Lathrop Class of 2023 Awards and Scholarships

Avery Clay – MSHSAA

Female Award, Marine Distinguished Female Athlete, Booster Club - $1,000; Lathrop Youth Wrestling - $500; Park University - $4,000

Matt Miller – MSHSAA

Male Award, Marine Distinguished Male Athlete, Sierra Brassfield – Dee Dee Miller Award, MSBA

Belcher Award; Tyson Partain – Polly Grant Award, Goppert Financial Bank - $1,000; Hamilton Bank - $500; Toby Daley – Scholastic Excellence; LHS Alumni - $250; UMKC Curator’s Merit Scholarship - $5,000; Jackson Blodgett – Semper

Fidelis Award for Musical Excellence, Kaylie Kirkwood –

MoASSP Consnumate Professional - $500; Eagle Animal Hospital - $500; I-35 Cattlemen’s Association$500; Lathrop Garden Club – $350; Spaeth Van Buren – $1,000; Woodrow Long$2,000; FFA Alumni Scholarship – $300; NWMSU Tower Scholarship - $2,000; Friedren Boone Scholarship - $1,500;

Jared Gaskins – Barbara Barr Memorial - $500;

Booster Club - $1,000; Lathrop PTO - $500; Rotary’s

Cheryl Snodgrass Memorial Scholarship - $1,000; MSTA - $500; NHS - $500;

Aiden McVicker Honorary Scholarship - $250; Southwest Baptist University – $14,500; Access Plus$2,000;

Kayla Galloway – Blood Drive Scholarship - $500; Jacob Gaskins – Cameron Regional Medical Center$1,000;

Ethan Noll – Drug Free Superstar - $1,000; Lathrop

Antique Car, Tractor And Engine Association - $500;

Lathrop PTO - $500; University of Central Missouri - $2,500;

Brendan Fine – First Christian Church – $250;

Ray Sellers, Sr., Memorial - $250; MSTA - $500; Terry D. Barnes Memorial –$1,500; Northwest Missouri Association of School Administrators - $1,000;

Jared Wright – First Christian Church – $250; Midland University Athletics$30,000;

Chloe Chapman – Dr. Turley Scholarship - $500;

Lathrop PEO - $500;

Corby Rardon – John S.

Barrett Memorial - $1,000; Lathrop Antique Car, Tractor And Engine Association - $500; Northwest Missouri State University - $7,511

Raelyn Rose – Deann Pritchett Memorial Scholarship - $250;

BreAnn Paul – Lathrop Youth Wrestling - $500; FFA Alumni Scholarship - $300; Paul Keel – Leroy Sater Memorial – $2,000;

Elise Seba – LHS Alumni$250;

Kayla Galloway – Plattsburg Artist Coalition$1,000;

Olivia Gowin – Spaeth Van Buren – $1,000; Brayden Anderson – Platte Clay Electric Coop – $1,000; Chastyn Malone – University of Central Missouri$3,000;

Cole Chapman – University of Colorado-Boulder Truscott Scholarship - $1,000; Emalee Cox – FFA Alumni Scholarship - $300; Lainey Christopher –NWMSU Merit Scholarship - $1,000;

Lilian Peden – GCU Scholarships - $3,300;

Trinity Hutchinson – FFA Alumni Scholarship - $300; Lilia Purler – New Amer- ican University Provost’s Award - $48,000 (over four years); Marissa Zeikle – Gregg Williams Foundation - $250; Levi Davis – WorkKeys Gold Certification; Jeremiah Mansfield –American Legion Auxiliary Scholarship - $250; Levi Smith – Honor Guard Scholarship - $250; A+ Scholarship Qualifiers: Brayden Anderson, Breanna Anderson, Sierra Brassfield, Carson Carver, Chloe Chapman, Lainey Christopher, Avery Clay, Toby Daley, Haley Dohrn, Brendan Fine, Jared Gaskins, Paul Keel, Lyndsi Larson-French, Chastyn Malone, Ethan Noll, Garrett Packard, Tyson Partain, Lilia Purler, Corby Rardon, Raelyn Rose, Tucker Scanlan, Sky Young, Marissa Zeikle. by brendon fine lathrop valedictorian

I have dreaded this moment since I heard that I was in the running. Not because I didn’t want it, but because I know that I suck at talking in front of people. I even considered trying to get worse grades so I wouldn’t have to come up here and talk.

But now, I am still scared, but I see it as a blessing. I’m glad that I get to represent my class in the highest of honors. We haven’t been the best class. We’ve made some teachers quit. We’ve made some teachers cry (sorry, Mrs. Spurgeon). But seeing the other classes, I know we definitely aren’t the worst.

I know I’m not going to see a lot of my classmates much after this, so I would like to thank you guys for making these past 13 years amazing. I really believe that we left our school a better place, and as always, Class of ‘23 on top.

CONGRATULATIONS!

WE ARE P ROUD OF YOU !

F ROM THE LATHROP R-II STAFF AND BOARD OF EDUCATION plished. Now we are here taking the next steps in our life. We are now closing this chapter, and I know that we all are a little apprehensive about the future but moving forward is the only way progress can happen.

We now need to open up the next chapter of our lives, whether that be college, the workforce, or trade school. Time keeps marching on and there’s no stopping it. In the words of Pablo Picasso, “Action is the foundational key to all success.” All you need to be successful is to keep moving forward. Don’t be satisfied with where you are at. No matter what you do, you will be starting the next chapter of your life within these next