Desert High School honors students at 27th Annual Awards Ceremony Published June 5, 2012 By 95th Air Base Wing Public Affairs EDWARDS AIR BASE, Calif. -- Desert High School held their 27th annual awards celebration May 17, during which students received more than $1 million in awards. Team Edwards congratulates the following students for their outstanding accomplishments: Abner, Jenieva - English, Valedictorian, NHS, Academic Letter, Varsity Mathlete, Mock Trial, Edwards Enlisted Spouses Scholarship $500, Federal Pell Grant $3600, Edwards Officers' Spouses' Club $4000, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority $500, Pepperdine Alumni Grant $37520, Cal A Grant $9,708 Acosta, Kamerine - Asian Pacific Youth Leadership Conference, Antelope Valley Future Leader Adams, Dane - Antelope Valley College Math Field Day, Spanish, Biological Science, NHS, JV Mathlete, HOBY $1500 Arias, James - English plaque, Physical Science, 2nd Applied Mechanics, Kern County Science Fair, Valedictorian, Academic Letter, Mock Trial, Edwards Officers' Spouses Club $1000, Antelope Valley Future Leader, Principal's Scholarship Avitto, Valerie, Mock Trial Balthrop, Carrie - Athlete of the Year Banuelos, Edward - Biological Science, Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award Bates, Joshua - 2nd Chemistry Kern County Science Fair, $150 MDSACS Award, $150 Beasley, Sarah - ROP, NHS Belen, Sabrina - Mathematics, 1st Behavioral Sciences Kern County Science Fair, $125 Benlian, Bryce - 3rd Plant Biology Kern County Science Fair Bishop, Justin - ROTC Plaque, NHS, Varsity Mathlete, Desert Football Boosters Scholarship $500, Rockford College's Merit Scholarship $41600, Southern Virginia Univresity $24000, Whittier College $84,680, Allegheny College $76060, Graceland University $54000, Pacific University $65600, St. John's University $55316, Menlo College $97200, Lawrence University $88000, Luther College $66840 Brater, Miranda - 3rd Behavioral Sciences Kern County Science Fair Brater, Rachel - Art plaque, 3rd Behavioral Sciences Kern County Science Fair, Valedictorian, NHS, Edwards Officers' Spouses' Club $2000, Harvey Hall Ambulance Scholarship $500, Miami University $40000, Antelope Valley Future Leader Bugaren, Aimee - Spanish Burgess, Lindsey - Athlete of the Year, HM Mammalian Biology/Physiology/Zoology Kern County Science Fair Burghardt, Walter - Athlete of the Year Cantrell, Will - P.E. Caron, Doug - Mock Trial Chahine, Sarah - NHS, Varsity Mathlete Clouse, Patrick - ROP Plaque Conner, Annaleise - Valedictorian Conner, John - Mock Trial Crosby, Jonathan - ROP, Principal's Scholarship Delator, Jeff-Rey - Mock Trial Dina, Cristofer - Industrial Arts Drummond, Jasmine - Mock Trial Ege, Sara - NHS, Academic Letter. Varsity Mathlete Endevoets, David - NHS, Boys' State $750 Erickson, Niki - HM Physics Kern County Science Fair, $1000, Valedictorian, Antelope Valley Future Leader Evensen, Katrine - Spanish Plaque, Biological Science Evey, Gabrielle - MAA, 1st Mammalian Biology/Physiology Zoology Kern County Science Fair, $250, JV Mathlete Fernandez-Hoyle, Mikel - Mock Trial Fitzgerald, Jinnie - P.E. Fobel, Trevor - Music, Social Studies Plaque, Kern County Science Fair $1000, Valedictorian, NHS, Academic Letter, Jeremy Bower Scholarship Antelope Valley Future Leader Follensbee, Justin - Jeremy Bower Memorial Scholarship Gaddis, Ali - Varsity Mathlete Gigstad, Andrea - Mock Trial Gigstad, Sarah - Mock Trial Gorelick, Sam - Industrial Arts Grimes, Eileen - P.E. Plaque Grimes, Leonard - P.E. Grubb, Mark - $500 Guerrero, Cecilia, HM Behavioral Sciences Kern County Science Fair, Valedictorian, Academic Letter Hall, Kyle - P.E. Plaque Hanes, Derek, NHS, JV Mathlete Hanes, Maria - MAA, Varsity Mathlete, Antelope Valley Future Leader, NHS Hanes, Paula - NHS, JV Mathlete Haraguchi - HM Earth & Environmental Kern County Science Fair Hart, Angel - Drama Hernandez, Alexander - Valedictorian Hernandez, Benjamin - Valedictorian Hill, Malik - Boy's State $750 Holmes, Gregory - Physical Science, Drama Plaque, The American Academy of Dramatic Arts $6000 Hoshino, Gene - MAA, Music Plaque, 3rd Applied Mechanics Kern County Science Fair $1000, Valedictorian, NHS, Varsity Mathlete, Mock Trial, Lowe's Scholarship $2,500, Terra-Gen Scholarship $1000, International Longshore & Warehouse Union $500, PTA $1200, Jeremy Bower Memorial Scholarship, Drexel University $76000, Colorado School of Mines $36000, UC Riverside $4000, Embry-Riddle $40000, Utah State $5400, College of Engineering Utah State $2000, Hanson Music Studio $500, Legacy Scholarship $500 Hoshino, Kenton - 3rd Applied Mechanics Kern County Science Fair, NHS, Hoby $1,500 Hudson, Eric - Mock Trial Jones, Calvin - Industrial Arts Plaque Kalita, Kasey - Varsity Mathlete Kok, Jarrett - HM Physics Kern County Science Fair, $50 Naval Science Award Lane, Jillian - Mock Trial Larkin, Tonnesha - 1st Earth & Environmental Kern County Science Fair, $250 Lathrop, Kathrine - ROTC Plaque, NHS, Antelope Valley Future Leader, Principal's Scholarship Lee, Heather - NHS Lewis, Debbie - $500 Lockwood, Matt - Music, Jeremy Bower Memorial Scholarship Lopez, Alex - 3rd place Plant Biology Kern County Science Fair Lott, Katherine - 1st Behavioral Sciences Kern County Science Fair, $125, JV Mathlete Males, Austin - NHS, Antelope Valley Future Leader Mendoza, Alyssa - Valedictorian Miller, Sh'linda - Girls State $750 Moore, Kelly - Art, English, Social Studies, Valedictorian, Johnson & Wales University $15945, Drexel University $22000, The University of Tampa, $14200, University of the Pacific, $10000, Penn State University, $24000, University of Pittsburgh $14500 Munoz, Marissa - Music Murrell, Steven - Antelope Valley College Math Field Day, Mathematics Plaque, Valedictorian, NHS, Varsity Mathlete, Mathlete Top Score, Army Reserve National Scholar/Athlete Myers, Korina - Athlete of the Year Plaque Myers, Tyler - MAA, JV Mathlete Nelson, Dawn - Salutitorian Nelson, Khris - Athlete of the Year Nolan, David - Biological Science Plaque, 1st Physics Kern County Science Fair $250, NHS Oklesson, Deanna - P.E. Ozuna, Josh - Mock Trial Pantana, McKenzie - Heart Award, Valedictorian, NHS, Academic Letter, Kern Co. Assc. Of Office Professionals $1100, CalEd Associates $2000, Antelope Valley United Methodist Church $500, American Military Comptroller's Scholarship $500, PTA $600, Antelope Valley Future Leader Phan, Vivian - Antelope Valley College Math Field Day, JV Mathlete Rischar, Lacey - Antelope Valley Future Leader Rush, Victoria - MAA, JV Mathlete Sevenich, David - Mock Trial Shaffer, Matthew - Mock Trial Snyder, Brooke - Kern County Science Fair $1000, Valedictorian, NHS, Academic Letter, Edwards Officers'Spouses' Club $3000, Terra-Gen $1000, Edwards Enlisted Spouses Scholarship $1000, PTA $1200, Antelope Valley Future Leader Springer, Alicia - HM Physics Kern County Science Fair $1000, Valedictorian Steele, Grayson - Varsity Mathlete Tanner, Kayla - George Eastman Young Leaders Award, Youth Citizenship at Pepperdine $1800 Thomson, Katie - Social Studies, 2nd Behavioral Sciences Kern County Science Fair $1000, Heart Award, Valedictorian, NHS, Academic Letter Thomson, Rachel - CIF, 2nd Behavioral Sciences Kern County Science Fair $1000, Valedictorian, NHS, Academic Letter, Army Reserve National Scholar/Athlete, Northern AZ $28000, Marquette University $48000, Marquette University $3500, Congressman Kevin McCarthy's Merit Award, Legacy Sholarsip $500 Tibayan, Jasmine - Valedictorian Tracy, Ethan - JV Mathlete Urban, Tyler - Art, Physical Science Plaque, 1st Mammalian Biology/Physiology/Zoology Kern County Science Fair, Valedictorian, Academic Letter, Antelope Valley Future Leader Valladares, Bryan - NHS, Varsity Mathlete, Mock Trial, US Army Type 1 $94100 Vasquez, Edward - MAA, Mathematics, HM Earth & Environmental Kern County Science Fair, Xerox Award for Innovation & Information, NHS, Academic Letter, Varsity Mathlete, Mock Trial, HOBY Peer Mentor $1500, CMC Certificate Vu, Madeline - ROTC Plaque, HM Mammalian Biology/Physiology/Zoology Kern County Science Fair, Valedictorian Vuong, Louis - Drama, NHS, Antelope Valley Future Leader Waterman, Julian - NHS Wilson, Blaire - Johnson & Wales University $28000 Wilson, Kyle - Athlete of the Year Plaque Wright, Benjamin - Frederick Douglass & Susan B. Anthony Award Zamot, Cameron - 3rd Physics Kern County Science Fair Zamot, Noel - 3rd Physics Kern County Science Fair