1997-1998 School Year
Owensboro, Kentucky
Apollo High School
End of Year Academic Recognition
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Apollo High School presented the following awards to seniors during the annual recognition program May 12. The theme for the awards program was "Life's Rewards." Recognized for academic leadership and cocurricular accomplishments were:
Valedictorian - Yee-pei Lin.
Salutatorian - Carroll E. Smith.
Honor graduates - Suzanne Cecil, Lindsey Kafer.
Class of 1998 Society of the Eagle - Yee-pei Lin, Carroll E. Smith, Jessica McKay, Meg Lawson, Keith Wahnsiedler, Lindsey Kafer, Christina Helms, Christina Clouse, Brook Howard, Blake Rowe, Adrian Yeiser, Richard Ritchie.
Principal's Leadership Award - Yee-pei Lin.
Apollo High School graduate Tim Gilbert makes some last minute adjustments to fellow classmate Hillary Gardner's tassle before the commencement ceremony at the Sportscenter on May 22. Photo by Elizabeth Courtney, M-I
Beta Club seniors - Katie Blair, Kimberly Blair, Emily Burroughs, Ashley Charlton, Christy Clouse, Erica Estes, Tim Gilbert, Lindsay Hardin, Christina Helms, Lindsey Kafer, Yee-pei Lin, Jessica McKay, Sarah Potts, Chad Price, Carroll E. Smith, Christina Thomas.
National Honor Society seniors - Luke Alexander, Katie Blair, Kimberly Blair, Emily Burroughs, Ashley Charlton, Christy Clouse, Erica Estes, Tim Gilbert, Lindsay Hardin, Christy Helms, Brook Howard, Lee Inklebarger, Elizabeth Jones, Lindsey Kafer, Meg Lawson, Yee-pei Lin, Jessica McKay, Amanda Murphy, Annie Laurie Pettit, Chad Price, Andrew Rafferty, Blake Rowe, Shelley Schwartz, Carroll Smith, Christina Thomas, Adrian Yeiser, Keith Wahnsiedler.
Senior Sweet 16 Awards - Luke Alexander, Daniel Ballard, Jennifer Blake, Robby Cecil, Suzanne Cecil, Ashley Charlton, Beth Clark, Christy Clouse, Tim Gilbert, Chris Gilmore, Meg Lawson, Yee-pei Lin, Annie Laurie Pettit, Daniel Pulliam, Keith Wahnsiedler, Heather Woolley.
Key Club seniors - Daniel Ballard, Suzanne Cecil, Christy Clouse, Amber French, Christy Helms, Elizabeth Jones, Lindsey Kafer, Yee-pei Lin, Megan McCarty, Amanda Murphy, Ethan Rowe, Shelley Schwartz, Adrian Yeiser, Brook Howard, Heather Woolley.
Academic Intern Awards - Jennifer Blake, Annie Laurie Pettit.
Art Department Awards - Beth Ford, Misty Roberts.
Business Executive Awards - Aimee Hayden, Ashley Hicks, April Wedding.
Chorus All-State - Autumn Cauley, George Darnell.
Outstanding senior choir member - George Darnell.
Council for Exceptional Children Awards - Jennifer Blake, Sara Frey.
Developmental Occupational Program Awards - Bobbie Belcher, Jason Cunningham.
Drama Sock and Buskin Award - Julie Maddox.
Distinguished Awards on Writing Portfolio - Emily Burroughs, Matt Ford, Christina Helms, Julia Howe, Melissa Hughes, Meg Lawson, Amanda Murphy, Annie Laurie Pettit, Andrew Rafferty, Carroll Smith, Johnna Westerfield.
English Award - Meg Lawson.
Latin Award - Meg Lawson.
Overall Foreign Language Student Award - Pamela Reeves.
Kentucky Tech Award - Ben Jackson.
Mathematics Senior Student Award - Yee-pei Lin.
Computer Program Award - Eric Alexander, Ethan Rowe, Eric Moss.
Physics - Carroll Smith.
Anatomy and Physiology - Crystal Daly.
Social Studies Award - Meg Lawson.
American Government - Yee-pei Lin.
Economics - Lindsey Kafer.
Distinguished in Social Studies - Daniel Ballard, Katy Barr, Emily Burroughs, Christy Clouse, Hillary Gardner, Andy Gray, Laura Hardesty, Christy Helms, Brook Howard, Lindsey Kafer, Andrea Kessinger, Kathleen Kuster, Meg Lawson, Jessica McKay, Andrew Rafferty, Leigh Ann Sansom, Keith Wahnsiedler.
Technology Education Awards - Christy Helms, Carrie Smith, Keith Wahnsiedler.
Technical Education Student of the Year - Rick Ritchie.
Yearbook Awards - Jennifer Brown, Beth Clark, April Devine, Erica Estes, Kim Jones, Daniel Pulliam, Christina Thomas.
Tandy Technology Awards - Christy Helms, Meg Lawson, Yee-pei Lin, Jessica McKay, Carrie Smith, Keith Wahnsiedler.
Outstanding Tandy Technology Student - Yee-pei Lin, Keith Wahnsiedler.
Renaissance Awards - Kimberly Blair, Ashley Charlton, Erica Estes, Julia Howe, Pam Reeves.
U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar/Athlete Awards - Lindsey Kafer, Tim Gilbert.
Daughters of the American Revolution - Suzanne Cecil.
Larry Hager Award - Sarah Jane Elliott.
Academic All-State Award - Carroll E. Smith.
The Noon Optimist Awards - Ashley Charlton, Tim Gilbert.
Owensboro Noon Civitan Club - Christy Clouse.
Wendy's High School Heisman Awards - Emily Burroughs, Tim Gilbert.
The Presidential Education Awards - Christy Clouse, Christy Helms, Emily Burroughs, Robbie Gant, Keith Wahnsiedler, Lindsey Kafer, Rick Ritchie, Sarah Meg Lawson, Jessica McKay, Carroll Elizabeth Smith, Yee-pei Lin.
Prudential Spirit of Community Award - Christy Clouse.
WFIE/Citizen's Bank Leadership Award - Julia Howe.
Younger Woman's Club Award - Jennifer Blake, Daniel Ballard.
Colonel W.R. Higgins Leadership Award - Chris Gilmore.
U.S. Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award - Todd Weaver.
U.S. Marine Corps Scholastic Excellence Award - Andrew Gray.
Recipient Marine Corps League Scholarship - Johnna Westerfield.
Owensboro Rotary Club Tom Laswell Scholarship - Ashley Charlton.
Willis Combest Award - David Johnson.
Scholarships
Bo Alexander - FFA Alumni Scholarship, Kentucky Wesleyan College Dean's Scholarship.
Luke Alexander - Kentucky Wesleyan College Founder's Scholarship.
Scott Alsup - Department of Vocational Rehabilitation.
Daniel Ballard - Murray State University C.S Lowry Honorary, MSU Honor Scholarship, MSU John W. Carr Scholarship, MSU Leadership Award, John B. and Brownie Young Scholarship.
Katie Blair - Kentucky Wesleyan College Trustee Scholarship.
Kimberly Blair - Kentucky Wesleyan College Trustee Scholarship.
Jennifer Blake - Department of Vocational Rehabilitation.
Starr Bruner - Department of Vocational Rehabilitation.
Emily Burroughs - Murray State University Honor Scholarship, MSU Leadership Award, MSU Regents Scholarship.
Kaleb Carter - Kentucky Wesleyan College Dean's Scholarship.
Betty Casper - Owensboro Community College Commonwealth Scholarship.
Autumn Cauley - Kentucky Wesleyan College Stanley Reed Leadership Scholarship.
Suzanne Cecil - Brescia College Angela Merici Scholarship, John B. and Brownie Young Scholarship.
Nicole Chandler - FFA Alumni Scholarship.
Ashley Charlton - Dollars for Scholars Scholarship, Eagle Family Scholarship, Tom Laswell Scholarship, National Honor Society Scholarship, PTSO Scholarship, Student Council Scholarship, Overton Scholarship.
Bethanie Clark - John B. and Brownie Young Scholarship, FFA Alumni Scholarship, James Gilles Tobacco Scholarship.
Christina Clouse - Murray State University Presidential Scholarship.
Tina Coon - Department of Vocational Rehabilitation.
Jennifer Crabtree - Department of Vocational Rehabilitation.
Nathan Crowe - John B. and Brownie Young Scholarship, Western Kentucky University Award.
Ron Decker - Kentucky Technical School E. Paul Sauer Scholarship, Department of Vocational Rehabilitation.
April Devine - Junior Achievement Scholarship.
Nick Durbin - FFA Alumni Scholarship.
Molly Ebelhar - John B. and Brownie Young Scholarship, Brescia College Angela Merici Scholarship.
Erica Estes - Brescia College Angela Merici Scholarship, Brescia Athletic Grant, FFA Alumni Scholarship, Young American Bowling Alliance Scholarship.
Angela Flint - Owensboro Community College Commonwealth Scholarship.
Amber French - John B. and Brownie Young Scholarship, University of Evansville Music/Academic Scholarship.
J. Robbie Gant - Air Force ROTC Type 1 Scholarship.
Tim Gilbert - John B. and Brownie Young Scholarship.
Andrew Gray - Kentucky AmVets Auxiliary Scholarship.
Brad Green - Eagle High Trust Scholarship.
Laura Hardesty - John B. and Brownie Young Scholarship, University of Louisville Commonwealth Scholarship.
Lindsay Hardin - Owensboro Community College College Foundation Scholarship.
Clint Hardy - American Cyanamid Scholarship, Ed Pruden Memorial Scholarship, Daviess County Pork Producers Scholarship.
Lori Hare - Junior Achievement Scholarship.
Christy Helms - Eagle Family Scholarship, Key Club Scholarship, PTSO Scholarship, Student Council Scholarship.
Brook Howard - Kentucky Wesleyan College Trustee Scholarship.
Julia Howe - John B. and Brownie Young Scholarship, Citizens Bank/WFIE Leadership Scholarship.
Lee Inklebarger - Kentucky Wesleyan College Trustee Scholarship, Dave Latham Memorial Scholarship.
Ben Jackson - Daviess County Vocational School Auto Body Winner at Local, Regional and State Levels.
Elizabeth Jones - Kentucky Wesleyan College Dean's Scholarship.
Lindsey Kafer - W. Hewitt Young Award.
Andrea Kessinger - University of Evansville Legacy Award.
Kathleen Kuster - University of Evansville Archaeology and Art History Scholarship.
Danny Leonard - FFA Alumni Scholarship, Robert Gayle Pettit Scholarship.
Yee-pei Lin - Kiwanis Scholarship, Stanford University University General Scholarship.
Ginger Mattingly - Daviess County Pork Producers Scholarship.
Jessica McKay - Kentucky Wesleyan College Faculty Scholarship.
Melissa Patel - Brescia College Athletic Grant, Hearst Foundation Minority Scholarship.
Annie Laurie Pettit - John B. and Brownie Young Scholarship, Murray State University John W. Carr Scholarship, MSU Regents Scholarship.
Sarah Potts - Department of Vocational Rehabilitation.
Chad Price - Murray State University Engineering Partners Scholarship, MSU John W. Carr Scholarship.
Andrew Rafferty - Centre College Brown Colonel Scholarship, Centre Endowment Grant.
Lavina Reed - Department of Vocational Rehabilitation.
Pamela Reeves - Air Force JROTC Type II Scholarship, John B. and Brownie Young Scholarship.
Blake Rowe - Murray State University Engineering Partners Scholarship, MSU John W. Carr Scholarship, MSU Regents Scholarship, Physics Manual Commission Scholarship.
Ethan Rowe - John B. and Brownie Young Scholarship.
Matthew Royalty - Kentucky Wesleyan College Dean's Scholarship.
Jayme Schaeffer - Department of Vocational Rehabilitation Scholarship.
Shelley Schwartz - John B. and Brownie Young Scholarship, Western Kentucky University Alumni Scholarship, Dollars for Scholars Scholarship.
Amy Simmons - Department of Vocational Rehabilitation.
Stephanie Skaggs - Centre College Recognition Scholarship, John B. and Brownie Young Scholarship.
Carrie Smith - Dollars for Scholars Scholarship.
Christina Thomas - Brescia College Angela Merici Scholarship.
Jessica Thurman - John Whitmer Scholarship.
Keith Wahnsiedler - John B. and Brownie Young Scholarship, Dollars for Scholars Scholarship, University of Kentucky Chancellor Scholarship, UK Engineering Scholarship, Kentucky Claims Association Scholarship.
Johnna Westerfield - Marine Corps League.
Heather Woolley - University of Louisville President's Scholarship.
Adrian Yeiser - Murray State University John W. Carr Scholarship, MSU Leadership Award.
