Kansas City area K-State students receive Wabash CannonBall scholarships

A selection of Kansas City area K-State students will have part of their 2026-27 tuition paid for, after being awarded scholarships through the alumni association's Wabash CannonBall Kansas City program.

118 students were selected to receive scholarships in the amount of $2,500 for the upcoming academic year. To be eligible for the award, students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 on a weighted or unweighted scale and reside in the greater Kansas City-area, which includes Johnson, Miami and Wyandotte counties in Kansas, and Jackson, Cass, Clay and Platte counties in Missouri.

The Wabash CannonBall gala is an annual black-tie event which includes an evening of dining and dancing to raise scholarship funds for students from the Kansas City-area to attend K-State. The gala was started in 2007 and, to date, has awarded more than 1,300 scholarships totaling more than $3.2 million.

The scholarship recipients include 55 incoming freshmen. By hometown:

- De Soto: Norah Kelly

- Gardner: Jude Meili

- Independence, Missouri: Rayana Petty-Calhoun

- Kansas City: Brenlie Reese

- Kansas City, Missouri: Mary Aguilera, Katie Anderson, Katelyn Brown, Madelynn Hunter, Sydney Rickels, McKenna Steffen and Chamberlain Webster

- Kearney, Missouri: Jillian Ware

- Leawood: Ella Heitmann

- Lee's Summit, Missouri: Marjorie Hotop and Molly McNamara

- Lenexa: Clara Becker, Ella Bingham, Lydia Cross, Reese Halvorsen, Logan Lackey and Sophie Vielhauer

- Liberty, Missouri: Lucy Oshel and Austin Syler

- Olathe: Elias Der, Dylainee Pemberton, Kailey Howell, Sarayah McClure, Alex Rippel, Jayden Robinson, Lindsay Ruder, Declan Schoff, Ethan Smith and Sam Vanderweide

- Overland Park: Joseph Beecher, Jenna Clouse, Sarah Clouse, Matthew Davis, Gavin Griffiths, Ava Grosdidier, Jackson Hamm, Drew Havens, Olivia Lierz, Gabi Poeschl, Annie Tumberger, Myla Wiebe and Ellie Wittwer

- Parkville, Missouri: Grace Kimbrel

- Platte City, Missouri: Morgan Snyder

- Prairie Village: Cali Warner

- Raymore, Missouri: Brenna Simpson

- Shawnee: Mallory O'Neal, Izzy Simms and Ian Weatherman

- Smithville, Missouri: Chloe Easton

- Spring Hill: Hailey Stapleton

Additionally, 63 returning students had their scholarship renewed. By hometown:

- Bucyrus: Adryan Foltz

- Gardner: Allyson Rietcheck

- Kansas City, Missouri: Naomi Fuller, Ally Heintz and Alyssa Sukup

- Lee's Summit, Missouri: Alexander Scheier and McKinley Robb

- Lenexa: Breanna Cole, Isabelle Connealy, Pat Donnelly, Sarah Ezer, Renae Kohles, Katelyn Kuckelman, Brendan Rickert, Cerilene Washam and Carson Wolf

- Liberty, Missouri: Camden Findlay

- Louisburg: Lola Edwards

- Olathe: Blake Boydston, Abby Burton, Brenna Chism, Abigail Dresbach, Taylor Foxworthy, Addison Henige, Kaylee Howell, Riley Legleiter, Addison Lowe, Delana Ortiz, Trenton Rogers, Sophia Struck, Ashley Taylor, Bria Taylor, Laura Umscheid and Emma Wolfe

- Overland Park: Kenlie Carter, Jordan Culton, Alexis Forgy, Andrew Gafrick, Adelyn Garst, Macie Gorman, Ryan Horsch, Ally Kapple, Annie Kapple, Kallie Keiter, Robert Paulbeck, Millie Reitz, Alexa Stephens, Clara Straub and Reece Walrod

- Paola: Alana Bollinger

- Parkville, Missouri: Charles Davis, Ava Guastello and Isabella Schmidt

- Pleasant Hill, Missouri: Amelia Scrogham

- Prairie Village: Natalee Sandstrom

- Shawnee: Charlotte Caldwell, Logan Miller, Lucy Roy, Brynn Shideler, Isaac Stanley, Sofia Steinmetz and Alyson Van Nieuwenhuyse

- Stilwell: Riley Merritt

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