There were 13 Auburn High School 2026 graduates who have merited selection to the Athletic, Activity and Academic Walls of Fame.
Liston Crotty, first team All-State in cross country; Addison Darnell, two-time individual champion in track and field; Addison Fankhauser, Nebraska Music Educators Association All-State choir; Jaidyn Glathar, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) state reporter; Solomon Jacobitz, individual state champion in Jobs For America’s Graduates (JAG); Jackson Warner, first team All-State baseball; Brenton Wenzl, first team All-State basketball; and Jack Hayes, Anna Schlange, Alexa Janssen, Hunter Stevenson, Colt Zentner and Grace Zhang, achieving a four-point grade point average (GPA).
Hayes also was lauded on a 32+ ACT score, All-State band and meeting criteria for FBLA state champion. Stevenson additionally met criteria for JAG state champion. Zhang also met criteria for FBLA state champion.
Top 10 Percent of Each High School Class
An *asterisk prceding a student’s name denotes the student also achieved a four-point GPA.
Class of 2026: *Hayes, *Janssen, *Schlange, *Stevenson, *Zentner and *Zhang.
Class of 2027: *Penelope Campbell, *Heidi Gerdes, *Isaiah Moyer, Delaney Stahl, Ella Swanson and Beau Thomas.
Class of 2028: *Avery Boellstorff, *Caleb Cover, *Charlotte Dickerson, *Alayna Helms, *Nora Jacobitz, *Graycen Jones, *Izabella Oden and *Blake Swanson.
Class of 2029: *Ella Ackley, *Emmy Boellstorff, *Henry Hudson, *Brooklyn Reid-Hansen and *Jonah Schlange.
Scores of 30+ on ACT
Hayes, Karlito Holthus-Hunt, Zentner, Zhang and Thomas.
East Central Nebraska Conference (ECNC) ACT Academic Achievement Awards
Gold: Hayes, Holthus-Hunt, Zentner and Zhang.
Silver: Teagan Harbin, Lily Harrah, Janssen, Elijah Powell, Anna Schlange and Stevenson.
Bronze: Gavin Bauer, Riley Dickerson, Jaidyn Glathar, Katie Harris, Creighton Keeling, Nicholas Ketcherside, Ian Mather, Kaden McLaughlin, Logan Rowell, Camden Taylor and Jackson Warner.
Academic/Activity All Conference
Selection criteria is: top 25 percent of class, one ECNC activity during his or her senior year and one additional ECNC Activity in any other year of high school.
Gavin Bauer, Liston Crotty, Addison Fankhauser, Glathar, Harrah, Hayes, Janssen, Creighton Keeling, Powell, Anna Schlange, Stevenson, Camden Taylor, Brenton Wenzl, Zentner and Zhang.
National Merit Finalist
Less than one-half of 1 percent of seniors recognized nationally: Hayes.
Omaha World-Herald All Academic Program
All Eastern first team: Hayes.
AHS 2026 Graduates Earn Induction Into Walls of Fame

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