School Winners
Published 1:09 pm Saturday, June 4, 2016
Sports medicine students show their skills
Local students participated in a Washington Career and Technical Sports Medicine Association competition April 21-23 in Kennewick. About 830 students from nearly two dozen schools took part.
Monroe High School finished seventh overall among large schools. Its junior varsity team finished third in a Quiz Bowl competition.
Stanwood High School finished fifth overall among small schools. The team also was honored for a poster it submitted of how to rehabilitate an Achilles tendon rupture.
Hugh Wilson, of Edmonds-Woodway High School, won third place for CPR.
Monroe hosted the WESCO sports medicine competition May 13. Stanwood High School took first place, with Monroe in second. Cascade High School finished first in speed taping.
Lake Stevens alum wins inaugural scholarship
Lake Stevens High School alumna Ariana Navarro received the first University of Washington Bothell Rotaract Rotarian of the Year scholarship. The scholarship is worth $5,000. The Foundation of Northshore and Woodinville Rotary Club scholarship goes to a member of the UW Bothell Rotaract Club who exemplifies leadership and community service values.
National Merit winners
Two Snohomish County students were awarded college sponsored National Merit scholarships: Ezra Anderson, of Snohomish High School (University of Texas at Dallas), and Sarah Orsborn, of Edmonds-Woodway High School (University of Southern California).
Kiwanis awards $10,500 in scholarships
The Kiwanis Club of Snohomish recently awarded $1,500 scholarships to seven graduating seniors.
Roy Fritch Memorial Scholarships were awarded to Aja Hart (Glacier Peak) and Becca Bartelheimer (Snohomish) to support their studies at Washington State University. Other scholarships went to Uriah Hall (AIM High), Kyle Rogers and Elly Rodriguez (Glacier Peak), and Nicole Hill and Audrey Truitt (Snohomish).
Locals awarded WWU scholarships
Murray Pendergrass, a 2001 Everett High School graduate, has received a $1,500 Math Memorial Scholarship for his studies at Western Washington University next fall.
Eurydice Pentz, a 1990 Everett graduate, received a $5,000 Brooks Family Environmental Scholarship. Pentz, who works full-time with the South Kitsap School District, plans to graduate in 2017.
Karina Siliverstova, a 2015 Marysville Getchell High School graduate, was awarded a $1,214 Huxley College of the Environment scholarship.
Nicholas Torrence, a 2014 Cascade High School graduate, was awarded a $3,000 Elyse C. Alper Scholarship for International Studies.
Stanwood teen named state FFA officer
Drew Carlson, of Stanwood High School, was elected the Washington State FFA state reporter for 2016-17 at the state convention held in May in Pullman. As a state officer, Carlson will train in Alaska and travel to the National FFA Convention in November in Indiana.
Stanwood-Camano comes together for awards
The 2016 Stanwood-Camano Community Scholarship Night award ceremony was held May 31 at the Stanwood High School Performing Arts Center.
This year, 111 graduating seniors received 214 scholarships totaling $149,150. There were 85 scholarship sponsors, including families, churches, clubs, service organizations and local businesses. The scholarships are given through the Stanwood-Camano Area Foundation.
The Alan and Iza (Rusty) Elliott Memorial Scholarship, which is offered once every four years, was awarded to Conner Kunzman. It is a four-year renewable scholarship for a student planning to attend the University of Washington and major in business or finance. At $2,500 per year, it was the largest scholarship offered.
For a full list of winners, see today’s “School Winners” at cmg-northwest2.go-vip.net/heraldnet.
Other student winners: Geneva Anderson, Tessa Anderson, Jordan Berry, Beau Blank, Cassandra Bowling, Nicole Brown, Matthew Burkham, Megan Butler, Drew Carlson, Keegan Carlson, Cameron Chollar, Sadie Clem, Isaac Colby, Cole Conley, Harrison Conner, Camryn Cross, Riley Cunningham, Jack Delich, Tanner DesJardins, Jake Doebke, Katherine Erickson, Emily Fogarty, Constance Fortin, Keira Foster, Collin Fridlund, Jessica Fuentes, Blake Goetsch, Malina Gracia, Blaine Halvorson, Katie Hammer, Ethan Hancock, Olivia Hanzeli, Janae Harris, Cole Hayes, Hannah Hendrickson, Seth Hilton, Kate Holm, Emily Hoyt, Madison Hughes, Megan Hurt, Kathleen James, Ashley Jensen, Gracie Johnson, Kole Johnson, Melissa Johnson, Ashley Koster, Katherine Kuehn, Davis Kuhlman, HeeJu Kwon, Noah Laitenberger, Jordan Lamb, Cheyenne Langley, Maverick Larkin, Cole Lauinger, Kayla Lindsey, Monica Lopez-Perez, Justin Ludwick, Lauren Lund, Ben MacDonald, Christopher Mandella, Tyler Marcinyshyn, Aaron Maritz, Cynthia Martinez, Montana Mattson, Carlton McDonald, Jeb McGlinchy, Collin McKenzie, Clarissa Medina, Spenser Mezzone, Isabella Newton, Harrison Niehouse, Gavin O’Connor, Isaac Olson, Melissa Pence, Joshua Quevillon, Ryan Redlinger, Aelric Riggs, Summer Sanders, Michael Sandquist, Kailee Scallan, Megan Schakel, Paul Schander, Ellie Schei, Elle Sehorn, Denali Smith, Sarah Smith, Sophia Smith, Whitney Smith, Teddy Softcheck, Hannah Strickland, Haley Strowbridge, Kathryn Szymborski, Brooke Thompson, Chase Tiffany, Thomas Tillman, Kendrick Varelas, Lisette Vargas, Evelyn Velazquez Aviles, Daniel Vess, Caitlyn Victor, Jakob Waters, Jessica Webb, Alizabeth Weigand, Caroline Weller, Brianna Whisman, Ayana Wilcox, Genevieve Worley, William Worley IV, Kylie Wright, Nicholas Ziegler
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