Students chosen for prestigious Honors College
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 2:00 PM
People and Society, Academics, News
Pittsburg, KS
The roster has been finalized for Pittsburg State University’s Honors College: 30 high achieving students from Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska have been chosen and will receive scholarships and other opportunities.
First consideration was given to students with an ACT superscore of 28 or higher and a 3.5 unweighted GPA, with second consideration to those with an ACT superscore of 25 to 27 and a 3.5 unweighted GPA.
The top 12 will receive the Presidential Scholar Award, the next 12 will receive the University Scholar Award, and the final six will receive the Crimson and Gold Scholar Award; together, they’ll be part of a living-learning community and have a range of educational and community engagement experiences.
Honors College Director Craig Fuchs said this was an especially challenging year for the students who applied to the program, given that so much of their high school training was influenced by the pandemic.
“The ACT exam dates were cancelled during the spring 2020 semester so students did not have the opportunity to take the exam as many times as they may have in the past,” he said. “Also, with most schools not offering a traditional educational opportunity last spring, many high school students missed out on the instruction and information they would have normally received.”
Despite these challenges, Fuchs said “there is no question that we have another amazing group of students who are coming into our Honors College program.”
“They have achieved at a very high level despite the challenges that COVID-19 presented and we are very excited to have them become part of our Honors College family and our Gorilla Nation,” he said.
The roster includes:
Kansas
- Kassandra Burns, an elementary education major from Pittsburg High School
- Brady Bidnick, a construction management major from Mill Valley High School
- Trevor Bohnenblust, a finance major from Eudora High School
- Jenna Clark, a nursing major from Blue Valley West High School
- Kaitlin Crossland, a biology (pre-med) major from St. Mary’s-Colgan High School
- Ethan Dellasega, a chemistry major from St. Mary’s-Colgan High School
- Camryn Dillavou, a nursing major from Blue Valley Northwest High School
- Hannah Eckstein, a biology (pre-med) major from Frontenac High School
- Penner Fox, a chemistry (pharmaceutical) major from Fredonia High School
- Bailey Gallup, a management major from Shawnee Mission West High School
- Ronan Hallacy, a plastics engineering major from Wichita High School East
- Erin Hammeke, a biochemistry major from Ellinwood High School
- Grace Hite, a psychology (pre-law) major from St. Mary’s-Colgan High School
- Katherine McKain, a chemistry major from Blue Valley High School
- Abigail Peters, a nursing major from Mill Valley High School
- Christopher Saman, a biology (pre-med) major from Pittsburg High School
- Matthew Schmidt, a finance major from Pleasant Ridge High School
- Jeffrey Schremmer, a political science major from St. Mary’s-Colgan High School
- Rebekah Sheward, a biology (pre-dentistry) major from Pittsburg High School
Missouri
- Hope Barker, a nursing major from Southwest Missouri
- Reed Beyeler, a mechanical engineering major from Kearny High School
- Shae Gilstrap, a secondary English education major from Webb City High School
- Turner Fehrenbach, a biology (pre-med) major from Grace Classical Academy
- Trenton Hayes, a business economics major from Webb City High School
- Olivia Holman, a psychology major from Cassville High School
- Emma Lacey, a biology (pre-med) major from Carl Junction High School
- Blair Wilson, a nursing major from Nevada High School
Nebraska
- John Paul Jansen, an automotive technology major from Daniel J. Gross Catholic High Schol
Arkansas
- Nicholas Terrazas, a construction management major from Arkansas
Colorado
- Brianna Manley, an elementary education major from James Irwin Charter High School