Arts Council announces Shooting Star nominees

The Arts Council of Johnson County has announced the 110 young visual, performing and literary artists from more than 25 local high schools who have been nominated for a Shooting Stars Scholarship.

The Shooting Stars Recognition, Scholarship & Awards Program celebrates Johnson County high school seniors who have excelled in the arts. Students were nominated by an arts teacher in one of nine categories.

They audition or submit their portfolio before a panel of judges for scholarship consideration.

Nominees for the Shooting Stars scholarship are: Melanie Arroyo, Shawnee Mission North High School; Melissa Arroyo, Shawnee Mission North High School; Laura Ballard, Blue Valley West High School; Justin Barron, Olathe North High School; Alec Barth, Rockhurst High School; David Beeder, Shawnee Mission East High School; Scott Bolton, Blue Valley High School; Zachary Boswell, Olathe North High School;

Briana Bosworth, Olathe South High School; Beth Bowman, Shawnee Mission North High School; Elizabeth Braden, Shawnee Mission North High School; Rachel Branson, Blue Valley North High School; Sydney Bryer, Olathe North High School; Christopher Burke, Olathe North High School; Devin Burns, Olathe South High School; Leslie Butsch, Olathe Northwest High School;

Brenna Campbell, Olathe South High School; Sally Carmichael, Shawnee Mission West High School; Warner Cook, Olathe South High School; Mitchall Crane, Olathe Northwest High School; Aaron Craven, Blue Valley West High School; Olivia Cruz, Olathe South High School; Ashton Curry, Blue Valley High School; Jessica Dailey, De Soto High School; Daniel Davis, De Soto High School;

Megan Deay, Shawnee Mission East High School; Ashley Dyche, Mill Valley High School; Lauren Engelken, Shawnee Mission East High School; Scott Fagan, Shawnee Mission South High School; Nicole Fenn, Shawnee Mission West High School; Allison Flom, Olathe Northwest High School; Sean Foster, Shawnee Mission North High School; Kenneth Fox, The Barstow School;

Emily Gamel, Olathe East High School; Hunter Gilson, Blue Valley West High School; Abby Glauser, Shawnee Mission West High School; Mereya Goetzinger, Olathe North High School; Tyler Gregg, De Soto High School; Marcus Grimes, Mill Valley High School; Annie Hanson, Olathe East High School; Jack Hawkins, Shawnee Mission East High School; Matthew Hennek, Shawnee Mission South High School; Abby Hershberger, Blue Valley West High School; Tyler Horseman, Bishop Miege High School;

Jourdan Hull, Olathe East High School; Megan Hymer, Olathe East High School; Kathryn Jaeger, Shawnee Mission East High School; Daniel Jarrett, Olathe East High School; Dan Johnson, Shawnee Mission North High School;

Alex Johnson, Olathe East High School; Abby Kallenbach, Olathe South High School; Timothy Kent, Blue Valley Northwest High School; Emily King, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School; Rachel Knox, St. Teresa’s Academy; Kirk Koczanowski, Blue Valley Northwest High School; Clare Krska, De Soto High School; Taylor Lemmon, Maranatha Academy; Joel Mann, Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy; Kathleen Martin, Shawnee Mission West High School;

Hillary Martin, Shawnee Mission West High School; Evans Mbai, Olathe North High School; Laura McClung, Blue Valley North High School; Kate McKay, Pembroke Hill School; Emily Monrad, Olathe East High School; Eric Morris, Shawnee Mission West High School;

Stephanie Morrow, Shawnee Mission South High School; Samantha Morrow, Shawnee Mission South High School; Solace Naeymi, Blue Valley West High School; Andrew Nielson, Olathe South High School; Joe Nunnink, Bishop Miege High School; Jonathan Park, Blue Valley West High School; Lauren Pearson, Blue Valley North High School; Taylor Place, Blue Valley Northwest High School; Alex Ragan, Olathe North High School; Erin Rand, Shawnee Mission South High School; Stephen Reece, Mill Valley High School; Michelle Reinholdt, Mill Valley High School; Andrew Rhodes, De Soto High School;

Lyndall Robinson, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School; Allison Roebuck, Shawnee Mission East High School; Audrey Scherer, Blue Valley High School; Spencer Shain, Saint Thomas Aquinas High School; Andrew Shaw, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School; Brendan Showen, De Soto High School; Turner Sousley, Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy; Austin Stang, Blue Valley High School; Cody Stice, Olathe North High School;

Juliannah Still, Blue Valley North High School and Steve Sullivant, Blue Valley North High School; Danny Sumrall, Shawnee Mission West High School; Shaun Sutton, Blue Valley North High School; Seth Swank, Maranatha Academy; Briana Swift, Olathe Northwest High School; Isaac Talbert, Olathe East High School; Paige Taylor, Olathe Northwest High School; Austen Todd, De Soto High School; Erica Turner, Pembroke Hill School; Alexandra Vendetti, Blue Valley Northwest High School; Jack Wallace, Shawnee Mission North High School; Kristin Weber, Blue Valley West High School;

Corianne Wells, Gardner Edgerton High School; Jamie Wells, Spring Hill High School; Allison Whitfield, Olathe South High School; Lori Wilkerson, De Soto High School; Brittany Williams, Shawnee Mission North High School; Caitlin Wilson, Blue Valley High School; Joella Wolnik, Olathe North High School; Valerie Wooten, Mill Valley High School; Ali Yaqubian, Shawnee Mission East High School; Frances Zhu, Blue Valley North High School.

All nominated students are honored and 18 scholarship recipients will be announced at the Annual Shooting Stars Gala on March 28 at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art and Yardley Hall of the Carlsen Center at Johnson County Community College, College Boulevard and Quivira Road.

For more information about the Shooting Stars program or to make reservations for the gala, contact the Arts Council of Johnson County at 894-2720 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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