Month: March 2017

Wyandotte County students on dean’s honor list at Saint Mary

Several Wyandotte County students are on the fall dean’s honor list at the University of Saint Mary, Leavenworth, according to Provost Bryan LeBeau.

The students had a grade point average of 3.5 or better.

From Bonner Springs:

Bailey Hightower
Miyah Hightower
Jordan Lackner
Darcy Noe

From Kansas City, Kansas:

Oskar Ayala
Yessina Benavides
Sylvia Gillis
Ashley King
Andrew Kump
Jami Lynne
Alexis Myers
Kendall Nick
Lydia Paterson
Jared Paulakovich
Leonardo Perez
Samantha Ricci-Weller
Parker Richardson
Karina Rodriguez
Francisco Sanchez
Austin Schuler
Olivia Silvey
Mark Stimach
Nicole Stimetz

No. 7 Highland sweeps KCKCC in Jayhawk softball openers

KCKCC shortstop Candice Jennings leaps over a sliding Highland base-stealer while second baseman Sam Sudac grabs a high throw in the Blue Devils’ 6-1 loss Tuesday. (KCKCC photo by Alan Hoskins)

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC

Highland Community College lived up to its No. 7 NJCAA Division II national ranking and then some Tuesday, scoring 24 runs in a sweep of Kansas City Kansas Community College in opening Jayhawk Conference play.

An 18-0 winner in just five innings in the opener, the Lady Scotties (11-3) stretched their winning streak to 10 in a row by completing a sweep with a 6-1 win in the nightcap.

The losses dropped the Blue Devils to 8-4 heading into a doubleheader against North Central Missouri in Trenton Thursday before returning home to host a University of Missouri club team Saturday and a University of Kansas club team Sunday. Both doubleheaders will start at noon.

“We had our chances in the second game but just couldn’t come through,” said KCKCC coach Kacy Tillery. “I was disappointed with our lack of energy and focus in the first game. Obviously, we did not come to play. We started the game with an error and a walk and it just went downhill from there. You can’t give away outs and free passes.”

The Blue Devils put the leadoff hitter on base in three of the first five innings in the nightcap but could not score until the sixth Allison Kasick and Candice Jennings singled and Kahterina Stringer doubled with two out. Stratton, Hall and Amy-Grace Wilson had the other KCKCC hits.

Highland took a 1-0 lead in the second on a walk, stolen base and single and then added single runs in the fourth on a leadoff home run and in the fifth on a leadoff triple off Shannon Greene, who gave up six runs on 10 hits.

KCKCC managed only two hits, a triple by Kaylynn Stratton and a single by Taylor Hall, off Highland’s Kennadi Barron in the opener. Barron struck out six and walked two while the Scotties backed her with 20 hits including a pair of home runs.

KCK students recognized for academic achievements at Emporia State

Several Wyandotte County students were named to the honor roll and dean’s list at Emporia State University recently.

Those named to the honor roll and dean’s lists from Wyandotte County included:

Chloe Bridge of Kansas City, Kansas, university honor roll.

Raymond Horvat of Kansas City, Kansas, university honor roll and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean’s list.

Kate Dorian of Kansas City, Kansas, university honor roll and School of Business dean’s list.

Quinci Driskell of Kansas City, Kansas, university honor roll and The Teachers College dean’s list.

Deidra Elijah of Kansas City, Kansas, university honor roll and The Teachers College dean’s list.

Meghan Rice of Kansas City, Kansas, university honor roll and The Teachers College dean’s list.

Jeneice Waters of Kansas City, Kansas, university honor roll and The Teachers College dean’s list.

To qualify for the semester honor roll, students earned a minimum 3.80 semester grade point average in at least 12 graded hours.

To qualify for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean’s list, students earned a semester grade point average that puts them in the top 10 percent of all students enrolled in full-time undergraduate work within the college and have a cumulative 3.5 GPA for all Emporia State courses.