1996-1997 School Year
Eastern Nebraska Counties
Area students named to Who's Who
Nebraska School Yearbooks by County
A total of 170 students from the area are included in the 31st Annual Edition of "Who;'s Who Among American High School Students, 1996-97."
The largest high school recognition publication in the country features more than 700,000 students or just 5 percent of the nation's high school students. They represent approximately 18,000 of the 22,000 public, private and parochial high schools in the country.
Traditionally, 99 percent of Who's Who students have a grade point average of "B;" or better and 97 percent are college bound.
Students are nominated by high school principals and guidance counselors, national youth groups, churches and educational organizations based on the students' academic achievement and involvement in extracurricular activities.
The students also compete for $200,000 in scholarship awards and participate in the publication's Annual Survey of High Achievers, an opinion poll of teen attitudes.
Those area students selected include:
Arlington: Melissa Beran, Emily Eckert, Mikayla Hansen, Megan Henkenius, Kerstin Keber, Katie Pettit, Nathan Randall, Sara Rasmussen, Kyle Royuk, Eric Sagehorn, Bradly Soll and Erik Wilkins.
Bennington: Crystal Aulner, Cassandra Cox, Andrew Jizba, Meghan Sather, Mark Sukraw and Rebecca Wells.
Blair: Sarah Beth Cavanah, Bill Cunard, III, Sarah Gibson, G.M. Hauptman, Abbie Herron, Melinda Herzberg, Paul Horky, Amy Huey, Sara Jensen, Angela Knibbe, Amy Lau, Amanda Loewe, Brand Newland, Susanne Novak, Michelle Ortmeier, Matthew Schroeder, Alicia Sweeney, Janice Tierney, Melissa Tlernry, Michelle Wallen and Josalynn Yeaga.
Fort Calhoun: Sue Ball, Christina Bowser, Lindsey Bowser, Sarah Burmeister, Andrea Casey, Vicki Christensen, Reynah Cole, Matthew Dabbs, Jason Diefenbaugh, Julie Deifenbaugh, Codi Drieling, Bethany Grabow, Brenda Henderson, Erin Hobson, Mark Kusek, Rebecca Leavitt, Katie Leimbach, Rebecca Meyer, Andrea Miller, Jill Ogstmann, Josh Ohm, Cindy Osmanson, Dorothy Palmer, Crystal Ray, Derek Sandhoefner, Amanda Schwedhelm, Jessie Smith, Meghan Walentine and Jennifer Woltkamp.
Herman: Justin Katt, Stacie Krohn, Emily Maas and Bryce Magill.
Kennard: Valerie Thacker.
Omaha: Jon Adler, Treasure Ballard, Sira Bangura, Andi Bloemker, Jeanie Bohnenkamp, Michael Branson, Seann Broady, Christina Camenzind, Katie Chartrand, Janae Cloudt, John Cronin, Katie Curtis, Lisa Cuttle, Karen Dockery, Brigid Dolan, Nicole Douglas, Elissa Eibes, Alexander Elias, Brian Feregrino, Tamara Gatrost, Lisa Gilardi, Kimberly Gingerich, Nichole Gottsch, Jasmine Greiner, David Hansen, Eryka Hanson, Nick Hauge, William Hemmingson, Alison Hickman, Lyndsay Hiykel, Aaron Hoock, Fred Humpal, Aaron Isaacson, Rachel Jank, Inga Jensen, Melissa Jewell, Jeff Kliewer, April Knight, Tina Knight, Jennifer Koll, Scott Krumbholz, Jill Lamb, Kristan Lankton, Stephanie Le Clair, Shaun Little, Kelli Lubeley, Eileen McCarthy, Sarah Mitchell, Jennifer Molczyk, Nathan Moseley, Jeffrey Nevinski, Timothy Noerrlinger, Tim Peterson, Richard Prusha, III, Ryan Pylla, Angela Raker, Lindsay Rezac, Kevin Rosenthal, Quinn Saigh, Taelyn Sauer, Katie Socha, Jake Taylor and Erika Teutsch.
Tekamah: Amanda Aronson, Tabitha Beck, Jarrod Dorathy, Justin Jensen, Karla Jensen, Erin Kjeldgaard, Nicholas Marion, Brandy Olson, Carrie Olson, Robert Paul, Chris Petersen, Diane Ray, Renee Renshaw, Scott Shumake, Lori Wahlers and Benjamin Walker.
