463 area seniors earn MPCC Honor Cords; 14 also receive associate degrees

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Thursday, April 23, 2026

A total of 463 area high school seniors will receive honor cords from Mid-Plains Community College to wear at their high school graduation ceremonies this spring.

MPCC awards honor cords to students who have taken the initiative to earn college credit while still in high school. To qualify, students must successfully complete at least 12 credit hours through the college.

Fourteen of these students will graduate high school having already earned an associate degree from MPCC. Those students are: Jazlyn Arensdorf, Aubrey Benson, Esperanza Bueno, Ella Fote, Ava Franzen, Rebecca Keneipp, Addison Koenig, Hudson Kraus, Christen Larson-Malard, Brayden McNutt, Aashi Naidoo, Addisyn Purdy, Tenni Still and Rane Stockton.

The following students will receive honor cords this year:

Anselmo-Merna High School – Colin Wright

Ansley High School – Clysta Brott, Kolten Clay, Owen Cunningham, Bailey Hawkins, Addilyne Rohde, Landon Schulte

Arcadia High School – Cambria Calleroz

Arnold High School – Josiah Coleman, Madelyn Logsdon, Summer Morash, Hayden Myers, Eli Rogers, Luke Tullis, Crew Witthuhn

Arthur County High School – Kegan Allen, Ella Dam, Ryan Eilers, Wyatt Glos, Grady Gorwill, Jaycen Hanna, Jaycee Ohm, Colton Pilakowski, Reese Swanson, Rylan Swanson

Brady High School – Kennedi Cook, Hallie Johnson, Ella Lydic, Shyann McConville, Lydia McGown, Kelcie Motsinger, Abigail Robison, Mataiya Smith, Payton Stienike, Haydn Thomsen

Broken Bow High School – Lincoln Adams, Logan Bell, Jayden Gaffney, Genesis Gamboa, Maydee Guevara, Brielle Hamel-Evans, Trinity Hurlburt, Aidan Markham, Genesis Mejia Guevara, Charlee Myers, Olivia Neely, Dominic Nowak, Jacey Osmond, Maggie Peterson, Alexis Pflaster, Halle Quinn, Ruby Russell, Braxon Rynearson, Jaycee Staples, Erin Taylor, Izabelle Tibbs, Colton Uhlig, Rylie Wistisen, Ava Wood

Callaway High School – Aubrie Birkel, Tyra Brestel, Chenney Dishman, Angel Johnson, Dylan Pandorf, Conner Paulsen, Neltje Reiff, Natalie Trotter, Kaygan Witthuhn, Kelynn Witthuhn

Chase County High School – Karlie Anderson, Anna Aragon, Jackson Cyboron, Chloe Dittler, Alissa Dockery, Harrison Foote, Jayme Gittlein, Haven Hauxwell, Navy Havel, Ashlyn Heermann, Dylan Heermann, Carter Kuenning, Harley Markee, Tucker Mollendor, Paige Nickless, Krayton Paisley, Noah Rau, Yesenia Ruiz, Hayley Rusher, Riley Rusher, Destry Russell, Tessa Smith, Miranda Spady, Cristobal Tarango Flores, Parker Terryberry, Beau Weiss, Cyanne Weiss, Odessa Zadina

Cody-Kilgore High School – Kynzee McConaughey, Elliah Wolff

Dundy County-Stratton High School – Kennedy Bailey, Emma Baldeh, Leila Bernard, Dante Horner, Owen Mathews, August Shaw, Clara Spargo, Lexie Yrkoski

Eustis-Farnam High School – Cooper Knackstedt, Whitney Page, Bentley Stubbs

Gering High School – Boston Gable

Gothenburg Public Schools – Aubry Hall

Hayes Center High School – Grace Loomis

Hershey High School – Lindsay Blomstedt, Kenna Bringewatt, Kamryn Butterfield, Clara Denny, Karleigh Didier, Makenna Foster, Addison Frederick, Lillian Fuchser, Rhodee Hill, MaKenna Johnson, Landon Kennicutt, JT Lantis, Landon McNeel, Ryleigh Melvin, Jaydon Parker, Quintin Pinkerton, Alexis Read, Eli Smith, Natalia Toribio, Alexis Truesdale

Hitchcock County High School – Jefferson Erickson, Asia Homma, Karson Hubl, Jakob Wagner

Homeschool – Brodey Catlett, Mahaya Jones, Brianna Strecker, Dylen Trehal, Ilias Wonch

Hyannis High School – Faith Ferguson, Kevin Hernandez, Evan Merrihew

Lincoln North Star High School – Emryss Rowlison

Litchfield High School – Malynn Boyles, Brooke Fecht, Caydence Feldman, James Fletcher

Loup County Public School – Hudson Kraus

Maxwell High School – Keilah Curtis, Madelyn Flock, Elly Gosnell, Dallas Grunden, Emmeline Lucas, Lauren Mead, Graci Peterka, Rylynn Quick, Jordan Redden

Maywood High School – Jahven Reyes, Gwen Rutherford, Taren Sailor, Karissa Stengel, Kylee Wyman

McCook Senior High School – Tysen Baker, Saraie Barber, Rylie Barger, Jack Bates, Jackson Blomstedt, Paige Broomfield, Esperanza Bueno, Tristan Campbell, Emma Cappel, Claire Coady, Peyton Cock, Gracey Cornelsen, Isaiah Crayton, Jack Deveny, Bailee Foster, Aaron Frank, Brecken Gale, Reese Gillespie, Brody Graham, Bryson Gullion, Espn Hall, Lilian Haller, Jaylee Hammond, Truman Hancock, Braceton Hauxwell, Hannah Huff, Addison Koenig, Ryleigh Leibbrandt, Kapri Loop, Ethan Magnuson, Alaina McCarville, Elizabeth McConville, Addy Neal, Laney Peters, Miles Pollmann, Karstyn Porter, Abby Renner, Grady Riemenschneider, Riley Riggins, Gabe Roberts, Blake Rodewald, Fatima Rodriguez-Hernandez, Lissy Sandall-Sherwood, Tate Schafer, Addison Schliep, Abigail Schneider, Isaac Sonnenberg, Quinn Taylor, Trey Tiller, Jaylea Walgren, Cole Walter, Cason Waugh, Madison Wilcox, Jenna Wilkinson

McPherson County High School – Kamilla Johnston, Rachael Kemp-Powers, Brayden McNutt, Ashley Popham

Medicine Valley High School – Ashtyn Contrerez

North Platte High School – Emilee Allen, Colten Altig, Jazlyn Arensdorf, Mason Axford, Colbie Baade, Brynna Barker, Carter Barnason, Faith Bennett, Josie Bostwick, Lauren-McKay Bowers, Dylan Briscoe, Danika Chrisman, Parker Clang, Henry Cline, Kenedi Creasman, Wuditnnen Dasen, James Davis, Raven Davis, Naomi Dekleva, Trevor Dinkel, Derek Ebmeier, Ava Einspahr, Payton Epley, Joselynn Eyten, Roslynn Finke, Ava Franzen, Cade Freeze, Gabby Gartner, Takudzwa Gope, Savanna Gove, Allison Guthrie, Thomas Hagert, Ian Haremza, Maleighya Harmon, Izeah Harrison, Brooklyn Hartley, Leah Hazen, Hannah Hendricks, Madi Hilderbrand, Tanner Horne, Danaka Jedrzejczyk, Nevaeh Joneson, Molly Jorgensen, Ean Julius, Kate Kautz, Ruth Kempke, Rebecca Keneipp, Marley King, Gracen Kohn, Merci Koontz, Reagan Lampe, Elexis Lantis, Ashlynn Leibhart, Jeison Lopez Perez, Mischa Luna, Kaylee Lundgreen, Kasen Manary-Schumer, Lauren Marchlewski, Emma Mashek, Piper McCarty, Kori McClain, Evan McCuskey, Jayden McDermott, Cadi Miller, Blaise Moerke, Diego Moreno, Rylee Murrish, Jaxson Niles, Caylee O’Brien, Caleb Odell, Presley Pettera, Carolina Prieto, Addisyn Purdy, Hailee Raffaeli, Will Rathjen, Connor Robertson, Melanny Samon, Stetson Schroder, Kenedi Schroeder, Paige Seery, Makynzi Smith, Eban Spratt, Sam Stefka, Carter Stewart, Tenni Still, Mason Stine, Rane Stockton, Asher Strecker, Adyson Stroud, Luke Thramer, Myiah Thramer, Katie Titus, Trace Tobiasson, Blake Tonkinson, Samuel Uehling, Whitney Wehr, Harper Whitney, Keyala Williams, Davis Winter

North Platte St. Patrick’s High School – Hudson Deeds, Emilio Dimas, Paige Dodson, Trey Furmanski, Mason Giebler, Rose Green, Nick Krondak, Austin Lindsey, Aidan Long, Savannah Miles, Jamie Murtaugh, Aashi Naidoo, Maggie Nichols, Lilliana Otte, Dimitri Pettit, Logan Robirds, Isabelle Scholz, Landon Shepherd, Rameja Somers-Dehaney, Cooper Swanson, Sutton Tickle, Hazie Uerling, Ava Welch, Dany Zheng, Daria Zheng

Ogallala High School – Paige Armijo, Jalie Barnhill, Connor Bell, Edan Cain, Madeline Caskey, Miles Davis, Hayden Ervin, Jacob Fanning, Sadie Flansburg, Rylan Gilmore, Madie Hoerle, Grace Jones, Lily Knoke, Sawyer Laflan, Ella Mueller, Zaiden Peterson, Carson Roland, Hayden Shaw, Addison Slama, Sawyer Smith

Paxton High School – Briley Dorram, Destiny Florom, Kenyon Florom, Ella Fote, Marlee Gleason, Jaleigh Hansen, Madilynn Mullen, Kepler Spurgin, Angeline Villa Enriquez

Perkins County High School – Hannah Bishop, Myles Bishop, Sydney Bottom, Brenna Colglazier, Ryan Dickinson, Madaline Fosbinder, Jacqueline Gloy, Gatlin Hall, Cooper Kroeker, Kaylynn Macke, Benjamin McClain, Josiah Mireles, Jet Peterson, Rylee Schrotberger, Preston Schwanebeck, Ava Seger, Madison Swesey, Tessa Uehling

Sandhills High School – HayLynn Glidden, Rylyn Moody, Connor Sutton

Sargent High School – Aolany Acosta, Mace Beran, Cazen Coffman, Emmet Grint, Kooper Keefe, Xackary Lowry, Hayden Nelson, LoReena Schauda, Carsen Vincent, Jaylin Young

Southwest High School – Caitlyn Adams, Houston Billeter, Ella Cure, Adeasha Escobar Salas, Alyssa Koch, Anikka Nelms, Kyra Nelms, Bellamie Stritt

Stapleton High School – Kelsey Amos, Rhayana Bruns, Sheek Bruns, Kempten Florea,

Lexi Hagan, Tucker Housman

Sutherland High School – Addisyn Gunderson, Jali Martinez, Gracie Pearson, Jackson Saner, Isaac Sinsel, Payten Weber

Thedford High School – Laney Dahlberg, Brooklynn DeNaeyer, Tate Johnston, Whitley Rasmussen, James Reiser, Maurice Robinson

Valentine High School – Aubrey Benson, Trace Buechle, Michael Cozad, Isaac Cronin, William Cumbow, Katelyn Dorsey, Aiden Hand, Kylee Hoefs, Ashlyn Hutchinson, Sari LaDeaux, Christen Larson-Malard, Landen Mooney, Grace Murphy, Maeli Patterson, Sutton Schrunk, Samantha Sprenger, Rylee Ward, Reeves Witte

Wallace High School – Ryder Cable, Adan Juarez, Elliana Robertson, Kaley Sauser

Wauneta-Palisade High School – Tyler Baker, Maggie DeWester, Lilly Dinnel, McKenna Doetker, Jose Marquezhoyos, Cheyenne Parrish, Casey Walker

More information about MPCC’s Early Entry program, which allows high school students to earn college credit, is available at: https://www.mpcc.edu/admissions/early-entry-high-school-students.php.