Rockwood High Schools Honor Glory of Missouri Award Recipients
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Rockwood High Schools Honor Glory of Missouri Award Recipients
All four Rockwood School District high schools -- Eureka, Lafayette, Marquette and Rockwood Summit -- have chosen their Glory of Missouri Award recipients for 2026.
The award recognizes seniors from each school that represent the virtues that make up the "Glory of Missouri," which are engraved in the Missouri House of Representatives Chamber. The virtues are Knowledge, Liberty, Equality, Justice, Law, Fraternity, Education, Progress, Honor, Truth, Virtue, Temperance, Enterprise and Charity.
These 56 students were recognized by the House of Representatives at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City on March 30.
Congratulations to the Glory of Missouri Award recipients!
Eureka
- Alex Ahsbahs (Knowledge)
- Emily Eldridge (Liberty)
- Zara Renner (Equality)
- Sam Heacox (Justice)
- Luke Deutschman (Law)
- Jace Menendez (Fraternity)
- Fiora Shipp (Education)
- Savanna Wylie (Progress)
- Carson Rowbottom (Honor)
- Anna Covert (Truth)
- Bailey Thebeau (Virtue)
- Jaxson Joggerst (Temperance)
- Emi Limon (Enterprise)
- Ainsley Seitz (Charity)
Lafayette
- Vedanth Chimakurthy (Knowledge)
- Owen Waeckerle (Liberty)
- Mahi Chechani (Equality)
- Ella Nolan (Justice)
- Chase Roeder (Law)
- Emily Warner (Fraternity)
- Olivia Dresser (Education)
- Aayushi Bore (Progress)
- Timothy Washington (Honor)
- Michelle Chen (Truth)
- Cooper Myers (Virtue)
- Julia Teves (Temperance)
- Luke Hinton (Enterprise)
- Nolan Savoie (Charity)
Marquette
- Sofia Chirco (Knowledge)
- Clay Hyland (Liberty)
- Connor Gleason (Equality)
- Shreyas Iyer (Justice)
- Lilly Russo (Law)
- Caleb Creech (Fraternity)
- Henry Chackes (Education)
- Anthony Tocco (Progress)
- Samantha Perz (Honor)
- Grace Dai (Truth)
- Lauren Steidtmann (Virtue)
- Micah Rodgers (Temperance)
- Charles Emmenegger (Enterprise)
- Abigale Morgan (Charity)
Rockwood Summit
- Aditi Vangala (Knowledge)
- Lydia Lasater (Liberty)
- Zyere Fisher (Equality)
- Aidan Amy (Justice)
- Sarah Hou (Law)
- Carson Diffley (Fraternity)
- Gabriel Fielder (Education)
- Kamauri Fowler (Progress)
- Nika Gilbert (Honor)
- Adam Kovarik (Truth)
- Maria Domian (Virtue)
- Summer Anderson (Temperance)
- Bailey Walker (Enterprise)
- Will Vonderhaar (Charity)
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