By Matt Hoover
USD 475 Communications Coordinator
JUNCTION CITY, Kan. – The Kansas State University College of Education has announced that Dr. Reginald Eggleston, Geary County Schools USD 475 Superintendent of Schools, has been named the 2026 Dan and Cheryl Yunk Award for Excellence in Educational Administration recipient.
Eggleston, who earlier this year was named the 2026 Kansas Superintendent of the Year, will also serve as the K-State College of Education commencement speaker at Saturday’s graduation ceremony at 11 a.m. inside Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan.
The Dan and Cheryl Yunk Award for Excellence in Educational Administration recognizes the importance of school administrators in establishing environments that promote student learning. The award is named in honor of Dan and Cheryl Yunk, exemplary teachers and administrators throughout their careers in the Manhattan-Ogden school system.The purpose of this award is to advance public recognition and recruitment for graduate programs in Educational Leadership at Kansas State University by honoring an individual who has demonstrated exemplary leadership in providing or promoting the administration of P-12 schools in Kansas.