June 2012 - InMaricopa.com
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CLASS<br />
OF<br />
<strong>2012</strong><br />
Graduating Seniors<br />
Not Photographed<br />
Sulayman Abdul-Khalliq<br />
Zackery Allison<br />
Heather Banuelos<br />
Nicholas Barlow-Clark<br />
Ashley Barnes<br />
Lorenzo Batopis<br />
Angel Belmontes<br />
Johalmo Beltran<br />
Jose Benitez<br />
Tynealle Betone<br />
Marijan Bilaver<br />
Marcus Black<br />
Christian Bobadilla<br />
Fanco Bobadilla<br />
Nicholas Braxton<br />
Tiffany Brown<br />
Carlos Cano<br />
Andrew Cardella-<br />
Solberg<br />
Brett Carstensen<br />
Shena Carver<br />
Feliza Casillas<br />
Alexander Ceja<br />
Alexander Change<br />
Andy Charlestin<br />
Kyle Chavez<br />
Jayme Clarke<br />
Tyler Cleland<br />
Moses Compian<br />
Katy Cote<br />
Daniel Cross<br />
Stephanie Cuellar<br />
Jennifer Dale<br />
Julia Dickerson<br />
Chelsey Distenfeld<br />
Christopher<br />
Douangchanh<br />
Tara Drew<br />
Trista Eckert<br />
Jayson Esposito<br />
Taran Foulger<br />
Jarred Fowler<br />
Dylan Frazer<br />
Alan Garcia<br />
Faith Garmon<br />
Veronica Gerdts<br />
Jorge Gonzalez<br />
Jenssen Grimaldo<br />
Taylor Grimm<br />
Nicholas Hale<br />
Tina Henderson<br />
Jordan Holloway<br />
Zachary Hubbard<br />
Erik Johnson<br />
Jenna Johnson<br />
Jordan Johnson<br />
Payton Johnson<br />
Sabian Johnson<br />
Kimberly Jurmu<br />
Thomas Justus<br />
Kody Kear<br />
Zane Kruse<br />
Kristopher Kujawski<br />
Amanda Luth<br />
Kadijah Lytle<br />
Jose Maciel<br />
Chonda Maisano<br />
Alan McDaniel<br />
Eric Melgar<br />
Aaron Mendez<br />
Michael Miller<br />
Isreal Montoya<br />
Alexus Muldrew<br />
Jaimie Muzingo<br />
Brooke Nesbihal<br />
Alex Nguyen<br />
Andrea Nieto<br />
Pablo Olivas<br />
Nathanial Orvis<br />
Clyde Pace<br />
Sarai Padilla<br />
Guadalupe Penez<br />
Cheyene Pearson<br />
Tyler Penney<br />
Cecily Peters<br />
Jessica Piet<br />
Andriana Pinales<br />
Nereida Pinales<br />
Adam Poland<br />
Samsadeen Reese<br />
Anthony Rubio<br />
Berenice Ruiz<br />
Cristina Santillana<br />
Erick Sausedo<br />
Janae Saunders<br />
Travis Shays<br />
Katherine Sherrod<br />
Raven Sirmons<br />
Jared Skinner<br />
Nina Sosa<br />
Kali Starkson<br />
Desinee Strzelecki<br />
Keyara Taylor<br />
James Terrell<br />
Kelsea Usher<br />
Eleazar Valenzuela<br />
Toni Vargas<br />
Elyna Verdugo<br />
Diana Villegas<br />
Monica Villegas<br />
Cong Vo<br />
Cody Wallace<br />
Antonie Warren<br />
Matlyn Welsch<br />
Dorothy Westermayer<br />
Justin White<br />
Kayla Wilson<br />
Alexandria Woods<br />
Celeste Ybarra<br />
By the<br />
Numbers<br />
$2,067,969<br />
in scholarship money and awards,<br />
graduated its first students from the<br />
online school and nine seniors captured<br />
the prestigious Arizona Board of<br />
Regents scholarship.<br />
Trista Eckert, the salutatorian, is<br />
headed to the U.S. Army and when<br />
she received $500 from a professional<br />
musicians union, she promptly gave it to<br />
Maricopa High School.<br />
She, and eight other seniors received<br />
the Regents scholarship, which means<br />
they scored exceedingly high on the<br />
AIMS test, as well as maintained all As<br />
and Bs in their core classes. The other<br />
Regent recipients are Kaitlin Gowdy,<br />
Stevena Herring, Kethia Kong,<br />
John Newman, Cara Oneal, Priscilla<br />
Plazola Vidal, T.J. Radigan and<br />
Ariana Tyler.<br />
62<br />
seniors were awarded<br />
80 scholarships,<br />
including valedictorian<br />
Cara Oneal and T.J.<br />
Radigan who are the district’s first<br />
National Merit Scholarship winners.<br />
Alexandria Martinez was awarded<br />
president and James Beard Foundation<br />
scholarships through the Careers<br />
through Culinary Arts Program. Cori<br />
Teller captured a rodeo academic<br />
scholarship from Odessa College in<br />
Texas. Randel Barber earned an<br />
athletic scholarship from Minot State<br />
University in North Dakota.<br />
Kelsea Usher received a scholarship<br />
from the Dairy Council. Women In Business<br />
granted a scholarship to Ariana<br />
Tyler. Orbitel Communications<br />
awarded scholarships to Ethan Anderson<br />
and Kaitlin Gowdy.<br />
Raymond Adam got an Arizona<br />
State University dean’s scholarship,<br />
Shannon Duffy received a Northern<br />
Arizona State University dean’s<br />
scholarship, Kethia Kong received<br />
two scholarships from the University of<br />
Arizona, Christopher Lessard earned<br />
an ASU dean’s scholarship, Shayla<br />
Lolo captured a merit scholarship from<br />
NAU, Taylor Nun got a presidential<br />
scholarship from ASU, Priscilla<br />
Plazola Vidal received an ASU provost<br />
scholarship, Melissa Sikes an ASU<br />
dean’s scholarship and Ariana Tyler<br />
an NAU presidential scholarship.<br />
Amanda Corella received several<br />
scholarships from Grand Canyon<br />
University, and Alfonso Gonzalez<br />
received a Project 2000 scholarship.<br />
41<br />
students received<br />
scholarships from Central<br />
Arizona College.<br />
Eleven students received military<br />
honors and are headed either to the<br />
U.S. Army or U.S. Marine Corps. They<br />
are Zachery Allison, Kevin Craner,<br />
Trista Eckert, Thomas Fanella,<br />
Geoffrey March, Andrew Cardella,<br />
Austin Cox, Jarred Fowler, Alejandro<br />
Fuentes, Zachary Hubbard and<br />
David Westermayer.<br />
Class of <strong>2012</strong><br />
280 graduates<br />
89 graduated with honors<br />
45 graduated<br />
with highest honors<br />
10 members of the<br />
National Honor Society<br />
20 link crew members<br />
22 student council members<br />
62 scholarship awards<br />
recipients<br />
2 National Merit Scholars<br />
PHOTO GALLERY<br />
<strong>2012</strong><br />
Graduation<br />
Ceremony<br />
BY shannon williams<br />
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