First Tee of Northern Nevada youth golf program recognizes honor roll members

The First Tee of Northern Nevada recognizes outstanding academic achievement of all participants and is proud to announce that 126 participants received all A’s/B’s on their fall report cards. They are:

Aceves, Cadance
Alcantar, Gabriel
Allen, Priya
Armon, Addy
Armon, AJ
Arnold, Jesslyn
Avery, Hannah
Avery, Robbie
Babu, Jay
Babu, Neil
Ballinger, Jonathan
Ballinger, Thomas
Barnes, Morgan
Been, Ryker
Beglin, Karen
Bellard, Jackson
Bergner, Cricket
Bergner, London
Bidart, Angelo
Browning, Mason
Brozowski, Dimitri
Bucciachio, Gabriella
Bucciachio, Luca
Butler-Mahan, Finn
Carreon, Eadrian
Carreon, Ethan
Carter, Jordan
Corcuera, Carter
Crawford, Giovanni
Daugherty, Robbie
Davis, Cody
de Montfort Shepherd, Matthew
Dees, Jonah
Duan, Alice
Eagan, Alysse
Eagan, Ashlynn
Fancher, Bryar
Fancher, Rylan
Farthing, Carly
Fenn, Aiden
Fenn, Quinten
Fleiner, Abbi
Fleiner, Joshua
Flood, Jared
Galvin, Annika
Games, Trevor
Games, Wyatt
Garcia Martinez, Isabela
Gardner, Jordan
Gardner, Justin
Garls, Devon
Gaskill, Allison
Gerry, Latin
Giron, Noah
Goforth, Anthony
Goldman, Isaac
Goldman, Kate
Gonzalez, Fernanda
Gordon, Daniel W.
Gordon, John O.
Gordon, Matthew
Hamilton, Natalie
Healy, Hunter
Horwitz, Alejandra
Ispisua, Logan
Jacobs, Bailey
Jacobs, Madisson
Jordan, Jared
Kalley, Ewan
Kattelman, Elise
Kattelman, Jake
Kelly, Jarrett
Knudsen, Keegan
Koon, Jonathan
Kwong, Linda
Li, Megan
Loberg, Amanda
Lowe, Daniel
Mackelburg, Presley
Martensen, Casey
Martin, Erin
McElroy, Garrett
McGlasson, Jermy
McGlasson, Paula
McGraw, Evan
McIntyre, Cade
McKinley, Brian
McLean, Hailey
McOwen, Raymond
McQuone, Claire
Medina, Jesse
Medina, Michael
Medrano, Jayden
Merrill, Bryan
Motherway, Connor
Motherway, Elle
Okpukpara, Ikenna
Okpukpara, Kaetochi
Olivas, Bo
Olsen, Linden
Pfeiffer, Coen
Plasse, Raymond
Player, Trenton
Reimer, Henry
Reimer, Luke
Robison, Kelton
Sadler, Hudson
Sadler, Jackson
Sarlo, Vincenzo
Savoie, Savannah
Schy, Nickolas
Seifert, Bradley
Seifert, Christopher
Shelton, Kyle
Snelgrove, John
Tanabe, Nicole
Thompson, Taylin
Warren, Briana
Watson, Ben
Wehking, Teddy
Williams, Noah
Wong, Anna
Wood, Conner
Wood, Gunnar
Wozniak, Luka
Young, Chloe

The First Tee of Northern Nevada is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit community youth development organization dedicated to impacting the lives of young people ages 5-18 by providing educational programs that build character, instill life-enhancing values, and promote healthy choices through the game of golf.

For more information, or to donate today, please visit www.tftnn.org or call 775-851-2332.

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