For the Miami Valley Today

TROY — Troy High School announced 52 new members had been selected for induction into the National Honor Society Wednesday morning. Current members surprised the new inductees during first period.

All of the new inductees met the NHS requirements in the four categories: scholarship, service, leadership, and character.

This year’s inductees are: Mackenzie Andrews, Kiyah Baker, Adam Cartwright, Brooke Craft, Mitchell Davis, Skylar Davis, Eli Donnan, Kara Enneking, Lainey Freeman, Madison Frey, Katie Hansbarger, Haley Horgan, Evan Kaiser, Elizabeth Katwyk, Alyssa Kern, Ryan King, Josie Kleinhenz, Kendra Kovacs, Hannah Liening, Ella Lovitt, Johnae Malcolm, Tyler Malott, Ethan Martin, Trayce Mercer, Shogo Nakayama, Parker Nichols, Elizabeth Niemi, Tiffany Norris, Tyler Norris, Ashleigh Nosker, Ethan Nosker, Adrienne Post, Allison Ray, Casey Rogers, Mackenzie Rogers, Bobby Rohlfs, Ava Scheerer, Lily Scheerer, Abbey Seger, Alyssa Stanley, Kiera Thomas, Gwendolyn Turnbull, Allison Unger, Braeden Verceles, Payton Vitangeli, Lena Walker, Mason Ward, Nathan Weidner, Katelyn Weikert, Carly West, Emily Williams, and Haylee Young.

New members must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.55 or higher, based on a 4 point weighted grading scale. New members must have been involved in at least three service projects that take place beyond the actual school day and benefit others besides the student. All new members have been involved in two or more extra-curricular school organizations or involved in one or more extra-curricular school organizations and have held at least one elected office.

The character of the student is a composite of integrity, positive behavior, cooperation, and ethics. A student can have no recorded incidents of cheating or intentional dishonesty and no record of knowingly violating school regulations or of civil offenses within the community. The student must be cooperative; willing to assist others, etc. Ethical conduct also is a factor.