BHS Class of 2022 receives scholarships, honors
Breckenridge High School students gathered in Bailey Auditorium on Wednesday morning, May 18, along with family, friends and community members, for the 2022 BHS awards ceremony.
There were 100 scholarships presented to 24 students for more than $81,000. Additionally, the Buckaroo Awards for Academic Excellence were awarded, and those students who qualified for state competitions this year were honored.
The BHS Class of 2022 will graduate on Friday, May 27. The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. in the BISD Athletics and Fine Arts Center (the main gym), located at the corner of West Second and North Live Oak streets. For those who cannot attend, the ceremony will be livestreamed on the Buckaroo YouTube Channel. The livestream broadcast will be free for anyone to watch and will begin at 6:30 p.m.
SCHOLARSHIPS
The scholarships and recipients include:
Valedictorian by First National Bank of Breckenridge
Jaylen Harper
Salutatorian by Breckenridge InterBank
Liberty Vandergriff
Adam Nicholas Garcia Ag Memorial Scholarship
Kason Knight
Bobby Anderson Memorial Scholarship
Chad Wilcox, Elizabeth Woodward and Samantha Smalley
Bowers Memorial Scholarship by FUMC
Nathan Lechner and Shalyn Owen
Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce Scholarship
Savanah Fade, Jaylen Harper, Laney Thibodeaux, Aimee Toliver, Liberty Vandergriff and Abigale Wylie
Breckenridge Lion’s Club Scholarship
Aimee Toliver, Savanah Fade and Alex Fuson
Breckenridge Masonic Lodge Scholarship
Alex Fuson and Kason Knight
More than $81,000 in scholarships were awarded to 24 Breckenridge High School at the annual awards ceremony on May 18. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)
Casey Rodriguez Memorial Scholarship
Ayden Reyes
Cindi Woodward Breckenridge Buckaroo Cheerleader Scholarship
Elizabeth Woodward, Samantha Smalley, Aimee Toliver, Savanah Fade and Shalyn Owen
Class of 1960 to Honor Deceased Classmates
Royce McPhail and Savanah Fade
Class of 1965
Abigale Wylie
Class of 1974
Kason Knight
Cody Owen Memorial Scholarship
Shalyn Owen, Nathan Lechner and Kason Knight
Copperleaf Properties Johnny Lewis Memorial Scholarship
Shalyn Owen and Samantha Smalley
Dee Escalon Scholarship
Chad Wilcox and Ayden Reyes
Friends of Johnny Corbett and Mitchel Sullivan Memorial Scholarship
Jaylen Harper, Sydney Garland and Elizabeth Woodward
Furr Scholarship by FUMC
Nathan Lechner and Shalyn Owen
Howard Pardue Memorial Scholarship by Paige Townson and Leigh Murray
Jaylen Harper
Jerry Tubbs Memorial Scholarship
Peyton McPhail
Jimmy McCullough United Girls Softball Association Scholarship
Elena Arellano
Joe Crousen Memorial Scholarship
Chad Wilcox
John and Kate Bailey Memorial Scholarship
Alex Fuson and Savanah Fade
Johnny Corbett Memorial Scholarship
Kason Knight
Kimberley Brooke Pardue Memorial Scholarship by Lois Smalley
Aimee Toliver
KLXK/Lance Kitchens Scholarship
Abigale Wylie and Kason Knight
Larry Parker Memorial Scholarship
Chad Wilcox, Aimee Toliver and Elizabeth Woodward
Margaret Hallauer Memorial Scholarship
Nathan Lechner and Laney Thibodeaux
Marquis Martin Memorial Scholarship
Jaylen Harper and Samantha Smalley
Maude Allison Memorial Scholarship
Nathan Lechner
Mike Funderburg Memorial Scholarship by Class of 1980
Abigale Wylie
Owen D. Woodward Memorial Scholarship
Elizabeth Woodward, Samantha Smalley, Chad Wilcox, Kason Knight and Jimena Palacios
Pamela Pardue Midkiff Memorial Scholarship
Rylan Sims
Ray Findlay Memorial Scholarship
Chad Wilcox
Ron Downing Memorial Scholarship by Rotary Club
Nathan Lechner
Rotary Club Academic Excellence Scholarship
Rylan Sims
Rotary Club BISD Scholarship
Jaylen Harper and Royce McPhail
Rotary Club Mitchel & Terry Sullivan Memorial Scholarship
Samantha Smalley
Sue Boland Memorial Scholarship by St. Paul United Methodist Church
Scarlett Brashear and Jeremy Weaver
Stephens County 4-H Scholarship
Kason Knight
Stephens County Farm Bureau Scholarship
Kason Knight, Abigale Wylie and Liberty Vandergriff
Stephens County Jr. Livestock Show Scholarship
Sydney Garland, Kason Knight and Rylan Sims
Stephens County Crime Stoppers
Abigale Wylie and Sydney Garland
Stephens Memorial Hospital Foundation Scholarship
Savanah Fade, Peyton McPhail, Mya Mae Guillory, Jimena Palacios and Samantha Smalley
Tanner Ray French Memorial Scholarship
Yulianna Ornelas, Jimena Palacios and Abigale Wylie
Theater Scholarship by Marlene Tubbs
Jaylen Harper
This Is My Texas Art Contest Scholarship by Ron Hoover RV & Marine Center
Liberty Vandergriff, Sydney Garland and Aimee Toliver
Turner/Williams Memorial Scholarship
Kason Knight, Sydney Garland and Rylan Sims
Van Robbins Memorial Vocational Scholarship
Savanah Fade
Weldon Edwards Memorial Scholarship
Aimee Toliver
Woman’s Forum Scholarship
Liberty Vandergriff
Anonymous Donor
Yulianna Ornelas
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
Savanah Fade, Alexander Fuson, Sydney Garland, Jaylen Harper, Austin Hill, Peyton McPhail, Royce McPhail, Rylan Sims, Aimee Marie Toliver, Liberty Vandergriff and Elizabeth Woodward
Juniors
McKenna Adams, Ezekiel David, Heer Gandhi, Parks Gill, Cali Griffin, Grace Harper, Jake Malcuit, Monserat Mendoza, Tristan Myers, Abigail Otts, Keaton Ragle, Anson Rodgers, Avery Rodgers, Elizabeth San Lucas, Cara Schkade, Haigen Thompson, Lourdes Trejo Rivera and Chase Wright
Sophomores
Valerie Beltran, Matthew Bueno, Andrew Cortez, Ryleigh Cowan, Kyla Curtis, Alexis Franco, Violeta Gallegos, Emily Gooch, Victorian Gotschall, Kamryn Larremore, Haylie Mendoza, Aaron Moore, Alex Palacios, Zaea Ragle, Cora Roan, Charlie Salazar, Stephan Sanchez, Karter Smalley and Alexis Vick
Freshmen
Elijah Chisholm, Hunter Clayton, Carson Duran, Jaxon Escalon, Cody Gibson, Malichi Harper, Isaac Hernandez Pina, Teresa Houdek, Joni Jackson, Saxon Knust, Kaylee Langford, Jack McKay, Solae Mendez, Timothy Newell, Cabel Perkins, Giselle Reyes, Jocelyn Reyes, Miley Roberts, Antley Rodgers, John Sackett, Alejandro Saucedo, Ruthie Valdez, Sawyer Wimberley and Makayla Wright
STATE COMPETITORS
The state competitors for the 2021-2022 academic year include:
Track and Field
Chase Lehr, Sean Cooksey, Adrian Ruiz, Sawyer Wimberley, Daniel Valdez and Anson Rodgers
Forage Evaluation CDE
Sydney Garland, Kason Knight and Rylan Sims
UIL Congress
Jaylen Harper, Alex Fuson and Jeremy Weaver
Breckenridge High School Class of 2022 Salutatorian Liberty Vandergriff received a scholarship from Ron Hoover RV & Marine for winning the local This Is My Texas art contest. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)
Cutline, top photo: Abby Moore hugs Breckenridge High School Class of 2022 Valedictorian Jaylen Harper after presenting him and Samantha Smalley with the Marquis Martin Memorial Scholarship at the annual awards ceremony on May 18. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)
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