More than 5,380 Kansas State University students have been awarded academic scholarships for the 2009-2010 school year. Area K-State students receiving scholarships totaling more than $1,000 include:

• Baldwin City: Nicole Eberhart, Colby Heckathorne, April Hostetler, Nicole Lordemann, Clare Miles and Hannah Sigvaldson.

• Basehor: Klinton Brown, Eric Budy, Melissa Cochran, Jacob Mark, Zachary Mark, Samuel Mustain and Michael Rich.

• De Soto: Aaron Duerksen, Stephanie Hoover, James Mikaloff, Ali Wilcox and Samuel Wilcox.

• Eudora: Theron Harper, Connor Hartpence, Logan Hartpence, Maresa Hornbaker, Kenneth Hughes, Charles Mersmann, Marian Mersmann, Ryan Samrow, Baylee Schmeck, Sam Scott, James Thoennes and Lucas Wright.

• Lawrence: Brittany Bruhns, Allen Burkart, Joel Christiansen, Emily Coon, Emily Corliss, Sierra Dickson, Adam Emerson, Samantha Galyardt, Jacquelyn Hewins, Collin Hosek, Kathryn Kristiansen, Paula Kyriakos, Parker Liebl, Tess Ludwick, Alexander Miller, Aimee Niedenthal, Thomas Parrish, William Pendleton, Libby Queen, Leah Rutledge, Michelle Sauer, Adrienne Struble, David Thomas, Aaron Trent, Katherine Turner, Joseph Vannicola and Jacob Woodard.

• Lecompton: Jessica Gibler, Margaret Kuhlman and Adam Lesser.

• Linwood: Mary Cox.

• McLouth: Jarrod Bechard and Melissa Porter.

• Meriden: Ivey Bruton, Whisper Livingston, Audrey Mullins, Casey Murdie and Jenna Petesch.

• Ottawa: Jamie Allan, Jacob Allen, Cameron Barnes, Jennifer Birzer, Briana Finch, Andrea Fouts, Nicholas Gloshen, Ashley Guenther, Eva Hedtke, Andrew Huschka, Katherine Maier, Stephanie Mars, Michelle Nelson, Victor Ojeleye, Wesley Sylvester, Shawn Turner and Katie Wootten.

• Overbrook: Melissa Jolly.

• Perry: Chester Bunce.

• Tonganoxie: James Armstrong, Jake Bontrager, Victoria Fort, Kevin Hamm, Megan Holton and Shannon Smith.

• Wellsville: Alex Bachman, Benjamin Balman, Chailyn Cummings and Clinton Newton.

• Winchester: Matthew Finley and Karen Noll.

Central and West junior high schools claimed the second and third place trophies, respectively, in the K-8 section of the Rockhurst High School Chess Tournament Jan. 16 in Kansas City, Mo. Central’s Eddie Wilson was the individual champion in K-8.

Local medal winners in K-12 were: Kaustubh Nimkar, Southwest Junior High School, 12th; Aaron Simon, WJH, 14th; and Venkata Malladi, SWJH, 20th.

In K-8: Joseph Miller, WJH, third; Sam Beaulieu, CJH, fourth; Tom Brooks, WJH, 10th; Robert Newman, South Junior High School, 15th; Apramay Mishra, Sunflower, 17th; Roscoe Bradt, Cordley, 19th; and Wynn Feddema, SWJH, 20th.

In K-5: Kelsey Jian, Sunflower, seventh; and Shrivasta Malladi, Langston Hughes, 19th.

Mary Jennings, Lawrence, will celebrate her 90th birthday Feb. 6 with family and friends from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Lawrence Visitor Information Center, 402 N. Second St.

Lindsay Wiseman announces the birth of her daughter, Bristol Leeann Wiseman, on Dec. 20, 2009, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center.

Bristol’s grandparents are Tom and Lorrie Wiseman, Lawrence; her great-grandparents are Lowell and Caroll Eye, and Margie Wiseman, all of Lawrence.

Washburn University announces its fall graduates. Commencement was Dec. 11. The School of Nursing recognition ceremony was Dec. 12. Local students earning bachelor’s degrees include:

• Basehor: Katie Keith, integrated studies.

• Eudora: Nicole Campbell, nursing; and Kyle Cox, criminal justice.

• Lawrence: Jesse Allen, anthropology; Joshua Chaikin, legal studies; Staci Dobbins, nursing; Sharron Gauna, criminal justice; Erika Guenther, nursing; Lisa Harden, sociology; Lisa Holland, English; Susan Kamunyu, nursing; Cecilia Lemus, criminal justice; Taylor Martin, physical education; Michael Pokorny, theatre; Nathan Schmeidler, business administration; and Jason Thomas, nursing.

• Oskaloosa: Michelle Cox, biology.

• Perry: Laura Bidinger, business administration.

• Wellsville: Isaac Burbank, criminal justice.

Associate degrees were awarded to Adrienne Baars, human services, Lawrence; and Joshua Hobbs, design technology, McLouth. Lauren Young and Robert Weaver, both of Lawrence, received juris doctor degrees, and Dorothy West, Perry, received a master’s degree in nursing.

Holly Trotter Neber was appointed president of AEI Consultants, a national environmental and engineering consulting firm with headquarters in Walnut Creek, Calif. Neber is the daughter of Judy and Michael Carman, Lecompton, and Darby and Barbara Trotter, Overland Park.