BHS students receive scholarships, awards

Breckenridge High School students, faculty, staff and administration gathered Friday morning, along with family, friends and community members for the 2018 awards ceremony.
Thousands of dollars in scholarships were given to students, and the Buckaroo Awards for Academic Excellence were awarded. Additionally, those students who have qualified for state competitions this year were honored.
Buckaroo Award for Academic Excellence
The Buckaroo Award for Academic Excellence is earned by students taking honors classes and maintaining a specific GPA. Freshmen and sophomores must take at least one honors class and have a 3.5 GPA. Juniors must take at least two honors classes and have a 3.6 GPA, and seniors must take at least two honors classes and have a 3.65 GPA.
This year’s Buckaroo Awards for Academic Excellence were given to the following:
Seniors
Maria Alvarado, Samantha Andis, Kally Atchison, Kayla Duran, Elyssa Glick, Knightlin Haley, Mackenzie Harris, Maegan Hatchett, Claudia Mendoza, Makenna Moser, Madeline Pennartz and Anna Pilkington
Juniors
Diego Arellano, Griffin Flournoy, Yvette Galan, Morgan Hash, Samantha Heatley, Blake Lee, Alyssa Reyes, AnnaKate Rodgers, Zachary Smith, Carly Tennison and Kelton Wylie
Sophomores
Liberty Blades, Kaitlyn Crook, Rolando Gallegos, Tristan Garcia, Bianca Guillen, Rylee Holcomb, Mia Hughins, Calista Lambert, Aaliyah Lawson, Kolton Myers, Christopher Otts, Axel Puebla, Anna Reaugh, McKenly Roberts, Madison Stanley, Hannah Valdez and Owen Woodward
Freshmen
Jonas Arellano, Nathaniel Barrera, Shaden Bills, Emily Brannon, Nayeli Hernandez, Rosalba Marentes, Evan Moore, Alexis Navarro, Hannah Pennartz, Ashley Reyes, Riegen Robertson, Henry Satterwhite, Jonathan Trejo, Melissa Tvrdik and Kayla Wood
Scholarships
The scholarships and recipients were:

Makenna Moser, the BHS 2018 Valedictorian, received some of the many scholarships awarded Friday. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)
Valedictorian by First National Bank
Makenna Gayle Moser
Salutatorian by Breckenridge InterBank
Maria Isabel Rodriguez Alvarado
Adam Nicholas Garcia Ag Memorial Scholarship
Braxton Post and Geurin Boles
Adams Real Estate Scholarship
Samantha Andis, Angel Rodriguez and Dylan Cisneros
ASA Softball Scholarship
Makenna Moser
Ashton Jones Memorial Scholarship
Kally Atchison and Hanna Ethridge
Billy Nichols Memorial Scholarship
Samantha Stephens
BISD Scholarship by Rotary Club
Kally Atchison, Elyssa Glick and Samantha Stephens
Boscar Satterwhite Memorial Scholarship
Knightlin Haley
Bowers Memorial Scholarship by FUMC
Elyssa Glick
Breckenridge Bass Club
Riley Durham and Cheyenne Boone
Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce Scholarship
Diana Patterson, Kally Atchison, Samantha Stephens, Knightlin Haley, Mackenzie Harris and Elyssa Glick
Breckenridge FFA Alumni Scholarship
Diana Patterson
Breckenridge Golf Scholarship by Ken and Sammie Blades
Zane Herrington and Samantha Stephens
Breckenridge Lion’s Club Scholarship
Kennedi Toombs and Anthony Baeza
BLOC (Breckenridge Love of Cheer) Scholarship
Hailey Hendrix, Brittany Robertson, Samantha Stephens and Kennedi Toombs
Breckenridge Masonic Lodge Scholarship
Angel Rodriguez, Saul Gonzales and Kolton McCullough
Casey Rodriguez Memorial Scholarship
Geurin Boles, Margarita Phillips, Diana Patterson and Hailey Hendrix
Cindi Woodward Breckenridge Buckaroo Cheerleader Scholarship
Samantha Stephens, Kennedi Toombs, Kelli Wilcox and Hailey Hendrix
Class of 1961
Knightlin Hailey
Class of 1965
Kirsten Gann
Class of 1974
Riley Durham
Cody Owen Memorial Scholarship by FUMC
Elyssa Glick and Zachary Willis
Copperleaf Properties Johnny Lewis Memorial Scholarship
Madeline Pennartz
Dee Escalon Scholarship
Riley Durham and Anthony Baeza
Donna Lea Barrett Griffin Memorial Scholarship
Taylor Stanley, Samantha Stephens, Hannah Ethridge, Kally Atchison and Diana Patterson
Frank Casey Memorial Scholarship
Hannah Ethridge and Hailey Hendrix
Friends of Johnny Corbett Memorial Scholarship
Geurin Boles
Furr Scholarship by FUMC
Elyssa Glick and Zachary Willis
Howard Pardue Memorial Scholarship by Paige Townson, Leigh Murray and Chad Townson
Samantha Stephens
Houston “Boscar” Satterwhite Golf Scholarship
Samantha Stephens
Jimmy McCullough United Girls Softball Association Scholarship
Kelly Wilcox, Makenna Moser, Kally Atchison and Hailey Hendrix
Joe Crousen Memorial Scholarship
Kelli Wilcox
John and Kate Bailey Memorial Scholarship
Kally Atchison and Mackenzie Harris
Johnny Corbett Memorial Scholarship
Geurin Boles
Jonell, Inc. Employee Scholarship
Cecelia Hernandez and Jose Arellano
Jonell, Inc. Scholarship
Makenna Moser
Kimberley Brooke Pardue Memorial Scholarship by Paige Townson and Leigh Murray
Mackenzie Harris
Kimberley Brooke Pardue Memorial Scholarship by Lois Smalley
Diana Patterson
KLXK/Lance Kitchens Scholarship
Anthony Baeza
Larry Parker Memorial Scholarship
Riley Durham and Makenna Moser
Little Bucks Volleyball Scholarship
Makenna Moser, Maria Alvarado, Mackenzie Harris, Kelli Wilcox and Aylin Saucedo
MT7 Ranch Scholarship by Mike and Mary Terry
Knightlin Haley
Margaret Hallauer Memorial Scholarship
Elyssa Glick and Diana Patterson
Maude Allison Memorial Scholarship
Hannah Ethridge
Mothers of Buckaroos (MOB) Scholarship
Riley Durham
Owen D. Woodward Memorial Scholarship
Makenna Moser, Samantha Stephens, Kelli Wilcox and Zane Herrington
Rotary Club Academic Excellence Scholarship
Knightlin Haley and Anna Pilkington
Sam Bamber Memorial Scholarship by Breckenridge Rotary
Anthony Baeza
Scotty Brown Memorial Scholarship
Riley Durham
Stephens Co. 4-H Scholarship
Diana Patterson
Stephens County Farm Bureau Scholarship
Diana Patterson, Makenna Moser and Geurin Boles
Stephens County Jr. Livestock Show Scholarship
Braxton Post
Stephens Memorial Hospital Foundation Scholarship
Hailey Hendrix and Jadin Casto
Suicide Awareness Scholarship in Memory of Jimmy Jimenez and Anthony Pineda
Margarita Phillips and Mackenzie Harris
Tanner Ray French Memorial Scholarship
Makenna Moser, Riley Durham and Madeline Pennartz
Turner/Williams Memorial Scholarship
Diana Patterson and Zane Herrington
University of Texas Exes Scholarship
Maria Alvarado and Makenna Moser
Weldon Edwards Memorial Scholarship
Knightlin Haley
Whisker Getters Scholarship
Brittany Robertson and Diana Patterson
Woman’s Forum Scholarship
Knightlin Haley
Anonymous Donor
Geurin Boles, Anthony Baeza and Maegan Hatchett
Voice of Democracy (Junior Scholarships)
Alyssa Reyes and Kelton Wylie
George and Archie Lou Dickey Memorial Scholarship through Texas A&M University
Mackenzie Harris
State Competitors
The state competitors for the 2017-18 academic year were:
Band Color Guard
Suri Alvarado, Hailey Jones and Miriam Mendoza
Track and Field
Braden Campbell – Pole Vault
Veterinary Science Team
Anna Reaugh, Madison Warren, Liberty Blades, Samantha Andis and Kaitlyn Crook
Horse Judging Team
Braden Campbell, Kyler Knight, McKenly Roberts, Jasie Poindexter, Chauncy Jones
Marketing Plan Team
Diana Patterson, McKenly Roberts and Jasie Poindexter
Environment and Natural Resources
Griffin Flournoy, Weston Wilson, Zachary Smith and Christopher Otts
Ambassador at State FFA Convention
Halle Harvick
Special Olympics
Brittnee Wright, Roxana DeLaCruz, Jesus Arellano and Rachel Craft
Cutline, top photo: Students who took honors classes and maintained a specific GPA received the Buckaroo Award for Academic Excellence at the awards ceremony on Friday. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)