Silver Scholars shine at Carson's schools

Pioneer High School juniors Claudia Alvarado, Laura Dobson, Erin Marshall and Shayleena Olson have been given Silver Scholar Awards.

The University of Nevada, Reno Alumni Association presents the award to the top 10 percent of high school juniors across Nevada.

Family and friends all gathered to honor the students on Wednesday. Pioneer High School sophomores also attended the ceremony, which included guest speakers Secretary of State Dean Heller and Wendy Damonte, Channel 2 News anchor woman and UNR Alumni member.

Mike Watty, associate superintendent of education, and Superintendent Mary Pierczynski also came to show their support to the students.

Katie Elliot, UNR Alumni Association member, presented each student with a Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and an official Silver Scholar certificate.

Carson High School will honor its Silver Scholars in a ceremony at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Recipients include:

Corie Moe

Brian Streng

Katie Turner

Jessica Badger

Cassia Roth

Brooke Milholland

Jordan Davis

Lara Moore

Rubell Dingman

James Reavis

Jamie Silsby

Aubrey Salazar

Michelle Reeder

Nicholas Halen

Matthew Hogan

Alexander Dreiling

Dean Wildman

Megan Anderson

Clinton Reeves

Christian Espinosa

Victoria Skudlarek

Adrian Zeh

Heather Kuhn

Kelsey Green

Sarah Kitchen

Nicholas Thornley

Elizabeth Winslow

Paige Thayer

Stacie Owens

Katherine Barnes

Robert Liebherr

David Nelsen

Ashley Sebring

Olivia Williams

Alexandra Williams

Brenton Simpson

Joshua Oakes

Carlos Hernandez

Kaitlin Brush

Sarah Currie

Justin Mesesini

Sara Coleman

Jeffrey Knaus

Rikki Zafranovich

Jared Wulff

Janine Stone

Cassandra Schepperle

Sarah Ragsdale

Erica Eng

Rebecca Higgs

Erin Higgs

Staci Cobler

Natalie Rogers

Zachary Walker

Irasema Ramirez

Matthew McDowell

Tara Smaltz

Heather Cortez

Timothy Hohl