The University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment recognized academic achievement of senior students from high schools in Marion, McPherson, and Rice counties with a dinner and program at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 23 at Holiday Manor Center, McPherson.

A total of 68 high school seniors in the top 10 percent of their high school class were recognized. Each also received a certificate of achievement and A Webster’s New College Dictionary.

Students honored from Hillsboro High School were Reece Berens, Matthew Denholm, Marah Franz, kennedy Klein, Lydia Kliewer, and Kalen Moss. Students honored from Goessel High School were Alicen Meysing, Anna Wiens, and Zachary Wiens.