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Kylee Johnson and Reese Willis hold up the All Around Senior trophy after being selected the 2025 winners. The All Around Senior is a tradition that dates back to 1938. It is only the ninth time that the award has been given to multiple seniors. The last time it happened was in 2016 when Cameron Doan and Samantha Gould were selected.
By Jeff Kiessel, MCP Contributor
LUDINGTON — Ludington High School seniors Reese Willis and Kylee Johnson were named the 2024-2025 All Around Seniors during Thursday’s academic assembly. Willis and Johnson became the 87th recipients of the award that dates back to 1938. It is only the ninth time that the voting has ended in a tie.
Ludington High School Principal Steve Forsberg said Ludington has been blessed with a great seniors this year.
“Reese Willis and Kylee Jphnson lead in their own unique ways, not just with words but with their actions,” he said. “They set such good examples, not only in their own class but for all classes in the high school.”
Reese Willis and Kylee Johnson congratulate each other after being selected the 2025 LHS All Around Seniors.
Willis said she was surprised to hear her name called during the assembly.
“I was really happy,” she said. Willis said she was also happy for Johnson because they both love the Ludington High School community and are active within those walls.
“We have a lot of pride in this school,” she said. “I was honored and grateful to be selected in the top ten seniors by my peers.”
Willis will be attending the University of Kentucky in the fall to study marketing with a minor in business analytics.
Tears started to well in Kylee Johnson’s eyes when she heard her name called on Thursday. Johnson too was very happy to share the honor with Willis.
“I am really happy to share this honor with Reese because we have been friends since the beginning,” she said. “It is a fun moment to share together.”
Johnson will be attending Grand Valley State University in the fall studying speech language pathology.
Forsberg said both Willis and Johnson represent what it means to a Ludington Oriole.
“Both of these students enbody what it means to be an Oriole,” Forsberg said. “They are accomplished academically but also involved in athletics, the arts, the performing arts and clubs and represent a huge cross section of our student body.”
Reese’s parents are Mark and Jeanne Willis of Ludington and Kylee’s parents are Tom and Becky Johnson of Victory Township.
Willis and Johnson were selected from a group that included: Catherine Karboski, Benjamin Coleman, Magdelyn Autrey, Rebecca Weinert, Ling Zhang, Jordyn Anderson, Maddie Gassaway and Nadia Grierson.
Ludington High School Asst. Principal Frank Marietta, left, and Principal Steve Forsberg, right, congratulate Kylee Johnson and Reese Willis during Thursday’s senior awards ceremony. Johnson and Willis were selected as the 2025 LHS All Around Seniors.
Historic list of LHS All-Around Seniors
2025- Reese Willis and Kylee Johnson
2024- Jack Jubar
2023 — Levi Laman
2022 — Abi Bandstra
2021 — Sophia Cooney
2020 — Karlee Plamondon
2019 — Joshua Laman
2018 — Caleb Schoon
2017 — Noah Laman
2016 — Cameron Doan and Samantha Gould
2015 — Katie Biggs
2014 — AmyGrace Shoop
2013 — Michael Heinrich
2012 — Kelsey Anderson
2011 — Amanda Wingelaar
2010 — Ben Malburg
2009 — Miranda Viglietti and Katelin Anderson
2008 — Rachel Kramer
2007 — Bryson Beaver
2006 — Steven Moyers
2005 — Kaitlin Urka
2004 — Jacob Williams
2003 — Mark White and Jordan Hankwitz
2002 — Heidi Johnson
2001 — Robert Curtis Miller
2000 — David White
1999 — Mark Pietka
1998 — Ben Rodgers
1997 — Kelsey Erickson
1996 — Rebekah Olmstead
1995 — Christopher Winczewski
1994 — Rena Leinberger
1993 — Melissa Stowe
1992 — Amy Geil
1991 — Candy Roshy
1990 — Laura Gabel
1989 — Chad Stielstra
1988 — Alexander Tava
1987 — Ann Tewel
1986 — Mark and Molly Morawski
1985 — William Mousel
1984 — Susan Kraus
1983 — Kathy Sarto
1982 — Tracy Thompson and Denise Flaugher
1981 — Tom Anderson
1980 — Cassie Walley
1979 — Susan Cook and Teresa Ereon
1978 — Sue MacDonald
1977 — Amy Larsen
1976 — Sara Erickson
1975 — Charles Arent
1974 — Patricia Demeester
1973 — Robert Budreau
1972 — Mary Anne Ludwig
1971 — James Henke
1970 — Jeff Evans
1969 — Doug Barnett
1968 — Mark Boon
1967 — Tom Young
1966 — Robert Goulet
1965 — Jack Cronenwett
1964 — Terry S. Pavledes and Dale Schreck
1963 — Charles Harley
1962 — Daryl Peterson
1961 — Barbara Witte
1960 — Jan Moore
1959 — Nancy Speer
1958 — Dennis Kelly
1957 — Walter Schafer
1956 — Robert Kotecki
1955 — Evelyn Winczewski
1954 — Richard Alan Carr and Peter S. Tillotson
1953 — Tom Coleman
1952 — Ronald Dewey
1951 — Fred Adams
1950 — Dan G. Dewey
1949 — Marylouise Linquist
1948 — Elwood VanderVeer
1947 — Betty Cater
1946 — Don W. Johnson
1945 — Mary Ann Nelson
1944 — Robert C. Olmstead
1943 — Bernard Betka
1942 — Walter Arndt
1941 — (none)
1940 — Marjorie Jean Anderson
1939 — Irving Parrott
1938 — Joseph R. Lewis
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