HAYS, Kan. – Local students are among the 32 graduating seniors who have been nominated for the 2020 Torch Award, the highest student honor awarded by Fort Hays State University’s Alumni Association.
The Torch Award, created in 1974, is presented every year at spring Commencement.
Torch candidates are nominated by members of the faculty on the basis of classroom excellence, participation in professional organizations and involvement in student, civic or research activities.
Nominees are listed alphabetically by hometown and ZIP code.
Torch Award Nominees
COLBY (67701): Gabrielle Wilson is a communication sciences and disorders major. She is a graduate of Colby High School.
COZAD, Neb. (69130): Graham Applegate is an economics (finance) and management major. He is a graduate of Cozad High School.
DERBY (67037): Patrick Cook is a physics and mathematics major. He is a graduate of Derby High School and the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science.
Broque Short is an accounting (public) and finance major. He is a graduate of Derby High School.
DIGHTON (67839): Morgan Tucker is an agriculture (animal science) major. She is a graduate of Dighton High School.
FORMOSO (66942): Eric McFarlane is an English and secondary education major. He is a graduate of Rock Hills High School.
GOODLAND (67758): Samuel Ayers is a English (writing) major. He is a graduate of Goodland High School.
GREAT BEND (67530): Kaylie Doll is a medical diagnostic imaging (ultrasound) major. She is a graduate of Great Bend High School.
Macy Moyers is a biology major with a minor in chemistry. She is a graduate of Great Bend High School.
Shelby Wiesner is a sociology major. She is a graduate of Great Bend High School.
HAYS (67601): Brooks Barber is a marketing (digital) major with a certificate in tourism and hospitality management. He is a graduate of Hays High School.
Tyler Dallis is an art and design (studio art) major.
Adam Flax is a music education major. He is a graduate of Thomas More Prep-Marian High School.
Madelyn Norris is a nursing major. She is a graduate of Hays High School.
Taryn Rupp is a tourism and hospitality management major. She is a graduate of Thomas More Prep-Marian High School.
Morgan Weber is a communication sciences and disorders major. She is a graduate of Thomas More Prep-Marian High School.
HUTCHINSON (67501): Brianna Buller is a history major. She is a graduate of Hutchinson High School.
IMPERIAL, Neb. (69033): Michael Musgrove is a political science major. He is a graduate of Chase County High School.
JUNCTION CITY (67441): Kathryn Westerhaus is a biology and secondary education major. She is a graduate of Junction City High School.
LITTLETON, Colo. (80120): Reese Leiker is a political science major. He is a graduate of Heritage High School.
MAPLE HILL (66507): Kelsi Wood is a management major. She is a graduate of St. Marys High School.
NORTON (67654): Raenee Patterson is an organizational leadership major. She is a graduate of Norton High School.
RAVENNA, Neb. (68869): Holly Dethlefs is an elementary education major. She is a graduate of Ravenna High School.
SALINA (67470): Jessica Joy Johnson is a history (secondary education) major. She is a graduate of Salina Central High School.
SCOTT CITY (67871): Megan Smith is a nursing major. She is a graduate of Scott Community High School.
ST. FRANCIS (67756): Kattie Jenik is an accounting (public) major. She is a graduate of St. Francis Community High School.
ST. MARYS (66536): Anne-Sophie Tooley is an English major. She is a graduate of St. Marys High School.
TOPEKA (66610): Darby Hirsch is a nursing major. She is a graduate of Washburn Rural High School.
WACO, Texas (76701): Alexandria Kultgen is an organizational leadership major. She is a graduate of Keystone National High School, Bloomsburg, Penn..
WICHITA (67207): Kaytee Wisley is a political science major. She is a graduate of Wichita Southeast High School.
WICHITA (67209): Cassidy Locke is an English major. She is a graduate of Goddard High School.
WICHITA (67226): Jackilyn Dougherty is a leadership studies major. She is a graduate of the Independent School.