MCC recognizes Fall 2023 honors students

Jan. 23, 2024

Hundreds of students were named to McLennan Community College’s Honors List and Distinguished Honors List for the Fall 2023 semester.

The Distinguished Honors List is reserved for students who achieve a 3.8 to 4.0 grade-point average for the semester, while students who achieve a 3.5 to 3.79 grade-point average are named to the Honors List. The Honors and Distinguished Honors Lists include the names of students who have completed 12 or more college-credit semester hours (including developmental courses).

Distinguished Honors List

Waco students named to the Distinguished Honors List by, ZIP code:

76643 – Victoria Cadena

76701 – Rizwan Ali, Avery Decker and Chad West

76702 – Amaya Johnson

76704 – Eduardo Hernandez, Vertis Johnson and Nikolas Perryman

76705 – Gissell Andino Montes, Caelin Baesler-Ridge, Jamiah Barnes, Sydnee Carrizales, Joana Castro, Gema Chavez, Johana De La Cruz, Luke Finnell, Antonianett Garcia, Jonathan Gutierrez, Crystal’lynn Hannible, Abigail Herrera, Tina Keel, Gia Ly, Clarita Mata, Ainsley McDaniel, Brooks Nall, Samuel Ogunsona, Caley Parsons, Sonia Perez, James Pfleiderer, Paola Reynaga, Sonora Rieger, Desiree Salas, Samuel Smith, Emmaleigh Smith, Ivey Votaw, Kaori Wayne, Emily Williams and Randi Yrios

76706 – Allison Alonzo, Emily Ardolf, Luke Carlisle, Sarah Davis, Makenzy Fernandes, Alyssa Gustafson, Onyetha Hernandez, Araceli Herrera, Madilyn Holden, Kaden Huff, Aiyana Medlock, Carmen Meyer, Nahomy Perez Guevara, Juan Pablo Ruiz Elizarraras, Patrick Smith, Marisella Suarez, Tanaisa Taylor, Zagiri Vazquez-Espinoza, Alejandro Vazquez-Olguin and Chloe Wilken

76707 – Johanna Angeles, Alexandro Betancourt, Hernan Chevres, Courtney Cockerham, Jailene Esquivel-Torres, Vriseyda Gonzalez Vega, Chloe Greathouse, Sandra Hernandez, Olivia Loredo, Kaitlynn Merritt, Jasmin Nunez, Ricardo Nunez, Don Orta, Kerlyn Quiroz, Zoletta Robinson, Ashley Salas Sanchez, Amairani Sanchez, Sean Segroves, Candy Torres and Hannah Voss

76708 – Samara Alegre, Merrie Jo Allen, Lauren Baker, Isaac Balderas, Dylin Barnard, Taylor Brem, Amy Camarena, Olivia Cambra, Kelly Clark, Judith Clark, Robin Dietz, Amanda Ellison, Sarah Ellison, Adora Falco, Evette Garcia, Isaiah Glenn, Carmen Gonzalez Lo-A-Njoe, Alison Hallal, Kyla Heine, Crystal Lara, Cadence Liles, Zoren Lucas, Kylie McQuatters, Kayla Mundy, Sadie Newman, Benjamin Ngo, Madison Nodine, Naiyeli Perez, Libna Ramirez, Wesley Ritchey, Michelle Saucedo, Lera Smith, Misha Sommerfeld, Maya Torres, Rodolfo Vazquez, Karley Willenborg, Andrew Wimberly, Susan Wiseman and Jared Wood

76710 – Ethan Carpenter, Sharmagan Curley, Michael Flanagan, Zarrio Greer, Alexia Hickey-Harden, Allie Kneece, Peter Kulaba, Abigail Mann, Haleigh Najera, Arturo Palacios, Jackson Qualls, Hayley Scott, Samyra Smith, Marissa Soto and Samantha Thaemert

76711 – Dayanara Almendarez, Emmett Banks, Osmar Cazares, Lizbeth Cruz, Vivian Delgado, Layla Lopez, Rhiannon Maldonado, Jasmine Mathews, Ryan Nixon, Rebecca Perez, Ana Rangel, Nayeli Robles, Caleb Rodriguez, Juana Rubio, Amy Salas and Alayne Serrato

76712 – Rafia Arshad, Yazmynn Banda, Kayla Bass, Chase Binder, Elyse Blair, Amaya Broils, David Estrada, Cris-Le Gandia, Nicholas Gill, Samuele Hornick, Subhod K C, Adam Keller, Logan Kowalski, Kailea Kuecker, Faith Lauderdale, Alan Manning, Yohana Doxa Ngassa, Rylee Oliver, James Rafalski, Samuel Snipes, John-David Warren, Harrison Wolf and Patricia Zamora

76798 – Isabella Turnbull

Other students named to the Distinguished Honors List and their hometowns include:

Alvin – Carli Borsche

Amarillo – Kaitlyn Deforest

Aquilla – Ethan Laramore

Axtell – Priscilla Georgescu, Marilyn Gore, Madison Gray, Samantha Mach and Aidan O’Shields

Bastrop – Emily Guy

Beaufort, South Carolina – Ashley Schatzle

Beaumont – Jordyn Comer and Ally Thompson

Bellmead – Yasmeen Escobedo-Escobedo and Martha Perez

Belton – Tyler Keener, John Leverington and Allysa Rastelli

Blum – Courtney Forsythe

Bremond – Braydi Wilganowski

Bristol Redcliffe, United Kingdom – Nicholias Parham

Bruceville – Haileigh Braswell, Jerod Crepelle, Loren Trimble and Hannah Vasser

Bryan – Emory Ontko

Burleson – Kyndall Cassidy

Bynum – Keeley Campbell

Chilton – Daniel Vargas

China Spring – Kaitlyn Bailey, Andrea Ceballos, Parker Hamm, Tasiana Lopez, Shelby Martin and Braeden Skains

Clifton – Grace Countryman, Alondra Martinez, Seth O’Neal and Natalie Walker

Colorado Springs, Colorado – Andrea Trumpower

Copperas Cove – Katie McDanel

Crawford – Kymbree Larance and Rachael Shaw

Crosby – Madison Garcia

Cypress – Trinity Allen, Makenzi Jenkins and Lilli Piersons

Dawson – William Onstott

Del Valle – Jade Rivera

Destrehan, Louisiana – John Carmichael

Eddy – Hannah Finley

Edmond, Oklahoma – Benjamin Scott

Elm Mott – Amber Alligood, Kicelyn Cabarrubias and John Galvan

Flower Mound – Dawson Herring and Aidan Kuni

Forney – Alyssa Goble

Fort Worth – Alaina Payne

Frisco – Katherine Freeman

Fulshear – Cady Bowyer

Gatesville – Tiana Carroll, Samantha Frier, Saylor Galindo, Isabell Hamilton, Maria Olvera Rodriguez, Monica Ramirez, April Schu, Karen Van Vleet, Harlie Wedding and Madison Willis

Goldthwaite – Carolina Rosales

Gorman – Lauren Mauney

Granite Shoals – Angelee Shaw

Groesbeck – Carsyn Christian, Tiara Day, Michael McLelland, Melissa Scott, Grace Williamson and Sonora York

Henrietta – Aireal Wood

Hewitt – Alexis Aguilar, Trace Bailey, Destini Bradshaw, Amanda Castanon, Phuong Dao, Ava Dulock, Danielle Dunn, Michael Everett, Brooke Hoover, Alexis Knox, Victoria Lujan, Oscar Millones, Tatum Morris, Jolee Neal, Hannah Jane Porcare, Victoria Prisco, Olivia Pugh, Cierra Reese, Jeny Soto and Macy Spore

Hillsboro – Addison Crowell

Houston – Brecken Menuet

Hurst – Landon Underhill

Hutto – Isaac Thomison

Katy – Colton Sullens

Killeen – Alyssa Garcia Del Solar, Karin Helmreich and Trinity Thomas

Leonard – Russell Foreman

Lorena – Laurissa Alejandro, Jennifer Baca, Ujjwol Budhathoki, Daniel Burns, Zachary Carter, Hailey Davis, Yashoda Dhital, Joanna George, Hayden Glover, Autumn Griffin, Caden Helona, Donnell Keahey, Callen King, Gabrielle Lamb, Presley Mahan, Joseph Mann, Brycen Marberry, Lorelei Payne, Rosalie Sandager, Marshall Vrana and Amanda Winstead

Lufkin – Samuel Flores

Magnolia – Shanna Sandoval

Mart – Zohlan Alfaro and Jeremy Tatum

McGregor – Kolten Buth, Rebecca Coward, Shalaya Curry, Dalyce Fulfer, Marcus Gayden, Tyler Harmon, Joedel Hendry, Mariel Hendry, Tiffany Jones, Jose Loera, Riley Martin, Elian Martinez, Aaron Olvera, Rocio Ontiveros, Lessly Rebollar, Tracer Rice, Oliver Santander, Kristin Stacey, Gavin Tucker and Sydney West

Mexia – Marshall Eberle and Ian Fitting

Midlothian – Amanda Herndon

Monroe, North Carolina – Sarah Johnson

Moody – Julianna Gomez, McKenzie Loyd and Evelyn Picon

Mount Calm – Arturo Gonzalez, Nicholas Largent and Emily Powell

Oglesby – Anais Jimenez and Seth Melton

Penelope – Emily Morales

Penn Valley, California – Owen McDaniel

Pineland – Melanie McCauley

Richardson – Karl Stefan Stahl

Richmond – Anika Garcia

Riesel – Santana Cisneros, Yesenia Flores, Savannah Hughes, Grant Koester and Princesa Ramirez

Robinson – Cyrus Allen, Taylor Anderson, Noah Berry, Alyssa Burks, Jacob Curry, Tobi Dingler, Rebecca Doskocil, Hannah Duhon, Ashleigh Faught, Dillon Hunke, Tyler Huynh, Tyeann Johnson, Kimchuo Kok, Jana Merrifield, Travis Morgan, Brittnie Newman, Hannah Patterson, Haley Plaa, Tyler Robbins, Sarunas Semulis, Tara Shmuts, Hayley Tenberg, Chloe Thorburn, Stephen Tucker and Zachry Turnbo

Rockwall – Sofia Blevins, Andrew Rose and Brooklyn Watkins

Rosenberg – Mickayla Tosch

Ross – Gavin Busby

Spring – Josephine Saavedra

Sweetwater – Jillian Ranard

Teague – Kymberly Scurlock

Temple – Logan Carroll, Yuto Goto, Manuel Herrera, Nakisa Lopez, Caleb Packard and Briana Saucedo

Troy – Madison Evans

Tucson, Arizona –  Nina Richardson

Tyler – Kerrigan Pierce

Valley Mills – Jessica Aleman, Ashley Barron, Monica Callejas, Gloria Delgado, Micah Kolb and Jennifer Vega

Victoria – A’janae Jackson

Vidor – Jennifer Zent

Weatherford – Martha McCue and Julia Ruland

West – Shayne Adams, Marleny Alvarado, Jonathan Berger, Presley Bettge, Hunter Bleidt, Benjamin Brown, Cole Bryant, Alonso Castaneda, Nicole Enders, Baylee Hall, Hanna Kendrick, Claire Kubitza, Nino Latimer, Ashley Martin, Haley Souders and Wyatt Wolf

West Columbia – Madison Hornback

Whitney – Nina Franklin, Jasmin Maldonado, Blake Trimble and Roselyn Villarreal

Woodway – Colby Crow, Madelyn Davis, Alexa Doyle, Weisen Lin, Kennedy McAdams, Lilah Peregrine, Deneva Priddy, Samuel Simmons, Bradly Singleton and Rachel Wharton

Honors List

Waco students named to the Honors List, by ZIP code:

76643 – Kendyl Dulus

76701 – Jonathan Vela

76704 – Jessica Dugan, Tanika Maye, Leslie Perez, Gaicajasia Scott and Paige Stefanowski

76705 – Cristian Aguilera, Cristian Alonso, Jasmine Alvarado, Shantavione Bell, Norma Benitez, Creed Curran, Destiny Gonzalez, Tabitha Gonzalez, Jose Guadarrama, Vanessa Harris, Lindsay Hill, Noah Jachetta, Yadhira Jara, Keina Johnson, Miles Leal, Tania Medina, Karley Musgrove, Kaylyn Perkins, Gustavo Piedra, Anna Simmons, Cambree Simms, Braden Watkins and Breeanna Young

76706 – Keanu Alvarado, Patricia Coronado Contreras, Gema De la Fuente, Aidan Flanagan, Naomi Flores, Selena Garcia, Lisa Grismore, Aaliyah Guerrero, Amaria Hannah, Ayanna Harper, Brenda Hernandez Sanchez, Heather Jones, Janhavi Joshi, Leah Lawson, Jorge Maldonado, Osvaldo Mar, Marlen Marez, Lander Miskolczi, Mia Palacios, Jennifer Welch, Amanda Whitehead, Diana Zavala and Jon Zuniga

76707 – Joanna Aguilar, Luis Amador Gallegos, Patricia Bedford, Abigail Blanton, Fabian Castanon, Shundrica Coleman, Mercedes Collins, Alexis Depalma, Heleshia Dunbar, Madai Guerrero, Madeline Ibarra, Stephanie Mondragon, Monica Morales, Dorisujey Rabelo-Lopez, Alicia Ramirez and Anaye Salazar

76708 – Marshayla Anderson, Shannon Billeaud, Haleigh Campbell, Joel Cann, Jocelyn De Paz, Selva Vinodhini Dean, Harvey Denham, Jayla Dudzinski, Emily Dunn, Alize Galeote, Camryn Gravitt, Maira Guerrero, Tia Harper, Emma Hawkins, Sagia Islam, Jackson King, Pavel Klak, Shelby Lewis, Jakob Magelssen, Hector Maldonado, Coral Martinez, Amiyah Merchant, Catherine Monroe, Leslie Olguin, Katherin Perez, Sarah Perez, Jasmine Picasso, Alexus Piche, Jarett Rowe, Jessica Salazar, Hans Sellers, Steven Stepp, Tomas Stritesky, Robert Tarver, Zackary Taylor, Ashley Thrift, Claudia Ugalde, Shanelle Vazquez, Ollie Wess and Daija Young

76710 – Andrea Alcala, Brendan Cady, Briana Faulk, Savannah Garrett, Brittany Goldstein, Melanny Guerrero, Abby Hymel, Deidre Jeter, Vivian Lisbey, Kelsie Lovel, Jessica Magee, Yahshia McGriff, Evelyn Menjivar, Antanique Mitchell, Edward Nielsen, Armando Olivarez, Allison Pendleton, Brenda Prado, Judith Sutherland, Liberty Taylor and Emma Wirth

76711 – Lizeth Cruz, Leila Duran, Lorena Duran, ArBrianna Jackson, Maria Quinones, Olivia Quinones and Shayna Smith

76712 – Jacob Bourke, Harmony Flanigan, Kristy Garcia, Sara Gillam, Jervaris Harper, Mary Harris, Anthony Ho, Nicholas Jimenez, Ashley Johnson, Shanil Kazani, Alicia Moes, Yana Ramos Cutrim, Matthew Rind, Krissie Roberts, Alexis Salazar, Brindyn Sandoval-Priddy, Richard Sifton, Amelia Tofanel, Ashley Vaughn, Rachael Waggener and Macy Zickefoose

Other students named to the Honors List and their hometowns include:

Abilene – Liliana Bertrand

Ada, Oklahoma – Taryn Batterton

Aquilla – Alexa Sosa

Arlington – Dalila Ocampo

Austin – Jackson Bauch and Cade Waibel

Axtell – Mia Gorgan, McKenzie Hancock, Chesnie Hutchison, Kayla Orozco, Olivia Reyna, Janet Sawyers and Trinity Tull

Bastrop – Mia Chavez

Beaumont – Ayan Lalani

Belton – Breena Dixon and Kaitlyn Jones

Bremond – Kailey Wilganowski

Bruceville – Isabel Gallegos

Burleson – Collin Ramsey

Caldwell – Brittany Burgess

Carlsbad, California – Nathan De la Garza

Carmichael, California – Hunter Moore

Carrollton – Carter Patterson

Celina – Caden Mitchell

Chilton – Abigail Smith

China Spring – Riley Begesse, Ryan Dockendorf, Kodi Jones, Shyanne Needler, Ryan Pierce and Kristina Tinnin

Clifton – Alayna Burk, Marco Cano, Daniel Dellert and Katya Miller

Coleman – Jenifer Garza Munoz

Conroe – Laney Lemen

Crawford – Oracio Salinas

Dawson – Nicholas Kelly

De Leon – Maritza Lopez

Donna – Jocelyn Rodriguez

Duncanville – Erica Knight

Durant, Oklahoma – Charley Hampton

Eddy – T’anna Horne, Justin Kennedy and Soleil Padilla

Elm Mott – Paige Campbell, Jayden Crupe and Chloe Stutts

Fairfield – Leon Rosales

Forney – Sasha Davis

Fort Worth – Cason Ayers

Gatesville – Justin Carattini, Anna Casper, Kathryn Colby, Jaiden Muff, Gabrielle Robles and Bryce Van Zile

Hamilton – Tyner Haile and Anna Renaud

Harker Heights – Ava McKinzie and Cori Sutton

Helotes – Jose Ruiz

Henryetta, Oklahoma – Maddie Moore

Hewitt – James Albright, Madianna Berquist, Nicholas Collins, Kaylee Croft, Jacob Files, Caylee Hannum, Conner Morgan, Consuelo Morin, Nhathy Nguyen, Zainab Qureshi, Carmen Ramirez, Daulton Spore, Austin Stence and Alyson Sultan

Hillsboro – Jennifer Villegas

Hubbard – Jasmine Garcia

Kennedale – Devin Pullin

Killeen – Lizzy Hernandez, Jaonestie Johnson, Eriel Mann, Natasha Omoh, Jeffrey Rusco, Apollo Warhol and Jeanette Weddle

Leander – Brooke Gordon

Lorena – Susan Anderson, Mason Boyett, Grayson Collins, Lindsey Copeland, Hailey Dulock, Karla Figarola Herrera, Morena Flores Mejia, Abigale Fuller, Bobbie Graves, Kaitlyn Harris, Cooper Lake, Emilie Marek, Abigail Martinez-Gomez, Emily Mills, Max Mitchell, Megan Moore, Ty Morgan, Andrew Mornes-Jones, Meagan Nolan, Cole Nugent, Jada Robinson, Kinley Schnizer, Hayley Stanley, Allyson Treat, Hau Truong, Gabriel Valdivia and Alec Wolske

Marlin – Amarycuss Lockridge and Andres Rincon

Mart – Maribel Castruita, Cameron Gray and Gabriela Niswanger

McGregor – Avagrace Curry, Jacelyn Dildy, Logan Ferguson, Lanie Fisher, Louwie Jay Hendry, Jamilet Hernandez, Elizabeth Mooney, Amir Nahandast, Miranda Nichols, Leslie Pevia, Lindsay Polk, Matthew Stacey, Amber Stephens and Edgar Torres

Mclean, Virginia – Rachel Short

Meridian – Lorene Brown, Haley Creech and Omar Ramirez

Mexia – Landon Anderson and Arlette Garza

Midlothian – Jasmine Herrera

Montgomery – Chase Davis

Moody – Louis Hulsey and Shannon Setser

Muenster – Dakota Hinton

Murphy – Blayne Rogers

New York, New York  – Marcus Smith

Nordheim – Paisley Perez

Norman, Oklahoma – Alyssa Seratte

Oglesby – Monica Valdez

Riesel – Emma Howard and Nathan Shaw

Robinson – Sarah Barnett, Aaron Burks, Nathan Crosby, Gabrianna Dominguez, Grace Giles, Mason Helpert, Paige Monroe, Gabrielle Nevarez, Mia Resendez, Erynn Ritchie, Isaac Sharp, Alayna Sheard, Jared Snipes, Laci Spraggins and Adam York

Roff, Oklahoma – Dylan Reed

Royse City – Ashlyn Roberts

St. Louis, Missouri – Mary Akins

San Francisco, California – Lucas Kelly

Spring – Andra Anderson

Sweetwater – Kaylee Aguilar

Teague – Miriam Diaz

Temple – Gillian Bousquet, Stella Contreras, Rhegina Gregory and Leilani Sanders

Valley Mills – Albert Franco, Alexa Gaona, Hailey Graves, Micah Hoiten, Gracie Kessler and Madison Reyes

Walnut Springs – Emmalee Pullin

West – Courtney Coffer, Cody Ellinger, Landon Eubanks, Maria Gutierrez, Seana Harris, Madalyn Honea, Hannah Ivy, Lawson Kendrick, Karlie Kolar, Keri Ruth, Isabel Salazar, Marisol Sanchez, Chasin Smith, Evan Stewart, Mason Tibbs, Patrick Tolbert, Charlotte Tompkins and Zaira Vasquez

White Oak – Gavyn Jones

Whitney – Elena Boeur, Evelyn Figueroa and Deondria Williams

Woodway – Megan Bell, Kayleen Biggerstaff, Ava Chavez, Rachel Garrett, Aaron Gonzalez, Hali Hardesty, Eleanor Holtz, Ainsley Kennedy, Braylen McDade, Rachel Tucker and Paul Wilcox