CARROLLTON, Mo. — School bells will be ringing for the final time this school year soon and school districts across Missouri are celebrating their students’ achievements as many of them prepare for graduation and the road ahead.
For nearly three decades, KMZU has joined those schools in recognizing their very best and brightest young scholars with the KMZU Academic Achievement Awards and Banquet, now in its 28th year. Those students will be honored at a banquet on Wednesday, May 1.
Click below to hear the announcement of this year’s KMZU Academic Achievement Awards honorees, which aired Tuesday on KMZU.
| School | Student |
|---|---|
| Bosworth | Jenasyn Elliott |
| Braymer | Victoria Sue Smith |
| Brookfield | Precious Starlin |
| Bucklin | Kristin Hayes |
| Carrollton | Hayden Ritchhart |
| Chillicothe | Matt Anthony |
| Crest Ridge | Kaylie Shackelford |
| Holden | Valorie Slack |
| Keytesville | Kennedey Shannon |
| Kingsville | Luke Engel |
| Knob Noster | Riley Corbett |
| La Monte | Cole Scott |
| Lafayette County C-1 | Lydia Grumke |
| Linn County | Savannah Seals |
| Marceline | Colton Nelson |
| Marshall | Margaret Sherman |
| Meadville | Jordan Schmitz |
| Mid-Buchanan | Gracie Livengood |
| New Franklin | Hayden Wiseman |
| Norborne | Levi Cheney |
| Northwestern | Emily Truesdell |
| Oak Grove | Mary Delgado |
| Orrick | Jaci Jefferies |
| Penney | Malachi McBee |
| Pleasant Hill | Anastasia Hanes |
| Polo | Steven Knotts |
| Richmond | Emily Martens |
| Santa Fe | Jacob Dierking |
| Slater | Cassandra Eddy |
| Southwest Livingston | Meredith Oesch |
| Tina-Avalon | Hannah Colliver |
| Trenton | Werthen Gass |
