CLASS OF 2016
Missoulian, Saturday, June 4, 2016 — E13
| Whitefish High School | Top seniors
Annika Gordon
Parents: Karin Hilding and Rob Gordon GPA: 4.0 Parents: Chuck and Activities: Varsity cross Julie Brown country and tennis; Gender GPA: 4.0 Sexuality Alliance Activities: Football; tennis; Club, president; Percussion Ensemble; drumline; FREEFLOW Field Varsity Band; Christ Lutheran Science and EnviChurch Youth Group; Distriburonment Club, cotive Education president; Students Clubs of America; Taking Action Now Whitefish Credit Global Awareness Union Junior Gordon Club, vice presiBoard of Directors; dent; All-State Health OccupaOrchestra, four years; University tions Students of America; National of Montana All-Star Orchestra; Brown Envirothon, three years; National Honor Society; Honor Society, three years. Student Council. Scholarships, awards: Scholarships, awards: Academic All-State, four years; Pepperdine Regents Scholars Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival Program Seaver Scholarship; Outstanding Soloist; Crown of Boston University Presidential the Continent Guitar Workshop Scholar; George Washington Scholarship; state music festival University Presidential Acasuperior ratings; Montana demic Scholarship; University University System Honor of Massachusetts Amherst Commonwealth Honors College Scholarship; Flathead Valley Community College High School Chancellor’s Award; University Honor Scholarship and Merit of Montana Davidson Honors Scholarship; Lewis and Clark College Montana Academic Grant; Western Washington Achievement Scholarship; UM University Western UnderPresidential Gold Leadership Scholarship; Montana University graduate Exchange Scholarship; University of Montana Academic System Honor Scholarship; Achievement Scholarship; UniUniversity of Utah Nonresident versity of Puget Sound Trustee Academic Full Tuition Scholarship; Flathead County Republi- Scholarship; Prescott College can Women Scholarship; Christ Trustee Scholarship and Bridge Grant; Green Mountain College Lutheran Church Scholarship. Academic Merit Award and Future: Purse international studies and foreign languages at Authentic Sustainability Grant; Pepperdine University in Malibu, Bothe & Lauridsen Make a Difference Scholarship. California. Future: Take a year to go bike Sam Benkelman touring and then attend Western Washington University to study Parents: Cody and Cynenvironmental science and thia Benkelman gender/sexuality studies. GPA: 4.0 Activities: National Honor Cassidy Grady Society, president; Student Council, student body secParents: David Grady and retary; soccer; speech and Linda Engh-Grady debate; choir; GPA: 4.0 orchestra; theater; Activities: FREEFLOW Field Distributive Science and Environmental Education Clubs Club; Students Taking Action of America; Model Now Global United Nations. Awareness Club; Scholarships, Gender-Sexuality awards: Arcadia Alliance Club; Benkelman University Full Writer’s Club; Tuition ScholarNational Honor ship; Fordham University Full Society, treasurer; Tuition Scholarship and National varsity soccer; Pep Grady Merit Scholarship; Northeastern Band; drumline; University Full Tuition ScholarPoetry Out Loud. ship; Plum Creek Scholarship; Scholarships, awards: Montana High School Business Colorado School of Mines Merit Challenge Scholarship. Scholarship; Flathead ConFuture: Attend Harvard servation District Scholarship; University to tentatively study Soroptomist International of computer science with a preWhitefish Memorial Scholarship. law track. Future: Major in environmental engineering at Colorado Bergen Carloss School of Mines. Parents: Pat and Barrett Gray Missy Carloss GPA: 4.0 Parents: Cameron Blake and Activities: Cross country; Sandy Gray speech and debate; National GPA: 4.0 Honor Society; Student CounActivities: Cross country; cil, student body treasurer; track and field; FREEFLOW Field Students Taking Action Now Science and Environmental Club; Global AwareStudents Taking Action Now ness Club. Global Awareness ScholarClub; Genderships, awards: Sexuality Alliance Cambridge Club; National Scholarship; Santa Honor Society; Clara President’s varsity band. Scholarship; Ellen Scholarships, Carloss Browning Scripps awards: Flathead Gray Academic Fellow. Conservation DisFuture: Major in trict Scholarship; international relations or biolMontana Council of Teachers of ogy at Scripps College. Mathematics Contest Scholarship; All-State, cross country; Brian FauntLeRoy Academic All-State. Future: Attend Princeton Parents: Craig and University to study environSusan FauntLeRoy mental engineering. GPA: 4.0 Activities: National Honor Society; football and track, four Heather Luedke years; basketball, Parents: Bret and three years. Ruth Luedke Scholarships, GPA: 4.0 awards: Carroll Activities: National Honor College Bishop Society; varsity Carroll Scholartennis, captain; ship and FootMuldown Elemenball Award. tary School mentor. FauntLeRoy Future: Study Scholarships, premed at Carroll awards: Flathead College to become a physiConservation Discal therapist. trict Scholarship; Luedke Carleton College Nathan Fauth William Carleton Scholar; People’s Parents: Ray and WynChoice Award for art show. ette Fauth Future: Major in environGPA: 4.0 mental and technology studies Activities: Varsity tennis, at Carleton College in Northfour years; National Honor Society, two years; field, Minnesota. Pep Band. Scholarships, Peter Mow awards: George Parents: Amy and Jeff Mow Fox University GPA: 4.0 Presidential Activities: Scholar Award; National Honor Montana UniverSociety; football; Fauth sity System Honor basketball; track Scholarship. and field. Future: Study engineering at ScholarGeorge Fox University of Monships, awards: tana State University with hopes Colorado ColMow of doing mission work around lege Grant. the world. Future: Undecided.
Ryan Brown
Emma Nixon Parents: Tom Nixon and Katie Nixon GPA: 4.0 Activities: FREEFLOW Field Science and Environmental Club; Students Taking Action Now Global Awareness Club; Gay-Straight Alliance Club; orchestra; cross Nixon country; tennis. Scholarships, awards: Montana University System Honor Scholarship; Flathead Conservation District Scholarship; Soroptomist Club Scholarship. Future: Obtain a degree in sustainability and a culinary certificate for farm-table food production.
Sarah Perez Parents: Juan and Daria Perez GPA: 4.0 Activities: Cross country; National Honor Society; swim team; Key Club; orchestra; Young Entrepreneurs Academy; Health Occupations Students of America. Perez Scholarships, awards: Plum Creek Scholarship; Soroptomist Memorial Scholarship; Flathead County Republican Women’s Scholarship. Future: Study premed at Duke University. Walter Sobba Parents: Elizabeth and David Sobba GPA: 4.0 Activities: Varsity soccer, four years, captain for two years; Distributive Education Clubs of America, four years; varsity track, two years. Scholarships, awards: All-State soccer; soccer state championship; six DECA state championships; National Merit Finalist; Montana Business Challenge, second place; Presidential Scholar nominee. Future: Attend Stanford University. Keaton Wells Parents: Kevin and Kerri Wells GPA: 4.0 Activities: Student Council; National Honor Society; track and field. Future: Pursue a degree in business/finance Wells at Texas A&M University.
Graduates Gauge Anderson, Cole AshbyFinnegan, Abbigail Belcher, Makenna Benbrook, Samuel Benkelman, Chet Billi, Jack Blair, Casey Botner, Jack Brandt, Matthew Brewer, Jaren Brown, Ryan Brown, James Buckley, Victoria Buls, Haley Burger, Dylan Cardon, MacKenzie Carl, Bergen Carloss, Matthew Carr, Carson Collinsworth, Riley Coyne, Hunter Cripe, Alex Curry, Madison Davis, Keara Delaney, Mariah Drown, Rachel Dunlap, Spenser Eaton, Kate Ehrenberg, Danielle Esakoff, Roberto Fajardo, Nathan Farr, Brian FauntLeRoy, Nathan Fauth, Parris Febbo-Moon, Logan Freeman, Brook Fretz, Kennah Fuller, Kaitlynn Fyall, Austin Galvan, Libby George, Bradley Gerner, Annika Gordon, Cassidy Grady, Barrett Gray, Maybelline Green, Arden Greenwood, Hailey Hall, Dakota Henson, Dylan Hill, Ben Hirsch, Marcus Jackson, Baylen Johnson, Tanner Johnson, Jack Kahle, Victoria Kao, Colter Krass, Brooks Krause, Ethan Lannaghan, Allix Larsen, Dillon Lawrence, Emily Lawrence, Ceara Lawshe, Mikhenzy Libby, Callie Ling, Casey Ling, Jayden Littlecook, Rhiley Livingston, Heather Luedke, Rylee Mattern, Hope Maxwell, Luke May, Madison McCoy, Michaela McDowell, Mason McInnes, Austin McLeod, Gwenith Meske, Kaela Metcalfe, Peter Mow, Jed Nagler, Megan Nielsen, Emma Nixon, Claire Owens, Nikita Packard, Christopher Park, Santos Parra, Saige Perchy, Johnny Perez, Sarah Perez, Anna Peterson, Steven Quimby, Eric Reed, Abigail Reese, Austin Reese, Tanner Riedel, Noah Roalson, Chaffin Ross, Che Roussel, Jared Ryan, Stellan Ryan-Coats, Arika Schnur, Allie Schulz, Coral Schulz, Luke Seymour, Jordan Sletten, Katie Smith, Walter Sobba, Lily Stedman, Bret Stevens, Samuel Stevenson, Kate Streibich, Jordan Sweeney,
Dillon Thorsteinson, Casey Torres, Cole Turgeon, Bohdi Venery, Jesse Walburn, Joey Walp, Michael Warner, Marisa Warnick, Keaton Wells, Justin Wilson, Tavia Wood, Logan Wynn, Demi Zinke, Konrad Zinke, Brandon Zorn.
Scholarships and awards Gauge Anderson: Willamette University Presidential Scholarship; Carroll College Presidential Scholarship; Montana State University Premier Scholarship. Abbigail Belcher: E.A. Hinderman Memorial Scholarship . Samuel Benkelman: National Merit Finalist; National Merit Scholar; Plum Creek Community Scholarship; Student Assistance Foundation Scholarship; Hawkins Foundation Scholarship; Margaret Fellows and Jane Fellows Scholarship; Flathead Valley Community College High School Honor Scholarship; Willamette University Merit Scholarship; Susquehanna Merit Scholarship; Seattle University Merit Scholarship; Carroll College Merit Scholarship; University of Great Falls Merit Scholarship; Montana State University Academic Scholarships; Northeastern University Tuition Scholarship; Arcadia University Tuition Scholarship; Fordham University Tuition Scholarship; Harvard College Scholarships. Jack Brandt: Louisiana State University Academic Scholars Award; Southern Methodist University Founders Scholarship and Lyle School of Engineering Scholarship; University of Mississippi Presidential Scholarship. Ryan Brown: University of Montana Presidential Gold Leadership Scholarship; Montana Academic Achievement Scholarship; Flathead County Republican Women’s Scholarship; Montana University System Honor Scholarship; Wayde Davis Family Memorial Scholarship; Flathead Valley Community College High School Honor Scholarship; Helen Mulloy Whitefish Education Foundation Scholarship; Pepperdine Regents Scholars Program Seaver Scholarship; George Washington University Presidential Academic Scholarship; University of Utah Nonresident Full Tuition Scholarship; Boston University Presidential Scholar; University of Massachusetts Amherst Commonwealth Honors College Chancellor’s Award. Victoria Buls: Soroptimist International of Whitefish Memorial Scholarship; Hawkins Foundation Scholarship; North Valley Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship. Haley Burger: Pitzer College Scholarship. Dylan Cardon: Hawkins Foundation Scholarship; E.A. Hinderman Memorial Scholarship; Ted Lund Scholar/Athlete Scholarship. Bergen Carloss: Flathead Valley Community College High School Honor Scholarship; Willamette University Presidential Scholarship; Rhodes College Cambridge Scholarship; Scripps College Trustee Scholarship. Carson Collinsworth: Montana State University Premier Scholarship; Carroll College Academic Scholarship. Mariah Drown: Rhodes College Diehl Scholarship; University of Michigan Scholarship; University of Denver Scholarship; Soroptimist International of Whitefish Memorial Scholarship; Hawkins Foundation Scholarship; North Valley Hospital Foundation Scholarship; E.A. Hinderman Memorial Scholarship; Ted Lund Scholar/ Athlete Scholarship; Whitefish High School Alumni Association Scholarship. Rachel Dunlap: PEO Chapter D Scholarship; North Valley Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship. Kate Ehrenberg: National Merit Scholar; Flathead Valley Community College High School Honor Scholarship; PEO STAR Scholarship; Wesleyan University Environmental Fellowship Scholarship. Brian FauntLeRoy: Carroll College Football Scholarship, Bishop Carroll Scholarship and Opportunity Scholarship; Hawkins Foundation Scholarship; Flathead Valley Community College High School Honor Scholarship; David Sobba Memorial Scholarship; Jerry Barnes Scholarship. Nathan Fauth: George Fox Presidential Scholarship; Montana State University/Bozeman Premier Scholarship; Montana University System Honor Scholarship; Hawkins Foundation
Scholarship; Pam Fredenberg Memorial Scholarship; Flathead Valley Community College High School Honor Scholarship. Kennah Fuller: University of Great Falls Cross Country Scholarship; Soroptimist International of Whitefish Memorial Scholarship; Hawkins Foundation Scholarship; Stefanie K. Daily Memorial Scholarship; Flathead Electric Cooperative Two-year Scholarship; E.A. Hinderman Memorial Scholarship; Flathead County Democratic Women’s Scholarship; Ted Lund Scholar/ Athlete Scholarship; Herriges Family Memorial Scholarship; North Valley Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship; Jerry Barnes Scholarship. Annika Gordon: Montana University System Honor Scholarship; Flathead Valley Community College High School Honor Scholarship and Merit Scholarship; Lewis and Clark Grant; Western Washington University Western Undergraduate Exchange Scholarship; University of Montana Academic Achievement Scholarship; University of Puget Sound Trustee Scholarship; Prescott College Trustee Scholarship and Bridge Grant; Green Mountain College Academic Merit Award and Authentic Sustainability Grant; Bothe & Lauridsen Make a Difference Scholarship. Cassidy Grady: Colorado School of Mines Merit Scholarship; University of Portland President’s Scholarship and Honors Program Scholarship; Colorado State University Presidential Scholarship; Northern Arizona Gold Nonresident Tuition Scholarship; Flathead Conservation District Scholarship; Flathead Valley Community College High School Honor Scholarship; Soroptimist International of Whitefish Scholarship; Hawkins Foundation Scholarship; Muldown “Mully” Scholastic Achievement Scholarship. Barrett Gray: Flathead Conservation District Scholarship; Flathead Valley Community College High School Honor Scholarship. Maybelline Green: Glacier Symphony and Chorale Scholarship. Hailey Hall: University of Montana Academic Achievement Scholarship. Jack Kahle: Montana State University/Bozeman Premier Scholarship; Soroptimist International of Whitefish Memorial Scholarship; E.A. Hinderman Memorial Scholarship; Kim Dowaliby Memorial Scholarship. Ethan Lannaghan: Westminster Founder’s Scholarship. Allix Larsen: Montana State University-Bozeman Premier Scholarship; Student Assistance Foundation Circle of Success Scholarship; Hawkins Foundation Scholarship; Grace Ritzman Scholarship; E.A. Hinderman Memorial Scholarship; Flathead Pomona Grange Scholarship; North Valley Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship. Emily Lawrence: Montana State University-Bozeman Premier Scholarship, Dean’s Leadership Scholarship and College of Engineering Joel Eoy Scholarship; Carroll College Presidential Scholarship and St. Albert Scholarship; Seattle University Scholarship; University of Puget Sound Scholarship; Soroptimist International of Whitefish Memorial Scholarship; Hawkins Foundation Scholarship; Don K Chevrolet-Subaru-ChryslerDodge-Jeep-Ram Scholarship; Flathead Electric Cooperative Four-year Scholarship; E.A. Hinderman Memorial Scholarship; Governor’s Best and Brightest Merit Scholarship; Herriges Family Memorial Scholarship; Helen Mulloy Whitefish Education Foundation Scholarship; Women of the Moose Emily Leighty Scholarship. Callie Ling: Soroptimist International of Whitefish Memorial Scholarship. Rhiley Livingston: John and Ann Taylor Art Scholarship; E.A. Hinderman Memorial Scholarship. Heather Luedke: Flathead Conservation District Scholarship; Hawkins Foundation Scholarship; Flathead Valley Community College High School Honor Scholarship; Bothe & Lauridsen Make a Difference Scholarship; Smile Montana Scholarship. Hope Maxwell: Whitefish Masonic Lodge Scholarship; E.A. Hinderman Memorial Scholarship; North Valley Auxiliary Scholarship. See Whitefish, Page E18