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NOTE >> The American Association for State and Local History honored the Kauffman Museum traveling exhibit “Voices of Conscience: Peace Witness in the Great War” with an Award of Excellence, making the museum the only entity in Kansas to win a 2020 AASLH award. To date, “Voices of Conscience” has been shown at 16 sites in nine states and one Canadian province, reaching an estimated 12,000 visitors. >> Sophomore Drannon Lenox, a member of the football team, has been named second vice-chair of the NAIA’s Association of Student Athletes for 2020-21. The NAIA-ASA serves as the voice for student interests and concerns within the NAIA. Lenox is the only representative from the KCAC at the national level, and is also a member of the Student-Athlete Leadership Team at Bethel and for the KCAC. >> Abby Schmidt, senior from Newton, is the 2020 Bethel winner of the Maud Wyatt Recognition Scholarship, given by the Kansas Independent College Foundation. Recipients are full-time students on the cusp of graduation who have demonstrated excellence in academics, character and integrity, and a commitment to the value of a Kansas private college education. JOSH BOOTH
Freshman Daniela Herrera (above) broke a 12-year drought to represent Thresher women’s tennis on the national stage, after posting a fall singles record of 12-0, capturing No. 1 singles at the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Individual Championships, and finally winning the ITA Regional Championship, Sept. 27 at Southwestern College. These feats earned Herrera an appearance at the ITA Cup, the annual national championship for NAIA tennis studentathletes put on by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, in Rome, Ga., Oct. 16-18. Herrera was the only female singles player from the KCAC in the 16-person field. She lost in the first round to the tournament’s #2 seed but came home with a victory in the consolation round, and a bucketful of experience for her future career in Thresher tennis. The last time a Thresher women’s tennis player qualified for the ITA National Championship was in 2008, when Paige McKinney (Pippin) ’09 did so. At the end of the fall season, Herrera was ranked #1 in the ITA Central Region (first #1 ranking for Bethel women since 2008) and #37 nationally (2014). In addition, Bethel’s Michael Cech ranked #50 nationally (second ever, after Jared Ward ’97 in 1997).
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