Courtesy of Steve Yingling, Western Nevada College
Western Nevada College recognized 114 Jump Start graduates during Spring 2023 commencement ceremonies.
Jump Start grads represent Carson, Churchill County, Dayton, Douglas, Fernley, Nevada Virtual, Silver Stage, Smith Valley, Virginia City and Yerington high schools; Oasis Academy; and homeschooling.
Each of the graduates earned one or two of three degrees: Associate of Arts, Associate of Science or Associate of General Studies.
Many of these students earned their associate degrees prior to receiving their high school diplomas, spending their final two years of high school in WNC’s Jump Start College.
For more information about WNC’s Jump Start program, go to https://wnc.edu/advising/high-school-programs/jump-start/index.php.
CARSON HIGH SCHOOL
Eid Abdelhady, Zehna Abdelhady, Dana Sofia Fernandez Hernandez, Alexis Garcia Perez, Elsa Harrison, Samantha Hodges, Lance Hornemann, Alayna Laporte, Joshua Nichols, Tyler Palmer, Nolan Pedersen, Sara Pettay, Zachariah Remer, Briseyda Rubio, Britney Schultz, Luke Syndergaard, Brooklyn Wilson, Rachel Wolz
CHURCHILL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
Corel Escartin, Sonialynn Natividad, John Rowe, Gerik Wassmuth
DAYTON HIGH SCHOOL
Carter Addington, Natalie Barwig, Morgan Bumgardner, Chase Denning, Blanca Duarte, Savannah Dyer, Kendra Gardner, Riley Glynn, Rachael Griswold, Justin Harris, Chloe Henderson, Jaynie Heusser, Kristen Hoffman, Nathan Koback, Connor Larkin, Bradley Miller, Kassandra Miller, Hallie Peterson, Sofie Soderborg, Callie Sumsion, Madysen Torres
DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL
Mackenzie Chatham, Sarah Farnham, Hayden Morris, Donna O’Connor, Carina Olsen, Amaia Sarratea, Ayden Shaffer
FERNLEY HIGH SCHOOL
Ryan Anderson, Anna Barrus, Fayth Burnett, Isabella Dumont, Weston Gonzales, Skye Hutton, Evven Johnson, Roslyn Jones, Cora Maldonado, Jace Stewart, Jaeden Wooldridge
HOMESCHOOL
Alexander Bevans, Carson City; Alyssa Butler, Carson City; Luke Purvance, Douglas County; Mason Tamanaha, Douglas County; Suzanna Stankute, Lyon County; Pahler Hoid, Washoe County
NEVADA VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOL
Brenda Abad, Paris Carthen, Isabella Cerda, Jaden Grijalva, Rachel Gu, Monique Jones, Emma Madrid, Gabriel Maes, Lillia Novero, Levi Smith, Samuel Solano
OASIS ACADEMY
Taylor Alvarez, Sanai Barnes, Yasmine Barnes, Stacie Bogdanowicz, Matthew Christopherson, Tristan Clark, Holden Feest, Evan Frossard, Johnanthony Hallberg, Aaron Housel, Sophia Jeffs, Parker Jones, Edward Morrow, Tylie Norcutt, Dakota Sasser, Aedre Soderberg, Keenan Waller, Casamero White, Sierra Williams, Ariana Wolf
SILVER STAGE HIGH SCHOOL
Madison Enos, Akaya Knowles, David Moore, Demitria Tekelidis
SMITH VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
Sarah Thran, Reese Urton, Allyson Wulfing, Kassidy York
VIRGINIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL
Kalia Anchors, Arianna Duffy, Talon Fain, Skyler Markert, Berlyn Uken
YERINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
Roberto Diaz, Jaquelina Flores, Jordyn Stutts
PHOTO CAPTIONS:
• WNC Jump Start grad Alexander Bevans: Jump Start graduate Alexander Bevans hugs his mother, Dr. Rebecca Bevans, after receiving his degrees from her during Western’s Commencement Ceremony on Monday in Carson City. Dr. Bevans is psychology professor at WNC.
• Student government: Jump Start graduate Suzanna Stankute, delivers a commencement speech to students at the WNC Fallon graduation on Thursday. Stankute, who served as the college’s student government president in 2022-23, also spoke to graduates at the Carson City graduation ceremony.
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