The Iowa Governor’s Scholar Program

Honoring the Top Academic Senior Students

Every year, the Governor’s Office, the Iowa High School Athletic Association, and title sponsor Iowa Farm Bureau honor Iowa’s top academic senior students. This recognition began in 2003, and we’re proud to continue the tradition to honor students’ hard work, dedication, and perseverance. All students receive a recognition plaque and certificate to commemorate their achievement.

Selecting Student Honorees

Students are chosen by their high schools as the highest academic achievers. The largest 64 schools in Iowa, according to the Iowa Department of Education BEDS document, are invited to select two seniors who are the highest academic achievers for their first seven semesters. All other schools are invited to select one senior who was the highest academic achiever for their first seven semesters.

2022 Iowa Governor’s Scholars

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2022 Honorees

LAST NAMEFIRST NAMESCHOOLYEAR
AronsonSamAlbert City2004
BeairdMikeKeokuk2016
BowlesRogerMalvern2006
BushmanTomSouth Winneshiek2017
ButschiRichardCenter Point-Urbana2006
ChristenElliottDecorah2003
CrawfordBobRiceville2016
DanaDougBelmond-Klemme2013
DavisJackCreston2004
Den AdelVerlanPella2010
DennerRandyNorth Scott, Eldridge2005
DinkelAlvinLogan-Magnolia2012
EbenKenSibley-Ocheyedan2008
EichelbergerBrianTipton2019
EllisDonSolon2011
EngbergRobertBurlington2013
FauserDonValley, Elgin2008
FeeGrahamKnoxvile2007
FordJimIndianola2007
FridleyBenHampton-Dumont2012
GallesJohnKingsley-Pierson2002
GillilandRonADM, Adel2004
GoodmanDonWest Marshall2008
GrennanPatrickWest Central, Maynard2017
HamannDenisCentral Elkader2007
HammanC.C.Bellevue2009
HammenJoeUrbandale2017
HjelleKeithCoon Rapids-Bayard2005
HoeferEricCharles City2014
HoskinsJeffCollins-Maxwell-Baxter2011
HoytRobertMarion2013
HuffDavidNodaway Valley2018
JayMikeColumbus Community2009
JohnSteveLenox2015
JohnsonJamesBedford2006
KiserRonMuscatine2004
KrauseBobBallard2015
KronaizlChuckWoodbury Central2011
LanglitzRandyAurelia2010
LauterbachJoeHarlan Community2012
LehmkuhlBillFort Dodge2010
LeichsenringMonteClarion-Goldfield2013
LitwillerCalMount Pleasant2003
MackeGusSouthern Cal2009
MathiasJohnTipton2011
McDonoughJeffOdebolt; OA-BCIG2012
MeehanPatMaquoketa Valley2007
MellingerDickBurlington2005
MeyerJohnMidland, Wyoming2008
NaylorGaryAnkeny2019
NeuzilGaryIowa City, West2014
NevilleSkipGarner-Hayfield2011
NielsenDuaneCAL, Latimer2006
O’ConnorMikeCenterville2015
OliveRichRoland-Story2006
PantiniAndyLinn-Mar2014
PetersonDavidWLVA2002
PetersonAlanAtlantic2011
PetersonTerryEast Buchanan, Winthrop2018
PierceSteveRiverside, Oakland2016
RoperRayPaton-Churdan2003
RoseBobSpencer2004
SchramCharleyManilla2002
SchwallerJimCoon Rapids2019
SiresAndyWaukon2014
SteckelWadeDavenport2015
SteenhardStanMason City2002
StrikeBurtonSaint Ansgar2012
SzalkowskiPaulNashua-Plainfield2009
TaylorJimChariton2013
TootJoeNevada2005
TrampelJaneGarner-Hayfield-Ventura2013
TraskDaveWinterset2010
TubaughJerryBelle Plaine2019
UntietLarrySpencer2012
VogePaulRidge View2018
WelanderJimPomeroy-Palmer2009
WerlingScottAnamosa2014
WiggBruceUnion, LaPorte City2010
WilleyRogerIndependence2003
WilliamsMikeLisbon2008
WilsonBobColo-NESCO2010
WiltgenGeraldSouth Winneshiek2007
WingerEdUrbandale2017
WoodrowGordonGlenwood2017

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