Perry High School seniors received a number of academic and department awards and scholarships during the Senior Awards Assembly on Wednesday, May 15.
The following is a full list of the night’s award and scholarship recipients.
Iowa Governor’s Scholar Recognition Award – Addison Huntington
IHSAA Bernie Saggau Award – Kain Killmer
IGHSAU E. Wayne Cooley Award – Callie Steva
Tom Lipovac Award – Kaitlyn Leber, Drake Levan
Iowa State Bar Association Citizenship Award – Kaylee Wuebker, Sophia McDevitt
The Spirit of a Bluejay Award – Valeria Gomez, Maddy Hollingsworth, Kain Killmer, Nate Lutterman, Mia Munoz, Diana Okubay, Callie Steva, Minasey Tewelde
NASSP Citizenship Award – Oscar Acuna, Emily Aguilar, Youssef Belarbi, Jocelyn Canahui, Zoe Hibbert, Joi Hoffman, Sarai Jaimes, Egan Leber, Jayden Quillen, Sebastian Robles, Jesse Rodriguez, Shelby Smith
Theulen-Davis Award – Kaelan Davis, Lilly Riley, Maci Tunink, Minasey Tewelde, Zoey Vail
Presidential Academic Award – Emily Aguilar, Kassidy Atwell, Sydney Barkley, Jonathan Barrios-Munoz, Rebeca Cacheo, Angel Calderon, Elias Cisneros, Alex Cooper, Kevin Cortes, Alisson Diaz, Emily Dowd, Erik Escobar, Alexa Garcia, Valeria Gomez, Brynley Hayes, Itzel Hernandez, Zoe Hibbert, Maddy Hollingsworth, Aidyn Hood, Addison Huntington, Laisha Hurtado, Rachael Kares, Gavin Kercheval, Kain Killmer, Kaitlyn Leber, Drake Levan, Nate Lutterman, Sophia McDevitt, Mia Munoz, Alexa Nelson, Jenna Nelson, Diana Okubay, Jayden Quillen, Lilly Riley, Xandra Schmidt, Riley Sergent, Keegan Snyder, Callie Steva, Minasey Tewelde, Maci Tunink, Jose Vargas, Kaylee Wuebker
John Philip Sousa Award – Nate Lutterman
IJAG Leadership Award – Leanna Watkins, Hailey Granados
Big Buddy Mentoring Award – Mia Munoz, Alexa Garcia, Sebastian Robles
The Bluejay Congress Outstanding Service Award – Kaitlyn Leber
Iowa Choral Directors Award – Alexa Nelson
Cook-Weishaar Instrumental & Vocal Music Award – Alexa Nelson
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award – Alexa Nelson
United States Marine Corps Semper Fidelis Music Award – Jesus Gonzalez
Dale Schumacher Industrial Tech Award – Rodrigo Orduna
Industrial Technology Outstanding Achievement Award – Jesse Rodriguez
Outstanding PE Award – Zoey Hibbert, Jayden Quillen
Mike Garber Physical Education Awards – Diana Okubay Alex Cooper
George Soumas American History Award – Tristan Steil
Judge Van Wifvat American Government Awards – Xandra Schmidt, Zane Linn
Emil Natalle World Studies Award – Addison Huntington
Jim Kaufman Social Studies Award – Kain Killmer
PHS Economics Award – Xandra Schmidt
Roger Emmert Senior Mathematician Award – Addison Huntington, Gavin Kercheval
Jeff Bice Memorial Award – Maddy Hollingsworth, Alexa Nelson
Richard Ehlers-Kenneth Finer-Leon Fox Senior Science Awards – Gavin Kercheval
Dave Pratt Outstanding Senior Artist – Emily Doud (2D Art) , Ahury Perla and Jose Vargas (3D Art)
Utterback-Taylor Business Award – Itzel Hernandez
The Barnes Memorial Scholarship – Addison Huntington ($1,000)
Beasley-Mills Memorial Scholarships – Addison Huntington, Sophia McDevitt, Jenna Nelson, Rebeca Cacheo, Brynley Hayes ($1,000)
Oliver D. & Mary K. Boyer Memorial Scholarship – Callie Steva, Drake Levan, Nate Lutterman, Xandra Schmidt, Lilly Riley ($1,000)
Dr. Eugene R. Brady Memorial Scholarship – Laisha Hurtado ($500)
Ronald E. Davis Family Scholarship – Callie Steva ($1,000)
PEO Chapter DE Scholarship – Addison Huntington ($500)
PEO Chapter OK Scholarship – Kassidy Atwell ($300)
Perry Elks Lodge #407 Scholarship – Addison Huntington, Callie Steva, Drake Levan, Lilly Riley, Kaylee Wuebker, Maci Tunink, Raymond Woodall ($250)
DMACC Foundation Scholarship – Youssef Belarbi, Erika Carranza, Yajaira Hernandez, Diana Okubay, Jayden Quillen, Antonio Salazar, Keegan Snyder, Minasey Tewelde ($1,000)
E. Ruth Garren Memorial Scholarship – Itzel Hernandez, Kaitlyn Leber ($1,500); Minasey Tewelde, Alisson Diaz ($1,000)
Hispanics United for Perry Scholarship – Sophia McDevitt, Jose Vargas ($1,000)
Javier Construction Scholarship – Laisha Hurtado, Diana Okubay, Mia Munoz, Erik Escobar, Minasey Tewelde, Jose Vargas ($500)
Knights of Columbus – Kaylee Wuebker, Andres Avila, Maci Tunink, Sophia McDevitt, Erika Guardado ($200)
Ladies Golf League Scholarship – Addison Huntington, Kaylee Wuebker, Zoey Vail ($200)
Lloyd & Anne Lane Scholarship – Sydney Barkley ($1,500); Alexa Nelson, Kassidy Atwell, Gavin Kercheval, Emily Dowd, Jonathan Barrios, Emily Aguilar ($1,000)
Madelon Capp Carlile Scholarship – Brynley Hayes, Grace Carman ($1,500); Sarai Jaimes, Valeria Gomez, Rachael Kares, Alexa Garcia, Jayden Quillen, Brooklyn Carter, Diana Okubay, Jenna Nelson, Xandra Schmidt, Kaylee Wuebker, Jennifer Ramos, Maddy Hollingsworth ($1,000); Itzel Hernandez, Sydney Barkley, Alexa Nelson, Gavin Kercheval, Zoe Hibbert, Emily Dowd, Jonathan Barrios-Munoz, Emily Aguilar, Alisson Diaz, Rebeca Cacheo, Bella Burgos, Kylie Robinson, Erika Carranza, Icela Vargas, Luis Castro, Jocelyn Canahui, Shelby Smith, Eagan Leber, Emmalee Bell ($500)
Mary Waggie Scholarship – Callie Steva ($1,000)
Millard & Blanch White Scholarship – Emma Kenyon ($500)
Trent Miner Memorial Scholarship – Addison Huntington, Sophia McDevitt, Callie Steva, Drake Levan, Nate Lutterman, Kaylee Wuebker, Maddy Hollingsworth, Alexa Nelson, Kain Killmer, Emily Dowd, Maci Tunink, Erika Guardado, Zoey Vail, Kaelan Davis, Grace Carman ($350)
Optimist Club of Perry Scholarship – Ericka Guardado, Essay Contest; Grace Garrett Carman, Scholarship; Zoey Vail, Smiles for Ahmir ($500)
Perry Education Association Scholarship – Callie Steva ($500)
Perry Lions Club Scholarship – Diana Barron ($1,000)
Perry Lutheran Homes StepUp Scholarship – Kaitlyn Leber ($1,000)
Perry Rotary Club Scholarship – Kaitlyn Leber, Mia Munoz, Sophia McDevitt, Nate Lutterman ($1,000)
PHS Science-Tech Scholarship – Rebeca Cacheo ($400)
Raccoon Valley Bank Scholarship – Sophia McDevitt, Drake Levan, Maci Tunink, Ahury Perla ($500)
Tom Schleicher Memorial Scholarship – Callie Steva ($150)
Darin Steva Memorial Scholarship – Callie Steva ($100)
St. Patrick’s Regina Guild – Andres Avila Cerna, Erika Guardado, Sophia McDevitt, Kaylee Wuebker, Maci Tunink ($250)
Tyson Scholarship – Xavier Yaeggy, Minasey Tewelde, Valeria Gomez, Youssef Belarbi, Diana Okubay, Erkia Guardado, Alexa Garcia, Andres Avila Cerna, Elias Cisneros ($1,000)
Dallas “Pete” & Joyce (Conklin) VanKirk Scholarship – Oscar Acuna, Erik Escobar ($2,000); Kain Killmer, Keegan Snyder, Youssef Belarbi, Shaelynn Fiddler, Karla Herrera, Maddy Hollingsworth ($1,500); Yajaira Hernandez, Zoe Hibbert ($1,000)
Judge Van Wifvat Memorial Scholarship – Riley Sergent ($1,000)
Guthrie County REC – Lilly Riley ($1,000)
Raccoon Valley Radio – Lilly Riley ($300)
Iowa Hospital Education Research Foundation DCH – Ava Augustus, Brandon Mahler, Tristan Toms, Xavier Yaeggy, Charles Putney-Wiles, Elliott Farmer, Alexandra Gonzalez, Emmely De La Cruz, Tristyn Steil, Kaelan Davis ($500)
IHERF And DCH Scholarship – Kaitlyn Leber ($2,000)
