Cieara and Leon McCoy, Lecompton, announce the birth of their son, Carl James McCoy, born Jan. 16, 2005, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He has a brother, Cyrus Francis McCoy. Maternal grandparents are James and Missy Graham. Paternal grandparents are Leon and Patricia McCoy. Great-grandparents are Carl and Pat Manlove.

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More than 250 players from 45 Kansas and Missouri schools competed at the Quail Run Chess tournament Jan. 16 at the Kansas Union. In the K-12 division Southwest Junior High School captured first place and Free State High School took third place. Quail Run School took second place in the K-6 division.

Benjamin Greenberg, a FSHS student, finished first individually in the K-12 division. Other Lawrence medal winners in K-12 were: Roy Wedge, Central Junior High School, fourth; Sean Stenseng, SWJHS, sixth; Thomas Reams, SWJHS, seventh; Thomas Clark, SWJHS, eighth; Jesse Madrigal, SWJHS, 11th; Alan Shi, Quail Run, 12th; Zach Jackson, Lawrence High School, 17th; and Kellen Cross, SWJHS, 20th.

Local medal winners in the K-8 section were: Peter Lesslie, SWJHS, seventh; Nate McFadden, South Junior High School, 15th; and Douglas Rawlings, SJHS, 17th.

The top Lawrence finisher in the K-6 division was Harrison Helmick, Quail Run, who finished fourth. Other winners were: Keil Eggers, Quail Run, fifth; Kenny Blevins, Wakarusa Valley School, eighth; Nicolas Shump, Sunflower School, 12th; Austin Clapp, Quail Run, 14th; Cole Reams, Quail Run, 16th; and Luke Lesslie, Quail Run, 18th.

Special K-3 medals also were given to: Darren Rawlings, Wakarusa Valley, fourth; Apramay Mishra, Sunflower, fifth; and Robert Newman, Wakarusa Valley, ninth.

Students from Cordley, Prairie Park, Schwegler and Sunset Hill schools also competed in the tournament.

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Lawrence resident Lynne Pryor, a graduate student in marketing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has received the Othmer fellowship, one of the school’s most prestigious graduate awards. Othmer fellows receive, in addition to a departmental assistantship, a $7,500 fellowship per year. The fellowships are renewable for up to three years.

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Laura King, Lawrence, made the fall 2004 dean’s list at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, by earning at least a 3.4 grade-point average.

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Maria Carvajal-Regidor, 13, a student at the Kansas School of Gymnastics, received the 2004-2005 Shannon Lucile Martin Gymnastics Scholarship. The $400 award will help her pay gymnastic meet fees and travel expenses associated with gymnastic competitions. Carvajall-Regidor was selected because of her skills and dedication. She began gymnastic lessons in Costa Rica at the age of 11. In 2002, her family moved to Lawrence so her father, Jorge Carvajal, could complete his doctorate at Kansas University.

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Washburn University announces area students who were December 2004 candidates for graduation. They were: Matthew Lucas, Basehor; Beverly Bartscher, Amy Brown, Stacy Burrows, Nicole D’Armond, Matthew Donahue, Nicole Eudaly, Emily Fries, Kimberly Gibson, Kristin Gurney, Leah Johnson, Melissa Kapp, Jason Perez, Jennifer Perez, Molly Rasmussen, Ming-Ho Shih, Roxanne Smith, Renae Stuhlsatz, Kok Lin Tee and Huei-Chi Yang, Lawrence; Lisa Cross, Kimberly George and Laura Price, Oskaloosa; Amanda Coppoc-Cook and Rachael Strohm, Overbrook; Grady Harris, Perry; and Tisha Couch, Tonganoxie.