compacting multiple ranges

[miltmobley]

With such a small set of output values, the easiest approach is if-then-else statements:
Pseudocode:

if <s in range_1>:
return 1
elif <s in range_2>:
return 2
...

<s in range_1> could be implemented as one of these:

s in ('Alice',...,'Carol') # tuple
s in ['Alice',...,'Carol'] #list

If you had a much larger set of output values, it would be best to use a dict:
range_1 = {'Alice': 1,...,'Carol:1}

If you have both a reasonably large set of input and output values, you can just use a dict:
range = {'Alice':1,...,'Wanda':93}