PEPSI AND CHANNEL NINE SCHOLAR ATHLETE. TONIGHT WE VISIT SHAWNEE MISSION EAST HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL FOR THIS STUDENT WHEN IT COMES TO SUCCESS AS KAREN KORNACKI EXPLAINS, SHE HAS NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR REPORTING THE NEWS. KATIE MURPHY IS ONE OF THE EDITORS FOR THE SCHOOL NEWSPAPER AT SHAWNEE MISSION EAST. IT’S CALLED THE HARBINGER, AND IT’S PUBLISHED EVERY TWO WEEKS. OUR PAPER IS 28 PAGES IN PRINT, SO WE PRINT AROUND LIKE 2000 ISSUES. EVERY TIME WE PRINT, WE DISTRIBUTE AROUND LIKE THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY. HER PASSION FOR WRITING HAS GIVEN HER SOME WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION. SHE WAS NAMED THE NATIONAL WRITER OF THE YEAR IN 2023. THE KANSAS WRITER OF THE YEAR IN 2022. BEING A GOOD LISTENER IS KIND OF THE KEY TO BEING A GOOD WRITER. IT’S VERY SPECIAL TO BE ABLE TO TELL SOMEONE ELSE’S STORY. SO WRITING MEANS A LOT TO ME. KATIE ALSO PLAYS TENNIS IN FACT, SHE HELPED SHAWNEE MISSION EAST WERE IN THREE STRAIGHT STATE TITLES. BEING IN A TEAM WITH A REALLY LONG TRADITION OF SUCCESS KIND OF MOTIVATES ALL OF US TO WANT TO CONTINUE THAT SUCCESS, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF LIKE OLDER GIRLS WHO WE KIND OF LOOK UP TO AND WE WANT TO BE LIKE THEM. AND ALSO LIKE REPRESENT OUR SCHOOL IN THE SAME WAY. OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST THREE YEARS, SHE PLAYED SINGLES AS A SOPHOMORE AND A JUNIOR, AND THEN MADE THE TRANSITION TO PLAY DOUBLES HERE AS A SENIOR AND MEDALED AT EACH OF THOSE YEARS. IT WAS AN IMPORTANT PIECE IN, YOU KNOW, MAKING A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP HAPPEN. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO KATIE AND HEAR FROM HY-VEE TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION IS NICOLE. CONGRATULATIONS FROM PEPSI HY-VEE AND CHANNEL NINE NEWS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT EVERYBODY. KAREN KORNACKI KMBC NINE NEWS. ALL RIGHT KATIE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT COLLEGE SHE’S GOING TO GO TO, BUT SHE DOES PLAN TO STUDY MATH. CHANNEL NINE HY-VEE