Kenai Peninsula College names Chancellor’s, Dean’s List students

Nicholas Abraham

Timothy Alsobrooks

Hans Andersen

Dagmar Badger

Richard Baker

Sarah Bovey

Gabriel Boyle

Owen Brewer

Benjamin Carney

Shannon Cefalu

Joshua Cho

Abby Cook

Robert Cooley

Ricardo Cornejo

Morgan Cunningham

Matthew Flowers

Bradley Fusaro

Hannah Glaves

Denali Goodwill

Johnny Griffin

Shey Groeneveld

Hunter Hamrick

Phillip Hemphill

Matthew Hinkle

Cameron Horst

Angela Hutchens

Jeffrey Jones

Brooke Kennedy

Charles Kindstrand

Kelsey Kolberg

Alisah Kress

Natalie Kress

Kaitlyn Louthan

Caleb Lyons

Twila McClung

Marleena Merchant

Brett Meyer

Kiara Miller

Mitchell Ogden

Lana Perry

Teagan Pollock

Jayce Robertson

Jessica Rogers

Brian Rowe

Christopher Russell

Zachary Schindler

Charles Sims

Chelsea Springer

Katrina Truesdell

Philip Valenta

Zack Waters

Tim Weathers

Will West

Megan Westlake

Joseph Zickefoose

Rodney Adams

Sadie Arneson

Landon Beatty

Carissa Bible

Ruslan Bilak

Allison Bohac

John Boullion

Joseph Bressler

Tereza Brooks

Stuart Brown

Jared Carter

Weston Classen

Jared Clay

Jonathon Delaquito

Heidi Diamond

Rachel Firmin

Brianna Forbis

Austin Frederic

Ashley Freeman

Alissa Garcia

Joseph Gillham

Robert Goerdt

Jonathan Gonzalez

Karla Gonzalez

Joshua Gross

Bryan Hahn

William Hamman Jr

Caleb Harshman

Kaitlyn Hecks

Haley Hoff

Jens Hopson

Shawn Jackinsky

Jessica Jaroma

Alexander Konev

Mirimia Kuzmin

Samuel Lares

Jacob Leage

Dennis Martushoff

Jake McCollum

Elizabeth McGlothen

Daylan McKay

Collin Morse

Gwendolyn Nelson

Douglas Norris Jr

Reece Nunez

Victoria Oberts

Natalya Oskolkoff

Jacob Pass

Lauren Petersen

Kyle Potocek

Alyson Quartly

Samantha Reynolds

Benjamin Rosendale

Jessica Samskar

Kassidy Stock

Dylon Story

Skylar Taylor

Carol Tolly

Shelby Vitt

Jamie Ward

Holly West

Caleb Whelan

David Wolf

Joshua Wolf

Christopher Young

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