Ishpeming announces valedictorians, salutatorian
Valedictorians
Ty Hunter Kauppinen
Parents: Todd and Heidi Kauppinen
GPA: 4.0
Awards/Honors: Valedictorian, All Conference Honorable Mention Defensive Tackle (2018), 1st Team All U.P. Offensive Tackle (2018), All Conference Defensive Tackle (2019), All U.P. Dream Team Defensive Tackle (2019)
Future Plans: Attend school and play football at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
Kayla Lee Koski
Parents: Wendy and Byron Koski
GPA: 4.0
Honors/Awards:
Awards/Honors: Valedictorian; Ishpeming High School All A’s Honor Roll: 2016 to 2020; Ishpeming High School Student of the Week: 2016 and 2019; Excellence in Education Award: 2016-2020; National Honor Society President: 2019-2020; All Upper Peninsula Cross Country Runner: 2018; All-State Track Runner: 2016 to 2019; All-State Long-Jumper: 2017 to 2019; Ishpeming High School All-State Academic: 2017 to 2020; Outstanding Senior Student Athlete Award: 2020; Team First Award: 2020
Future plans: I will be attending Northern Michigan University in the fall.
Morgan Lee Oja
Parents Names: Ron and Jennie Oja
GPA: 4.0
Honors and Awards: Class of 2020 Valedictorian, All A’s Honor Roll, Excellence in Education Award 2016-2020, Mining Journal Student of the Week, MSBOA District Solo and Ensemble 1 Rating, MSBOA State Solo and Ensemble 1 Rating
Future Plans: attend Northern Michigan University for neuroscience in the fall and hopefully work in brain research
Salutatorian
John Paul Corkin
Parents: Scott and Melissa Corkin
Honors/Awards: honor roll, excellence and education, all conference first team running back, all conference runner up player of the year, all UP first team running back.
Future Plans: Attend NMU and study electrical technology