Students honored at MHS Awards Night

Marshalltown CSD

May 29, 2021

Students on stage after being presented their cords Gold Honor Cords, signifying that a student maintained a GPA of 3.5 or higher, will be draped around the shoulders of several Bobcat graduates this Sunday. The Gold Honor Cords were one of several honors awarded to students at this week’s annual MHS Awards Night.

Dozens of Marshalltown High School students were celebrated this week at the school’s annual Awards Night.

Awards included Seal of Biliteracy honors, Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) recognitions, Silver and Gold cord awards, and thousands of dollars in post-secondary scholarships, among other accolades. In all, 43 students earned scholarships – the one-year award total came to more than $300,000, and the four-year total came to $944,000.

See a full list of honors earned by these awesome students and more photos from Thursday’s celebration below, and remember to tune in for this Sunday’s 2021 Commencement Ceremony!

2021 MHS Awards Night honorees:

Mariana Albarracin: Flora Davis Forman Scholarship – $1,000; Bobcat Ready; Gwendolyn F. and Lucian L. Hinecker Scholarship – $2,000; Seal Of Biliteracy Medal; Silver Cord; MVP Medallion

Maggie Augustine: UNI Panther Success Award – $1,000; Folks Scholarship – $1,000; Andrea Struss Kirchner Scholarship – $500; Marshalltown Evening Lions Club – $750; Bobcat Ready; MVP Medallion

Itzary Avalos: Roskopf-Williams Scholarship – $1,000; Bobcat Ready; Lonnie Hogeland Jr. Memorial Scholarship – $250; Seal Of Biliteracy Medal; Silver Cord; MVP Medallion

Woman on stage being presented an awardItzary Avalos, right, and Hannah Taylor, were presented with Lonnie Hogeland Jr. Memorial Fund awards by presenter Christie O’Reilly, left. O’Reilly also presented Lyle Hogeland Memorial Scholarship Fund awards to Austin Christen and Kylee Witt.

Valeria Becerra: Iowa State Science Bound Scholarship – Full Tuition; ISU Human Science Dean Scholarship – $4,000; Bobcat Ready; MVP Medallion; Seal Of Biliteracy Medal

Samantha Bradley: Iowa State Engineering Merit Scholarship – $5,200; Phyllis Perry Hulton Memorial Scholarship – $1,000; Bobcat Ready; Silver Cord

Hollie Braga: Jessie Bayne Elfers Scholarship – $5,000; Phyllis Perry Hulton Memorial Scholarship – $1,000; Marshalltown Evening Lions Club – $750; Bobcat Ready; MVP Medallion

Uriel Campos-Padilla: University of Iowa Advantage Iowa Award – $8,000; University of Iowa Scholars Award – $2,500; University of Iowa Pentacrest Award – $1,000; University of Iowa Music Scholarship – $500; Marshalltown Matins Kiwanis Scholarship – $750; Marshalltown Area Chamber of Commerce – $25; Bobcat Ready; Gwendolyn F. and Lucian L. Hinecker Scholarship – $4,000; Seal Of Biliteracy Medal

Student shaking a mans hand on stage

Drew Carson, right, was awarded the Ann C. Keyser Scholarship award Thursday. Also pictured is presenter Kevin Hitchins, left.

Drew Carson: Phyllis Perry Hulton Memorial Scholarship – $1,000; Loyal S. & Helen Fairall Memorial Scholarship – $3,800; Roskopf-Williams Scholarship – $1,000; Bobcat Ready; Ann C. Keyser Memorial Scholarship – $5,000; MVP Medallion; Life Serve Donor of Distinction

Avery Case: Harlietta Helland Memorial Scholarship – $500; Phyllis Perry Hulton Memorial Scholarship – $1,000; Iowa State University Liberal Arts & Sciences Excellence Scholarship; Bobcat Ready; Our Savior Lutheran Church/Fern Thompson Scholarship – $750; Gwendolyn F. and Lucian L. Hinecker Scholarship – $4,000; MVP Medallion; Governor’s Scholar Recognition Program Plaque

Female student being presented an award by woman on stage Avery Case, right, earned the Our Savior Lutheran Church/Fern Thompson Scholarship award Thursday, among several other accolades. Presenting the award is Nancy Sills, right.

Hector Cena Saenz: Jodi & Jana Kerr Memorial Scholarship – $1,000; B’nai B’rith – Jerome Rovner Memorial Scholarship – $500; Roskopf-Williams Scholarship – $1,000; Marshalltown Education Partnership Scholarship – $3,105; Bobcat Ready; Seal Of Biliteracy Medal

Austin Christen: Iowa Student Loan Senior Scholarship – $2,000; Bobcat Ready; Lyle Hogeland Memorial Scholarship – $250; Gwendolyn F. and Lucian L. Hinecker Scholarship – $4,000

Alondra Covarrubias Vargas: Seal Of Biliteracy Medal

Natalie Duncan: Jessie Bayne Elfers Scholarship – $5,000; Phyllis Perry Hulton Memorial Scholarship – $1,000; Bobcat Ready; Gwendolyn F. and Lucian L. Hinecker Scholarship – $2,000; Life Serve Donor of Distinction; MVP Medallion

Female student being presented an award by a woman on stage

Deb Johnson, left, presents the Jerry Johnson Memorial Scholarship award to Kyra Feldman, right.

Tatum Englund: Iowa State Engineering Merit Scholarship – $5,200; Johnson-Engel Scholarship Endowment in Engineering – $2,000; RACOM Scholarship – $1,000; Bobcat Ready; Life Serve Donor of Distinction

Diana Espinoza: Linda Bloom Scholarship – $1,000; UNI Panther Success Award – $1,250; UNI RISE Award – $4,000; UNI-TED Award – $2,000; Bobcat Ready; Kevin Lageschulte Memorial/BBBS Scholarship – $500; Silver Cord

Kyra Feldman: Fortunaire Foundation Scholarship – $3,500; University of Iowa Scholars Award – $2,500; UI.Raise.Me Scholarship – $700; Linda Bloom Scholarship – $1,000; Bobcat Ready; Avon Burt Award – $1,000; Jerry Johnson Memorial Scholarship – $850; Gwendolyn F. and Lucian L. Hinecker Scholarship – $4,000; Silver Cord

Noah Hermanson:
Nick Norris Junior Rotarian Scholarship – $2,000; University of Iowa Old Gold Scholarship – $5,000; Bobcat Ready; Seal of Biliteracy Medal; Silver Cord

Juan Hernandez: Roskopf-Williams Scholarship – $1,000; MCC First Congregational Church Scholarship – $325; Marshalltown Education Partnership Scholarship – $3,105; Bobcat Ready; MVP Medallion; Seal Of Biliteracy Medal

Marek Jablonski: Iowa State National Merit Scholarship – $3000; Robert W. Morris Presidential Scholarship; Emerson Electric Company National Merit Scholarship; L/CPL Darwin L. Judge Scholarship – $500; National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalist; Emerson BA Burcell Memorial Scholarship – $2,500; Bobcat Ready

Katherine Odaly Joya Flores: Bright Scholars of Iowa Scholarship – $11,723; Advantage Iowa Award – $8,000; Iowa Scholars Award – $,2500; Bobcat Ready; Silver Cord; MVP Medallion

Drew King: John Deere Ag Tech Program – Full Tuition and Tools

Wesley Kodis: Joe & LuAnne Meyers Scholarship – $1,600; ISU Freshman Merit Award – $2,000; Bobcat Ready

Kynlie Ladehoff: University of Iowa Pentacrest Award – $1,000; UI.Raise.Me Scholarship – $206; Bobcat Ready; Silver Cord; MVP Medallion; Seal Of Biliteracy Medal

John Loney: University of Iowa Pentacrest Award – $1,000; University of Iowa AIB College of Business Scholarship – $1,000; Heart of Iowa Educational Grant – $500; Consumer’s Energy Academic Scholarship – $1,000; Harlietta Helland Memorial Scholarship – $500; Bobcat Ready

Erika Marroquin: Bobcat Ready; Life Serve Donor of Distinction; Seal Of Biliteracy Medal

Jordan May: SMART Bowling Scholarship – $190; Bobcat Ready; Silver Cord

Emma McWherter: University of Iowa Need-Based Academic Award – $3,881; University of Iowa Pentacrest Award – $1,000; University of Iowa Raise.Me Scholarship – $136; Bobcat Ready; Silver Cord; MVP Medallion

Justin Melde: University of Iowa Pentacrest Award – $1,000; Rose and Harry Druker Scholarship – $2,500; Phyllis Perry Hulton Memorial Scholarship – $1,000; Bobcat Ready

Ana Palmerin Andrade: University of Iowa Advantage Iowa Award – $5,000; Bobcat Ready; Forest & Martha Halverson Scholarship – $2,000

Female student being presented an award by a woman on stage

The P.E.O. Chapter BB Marian Gibbs Memorial Scholarship award went to Hae Tha Lay Paw, right, Thursday evening. Carolyn Anderson, left, presented the award.

Hae Tha Lay Paw: ISU Multicultural Vision Program Scholarship – $8,000; Bobcat Ready; P.E.O. Chapter BB Marion Gibbs Memorial Scholarship – $1,500; MVP Medallion; Seal Of Biliteracy Medal

Jordan Perry: University of Iowa Pentacrest Award – $1,000; University of Iowa Need-Based Academic Award – $6,000; Bobcat Ready; Life Serve Donor of Distinction

Haley Reed: Bobcat Ready

Freddy Ross: Bobcat Ready

Katia Saldana: Roskopf-Williams Scholarship – $1,000; Bobcat Ready; MVP Medallion; Seal Of Biliteracy Medal

Hannah Taylor: Phyllis Perry Hulton Memorial Scholarship – $1,000; Bobcat Ready; Lonnie Hogeland Jr. Memorial Scholarship – $250; Silver Cord; MVP Medallion

Jovanny Tellez: Bobcat Ready

Elijah Thiessen: Marshalltown Rotary Foundation Scholarship – $1,000; Bobcat Ready; Marshalltown Men’s Chorus – $500; Gwendolyn F. and Lucian L. Hinecker Scholarship – $4,000; Silver Cord; MVP Medallion; Seal Of Biliteracy Medal; Governor’s Scholar Recognition Program Plaque

Male and female student standing on stage holding plaques

Elijah Thiessen, left, and Avery Case, right, earned the Governor’s Scholar Recognition this year.

Kaitlyn Tiernan: Phyllis Perry Hulton Memorial Scholarship – $1,000; Marshalltown Bobcat Tennis Academy – $250; Bobcat Ready; Life Serve Donor of Distinction

Kaylee Tyda: Marshalltown Education Partnership Scholarship – $3,105; Bobcat Ready; MVP Medallion

Ethan Wertzberger: Loras College – $22,600; Bobcat Ready; Life Serve Donor of Distinction

Carson Williams: University of Buffalo Athletic Scholarship – Full Ride; Bobcat Ready

Kylee Witt: Iowa Central Community College Bowling Scholarship – $2,500; Iowa Central Community College Academic Scholarship – $800; Iowa Central Community College Academic Room Scholarship – $400; Iowa Central Community College Human Services Scholarship – $300; USBC Bowling Program Smart Bowl Scholarship – $170; PEO Chapter LT – $500; Bobcat Ready; Lyle Hogeland Memorial Scholarship – $250; Silver Cord

Stephanie Zavalza Flores: UNI Rise Award – $4,000; UNI Images Minority Grant – $2,000; UNI Panther Success Award – $1,500; UNI-T.E.D. Scholarship – $2,000; Bobcat Ready; MVP Medallion; Silver Cord; Seal Of Biliteracy Medal

Several students stadning on stage holding their awards

Several students will don Silver Cords at the Commencement Ceremony on Sunday. The cords recognize students’ volunteer service.

Several students stading on stage displaying their awards

The Mentors in Violence Prevention program acts not only as a way to reduce and stop bullying, but also as a way for older students to guide freshmen through their first year in high school. Many Bobcats were recognized for their work in MVP Thursday.

Picture of Students standing on stage posing for a photo

MCSD is proud to have dozens of languages spoken among our student body! To help celebrate and recognize students’ linguistic skills and study, the District awards Seal of Biliteracy medals to graduating students who are considered “biliterate” in two or more languages.

Picture of students displaying their awards on stage

This year’s Life Serve Donor of Distinction winners from MHS were, from left: Drew Carson, Natalie Duncan, Tatum Englund, Erika Marroquin, Jordan Perry, Kaitlyn Tiernan, and Ethan Wertzberger.

Photo of students standing on stage with their awards

Seven MHS students earned a Gwendolyn & Lucian Hinecker Scholarship award this year. Pictured, from left: presenter Eric Nilius, Austin Christen, Uriel Campos-Padilla, Marinara Albarracin, Natalie Duncan, Kyra Feldman, Elijah Thiessen, and Avery Case.