The Distinguished Young Alumni program is in its ninth year. It recognizes two Kansas State University graduates who are excelling in their professions and contributing to their communities.

The program is sponsored by the K-State Alumni Association’s Student Alumni Board and the board of directors. We encourage you to honor your outstanding graduates by nominating them for this award.

2021 Recipients 

The K-State Alumni Association is proud to announce the winners of our 2021 Distinguished Young Alumni Award: Dr. Jamie Ball '10 and Kristine Larson Davis '15. Ball is a pediatrician at Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare, and Davis is an xEMU spacesuit engineer at NASA. Stay tuned for more information on how we will be honoring our 2021 Distinguished Young Alumni Award recipients.

Questions?

Tamie Redding '86
Assistant director of student programs
785-532-5056

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PAST RECIPIENTS

2020
Sarah Sexton-Bowser '08

Managing Director
K-State's Center for Sorghum Improvement
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2020
Mindy McBee '12

Strategic Accounts Sales Leader
Cargill
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2019
Dr. Charley Cull '12, '14, '16

Veterinarian, Clinical Research Associate, Director of Stocker and Grazing Cattle
Midwest Veterinary Services, Central States Research Centre Inc., Veterinary Biomedical Research Center Inc.
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2019
Kale Monk PhD '10, '13

Assistant Professor, State Extension Specialist 
Center for Policy and Family Research Fellow at the University of Missouri
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2018
Megan McCall '08, '11

Remote on-call Bridge Coordinator 
Rose Brooks Center’s Bridge Program
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2018
Bryce Huschka '07

Area Manager
ExxonMobil
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2017
Dalton Henry '07

Director of Policy
U.S. Wheat Associates
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2017
Jorge Mendoza '10

STEM exploration program manager 
The Ohio State University
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2016
Dr. Kourtney Bettinger '06

Physician and pediatric resident 
University of Colorado School of Medicine
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2016
Clemente Jaquez '08

Design director
Hoefer Wysocki Architecture
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2015
Corey Fortin '06

United States Foreign Service
United States Agency for International Development in Uganda
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2015
Matt King '07

Fund analyst
World Bank Group
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2014
Molly Hamm '10

Planning and research coordinator
The DREAM Project

2014
Matt Wolters '03

Co-founder and co-owner
SureFire Ag Systems Inc.

2013
Nick Piper '08

Founder and CEO
Phoria Energy Solutions

2013
Justine Sterling '07

Director of alumni relations
George W. Bush Presidential Center