Congratulations to:

Stevie Lemons, U.S. history teacher at Lafayette High School, nominated by the League of Women Voters of Lexington to participate in a Harvard University workshop on using case study methods to teach civics.

The Lexington Legends, who won back-to-back South Atlantic League titles.

Margaret Mohr-Schroeder, Associate Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Education and Department of STEM Education Professor, names 2019 Outstanding Senator by the UK University Senate.

These National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists:

From Bryan Station:  Madeline Farrar

From Henry Clay:  August Colby, Eli Flomenhoft, Natalie Hayslip, Paul Kamer, Megan Kauffman, Eesh Kulshrestha, Bhoomi Shah, Briana Thompson and Helen Yong.

From Paul Laurence Dunbar:  John Adkins, Niklas Balk, Henry Blyth, Catheryne Cunningham, William Ding, Abigail Fister, Reka Gal, Grace Goff, Amal Gondal, Alan Luo, David Manche, Graeme Marshall, Megan Mattingly, Nasim Mohammadzadeh, Rohan Rauch, Kylie Schmidt, Syed Shah, Brian She, Jeffrey Shen, Parker Smith, Ashley Su, David Vulakh, Eddy Wan, Jason Wang, Elizabeth Weaver, Nicole Wong, Angie Xiao, Evan Yang and Stephen Yin.

From Larayette:  Benjamin Adair, John Harris, Anya Hartman, Isaac Martin, Caden Pearson and Katrina Wrede.

Carl Bradley, University of Kentucky plant pathologist, named Educator of the Year by the mid America CropLife Association.

Dr. Craig Carter, University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory director, recipient of the Allen W. Hahn Lifetime Achievement Award in Veterinary Informatics.