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Congratulations to our 2022 Winners!
| Category | Name | Name of Company |
|---|---|---|
| Adult and Higher Education | Heidi Anderson | The American Theatre Guild |
| Adult and Higher Education | Jack Ayres | University of Kansas Medical Center |
| Adult and Higher Education | Sierra Bonn | Let's Go Full STEAM Ahead! |
| Adult and Higher Education | Cassidy Brown | Student |
| Adult and Higher Education | Carly Crist | Friends University |
| Adult and Higher Education | Mark Faber | Fort Hays State University |
| Adult and Higher Education | Sara Galapo | University of Kansas |
| Adult and Higher Education | Madison Gegen | WSU Tech |
| Adult and Higher Education | Yalitza Gonzalez | Washburn University |
| Adult and Higher Education | Matt Hutchinson | Washburn University |
| Adult and Higher Education | Rija Khan | Wichita State University |
| Adult and Higher Education | Livy Seirer | Kansas State University Innovation Partners |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Sadack Mansoor | Stryten Energy |
| Agriculture and Food Production | Leigh Ann Maurath | Kansas Farm Bureau |
| Agriculture and Food Production | Lettie McKinney | MC Meat Co |
| Animal Health | Laura Meyers | Home Sweet Home Pet Resort |
| Animal Health | Ashley Scott | |
| The Arts | Grace Baugher | Grace Baugher Music |
| The Arts | Cheyenne Cooper | CC Photo & Design |
| The Arts | Linzi Garcia | Meadowlark Press |
| The Arts | Jordy Goff | Our Clique Photography |
| The Arts | Cole Holler | CH Leather Goods |
| The Arts | Hillary McPherson | Lied Center of Kansas - The University of Kansas |
| Aviation | Cheyenne Bosley | Textron Aviation |
| Aviation | Colton Clark | Koch Industries |
| Aviation | Roy Moye | Spirit AeroSystems Inc |
| BioTech & AgTech | Nicholas Love | Love Lifesciences |
| Education K-12 | Panya Amphone | Mayberry Culture and Fine Arts Magnet Middle School |
| Education K-12 | Adrienne Besler | Education |
| Education K-12 | Christen McAfee | Homeschooler Education Network Inc. |
| Education K-12 | Marley Murrow | USD 367 - Osawatomie |
| Education K-12 | Kayla Pennick | USD259 |
| Education K-12 | Haley Slusser | USD 345 Seaman |
| Finance & Banking | Bryan Bickford | Envista Credit Union |
| Finance & Banking | Katherine Brimble | Advisors Excel |
| Finance & Banking | Haley Floyd | First National Bank of Syr |
| Finance & Banking | Ulises Gonzalez | KCoe Isom |
| Finance & Banking | Jordan Griffin | Truity Credit Union |
| Finance & Banking | Cameron Henderson | Envista Credit Union |
| Finance & Banking | Adrienne Hiebsch | Envista Credit Union |
| Finance & Banking | Cale Hupe | Bank of the Flint Hills |
| Finance & Banking | Justin Kiser | Fidelity Bank |
| Finance & Banking | Bradley Kolowski | Edward Jones |
| Finance & Banking | Ashlyn Lindsey | INTRUST Bank, NA |
| Finance & Banking | Anthony Miller | Envista Credit Union |
| Finance & Banking | Chris Miskimins | Fidelity Bank |
| Finance & Banking | Alison Ochs Johnson | Fidelity Bank |
| Finance & Banking | Fatima Perez-Luthi | Envista Credit Union |
| Finance & Banking | Ben Sullivan | Advisors Excel |
| Finance & Banking | Kori Turner | Fidelity Bank |
| Finance & Banking | Blake Vargo | KS StateBank |
| Finance & Banking | Gavin Webster | Edward Jones |
| Finance & Banking | Sarah West | Landmark National Bank |
| Healthcare | Eric Anderson | Clay County Medical Center |
| Healthcare | Brianna Blackford | Credit Union of America |
| Healthcare | Jordan Chen | Manhattan Nutrition Clinic |
| Healthcare | Carlie Houchen | Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas |
| Healthcare | Kelsey Kayser | Midwest Muscle & Joint Clinic |
| Healthcare | Kylee Landreth | Paradise Roots Pharmacy |
| Healthcare | Haley Lowell | Medical Practice |
| Healthcare | Raelynn McClelland | Midland Care Hospice |
| Healthcare | Lauren Metheny | Eat The Frog Fitness |
| Healthcare | Brazzi Unruh | Bethel Home Inc. |
| Hospitality | Erin Hammel | Happy Hippie Studios |
| Hospitality | Trey Huslig | Uplift Coffee Shop |
| Hospitality | Andrea Rohleder | Happy Hippie |
| Hospitality | Kate Smith | Kate Smith Soirée / Butterfield's Bakery |
| Hospitality | David and Jackie Vincent | Circle Coffee Co |
| Hospitality | Raelee Wright | Warren Place Venue |
| The Law | Kendahl Goetzmann | Dierks Law Firm |
| The Law | John Goodyear | League of Kansas Municipalities |
| The Law | Bria Nelson | ACLU of Kansas |
| Media & Public Relations | Zach Alexander | High Touch Inc |
| Media & Public Relations | John Burns | John Burns |
| Media & Public Relations | Kaitlyn Fitzgerald | The State of Kansas |
| Media & Public Relations | Keila Garcia | PEC |
| Media & Public Relations | Abigail Hammack | Wichita State University |
| Media & Public Relations | Scott Huynh | Scott Huynh Design |
| Media & Public Relations | Breahna Karmann | 785 Creative |
| Media & Public Relations | Grace Knepp | Kansas Department of Agriculture |
| Media & Public Relations | Kailin Maddox | Native Digital |
| Media & Public Relations | Margaret McPherson | Kansas Department of Commerce |
| Media & Public Relations | Jessica Minette | Lee Media Group |
| Media & Public Relations | Avery Osen | KSN |
| Media & Public Relations | Emily Peters | Advantage Company |
| Media & Public Relations | Ashley Read | Friends of the Topeka Zoo |
| Media & Public Relations | Josh Woods | Kenz Creative |
| Military | Dillon Blake | Kansas National Guard |
| Non-Profit Organization | Paul Abromeit | ICT Transformations |
| Non-Profit Organization | Joshua Beshears | |
| Non-Profit Organization | Kaiti Blackburn | Jana's Campaign, Inc. |
| Non-Profit Organization | Molly Brown | Wichita Regional Chamber |
| Non-Profit Organization | Alejo Cabral | Create Campaign |
| Non-Profit Organization | Samantha Camden | Wichita Chamber of Commerce |
| Non-Profit Organization | Meghan Carver | Lead For America |
| Non-Profit Organization | Krystian Caywood | Miss Kansas Organization |
| Non-Profit Organization | Heath Collins | Untapped Potential |
| Non-Profit Organization | Craig Compton | Groover Labs |
| Non-Profit Organization | Hannah Crickman | Salina Art Center |
| Non-Profit Organization | Nathan Daniel | SoHome Kids Foundation |
| Non-Profit Organization | Hannah Elsey | Faith Lutheran Church |
| Non-Profit Organization | Nick Flores | Occidental Management |
| Non-Profit Organization | Kirstianna Guerrero | Disabled & Proud Foundation of Kansas |
| Non-Profit Organization | Logan Heley | Heartland Conservation Alliance/Overland Park City Council |
| Non-Profit Organization | Taylor Hogue | Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission |
| Non-Profit Organization | Shania Lamm | Junior Achievement of Kansas – Douglas County District |
| Non-Profit Organization | Taylor LaRue | McGrew Real Estate |
| Non-Profit Organization | Anthony Mai | Loud Light |
| Non-Profit Organization | Benjamin Meier | Mirror, Inc. |
| Non-Profit Organization | Lucy Petroucheva | Kansas Leadership Center |
| Non-Profit Organization | Joseph Shepard | Lead For America |
| Non-Profit Organization | Logan Stenseng | Thrive Allen County |
| Non-Profit Organization | Rodney Thornton | Untapped Potential |
| Non-Profit Organization | Jose Trejo | Empower |
| Non-Profit Organization | Amber Wilhelm | Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce |
| Non-Profit Organization | Ryan Wynne | Doxazo Ministries |
| Oil, Gas & Energy | Jake Calhoun | Soya Fuel |
| Oil, Gas & Energy | Kara Titus | Kansas Gas Service |
| Policy & Public Service | Trevor Ballou | City of Osawatomie |
| Policy & Public Service | Nathanael Bays | Department of Commerce |
| Policy & Public Service | Kari Bradley | Osawatomie Chamber of Commerce / City of Osawatomie |
| Policy & Public Service | Helena Buchmann | Kansas Senate Democrats |
| Policy & Public Service | Alyssa Cabello | Kansas Department of Corrections |
| Policy & Public Service | Tyler Cunningham | Kansas Department of Commerce |
| Policy & Public Service | Tristin Dierking | Kansas Department of Commerce |
| Policy & Public Service | Alex Freund | Miami County Economic Development |
| Policy & Public Service | Javan Gonzalez | City of El Dorado |
| Policy & Public Service | Christina Haswood | Kansas State Legislature |
| Policy & Public Service | Brooke Kauchak | City of Wichita |
| Policy & Public Service | Kyra Lampe | Jewell County Community Development |
| Policy & Public Service | Grace Lauer | University of Kansas |
| Policy & Public Service | Rebecca Lewis | Montgomery County (Government) |
| Policy & Public Service | Grace Linck | Kansas Department of Commerce |
| Policy & Public Service | Dandi Owens | Kansas Department of Commerce |
| Policy & Public Service | Haley Pederson | Kansas Department of Commerce |
| Policy & Public Service | Amanda Petersen | Kansas State Department of Education |
| Policy & Public Service | Kristen Powell | Nell Bernstein |
| Policy & Public Service | Jade Ramsdell | Kansas Department of Health and Environment |
| Policy & Public Service | Hadley Sayers | Kansas Office of the State Bank Commissioner |
| Policy & Public Service | David Sotelo | City of Hutchinson |
| Policy & Public Service | Jaiden Soupene | Senate Minority Leader's Office |
| Policy & Public Service | Emily Unruh | Kansas Department of Commerce |
| Policy & Public Service | Adam Vaughn | City of Topeka - Topeka, KS |
| Policy & Public Service | Alyssa Warner | City of El Dorado |
| Policy & Public Service | Adam Young | Kansas Department of Commerce |
| Real Estate, Development & Services | Alex Buehler | Parker Inspections |
| Real Estate, Development & Services | Cole Cook | Berkshire Hathaway Home Services First Realtors |
| Real Estate, Development & Services | Jennifer Grzegorzewski | Iron Door Management |
| Real Estate, Development & Services | Amanda Lewis | Coldwell Banker American Home |
| Real Estate, Development & Services | Miles Osborne | NAI Martens |
| Real Estate, Development & Services | Harley Schuster | North40 Architecture |
| Real Estate, Development & Services | Gentry Theisen | Realtors of South Central Kansas |
| Real Estate, Development & Services | Tyler Wright | Crown Realty |
| Retail & E-Commerce | Sam Capoun | Mesa Collection Boutique |
| Retail & E-Commerce | Colbi Cohoon | Glamped Nails |
| Retail & E-Commerce | Allie George | Alyssa George American Family Insurance Co. |
| Retail & E-Commerce | Lucas Goddard | Northwest Kansas Economic Innovation Center |
| Retail & E-Commerce | Jhami Guffey | Jungle House Goods |
| Retail & E-Commerce | Bri Hamel | Poppy & Marigold |
| Retail & E-Commerce | Allison Hunt | Pawsh Wash and Pet Health Market |
| Retail & E-Commerce | Brinkley Klein | Studio B |
| Retail & E-Commerce | Emily Roush | R Family Farms, LaDow's Market |
| Retail & E-Commerce | Alexus Scott | The Boutique 5 |
| Science, Technology, and Engineering | Sara Anstey | Novacoast |
| Science, Technology, and Engineering | Sydney Orel | Ventria Bioscience |
| Sports and Outdoors | Tanna Fanshier | Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks |
| Sports and Outdoors | Tevyn Harmon | ZA Athletics |
| Sports and Outdoors | Emma Speer | N/A |
| Staffing | Tyler Benson | Ethos Medical Staffing |
| Staffing | Breyanna Bickford | Envista Credit Union |
| Staffing | Mary Mayer | Envista Credit Union |
| Staffing | Ana Vargas | Envista Credit Union |
| The Trades & Construction | Garrett Bohnert | Trifecta Contracting |
| The Trades & Construction | George Dille | GD Services LLC |
| The Trades & Construction | Jordan Garr | Trifecta Contracting, Inc |
| The Trades & Construction | Allen Miller | Trifecta Contracting Inc |
| The Trades & Construction | Lucia Novelly | BHS Construction |
| The Trades & Construction | Eric Schlange | Arrow Point Construction, LLC |
| The Trades & Construction | Braeson Sester | Complete Concrete |
| The Trades & Construction | Nija Threat | McCownGordon Construction |
| The Trades & Construction | Kaleb Tibbs | Trifecta Contracting, Inc |
| The Trades & Construction | Anthony Varela | Trifecta Contracting, Inc |
| The Trades & Construction | Britnie Wright | Wright Way Homes / Crown Realty |
| Tourism | Kelsey Haile | Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce |
| Tourism | Leah Johnson | Doniphan County |
| Tourism | Shannon Stark | Grow Clay County |
| Other | Angelique Banh | WSU |
| Other | Owen Deines | Kansas Department of Commerce |
| Other | Connor England | Creative Pathways and Means |
| Other | Rhett Flood | Greater Topeka Partnership - Topeka, KS |
| Other | Paige Harding | Purple Pals |
| Other | Seth Jarvis | Truman State University |
| Other | Alejandro Mateos | Nalys Outdoor Company |
| Other | Ryland Miller | Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce |
| Other | WHITNEY NEILL | THE WELL HOUSE |
| Other | Erma Ratliff | City of Wellington |
| Other | Hillary Richards | Woods & Durham, Chtd |
| Other | Cassidy Roberson | Schendel Lawn and Landscape & Green Pest Solutions |
| Other | Kayla Schadegg | My Gym Children's Fitness Center |
| Other | Jayden Temme | Ironwell Holdings |
| Other | Emma Walker | Jewell County Justified LLC. - Possibilities |
| Other | Garrett Webster | NDB Insurance |