District honors GHS student achievements

District honors GHS student achievements News Staff Sat, 05/18/2024 - 2:56 pm

• (THOMAS WALLNER | THE GRAHAM LEADER) Sara Peyton Dospapas shakes hands with new Graham ISD board member John Brown during a recognition of Graham High School students Wednesday, May 15 alongside the board meeting.

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Annually the Graham ISD Board of Trustees devotes one meeting to the recognition of students within the district and their accomplishments throughout the year. That meeting was held this week honoring students from every campus.

Students were recognized by their campus principal Wednesday, May 10 at Graham High School. Recognitions were given for students’ academic, fine arts and extracurricular achievements during the 2023-2024 school year.

GHS Honors

Addison Aaron – DECA - Restaurant and Food Service Management - State Qualifier
Jazlyn Van Alstyne – DECA - Business and Individual Series - State Qualifier; UIL Academics: Copy Editing - District second place; Advanced to Regionals; UIL Academics: Spelling and Vocabulary - District first place team; Regional 10th place; first place team - State Qualifier
Brailey Brooks – DECA - Financial Services Team Decision Making - State Qualifier; Jack Co. CDE Invitational - Third high point individual - wool; third place team
Vanessa Lucio – DECA - Financial Services Team Decision Making - State Qualifier; UIL Academics: Spelling and Vocabulary - District first place; first place team; Regional third place; first place team - State Qualifier
Breanne Cook – DECA - Accounting Individual Series - State Qualifier; UIL Academics: News Writing - District second place - Advanced to Regionals
Christian Ritchie – DECA - Financial Services Team Decision Making - State Qualifier; UIL Academics: Accounting - District first place team; Regional first place team, State Qualifier
Porter Robinson – DECA - Financial Services Team Decision Making - State Qualifier; UIL Academics: Accounting - District third place; first place team; Regional fifth place; first place team, State Qualifier
Hayden Burrows – Accounting Individual Series - State Qualifier; UIL Academics: Accounting - District first place; first place team; Regional third place; first place team, State Qualifier
Emma Clark – Visual Arts Scholastic Event - Regional Medalist
Madison Dyess  – Visual Arts Scholastic Event - Regional Medalist
Leyla Guerrero – Visual Arts Scholastic Event - Regional Medalist
Yuridia Gutierrez – Visual Arts Scholastic Event - Regional Medalist, Advancement to State VASE, State Medalist
Kristyn Hess – Visual Arts Scholastic Event - Regional Medalist
Payton Huffman – Visual Arts Scholastic Event - Regional Medalist
Arissa Jimenez – Visual Arts Scholastic Event - Regional Medalist
Alyssa Masterfield – Visual Arts Scholastic Event - Regional Medalist
Sophia Moncrief – Visual Arts Scholastic Event - Regional Medalist
Samantha Morris – Visual Arts Scholastic Event - Regional Medalist
Brooke Parker – Visual Arts Scholastic Event - Regional Medalist
Grace Rios-Perkins – Visual Arts Scholastic Event - Regional Medalist
Denise Rivera – Visual Arts Scholastic Event - Regional Medalist
Tristan Roberts – Visual Arts Scholastic Event - Regional Medalist
Emma Leigh Sconce – Visual Arts Scholastic Event - Regional Medalist; UIL One Act Play - District and Bi-District honorable mention all-star cast
Jessica Sulley – Visual Arts Scholastic Event - Regional Medalist
Atrella Wallace – Visual Arts Scholastic Event - Regional Medalist; Class of 2024 top 10%
Alexis Wilton – Visual Arts Scholastic Event - Regional Medalist
Kurgan Anderson – UIL Academics: Accounting - District fourth place; first place team; Regional 10th place; first place team, State Qualifier; UIL Academics: Social Studies - District fifth place
Thomas Gage – UIL Academics: Calculator Applications - District fourth place; second place team; UIL Academics: Spelling and Vocabulary - District first place team; Regional first place team - State Qualifier; All-Region Band - Region Symphonic Band (Bass Trombone) - Area Qualifier; Band: Regional Solo and Ensemble - Trombone Quartet, Superior Rating, UIL State Qualifier
Caden Joy – UIL Academics: Calculator Applications - District fifth place; second place team; Band: Regional Solo and Ensemble - Guitar Solo, Superior Rating - UIL State Qualifierd
Riley Lanham – UIL Academics: Calculator Applications - District second place team; Class of 2024 top 10%
Denton Lauster – UIL Academics: Calculator Applications - District second place team
Keion Shead – UIL Academics: Current Issues and Events - District first place; first place team; Regional ninth place; third place team; UIL Academics: Literary Criticism - District fourth place; Class of 2024 top 10%
Lillian Graham – UIL Academics: Current Issues and Events - District third place; first place team; Regional seventh place; third place team; Class of 2024 top 10%
Mary Lyndell Graham – UIL Academics: Current Issues and Events - District fourth place; first place team; Regional ninth place; third place team; UIL Academics: Social Studies - District second place team - Regional Alternate; Class of 2024 top 10%
Olivia Pettus – UIL Academics: Current Issues and Events - District first place team; Regional third place team
Sophie Rodgers – UIL Academics: Editorial Writing - District fourth place; Band: Regional Solo and Ensemble - Flute Trio, Excellent Rating
Kambrey Moore – UIL Academics: Editorial Writing - District fifth place
Jack Page – UIL Academics: Poetry Interpretation - District third place - Advanced to Regionals
Sara Peyton Dospapas – UIL Academics: Poetry Interpretation - District fourth place; UIL One Act Play - District Outstanding Performer; Bi-District all-star cast
Rebekah Gilbertson – UIL Academics: Science - Chemistry - District second place
Lawson Marin – UIL Academics: Social Studies - District sixth place; Class of 2024 top 10%
Ryder Calhoun – UIL Academics: Spelling and Vocabulary - District third place; first place team; Regional 10th place; first place team - State Qualifier
Abri Clay – UIL One Act Play - District and Bi-District honorable mention all-star cast
Cy Sweedler – UIL One Act Play - District and Bi-District honorable mention all-star cast
Zaylea Pippin – UIL One Act Play - District and Bi-District Outstanding Technician - Sound
Jade Dospapas – UIL One Act Play - Bi-District Outstanding Performer
Acy Kimbro – Special Olympics Basketball - Gold Medalist 3 on 3
Dason Kimbro – Special Olympics Basketball - Gold Medalist 3 on 3
Hunner Youngblood – Special Olympics Basketball - Gold Medalist 3 on 3
Jessica Brown – Special Olympics Basketball - Bronze Medalist 3 on 3
Nevaeh Eckhardt – Special Olympics Basketball - Bronze Medalist 3 on 3
Charly Gonzalez – Special Olympics Basketball - Bronze Medalist 3 on 3
BB Evans – Special Olympics Basketball - First place individual skills
Savannah Dowdle – Special Olympics Basketball - Second place individual skills; first team skills
Jackson Newsom-Edison – Special Olympics Basketball - Third place individual skills; first team skills
David Morgan – Special Olympics Track
Brihanna Aben – All-Region Band - Region Honor Band (Flute) - Area Qualifier; Band: Regional Solo and Ensemble - Flute Solo, Superior Rating - UIL State Qualifier; Band: Regional Solo and Ensemble - Flute Trio, Excellent Rating
Stormy Jackson – All-Region Band - Region Symphonic Band (Clarinet) - Area Qualifier
Devin McCall – All-Region Band - Region Honor Band (Bass Clarinet) - Area Qualifier
Jackson Kidd – All-Region Band - Region Symphonic Band (Baritone Saxophone) - Area Qualifier
Harrison Ribble – All-Region Band - Region Symphonic Band (Tenor Trombone) - Area Alternate; Band: Regional Solo and Ensemble - Trombone Quartet, Superior Rating - UIL State Qualifier
Heather Wright – All-Region Band - Region Honor Band (Euphonium) - Area Qualifier; Band: Regional Solo and Ensemble - Euphonium Solo, Superior Rating - UIL State Qualifier
Zander Montano – All-Region Band - Region Symphonic Band (Euphonium)
Sammy Herrera – Band: Regional Solo and Ensemble - Trombone Quartet, Superior Rating - UIL State Qualifier
Veyounka Aranda – Band: Regional Solo and Ensemble - Trombone Quartet, Superior Rating - UIL State Qualifier
Grayson Damron – Band: Regional Solo and Ensemble - Flute Trio, Excellent Rating
Brazier Joy – Possum Kingdom Area Range Contest - High point individual - range; first place team; Jack Co. CDE Invitational - First place team - range; Third high point individual - cotton; fourth place team; West Texas A&M Invitational CDE - Fourth high individual - range; second place team; Clarendon College Judging Contest - First place team - range; Weatherford-Parker Co. CDE Invitational - Third place team - range; Heart O Texas Invitational - Fourth high - range; second place team; Angelo State University CDE - Seventh high - range; second place team; Tarleton State Area CDE - Range; fifth place team - State Qualifier; Tarleton State University State CDE - Range; sixth place team
Steven Vaughan – Possum Kingdom Area Range Contest - Second high point individual - range; first place team; Jack Co. CDE Invitational - Third high point individual - range; first place team; fourth place team - cotton; West Texas A&M Invitational CDE - Second place team - range; Clarendon College Judging Contest - Fourth high individual - range; first place team; Weatherford-Parker Co. CDE Invitational - Fourth high individual - range; third place team - range; Heart O Texas Invitational - Second place team - range; Angelo State University CDE - 10th High - range; second place team; Tarleton State Area CDE - Range; fifth place team - State Qualifier; Tarleton State University State CDE - Range; sixth place team
Cody Epperson – Possum Kingdom Area Range Contest - Fourth high point; first place team; Jack Co. CDE Invitational - First high point individual - range; first place team; fourth place team - cotton; West Texas A&M Invitational CDE - Fifth high individual - range; second place team; Clarendon College Judging Contest - Sixth high individual - range; first place team; Weatherford-Parker Co. CDE Invitational - Third place team - range; Heart O Texas Invitational - Ninth high - range; second place team; Angelo State University CDE - Eighth high - range; second place team; Tarleton State Area CDE - Ninth high individual - range; fifth place team - State Qualifier; Tarleton State University State CDE - Seventh high - range; sixth place team
Bowen Boenisch – Possum Kingdom Area Range Contest - Eighth high point individual - range; first place team; Jack Co. CDE Invitational - Second high point individual - range; first place team; fourth place team - cotton; West Texas A&M Invitational CDE - Second place team - range; Clarendon College Judging Contest - Second high individual - range; first place team; Weatherford-Parker Co. CDE Invitational - Sixth high individual - range, third place team - range; Heart O Texas Invitational - Third high - range; second place team; Angelo State University CDE - Fourth high - range; second place team; Tarleton State Area CDE - Range; fifth place team - State Qualifier; Tarleton State University State CDE - Range; sixth place team
Kanyon Crawford – Jack Co. CDE Invitational - Fourth place team - cotton
Hailey Fuentes – Jack Co. CDE Invitational - Third place team - wool
Aneida Huerta – Jack Co. CDE Invitational - Third place team - wool
Kaycee Mixon – Jack Co. CDE Invitational - Third place team - wool
Renata Garcia – Jack Co. CDE Invitational - Third place team - wool
Lela Chisholm – West Texas A&M Invitational CDE - Third high individual - horse; fifth place team; Tarleton State Area CDE - Horse; second place team - State Qualifier
Jayton Hearne – West Texas A&M Invitational CDE - Fifth place team - horse; Tarleton State Area CDE - Horse; second place team - State Qualifier
Hannah Hollingsworth – West Texas A&M Invitational CDE - Fifth place team - horse; Tarleton State Area CDE - Horse; second place team - State Qualifier
Kimber Pratt – West Texas A&M Invitational CDE - Fifth place team - horse; Tarleton State Area CDE - Third high individual - horse; second place team - State Qualifier
April Toney – West Texas A&M Invitational CDE - Fifth place team - horse; Tarleton State Area CDE - Horse; second place team - State Qualifier
Meagan Brooks – Class of 2024 top 10%
Peyton Dobbs – Class of 2024 top 10%
Abbie Helm – Class of 2024 top 10%
Kenadie Morrison – Class of 2024 top 10%
Guerin Pettus – Class of 2024 top 10%
Sophia Schlieper – Class of 2024 top 10%
Zachariah Walker – Class of 2024 top 10%
Holton Weatherman – Class of 2024 top 10%

Editor’s Note: Due to the length of recognitions, this is part one which features Graham High School students.

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