrina Santiago, Upper Columbia; Regan Schneider, The Oaks; Rose Taylor, Riverside; Grace Teeple, Ferris; Ryan Waters, Lakeside; Andrew Wiebers, Shadle Park; Svetlana Yuryev, Rogers; and Jordan Zeik, Deer Park.
Science
Andrew Ames, Lakeside; Jack Ammon, Northwest Christian; Rachel Arnzen, Freeman; Alice Burchett, Riverside; Peter Colvin, Gonzaga Prep; Graydon Dietrich, Upper Columbia; Thomas Eilertsen, Lewis and Clark; Brett Ford, St. George’s; Makenzie Funk, Mt. Spokane; Katie Greene, Mead; Sarah Guglielmo, The Oaks; Dennis Jack Hill, Deer Park; Andrew Jenkins, Cheney; Sydney Jones, West Valley; Connor Klentschy, Shadle Park; Jonas LaPier, Central Valley; Kostiantyn Makrasnov, Rogers; Chris Matsumura, Ferris; Daniel Miller, Medical Lake; Sonja Moore, Newport; Drew Ness, East Valley; Patrick Parades, Liberty; John Shuster, North Central; Hanyu Sun, Valley Christian; and Micki Thies, University.
Social studies
Maria Alvarez, Lakeside; Lindsey Anderson, Mead; Forrest Andresick, The Oaks; Cody Bollum, Deer Park; Preston Carlson, East Valley; Justyna Dokken, West Valley; Jayden Fay, Riverside; Maxwell Gillmer, Lewis and Clark; Allysha Hubbard, Liberty; Katherine Joy, Gonzaga Prep; Henry Knight, North Central; Brooke Martin, St. George’s; Kristina Michener, Medical Lake; Kaylana Miller, Rogers; Charles Myers, Shadle Park; Matthew Newberry, Ferris; Christopher Ownbey, Newport; Gwyneth Potter, Central Valley; Joseph Roach, Mt. Spokane; Joshua Seiersen, Northwest Christian; Jared Titus, Upper Columbia; Natelie Windsor, University; Sydney Zapf, Cheney; and Alyssa Zimmerman, Freeman.
World languages
Madilyn Atkins, Northwest Christian; Madison Bartell, Upper Columbia; Ewan Cameron, Lewis and Clark; Lindsey Carlson, Mt. Spokane; Phoebe Dierdorff, The Oaks; Alana Foster, St. George’s; Kevin Gann, Lakeside; Lysandra Gonzalez. Riverside; Mailey Hansen, Deer Park; Amanda Hosmer, Cheney; Samantha Kuhn, Shadle Park; Parker Martin, Newport; Olivia Marx, Rogers; Nathan McShane, Medical Lake; Brooke Neupert, Ferris; Craig Robertson, University; Jenna Rogers, Mead; Aeva Schrambach, Gonzaga Prep; Media Sina, Central Valley; Tiffany Stine, East Valley; Lillianna Stone, North Central; Marie Taylor, West Valley; and Desirae Thosath, Freeman.