ISD Honors 2018 McCoy Award Recipients

Proud parents, guardians, families and teachers filled the William Chrisman High School auditorium to honor 150 recipients of the McCoy Award. The award is given to students from Truman, Van Horn and William Chrisman for academic excellence during their first four semesters of high school. Each recipient took the stage and was presented their McCoy medal.

“Receiving this medal says a lot about you,” Deputy Superintendent Dr. Cindy Grant told the students, “To reach this point academically, you have had to go the extra mile. Tonight is a tribute to your work ethic.”

First established in 1902, the McCoy Award is named after William McCoy, the first mayor of Independence. In 1984, the Independence Board of Education reinstated the McCoy Award and since then, more than 3,000 ISD high school students have received the prestigious McCoy medal.

Congratulations to the 2018 McCoy Award Recipients –

Joshua Acosta-Flores, Kara Amos, Derrionna Amos, Jason Angulo, Kiersten Bachmann, Zoey Bateman, Abigail Bauman, Will Black, Mikayla Blanchard, Isaac Border, Devin Boston, Evelyn Boughan, Kaitlyn Bover, Brock Bristow, Emily Bryant, Myles Burris, Christian Calderon, Adriana Campbell, Hannah Carr, Tanner Carter, Rian Caswell, Aldo Chavira, Charlise Cole, Ashley     Colon, Leah Cooper, Alexis Corsello, Melanie Cox, Dana Crosby, Annika Dains, Gloria Damian, Molly Dawson, Angel DeAvila, Elizabeth Deiter, Lan Do, Brock Edwards, Ashley Elliott, Nicole      Eppert, Jessica  Estrada, Shaun Feaker, Alyssia Fitzpatrick, Zachary Freeman, Alexandria Fry, Tanei Fuimaono, Leslie Garay, Aimee Garcia, Kaylee Garcia-Olivas, Brittani Garner, Daniel Gatschet, Emmalee Gilliam, Selene Gonzalez Casas, Samuel Griffin, Marlee Guenther, Julian Harris, Emerald Hattey, Samuel Hawley, Drake Hawley, Colby Hendrix, Sergio Hernandez Jr., Riley Hildebrand, Megen Hippensteel, Aislynn Hobbs, Emily Hornbeck, Anthony Jack, Jakob Johnson, Chase Johnson, Christa Johnson, Joseph Johnson, Tori Jones, Tapanga Jones, Kennith Julo, Kaitlyn Kendall, Isabelle King, Lillian Kraft, Jacob Kroeger, Logan Lanigan, Derek Lee, Austin Lewis, Hannah Lockard-Collins, Olivia Lundquist, Gabriel Lusk, Emily Magel, Jami Maldonado, Kennedy Marks, Mackenzie Matzeder, Nathan Maya, Mallory McGraw, Ana    Mejia, Christian Meza, Elijah Middleton-Byrd, Kyla Migues, Kinli Miller, Ciera Mitchell, Lilian Mix, Brandon Mooney, Karlie Moore, Annie Nauer, Daniel Nickens, Hannah Noel, Alexa Ortiz, Breannah Pace, Grace Pearson, Kayli Perez, Viridiana Perez, Lily Polton, Aaron Porter, Juan Rangel, Michaela Raveill, Ryen Reedy, Alexis Reyes, Aubrey  Rice, Juan Rios Meraz, Colby Rivera, Tanner Roberson, Keeley Roberts, Grant Robertson, Caroline Robinson, Ximena Robles, Felipe Rodriguez, Jocelyn Rojas Ramirez, Kayla Rowland, Chloe Rucker, Tamara Sanders, Braeden Schramm, Taylor Schumann, Thomas Sheets, Melissa Shinn, Jaden Simpson, Ashley Slape, Rachel Slayton, Conner Smith, Adison Smith, Paris Smith, Naomi Soto-Renteria, Olivia Sours, Trinity Stickle, Hunter Taylor, Rylee Thompson, Dominic Torres, Alliyah Tripp, Sandra Vazquez, Karina Vela, Lexis Wade, Krysta Warren, Daisy Washington, Haylee West, Kaylie Westhefer, Kathleen Wheeler, Kailey Wink, Abby Wood and Mason Woods.