Montezuma-Cortez High School celebrated its students’ academic achievements for the second semester of the 2024-25 school year, honoring dozens with spots on the Scholar, Honor Roll and Honorable Mention lists.
The Scholars list, reserved for full-time students with a 4.0 grade point average, included seniors Cole Acott, Tamryn Ashton, Aiden Balfour, Alexander Bennetts, Ilanit Binia, Evelyn Caciagli, Shayda Clark, Abigail Coffey, Allison Collins, Brady Dale, Shaylore Davis, Diana Estrada, Gabriella Foster, Danika Graf, Abraham Hafner, Raelynn Ham, Michael Hebberd, Cruz Hernandez, Benjamin Hoffman, Catherine Hoffman, Emily Howell, Shiqi Huang, Karlee Hubbs, Houston Hurst, Alyssa Jaramillo, Atticus Keel, Hayden Kibel, Samson Lein, Bobby Likes, Navaeh Lobato, Jordlan Mahler, Adilynn Martinez, Shawn McAllister, Luna Moore, Leopold Morey, Jori Polich, Kaylynn Quinonez, Navauh Ray, Lilyana Rojas, Macey Smith, Gillian Story, Carter Tanner, Adisyn Todacheeny, Kenzi Whipple, Maecyn White and Sophie Wright.
Juniors recognized were Cory Carver, Parker Conrad, Kenai Cotonuts, Amita Crowley, Savana DeMars, Serenity Diaz, Collin Duncan, Siana Elliott, Bradey Fresquez, Caiden Garcia, Iyana Hafner, Trace Hartsoe, Audrina Harvey, Keira Jago, Terriah Lansing, Alexis Martinez, Aubrie Matthias, Jaris McDonald, Nova Moore, Tianne Nielson, Camryn Oliver, Wyatt Oliver, Jude Overton, Jonathan Sandner, Rusty Snyder, Camron Spruell, Micah Stembridge, Daniel Thornton and Joshua Yarbrough.
Sophomores included Peyton Benally, Asher Bennetts, Cody Case, Kyah Christenson, Zarren Clappe, Keaton Curleyhair, Nathan Daniels, Ivy Gray, Trey Hall, Nielson Hurst, Tessa Jackson, Keegan Kosik, Mykah Lewis, Hayden Matthias, Briana Montoya, Mikayla Pena, Peyton Perry, Emma Pipkin, Lexie Ruiz, Kash Singleton, Coulter Weyand and Tanna Young.
Freshmen honored were Justin Bane, Tycen Curtis, Aubrieana Forsman, Emma Foster, Mia Glazner, Christian Hurtado, Ann Johnson, Charos Kholiyorova, Zye Kuenzler, Amani Lobato, Di’Nya Manuel, Kyle Michael Matias, Sadie Maxwell, Addalynn Nielson, Grace Noyes, Kaliegh Record, Sean-Charles Robison, Kyndall Schmitt, Aaliyah Smith, CeJae Snyder, Addison Sopha, Addison Spitzer and Cassidy Whited.
The Honor Roll, for students with a 3.7-3.9 GPA, featured seniors Dalt Lynn Box, Gracie Cornett, Luis Hernandez, Nevaeh Istenes, Reyaunna Jones, Caidin Leonard, Marley Linch, Colby McMillian, Maddisyn Morris, Aubrey Rutherford, Kendall Simmons, Autumn Taft, Reign Watts, and Kolby Wirth; juniors Kaydence Apple-Leonard, Nadia Carrasco, Isaac Dozal Escarcega, Baa’ho’zoni Sam, Christopher Snyder, Afton Unrein and Elyse VanBuren.
Sophomores on the list are Abigail Baker, Trinity Beardo, William Blair, Princess Sarah DeLeon, Carlos Defaz Hurtado, Jaiden Green, Mabel Mack, Konah Maloney, Donald Marshall, Orion Martineau, Koyle Martinez, Diego Muniz, Teagun Samora, Connor Tamminga, Anna Tewell, Aurora Thornton and Joselynne Zaldivar Alvarez, while freshmen were Maicee Davis, Matix Duggan, James Hall, Alana Harris, Faith Muzzy, Ericah Neely, Oliver Owens, Aurora Owens, McKinzie Rose, Eli Stafford, Bridger Weyand, Troy Yoder and Chase York.
The Honorable Mention list, for those with a 3.2-3.69 GPA, included seniors Macks Cargill, Emily Carver, William Cole, Alina Davis, Kenzie Featherman, Sadria Fish, Jonathan Graves, Makaya Higgins, Aiden Kubic, Esperanza Longoria Martinez, Graham Messinger, Corbin Myers, Cole Nicholson, Kalea Ogo, Steffen Ptaszynski, Carlitos Ramirez Perez, Alonso Rascon, Aden Ray, Romeo Renna, Travis Salt, Mia Sauzameda, Braiden Seymour, Lillian Sharp, Tay Wheat, Isis White, Taylor Whited, Maxx Wright and Olivia Yarbrough.
Juniors were Tristen Beardo, Joshua Benally, Dale-Ray Billings, Tiana Castro, Keley Clark, Sean Curtis, Darren Daves, Veronica Ethington, Kayezsiah Gee, JW Jones, Zoey Keesee, Zoey LeBlanc, Johnathan Livingston, Jake Nelson, Marcuz Daniel Penafiel, Roberto Sauzameda-Carbajal, Adrianna Smith, Cooper Sopha, Sarah Sparks, Bodie Stiegelmeyer, Adrianna Topaha, Esperanza Vargas, Wendy Vidales and Liliene Watts.
Sophomores included Aliysha Arnold, Owen Balfour, Carlisea Benally, Taylor Garner, Dannika Goodall, Alexandria Greene, Taylor Johnson, Cristian Lopez, David Marshall, Saylor Martinez, Sarah Nelson, Julia Paytiamo, Tinley Philpott, Karmen Rawls, Connor Rosenbaugh, Brian Sandner, Kaleb Schmitt, Journey Seymour, Bruce Stafford, Rebecca Story, Anthony Tafoya, Raegan Veach, Jayden White, Kyler Wyatt, and Celia Zahorka; and freshmen Nevaeh Benn, Anthony Bucher, Cecilia Connell, Nickolas Curtis, Jonathan Dang, Gavin Davis, Alexia Espinola, Gael Fernandez, Brileigh Gordanier, Costner Hernandez, Treshawn Irving, Cash Mack, Seth Martineau, Hailee Martinez, Joseph Medina, Aaliyah Montoya, Kinzi Moore, Gage Mueller, Brennen Powell, Zurina Ramirez Perez, Kingston Silas, Jonathan Simental Cardona and Allyiah Yanito.
The school commended the students for their dedication to excellence in their studies.