Scholars
usa today academic team
Each year USA Today chooses 60 students for its All-USA Academic Team. The 20 first-team winners receive $2,500 in addition to national recognition. Another 20 students receive honorable mention.
2006
Karla Kepley, dietetics and gerontology, Thayer (third team)
Matthew Basel, chemistry, biology, and biochemistry, Overland Park (honorable mention)
1999
Melissa Vopat, political science, Aurora (honorable mention)
1998
Shanon Schoenthaler, life science, Ogallah (third team)
1997
Jennifer Pruitt, electronic journalism, Minneapolis (second team)
1996
Michelle Munson, electrical engineering and physics, Junction City (second team)
1995
Scott Rottinghaus, biology and classics, Westmoreland (first team)
1994
Julie Buzby, veterinary medicine, Burke, Virginia (third team)
1993
Cynthia Riemann, industrial engineering and physical sciences, Derby (first team)
Dale Bixby, chemistry, Larned (honorable mention)
1992
Jean Sonnenfield, biology and pre-veterinary medicine, Omaha, Nebraska (first team)