Graduate
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
GREELEY, Colorado -- Joel Knepper, son of Patricia Knepper of Eaton, Colorado and grandson of Cecelia Knepper of McCook, Nebraska and the late Verle Knepper, graduated May 25, 2013, as the valedictorian of Greeley West High School in Greeley, Colorado. He was part of the International Baccalaureate program and took various advance placement classes. He was awarded a $10,000 Rotary Student of the Year scholarship, a $20,000 CU Esteemed Scholars Sewall scholarship and a $10,000 Boettcher Semi-Finalist Engineering scholarship. He plans to attend Colorado University in Boulder, Colorado and major in mechanical engineering, primarily biomedical engineering.