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STERLING SCHOLAR WINNERS • Juab High School walked away with three winners and four runners-up at the Sterling Scholar awards ceremony held March 30. They are from left to right, back: Hali Nielsen, runner-up in English; Aubrey Nielson, runner-up in Family and Consumer Science; Lynley Peterson, winner in Speech and Drama; Taryn Christensen, winner in Social Science; and Heidi Richards, winner in Mathematics. Front row: Chetney Lounsbury, runner-up in Visual Arts; Lorraine Wallace, advisor; and Erin Peterson, runner-up in Trade and Technical Education. Photo by Rebecca Dopp.

The 32nd Annual Sterling Scholar Awards Ceremony was held March 30 at Juab High School. The event is sponsored by the Deseret News and KSL. Master of Ceremonies was Robert Walz. The Prelude was presented by the Juab High School Chorus under the direction of Lorraine Wallace and accompanied by Melodi Turley and Aubrey Nielson.

Outstanding students, from 14 Central Utah high schools, are selected to compete in 14 categories. Students are judged in over-all scholastic achievement, ACT scores, extracurricular activities, community involvement, service, personal achievement, and category excellence.

High Schools participating in the Central Utah Region competition are: Delta, Juab, Manti, Millard, North Sevier, Richfield, South Sevier, Wayne, Gunnison Valley, Piute, North Sanpete, EskDale, Cedar Ridge, and West Desert.

Juab had students entered in each of the 14 categories and came away with 3 winners and 4 runners-up.

Placing in each category were as follows:

Visual Arts: Randell Steadman, winner, Manti; Chetney Lounsbury, Juab; Makell Jackson, Wayne.

Trade and Technical Education: Magon Jones, winner, Wayne; Erin Peterson, Juab; Janel Robins, North Sevier.

Business and Marketing Education: Kody Nilsson, winner, South Sevier; Brenna Smith, Delta; Sarah Dettinger, Manti.

Family and Consumer Sciences: Mariah Thompson, winner, Millard; Aubrey Nielson, Juab; Emily Cook, Richfield.

Dance: Eryn Larsen, winner, Millard; Kalei Poulson, Richfield; Ashlie Spjut, South Sevier.

Computer and Information Technology: Neal Sorensen, winner Manti; Jared Travis, Delta; Rodney Whatcott, Millard.

Social Science: Taryn Christensen, winner, Juab; Carly Spence, Delta; JaRelle Mason, North Sevier.

English and Literature: Danielle Griffiths, winner, Delta; Hali Nielsen, Juab; Jenny Smith, Manti.

Foreign Language: Tracy Willden, winner, Millard; Cynthia Williams, Manti; Kacey Chidester, Richfield.

Mathematics: Heidi Richards, winner, Juab; W. Earl Greathouse, Delta; Lisa Busby, North Sanpete.

Science: Amberlyn Peterson, winner, Delta; Jessica Jensen, Gunnison Valley; Spencer Harman, Manti;

Speech and Drama: Lynley Peterson, winner, Juab; Sky Anderson, Manti; Bryce Allen, Piute.

Music: Seidi Mei Inouye, winner, Gunnison Valley; Jennifer Chandler, Delta; Lorelei Whitaker, Millard.

General Scholarship: Lacie Jo Lammert, winner, Manti; Andrew Dutson, Delta; David Ogden, Richfield.