Cedar Catholic seniors collect awards, scholarships

SENIORS

KATELYN ANN ARENS: She will attend Wayne State College and major in Nursing. She will receive the Dean’s Excellence Scholarship from WSC, the Hartington AMVETS Scholarship. Awards include: Academic Letter 2nd Semester 2023·2024 and 1st and 2nd Semester 2024·2025; Varsity Basketball Letter; Varsity Swing Choir Letter; Varsity Volleyball Letter; Varsity One Act Letter; Excellent Rating Mixed Chorus/Girls Chorus/Swing Choir/Women’s Ensemble and NECC Jazz Festival; Omaha World Herald All Nebraska Ho n o r able Mention, Voll eyball; Norfolk Daily News Honorable Mention Volley ball; Varsity Best Teammate Award Volleyball; English IV Class Award; EMHC; 8 Semester Academic Letter; 8 Semester Straight “A”s; Honorable Mention Omaha World Herald All Academic Program Honorable Mention; Student Council; Academic All State Volleyball; Conference Honorable Mention Basketball; KEXL Basketball Player of the Game vs. Southwest and vs. Alma and vs. Elm Creek; 4 Year One Act-Swing Choir and Basketball Varsity Letter; CD of A 2m1 Place Art Division 3; Hustle Award Basketball; Norfolk Daily News Honorable Mention Volleyball; Omaha World Herald Class Dl All Tournament Team Basketball; Lincoln Journal Star Class Dl Honorable Mention Basketball; Academic All State Basketball; 2024·2025 PRIDE Award; National Honor Society; President’s Education Awards Program for Outstanding Academic Achievement

KEYTON ARENS: He will attend the University of South Dakota majoring in Exercise Science. Keyton was awarded Academic and Athletic Scholarships to attend Mount Marty University. He will be receiving the Coyote Beginnings Scholarship from USD, and the Sally Bart Scholarship. Awards include: Varsity Track Letter; Varsity Football Letter; Varsity Basketball Letter; 3 Sport Varsity Letter: FB·BB·TR; Construction Class Award; 4 Year Varsity Football Letter; C2·3 All District Honorable Mention Football; First Friday Server; Excellent Rating Mixed Chorus DMC;

NOLAN BECKER: He will attend Northeast Community College to major in Business, and Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning. He was awarded the General Admission Scholarship from Wayne State College, an Academic and Athletic Scholarship from Concordia, along with Athletic Scholarships from Morningside and Briar Cliff. He received the Scott Haselhorst Scholarship, and the Bank of Hartington Scholarship. Awards include: Varsity Football Letter; Varsity Basketball Letter; Varsity Track Letter; 3 Sport Letter Winner FB·BB·TR; Academic All State Track and Basketball; KEXL Player of the game vs. Sutton and O’Neill St. Mary’s and Dairy Queen Player of the Game vs. Pender • Basketball; 4 Year Varsity Football, Basketball and Track Letter; NECC All Star Game Basketball; Best Defensive Player Award Basketball; Norfolk Daily News Class C 1st Team All Area Elite 8 Captain; Lincoln Journal Star Class C2 1st Team All State Basketball; Omaha World Herald Class C2·1 1st Team All State Basketball; Added to Top 10 Career Points, 1267; All Conference Basketball; First Friday Server; Campus Ministry Member; Lector; EMHG; National Honor Society; Boys Basketball Co MVP

LAUREN BERNECKER: She will attend Wayne State College majoring in Pre· Pharmacy. Lauren will receive the President’s Scholarship and the RHOP Scholarship from WSC, along with the Hartington Chamber of Commerce Scholarship. Her awards include: Academic Letter 2nd Semester 2023-2024 and 1st and 2nd Semester 2024-2025 School Year; 8 Semesters Academic Letter; 8 Semesters Straight “A”s; Varsity Volleyball Letter; Varsity Swing Choir Letter; Varsity Basketball Letter; All Conference Honorable Mention Volleyball; Lincoln Journal Star Class D-1 All State Honorable Mention Volleyball; Omaha World Herald Class D·l All Nebraska Honorable Mention Volleyball; Norfolk Daily News Class D All Area 2nd Team Volleyball; Best of the Class by KCAU-TV; Principal’s Leadership Award; ACT Jump Club; Lector; Conference Academic Team; Academic All State Track and Field; Journalism·Government·Theology Calculus Class Awards; C Club Co President; Quiz Bowl Member; Top ACT Score for Senior Class (30);Omaha World Herald All Academic Program Honorable Mention; President’s Education Awards Program for Outstanding Academic Excellence; Conference and Northeast Nebraska Academic Contest Nominee for Anatomy/ Physiology and English Communication; Student Council; Academic All State Volleyball; Norfolk Daily News All Academic Team; Practice Performer Award Track; 3 Sport Letter Winner VB-BBTR; Omaha World Herald Class D·l Honorable Mention Basketball; Lincoln Journal Star Class D 1 Honorable Mention Basketball; Defensive MVP Basketball; Dairy Queen Player of the Game vs. Pender; Norfolk Daily News Class D All Area 2nd Team Volleyball; 4 Year Varsity Basketball-Volleyball and Track Letter; CD Of A 3rd Place Art Division III; Senior Class Secretary; Excellent Rating Mixed Chorus/ Girls Chorus/Swing Choir/Women’s Ensemble DMC and NECC Jazz Festival; Academic All State Basketball; National Honor Society

JAYMISON CATTAU: He will attend Wayne State College and major in Construction Management. He was awarded Athletic Scholarships from Mount Marty, Midland, Briar Cliff, and Doane. He will receive Academic and Athletic Scholarships to play football for WSC, and the CCHS Board of Education Scholarship. His awards include: Varsity Football Letter; Varsity Basketball Letter; 4 Year Varsity Letter Football; Norfolk Daily News 1st Team Football; Omaha World Herald· Lincoln Journal Star and Grand Island Independent 1st Team Football; NECC All Star Football and Basketball Game; All District C2·3 Football Team; Academic All State Football; Norfolk Daily News Class C All Area 3rd Team Basketball; Lincoln Journal Star Class C2 l51 Team All State Honorable Mention Basketball; Omaha World Herald Class C-2 All State Honorable Mention Basketball; All Conference Basketball; First Friday Server; ACT Jump Club; President’s Education Award Outstanding Achievement; Boys Basketball Co MVP

JACK CHRISTENSEN: He will attend Northeast Community College to major in Electrical Construction and Control. He will receive the Dan A. Marr Scholarship from NECC, and the Leo and Gene Kathol Family Scholarship. Awards include: Varsity Football Letter; Most Improved Award Football; First Friday Server; Excellent Rating Mixed Chorus DMC; ACT Jump Club; EMHC; Senior Class President; President’s Education Awards Program for Outstanding Academic Achievement

NICHOLAS COLEMAN: He will attend Northeast Community College to major in Information Technology. He will receieve the Nebraska Career Scholarship from NECC. Awards include: Varsity Instrumental Music Letter; Varsity Football Letter; Varsity Wrestling Letter; Conference Academic Team; Agri Business Class Award; Excellent Rating Wayne State Band and NECC Jazz Festival; and Mixed Chorus and Jazz Band DMC; Superior Rating Band DMC: Conference and Northeast Nebraska Academic Contest Nominee for Computer Literacy; 4 Year Varsity Letter Instrumental Music; State FFA Degree Recipient; Instrumental Music MVP; Louis Armstrong Jazz Award

MAGGIE DENDINGER: She will attend Wayne State College and major in Elementary Education. She received the Wildcat Commitment Scholarship from WSC, and the Bank of Hartington Scholarship. Awards include: Varsity One Act Letter; Varsity Golf Letter; Varsity Swing Choir Letter; Excellent Rating Mixed Chorus/Girls Chorus/Swing Choir/Women’s Ensemble DMC and NECC Jazz Festival; Student Council; Lector; EMHC; Campus Ministry Member

ADAM ELKS: He will attend Mitchell Technical Community College to major in Business Management. Adam will receive the Bank of Hartington Scholarship. His awards include: Varsity Letter Cross Country; Academic All State Cross Country; GNAC All Conference Team Cross Country; 4 Year Varsity Letter Cross Country; Excellent Rating Mixed Chorus DMC; Superior Rating Vocal Small Vocal Ensemble DMC: Conference and Northeast Nebraska Academic Contest Nominee for Accounting; Tenor Section Class Award; President’s Education Awards Program for Outstanding Academic Achievement

ALEX ELKS: He will attend South Dakota State University and major in Conservation Planning and Park Management. Alex received the CCHS Board of Education Scholarship. Awards include: Varsity Swing Choir Letter; Varsity Track Letter; Varsity Cross Country Letter; Varsity Bowling Letter; GNAC All Conference Team Cross Country; 3 Sport Letter Winner: Cross Country-Track Bowling; 4 Year Varsity Track and Cross Country Letter; ACT Jump Club; Tenor Section Class Award; Superior Rating Vocal Small Vocal Ensemble DMC; Excellent Rating Mixed Chorus/Swing Choir DMC and NECC Jazz Festival; Most Service Hours Logged for 2024 2025 (131.5)

CHRISTIAN FISCUS: He will attend Northeast Community College and will major in Nursing. Christian will receive the American Legion Riders Scholarship, the Patrick and Theresa Wingen Family Scholarship, the NECC President’s Scholarship, the Yankton Education Healthcare Fund Scholarship and the CCHS Board of Education Scholarship. His awards include: Varsity Instrumental Music Letter; Varsity Bowling Letter; Academic Letter 1st Semester 2024-2025 School Year; First Friday Server; President’s Education Awards Program for Outstanding Academic Excellence; Academic All State Bowling; Conference and Northeast Nebraska Academic Contest Nominee for World History and Workplace Communication; EMHC; Excellent Rating Wayne State Band and NECC Jazz Festival; Excellent Rating Mixed Chorus/Jazz Band DMC; Superior Rating Band and Vocal Small Vocal Ensemble DMC; 4 Year Varsity Instrumental Music Letter; National Honor Society; Instrumental Music MVP; John Philip Sousa Award

LYNDSEY HAMILTON: She will attend the University of Nebraska at Lincoln to major in Marketing. She earned the Dean’s Commitment Scholarship from WSC, and the Yellow and Blue Ribbon Scholarship from SDSU. She will receive the Cedar County Farm Bureau Scholarship, and the Hartelco Scholarship. Awards include: Varsity Volleyball Letter; Varsity One Act Letter; Varsity . Dance Letter; Varsity Swing Choir Letter; Omaha World Herald Class D-1 All Nebraska Honorable Mention Volleyball; Norfolk Daily News Class D All Area Honorable Mention Volleyball; Norfolk Daily News Class D All Area Honorable Mention Volleyball; Lincoln Journal Star All Sate Honorable Mention Volleyball; Lector; Dance Captain; 4 Year Varsity Letter Dance and Swing Choir; Excellent Rating Mixed Chorus/Girls Chorus/Swing Choir/Women’s Ensemble DMC and NECC Jazz Festival; EMHC: President’s Education Award Outstanding Achievement; Student Council; Conference and Northeast Nebraska Academic Contest Nominee in Child Development; Campus Ministry Member; National Honor Society

JOSIE HEINE: She will attend Wayne State College to major in Human Service Counseling, and Early Childhood Education & Family Studies. She received the WSC Dean’s Commitment Scholarship, the Susan Buffett Scholarship, and the Korry Kaiser Memorial Scholarship. Awards include: Varsity One Act Letter; Varsity Golf Letter; Varsity Swing Choir Letter; Excellent Rating Mixed Chorus/Girls Chorus/ Swing Choir/Women’s Ensemble DMC and NECC Jazz Festival; Most Credit Hours Earned During High School (37); EMHC; Most Consistent Golf Award; Academic All State Award Golf; President’s Education Award Outstanding Achievement; National Honor Society; Golf MVP

CARSEN HEITHOLD: He will enter the workforce after graduation and will be employed at Tony Kumm Farms. Awards include: English IV Class Award; Welding Class Award; CD of A 3rd Place Poetry Division III Award

REGINA HERBOLSHEIMER: She will attend the University of Dallas as an English major. She was awarded Departmental Scholarship for Art, and the Trustees Scholarship from U of D. She will also receive the Bank of Hartington Scholarship. Awards include: Varsity Swing Choir Letter; Excellent Rating NECC Jazz Festival; Theology IV Class Award; CD of A 1st Place Art Division III

BAILEY HOCHSTEIN: She willl attend Northeast Community College and will study Business Administration. She was awarded the WSC Dean’s Scholarship , and the SDSU Yellow and Blue Scholarship. She will receive the Hartington Community Foundation Scholarship. Awards include: Varsity Basketball Letter; Varsity Voll eyball Letter; Varsity Dance Letter; Varsity Swing Choir Letter; Varsity One Act Letter; 3 Sport Letter Winner VB-BB-DA; 4 Year Varsity Basketball and Dance Letter; Team Player Award Basketball; Omaha World Herald All Nebraska 2nd Team Volleyball; Norfollc Daily News Class D All Area 3rd Team Volleyball; Lincoln Journal Star All State Honorable Mention Volleyball; Varsity Hustle Award Volleyball; Varsity Defensive MVP Volleyball; All Conference Honorable Mention Volleyball; NECC All Star Volleyball Game; EMHC; Alto Section Class Award; Most Improved Actress Award One Act; Outstanding Performer at District One Act; Lector; ACT Jump Club; President’s Education Awards Program for Outstanding Academic Achievement; Excellent Rating Mixed Chorus/Girls Chorus/Swing Choir/Women’s Ensemble DMC and NECC Jazz Festival; National Honor Society

Lyndsey Hamilton