Union High School held its Graduation Awards and Honors night on May 18, at the high school auditorium. Many deserving seniors received scholarships and honors. Those presented with awards were:
Erica Barz
La Porte City Lions Club*
Community Foundation
American Lutheran Women*
Best of Class
National Merit Scholarship
Simpson College
National Student Athlete Award
Outstanding Senior Vocalist
Outstanding Speech
Army Scholastic Award
Blake Clark
La Porte City Women's Club*
Red Smit Outstanding Golfer
Dick Ballheim Outstanding Male Athlete
Alissa Clark
Union Booster Club*
Rainsford and Ann Brown Memorial Scholarship presented by Standard Forwarding
Katelyn Damro
Dysart 20th Century Women's Club*
Laikyn Davis
Hayle Davison
La Porte City Police Dept.*
Leah Earney
Outstanding Senior Artist
Casey Ewald
Cecil Glenn Teeter Book Scholarship*
Dysart Fine Arts Women's Club*
Ashley Frush
Advocare "We Build Champions"*
American Bar Association
Ken Paulsen Outstanding Female Athlete
Benton County American Legion Aux.
East Central Iowa REC
Trowel Lodge #216*
Marine Corps League
Wendy Heisman Recognition
Aly Garwood
La Porte City Lions Club
Norma Anders Scholarship
Grand Lodge of Iowa
Dysart General Women's Club*
Des Moines 2011 Academic All-State
High School Woman of the Year-Tama County
Central College
Waterloo Elkets Scholarship
Emily Getz
Mabel R. Brown Memorial*
UNI
TJ Gray
Cornell College
Marine Corps Distinguished Athletes
Abby Hager
Steve Rolland Memorial, Lions Club
La Porte-Dysart FFA Scholarship
Robert Hadachek Agricultural*
Kelsi Hilmer
Ascalon Masonic Lodge Scholarship
Owen Hix
Marion and Dorothy Lutz Masonic Scholarship
Centennial Club Scholarship*
Skye Houchin
Kenneth G. Meyerhoff Memorial
Wells Fargo Bank*
Taylor Kugel
Wayne and Neva Leo Scholarship
Ed Bader Memorial*
Tiffany Kuhn
Union Education Association*
Jaden Ludwig
Matt Memorial Scholarship*
Kirk Mahood
LPC Chamber of Commerce*
Cerena Merchant
Hawkeye Community College
Mercedes Morris
Michael Reed Family Memorial*
Jordan Olson
Haley Peters
Wartburg College
Outstanding Senior Band
Jake Reiter
St. Catherine's Circle*
Miranda Riechmann
Dr. Albert C. Hindman*
Katey Samuelson
Iowa Soybean Association
Dysart Lions Club*
Chad Odette Memorial*
ISU
Kline Families Scholarship in Ag
Paige Sears
Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete
Brad Siebel
Bernie Saggau Award
Better Business Bureau
Army Scholar Athlete
Robert Swestka
Cedar Valley Bank and Trust*
Joey Ternus
Dysart American Legion
Dysart Farmer's Coop Telephone
Nathan Vaughn
Ron Borton Scholarship (Anton Farms)*
Catherine Wigg
Kristi Struve Memorial*
Pipho Family Dentistry*
Seth Woodson
Mary Wrage
Govnernor's Scholarship Recognition
Benton County American Legion
Ellis Jones Academic Scholarship*
*Union Community Scholarships