June 1, 1999
Odessa, Texas
Odessa High School
Odessa High Honors List
Senior Academic Awards Presentation:
American Legion Awards - Rick Leach and Katie Rutherford; Daughters of American Revolution Award - Angela Alsup; Marine Corps Scholastic Excellence Award - Christy Drew; Marine Corps Distinguished Athletes Awards - Shelby Fitzgerald and Jason Hernandez; Marine Corps Semper Fidelis (Music) Award - Camille Bayless; Army Scholar Athletes - Rick Leach and Katie Rutherford; National High School Athlete Award - Rick Leach; Guy Salmon Award - Jason Rybolt; Basil Wilkerson Award - Katie Rutherford; National Merit Commended Scholars - Ellen Belt, Amber Lummus and Tyson Wrinkle; State Board of Education – Educational Excellence Awards - Christy Drew, DeeAnn Gardenhire, Mayra Garcia and Tyson Wrinkle; Decathlon Senior Awards - Christy Drew, Mayra Garcia, DeeAnn Gardenhire, Jefferson Cox, Tyson Wrinkle and Wesley Stephens; Mr. And Miss OHS Scholarships- Rick Leach and Stephanie Hurt; Pilot Club President’s Student Scholarship - Yari Telles; and National Honor Society Scholarships- Karen Chandler, Reda Dennis, Christy Drew, Jessica Gesch, Stacey Patterson, Jamie Qualls, Katie Rutherford, Yari Telles, Sarah Vestring and Shilo Williams
Curriculum Awards:
Advanced Placement - Veronica Dye, outstanding; Reda Dennis, honorable mention; Art - Amanda Giddens, outstanding; Veronica Dye, and Fernando Garza, honorable mention; Band- Adabel Estrella, outstanding; Michael Mesa, honorable mention; Business Education - Misty Dixon, outstanding; Jessica Gesch, honorable mention; Career and Tech Co–op - Roxann Lopez, outstanding; Charlie Allen and Stacey Franco, honorable mention; Career and Tech Internship - Mia Dominguez, outstanding; Nathan Notley, honorable mention; Career and Tech Pre–Employ - Imelda Emiliano, outstanding; Honorable Mention, Yanira Vasquez, honorable mention; Choir - Sean Llora, outstanding; Nathan Brown and Sara Primera, honorable mention; English - Veronica Dye, outstanding; Reda Dennis and Tyson Wrinkle, honorable mention; French- Amber Lummus, outstanding; Reda Dennis, honorable mention;
Home Economics - Annette Prieto, outstanding; Industrial Technology- Jeremy Ruddock, outstanding; Alex Villegas, honorable mention; Japanese- Jamie Qualls, outstanding; Drew Howarton, honorable mention; Journalism- Stacey Patterson, outstanding; Marialice Smith, honorable mention; Latin- Yari Telles, outstanding; Sara Primera, honorable mention; Math-Zach Nieland, outstanding; Katie Rutherford and Jason Rybolt, honorable mention; Orchestra- Sabra Hulett, outstanding; Wesley Stephens, honorable mention; Regional Day School–Deaf - Judy Montoya, outstanding; ROTC - Andrew Aboudaoud, outstanding; Amanda Rudloff, honorable mention; Russian- Amber Lummus, outstanding; Science- Jay Reddy, outstanding; Christy Drew, honorable mention; Social Studies - Jarred Cronenworth, outstanding; Wesley Stephens, honorable mention; Spanish- Jesus Tremillo, outstanding; Veronica Dye, honorable mention; Speech - Nathan Brown, outstanding; Lucas Ochoa, honorable mention; and Theatre - Lawrence Francell, outstanding; Patrick Vasquez, honorable mention
Senior Board Officers:
Shilo Williams, president; Reda Dennis, vice president; Carenina Garcia-Espendez, secretary; and Sara Primera, treasurer
National Honor Society Officers:
Katie Rutherford, president; Jessica Smith, vice president; Nathan Brown, secretary; Christy Drew, treasurer; and Stacey Patterson, historian
Student Council Officers:
Stephanie Hurt, president; Matt Malone, vice president; Yari Telles, secretary; Jamie Qualls, treasurer; Rick Leach, parliamentarian; Lora Turner, historian; and Christy Lewis
National Honor Society Seniors:
Shauna Adkison, Rodrigo Aguilar, C.J. Aguirre, Josh Ashley, Keri Bailey, Amy Ballard, Camille Bayless, Jason Black, Amanda Brannon, Nathan Brown, Marie Butler, Beatriz Cano, Karen Chandler, Sheila Clemmer, Emily Cole, Jefferson Cox, Kristel Cox, Jarred Cronenworth, Thomas Davis, Reda Dennis, Jon Deutsch, Lori Dirickson, Mia Dominguez, Brandon Donovan, Christy Drew, Mishell Dunford, Veronica Dye, Imelda Emiliano, Christan Estoll, Adabel Estrella, Shelby Fitzgerald, Carenina Garcia, Mayra Garcia, DeeAnn Gardenhire, Jessica Gesch, Amanda Giddens, Melody Hargrove, Erin Harrison, Christal Hernandez, Joel Hodges, Michelle Holloway, Tamara Hollowell, Drew Howarton, Amber Hudson, Stephanie Hurt, DeLeisha James, Amber LaCroix, Rick Leach, Sean Llora, Andy Lovell, Matt Malone, Tashina Masters, John Glenn Mata, Casey Maxwell, Chase McCain, Josh McCann, Stephen Mesa, Sharonda Morgan, Colleen Murphy, Shaela Nay, Chrissy Newton, Zach Nieland, Tiffany Niemann, Brittany Nimmons, Nathan Notley, Missy Padilla, Stacey Patterson, Nikki Perez, Annette Prieto, Sara Primera, Jennifer Pruiett, Jamie Qualls, Mauricio Quintella, Lindsey Raines, Andres Robles, Amelia Rodriguez, Alexcia Rodriquez, Heather Rose, Jeremy Ruddock, Katie Rutherford, Jason Rybolt, Gina Sampert, Jesse Scaggs, Nathan Sherman, Scott Shiffer, Kimberley Short, Melissa Slusher, Jessica Smith, Angela Snodgrass, Johanna Sotelo, Wesley Stephens, Kimberly Suiter, Melissa Swift, Ryan Thomas, Yari Telles, Laura Tena, Keena Traylor, Greg Valenzuela, Patrick Vasquez, Sarah Vestring, Mark Watts, Kisha White, Steven Wiese, Shilo Williams, Crystal Wilson, Tyson Wrinkle and Melinda Young
Academic Contest:
Literary Criticism Contest- Veronica Dye, Shaela Nay, Jamie Qualls and Yari Telles; Dye won first place at the district meet and second place at a regional meet. Telles won second place at the district meet and fifth place at a regional meet. Qualls won fourth place at a district meet and Nay won seventh place at a district meet. The OHS team won first place at the district meet. A team consisting of Dye, Telles and Qualls won second place overall at the regional meet and competed at state competition.
Odessa Optimist Youth Appreciation Awards:
Acapella Choir- Emily Moore and Gabby Salmeron; Art- Veronica Dye and Fernando Garza; Band - Jason Black and Kimberley Short; Baseball- Jesus Tremillo and Ben Hadden; Bel Canto - Jessica Crouch and Becky Gonzalez; Boy’s Cross Country - Jose Meza and Benjamin Ormsby; Boy’s Basketball - Austin Mathis and Tron Gentry; Boy’s Golf- Josh McCann and Ben Browning; Boy’s Swimming- Bradford Barron and Jaxon Phillips; Boy’s Soccer - Casey Duncan and Jesus Olivas; Boy’s Tennis - Chase McCain; Girl’s Tennis- Rachel Matthews; Boy’s Track- Martin Campos and Cleveland Johnson; Boy’s Trainer - Adrian Garza and Paul Bivins; Bronchettes- Jennifer Pruiett and Amy Nabarrette; Business Professionals of America- Samantha Lummus and Colleen Murphy; Cheerleading - Jessica Gesch and Jason Black; Red and White Pride- Gloria McGuire and Mark Rojero; Criminal Justice- Beatriz Cano and Santos Carrasco; Broncho Crimestoppers- Angela Alsup and Kelly Haney; Broncho Possee- Gloria McGuire and Vickey Venegas; Deca No. 1- Sabrina Maria Solis, Zaire Terrazas and DeeAnn Gardenhire; Drama - Kelly Haney and Kim Suiter; FFA- Erin Harrison and Charity Beaty; FHA/HERO- Anita Crumpton and Mandy Wike; FHA No. 2 - Chella Gonzales and Adrian Lopez; Football - C. J. Aguirre and Jonathan Long; Junior Board- Madeline Boles and Stephanie Tercero; French Club- Amber Lummus and Reda Dennis; German Club - Jamie Hennessey and Samantha Lummus; Girl’s Basketball - Chanie Sutherland and Lindsey Casey; Girl’s Cross Country- Missy Padilla and Yolanda Vega; Girl’s Track- Irene Garcia and Margaret Garza; Girl’s Golf - Amber Jackson and Dee Ann Gardenhire; Girl’s Soccer - Stephanie Hurt and Heather Thorp; Girl’s Swimming - Crystal Wilson and Marie Butler; Girl’s Trainer- Angela Cunningham; Gymnastics - Chance Endsley and Stacy Baumguardner; Health Science Technology- Noilia Escobar and Candi Blair; Journalism/Newspaper- Stacey Patterson and Marialice Smith; Journalism/Yearbook- Greg Valenzuela and Mayra Garcia; JROTC- Amanda Rudloff and Nora Dickman; DECA #2- Jesse Scaggs and Michelle Reeves; Decathlon- Mayra Garcia and DeeAnn Gardenhire; Drama- Kelly Haney and Kim Suiter; Latin Club- Yari Telles and Christy Drew; Math/Science Club- Steven Pepper and Zach Nieland; National Honor Society- Katie Rutherford and Jessica Smith; National Forensic League- Ellen Belt and Tom Kennedy; OHS Renditions- Katie Thornhill and Jennifer Hale; OHS Vibrations- Sean Llora and Molly Jorgenson; OHS Chorale- Amber LaCroix and Lindsey Raines
Orchestra/Ramblin’ Rose - Sabra Hulett and Wesley Stephens; Pre–Employment Child Care - Annette Prieto; Softball- Rebekah Reyenga and Melody Hargrove; Showgirls - Aimee Valenzuela and Neemesha Washington; Sophomore Board- James Goss and Trinity Vigil; Spanish Club - Veronica Dye and Rodrigo Aguilar; T.A.M.E. - Cindy Sanchez and Carenina Garcia
Volleyball - Katie Rutherford and Cheri Glasscock; Senior Boar d- Sara Primera and Zach Nieland Industrial Cooperative Training- Jeremy Ruddock and Jon Deutsch; and Student Council: Stephanie Hurt and Jamie Qualls