Knob NosterHigh School

Academic Recognition 

Integrity and rigorous coursework are cornerstones in any curriculum. It is the goal of the Board of Education that our students be recognized for academic excellence.

These students have earned recognition through their hard work and diligence. Earning the recognition of Cum Laude with a 3.67-3.82 GPA are: 

Porter Bingham

Samaria Chever

Tyler Marin

Bailey Patterson

Abigail Rogers

Zachary Sinks

The following students have earned recognition as Magna Cum Laude with a 3.83-3.99 GPA:  

Sean Biery

Jenna Buzzanga

Alexia Forrest

Trent Gallagher

Mason Grosz

Brayden Kulpa

Kenzie Luber

Olivia Oloff

Micah Rivera

Zoey Schroeder

The following students have earned recognition as Summa Cum Laude with above a 4.0 GPA:

Eden Benson

Chloe Brown

Victor Candelaria-Beard

Drew Fundaburg

Alexander Garro

Madalyn Granow

Hannah Harrell

Sophia Hatch

Joseph Lopez

Spencer Newcomb

Kaleb Salas

Noah Schoepke

Danika Yates

State and Local Recognitions 

The George Washington Carver award is awarded by the state of Missouri to the top ten percent of the class.

George Washington Carver Award

Chloe Brown

Victor Candelaria-Beard

Drew Fundaburg

Madalyn Granow

Alexander Garro

Hannah Harrell

Sophia Hatch

Kaleb Salas

Noah Schoepke

Danika Yates

Bright Flight 

The following students have achieved a Bright Flight. This is based on their best ACT comprehensive score. Eligibility requires students to obtain a score of 31 or above on the ACT. There is a possibility of between $1000 and $3000 in scholarships for these students. The following students have met that criteria. 

Bright Flight Award

Drew Fundaburg

Noah Schoepke

Around $491,327.50 dollars were awarded in local scholarships to our Class of 2025 seniors. We greatly appreciate the support of the local organizations for their hard work and generosity in organizing these scholarships.

Garren Allen 

Joining the United States Marines 

Macin Arnold-

A+ Scholarship

Russell Arndt-

A+ Scholarship

Grow Your Own Knob Noster School District scholarship $1,000 per semester=  $8,000

Northwest Missouri State University $1,500

Total $9,500 

Patience Bentley-

A+ Scholarship

Eden Benson-

Summa Cum Laude

English Cord

World Language Cord

Art Cord

National Honor Society

A+ Scholarship

Seal of Biliteracy $500

Sean Biery-

Magna Cum Laude

English Cord

Science Cord

Math Cord

Social Studies Cord

Engineering Cord

A+ Scholarship

Porter Bingham

Cum Laude

English cord

Science Cord

A+ Scholarship

Levi Bolton-

A+ Scholarship

Reilly Bowling-

AFJROTC cord

Abigail Brackeen-

AFJROTC cord

Wyatt Brand-

National Honor Society

Music Cord

A+ Scholarship

Micah Brittain

National Honor Society

Science Cord

Music Cord

Engineering Cord

A+ Scholarship

Knob Noster Lions Club Scholarship- $500 

Knob Noster Hometown Merchant Scholarship- $767

Knob Noster Fair Board Scholarship- $500

Chloe Brown-

Summa Cum Laude

George Washington Carver Top 10% of class

English Cord

National Honor Society

A+ Scholarship

Red and Black Scholarship from the University of Central Missouri- $3,000 annually 

Knob Noster Youth Sports Mitch Franklin Scholarship $500

Knob Noster Educational Security Trust scholarship $500

Knob Noster Fair Board Scholarship- $500

James Jageman KNAT Scholarship $3,000

Jenna Buzzanga-

Magna Cum Laude

English Cord

Science Cord

Family and Consumer Science Cord

National Honor Society

S2S Cord

A+ Scholarship

Knob Noster Educational Security Trust- $500

Knob Noster Lions Club Scholarship- $500

Knob Noster Hometown Merchant Scholarship- $1,888

Knob Noster Fair Board Scholarship- $500

Wayne C. Miller Scholarship- $500

Alex Cain-

National Honor Society

A+ Scholarship

Victor Cadelaria-Beard

Summa Cum Laude

George Washington Carver Top 10% of class

English Cord

Science Cord

Math Cord

National Honor Society

A+ Scholarship

Samaria Chever-

Cum Laude

English Cord

Girl Scout Cord 

Merit Scholarships Texas Tech University- $58,000

Presidential Merit Award: Texas Tech University- $8,000 

Whiteman Spirit Alliance Scholarship

Aaron Cisneros- 

A+ Scholarship

Chase Copper-

Agriculture Cord

Jacob Davidson-

English Cord

A+ Scholarship

Alexia Forrest-

Magna Cum Laude

English Cord

Music Cord

Drew Fundaburg- 

Valedictorian

Summa Cum Laude

George Washington Carver Top 10% of class

Bright Flight- $3,000 annually for 4 years 

National Honor Society

English Cord

Science Cord

Math Cord

AFJROTC Cord

Engineering Cord

A+ Scholarship

Kummer Vanguard Scholarship- $2,000 annually for 4 years 

John T. Belcher Scholarship- $1,000 

Honors Academy at Missouri S&T- $1,000 annually for 4 years 

Missouri S&T Groundbreaker Scholarship- $8,000 annually for 4 years 

Trent Gallagher-

Magna Cum Laude

National Honor Society

English Cord

S2S Cord

A+ Scholarship

Knob Noster Sports Youth Mitch Franklin Scholarship $500

Knob Noster Lions Club Scholarship- $500

Alex Garro-

Summa Cum Laude

George Washington Carver Top 10% of Class

English Cord

Science Cord

Math Cord

Social Studies Cord

Anthony Gleason

SkillsUSA Cord

A+ Scholarship

Madalyn Granow-

Summa Cum Laude

George Washington Carver Top 10% of class

National Honor Society

English Cord

Science Cord

Art Cord

University of Kansas Chancellor Scholarship- $20,000 

Whiteman Spirit Alliance Scholarship

Mason Grosz-

Magna Cum Laude

National Honor Society

English Cord

Science Cord

A+ Scholarship

Youth Wrestling Team Scholarship $500

Dennis Hutcherson Memorial Scholarship- $500

Whiteman Spirit Alliance Scholarship

Hannah Harrell-

Summa Cum Laude

George Washington Carver Top 10% of Class

National Honor Society

English Cord

World Language Cord

Science Cord

Art Cord

Red and Black Scholarship from the University of Central Missouri- $3,000 annually 

Seal of Biliteracy $500

Whiteman Spirit Alliance Scholarship

Sophia Hatch-

Summa Cum Laude

George Washington Carver Top 10% of class

National Honor Society

English Cord

Science Cord

S2S Cord

A+ Scholarship

Red and Black Scholarship from the University of Central Missouri- $3,000 annually 

University of Central Missouri Dual Credit Scholarship- $1,000 

Sheets and Stevenson Anthropology Scholarship- $250 

Knob Noster Hometown Merchant Scholarship- $885

Knob Noster Fair Board Scholarship- $500 

Makenzie Hatcher-

A+ Scholarship

Zachery Hernandez 

Missouri Valley College Athletic Scholarship- $14,800 

Missouri Valley Academic Scholarship- $2,500 

Trevon Hudson-

A+ Scholarship

Missouri Valley College Athletic Scholarship- $10,300

Missouri Valley College Academic Scholarship - Viking Award- $6,000 

Brayden Kulpa-

Magna Cum Laude

National Honor Society

English Cord

Science Cord

Social Studies Cord

Engineering Cord

A+ Scholarship

Missouri S&T Groundbreaker Scholarship- $6,500 annually for 4 years 

RG Federal Credit Union Scholarship $1,000

Sam Livingston-

A+ Scholarship

Joseph Lopez-

Summa Cum Laude

English Cord

A+ Scholarship

Kenzie Luber-

Magna Cum Laude

English Cord

Science Cord

Family & Consumer Science Cord

A+ Scholarship

Knob Noster Educational Security Trust $500

Tyler Martin-

Cum Laude

English Cord

Science Cord

Music Cord

Knob Noster Lions Club Scholarship- $500  

Kylie Miller-

Family & Consumer Science Cord

A+ Scholarship

Spencer Newcomb-

Summa Cum Laude

National Honor Society

English Cord

Social Studies Cord

AFJROTC Cord

S2S Cord

Knob Noster Educational Security Trust $500

Dennis Hutcherson Memorial Scholarship- $500 

Whiteman Spirit Alliance Scholarship

Olivia Oloff-

Magna Cum Laude

National Honor Society

English Cord

World Language Cord

A+ Scholarship

Red and Black Scholarship from the University of Central Missouri- $2,500 annually 

University of Central Missouri Dual Credit Scholarship- $1,000

Autumn Olson-

AFJROTC Cord

Drake Owens-

World Language Cord

AFJROTC Cord

Seal of Biliteracy $500

Bailey Patterson-

Cum Laude

National Honor Society

English Cord

Science Cord

Maci Peters-

Northwest Merit Scholarship $1,000

Max Retherford-

A+ Scholarship

Hannah Rhodes-

A+ Scholarship

Grow Your Own Scholarship  approx. $7,000 semester for 2 years=$28,000

Whiteman Spirit Alliance Scholarship

Micah Rivera-

Magna Cum Laude

National Honor Society

World Language Cord

Science Cord

Social Studies Cord

A+ Scholarship

Dutile Scholars Award- Southwest Baptist University- $2,000 

Presidential Distinguished Scholars Award- Southwest Baptist University- $13,000 

SBU Residency Grant- $3,500 

Federal Pell Grant- $740 

FAFSA by February Scholarship- $500 

Southwest Baptist University Athletic Package- $3,000 

MONGA Scholarship 2025- $775 

Missouri National Guard Association- $850 

Whiteman Spirit Alliance Scholarship- $800 

President Leadership Fellows Program- Southwest Baptist University- $2,500 

Seal of Biliteracy $500

Wayne C. Miller Scholarship $500

Abigail Rogers-

Cum Laude

National Honor Society

English Cord

FBLA Cord

Kaleb Salas-

Summa Cum Laude

George Washinton Carver Top 10% of class

National Honor Society

English Cord

Science Cord

Engineering Cord

A+ Scholarship

Missouri S&T Groundbreaker Scholarship- $6,500 annually for 4 years 

Giovanni Santini-

English Cord

Noah Schoepke-

Summa Cum Laude

George Washington Carver Top 10% of class

Bright Flight- $3,000 annually for 4 years 

National Honor Society

English Cord

World Language Cord

Science Cord

Math Cord

Social Studies Cord

University of Missouri Chancellor's Award- $7,200 annually for 4 years 

Seal of Biliteracy DIstinguished Award $500

Sun Schmelzer-

Girls State Participant Cord

Zoey Schroeder-

Magna Cum Laude

National Honor Society

English Cord

Science Cord

Family & Consumer Science Cord

A+ Scholarship

Youth Wrestling Team Scholarship $500

Knob Noster Educational Security Trust (KNEST) $500

RG Federal Credit Union Scholarship $1,000

Knob Noster Hometown Merchant Scholarship- $1,327.50

Knob Noster Fair Board Scholarship- $500

Zachary Sinks-

English Cord

Joining the United States Army 

Anneliese Smith-

A+ Scholarship

Giovanni Talavera-

World Language Cord

A+ Scholarship

Knob Noster Hometown Merchant Scholarship- $944

Northwest University Scholar $1,500

Northwest Promise Grant $3,401

Joshua Taitano

A+ Scholarship

Lyric Titus-

Knob Noster Educational Security Trust $500

Tiffany Tyler-

AFJROTC Cord

A+ Scholarship

Addy Wade-

National Honor Society

Social Studies Cord

Hawg Smoke BBQ Scholarship- $300 

Northwest Missouri State University Scholar $1,500

James Jageman KNAT Scholarship $2,000

Jorgie Wheeler-

National Honor Society

English Cord

S2S Cord

University of Louisiana Monroe Warhawk Alumni Scholarship- $12,100 annually 

University of Louisiana Monroe Ace's Academic Scholarship- $2,000 annually  

Landon Wirtz-

Agriculture Cord

A+ Scholarship

Red and Black Scholarship from the University of Central Missouri- $1,000 

Makayla Woollums-

A+ Scholarship

Emma Wuster-

A+ Scholarship

Danika Yates-

Summa Cum Laude

George Washington Carver Top 10% of class

National Honor Society

English Cord

Science Cord

Krysta Young-

English Cord

Family & Consumer Science Cord

Iowa State University Grant- $8,100

Generations Award- $1,500 

Expedition Award- $2,000

Academic Achievement Award- $5,000

Brady Zink-

A+ Scholarship

Joining the United States Marines

The A+ scholarship is given to those seniors who graduate from a Missouri school with an overall 2.5 grade point average or higher. They must have at least 95% attendance rate for grades 9-12, and perform 50 hours of district-supervised unpaid tutoring of other students, job shadowing may also use up to 12 hours for A+. These students must maintain a record of good citizenship and avoid the unlawful use of drugs and alcohol. This year the recipients of the A+ scholarship are: 

A+ Recipients 

Russell Arndt

Macin Arnold

Eden Benson

Patience Bentley

Sean Biery

Porter Bingham

Levi Bolton

Wyatt Brand

Micah Brittain

Chloe Brown

 Jenna Buzzanga

Alex Cain

Victor Candelaira Beard

Aaron Cisneros

Jacob Davidson 

Drew Fundaburg

Trent Gallagher

Anthony Gleason

Mason Grosz

Sophia Hatch

Makenzie Hatcher

Trevon Hudson

Brayden Kulpa

Sam Livingston

Joseph Lopez

Kenzie Luber

Kylie Miller

Olivia Oloff

Max Retherford

Hannah Rhodes

Micah Rivera

Kaleb Salas

Zoey Schroeder

Annelise Smith

Gio Talavera

Joshua Taitano

Tiffany Tyler

Landon Wirtz

Makayla Woollums

Emma Wuster

Brady Zink