Allyssa Arens, a 2017 Academic All-Stater and University of Oklahoma journalism major, is our featured student columnist, sharing insights on her experience at our 2017 Academic Awards Banquet. We encourage you to save the date and plan to join us for our 2018 Academic Awards Banquet on May 19 at the Embassy Suites Conference Center in Norman.
Read Allyssa's column here.
Academic All-Staters
The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence has announced the recipients of its prestigious 2018 Academic All-State Awards. These 100 top public high school seniors, selected from 536 nominations statewide, hail from 82 schools in 74 Oklahoma school districts.
The 2018 Academic All-State Class is the 32nd to be selected by the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence. Since the award program’s inception in 1987, some 3,200 high school seniors from 322 school districts have been named All-State scholars. Three high schools will celebrate their first Academic All-Stater: Stuart, Sweetwater and Pathways Middle College High School in Oklahoma City.
Each of this year’s All-Staters will receive a $1,000 merit-based scholarship and a medallion. The All-Staters will be recognized at the foundation’s 32nd annual Academic Awards Banquet on Saturday, May 19, at the Embassy Suites Conference Center in Norman.
Students are listed alphabetically by school district.
Name |
School District |
High School |
Hometown |
| Cory Rubertus | Ada | Ada High School | Ada |
| Kylee Massey | Adair | Adair High School | Adair |
| Kaden Gibson | Afton | Afton High School | Afton |
| Kashen Gibson | Afton | Afton High School | Afton |
| Ryan Oden | Altus | Altus High School | Altus |
| Allison Knowles | Arnett | Arnett High School | Arnett |
| Allison Biddinger* | Bartlesville | Bartlesville High School | Bartlesville |
| Amanda Bolinger | Beaver | Beaver High School | Beaver |
| Tanner Hummingbird | Berryhill | Berryhill High School | Tulsa |
| Justin Koonce | Bethany | Bethany High School | Oklahoma City |
| Chase Wilson | Bethel | Bethel High School | Shawnee |
| Hannah Bowlin | Bixby | Bixby High School | Mounds |
| Thomas Martinez | Bixby | Bixby High School | Bixby |
| Jarod Manning | Blanchard | Blanchard High School | Blanchard |
| Hunter Janway | Broken Arrow | Broken Arrow High School | Broken Arrow |
| Lauren Orr | Broken Bow | Broken Bow High School | Broken Bow |
| Ryne Garrison | Burns Flat-Dill City | Burns Flat-Dill City High School | Burns Flat |
| Leah Sander* | Cheyenne | Cheyenne High School | Cheyenne |
| Maison Cook | Chisolm | Chisolm High School | Enid |
| Jonathan de Gaston | Choctaw-Nicoma Park | Choctaw High School | Choctaw |
| Natalie Evans | Claremore | Claremore High School | Claremore |
| Parker Williams | Clinton | Clinton High School | Clinton |
| John Joseph Ray | Coweta | Coweta High School | Broken Arrow |
| Emily Andrews | Deer Creek | Deer Creek High School | Edmond |
| May Fahrenthold | Deer Creek | Deer Creek High School | Oklahoma City |
| Cassie Bisson | Durant | Durant High School | Durant |
| Hanna Cook | Durant | Durant High School | Durant |
| Brian Carlton* | Edmond | Edmond Santa Fe High School | Edmond |
| Kiran Chakravarty | Edmond | Edmond North High School | Edmond |
| Yeahwon Lee | Edmond | Edmond Memorial High School | Edmond |
| Emily Seiler | Elgin | Elgin High School | Mountain View |
| Jay Eischen | Fairview | Fairview High School | Fairview |
| Daniel Campbell | Fletcher | Fletcher High School | Fletcher |
| Colby Sutherland | Foyil | Foyil High School | Chelsea |
| Brett Severin | Garber | Garber High School | Garber |
| Kobe Johnson | Henryetta | Henryetta | Henryetta |
| Lanie McKinney | Jenks | Jenks High School | Tulsa |
| Ryan Zhu | Jenks | Jenks High School | Tulsa |
| Tyler Abbott | Jones | Jones High School | Jones |
| Avery Black | Lawton | Eisenhower High School | Lawton |
| Conner Heffernan | Lawton | MacArthur High School | Lawton |
| Gabe Wilmot | Maysville | Maysville High School | Maysville |
| Sydney Lowe | McAlester | McAlester High School | McAlester |
| Alex Walls | Miami | Miami High School | Miami |
| Jinho Ban | Midwest City-Del City | Carl Albert High School | Choctaw |
| Ethan Ho | Midwest City-Del City | Del City High School | Oklahoma City |
| Theodore Stephens | Midest City-Del City | Carl Albert High School | Midwest City |
| Jordan Bays | Moore | Westmoore High School | Oklahoma City |
| Lauren Nguyen | Moore | Westmoore High School | Oklahoma City |
| Tho Trinh* | Moore | Southmoore High School | Oklahoma City |
| Brendan Raper | Morrison | Morrison High School | Morrison |
| Braden Payne | Mountain View-Gotebo | Mountain View-Gotebo High School |
Mountain View |
| Jared Gilbertson | Newcastle | Newcastle High School | Newcastle |
| Christopher Albert | Norman | Norman High School | Norman |
| Ashley Jang | Norman | Norman High School | Norman |
| Evan Magsig | Norman | Norman North High School | Norman |
| Ella Moxley | Norman | Norman North High School | Norman |
| Bailey Baustert | Okarche | Okarche High School | Okarche |
| Tanner Phillips | Okarche | Okarche High School | Okarche |
| Charlotte Bailey | Oklahoma City | Classen School of Advanced Studies | Oklahoma City |
| Zachary Beebe | Oklahoma City | Pathways Middle College High School | Norman |
| Daisy Butzer | Oklahoma City | Classen School of Advanced Studies | Oklahoma City |
| Sydney Vu | Oklahoma City | Classen School of Advanced Studies | Edmond |
| Breck Gillespie | Oklahoma Union | Oklahoma Union High School | Welch |
| Natalie Berryman | Okmulgee | Okmulgee High School | Okmulgee |
| Jamie Marrara | Oologah-Talala | Oologah High School | Claremore |
| Aniket Dehadrai | OSSM | OK School of Science & Math | Norman |
| Dominick Cammuso | Owasso | Owasso High School | Owasso |
| Faith Letzkus | Owasso | Owasso High School | Owasso |
| Justin Derby Whitefield | Pauls Valley | Pauls Valley High School | Paoli |
| Melissa Green | Piedmont | Piedmont High School | Piedmont |
| Tyson Harris | Plainview | Plainview High School | Ardmore |
| Areli Villalobos | Ponca City | Ponca City High School | Ponca City |
| Kylanna Hardaway* | Poteau | Poteau High School | Panama |
| Elizabeth Wennekamp | Pryor | Pryor High School | Pryor |
| Ashley Howard | Purcell | Purcell High School | Purcell |
| Alyssa Noel | Putnam City | Putnam City North High School | Oklahoma City |
| Bali Ong | Putnam City | Putnam City North High School | Oklahoma City |
| Jack Thompson* | Sand Springs | Charles Page High School | Sand Springs |
| Brody Hedges | Seiling | Seiling High School | Mutual |
| Garrett Johnson | Skiattook | Skiatook High School | Skiatook |
| Kaylie Smith | Spiro | Spiro High School | Spiro |
| Simon Devlin | Stillwater | Stillwater High School | Stillwater |
| Allie Sallee | Stillwater | Stillwater High School | Stillwater |
| William West | Stuart | Stuart High School | Stuart |
| Ashley Bivens | Sulphur | Sulphur High School | Sulphur |
| Hanna Hill | Sweetwater | Sweetwater High School | Sayre |
| Ivee Baker | Tahlequah | Tahlequah High School | Tahlequah |
| Corbin Slattery | Thomas-Fay-Custer | Thomas-Fay-Custer High School | Thomas |
| Eli Brock | Tulsa | Booker T. Washington High School | Tulsa |
| Cassandra Powell | Tulsa | Booker T. Washington High School | Tulsa |
| Maya Rogers | Tulsa | Booker T. Washington High School | Tulsa |
| Joshua Anderson | Union | Union High School | Tulsa |
| Ferdinand Mudjialim | Union | Union High School | Broken Arrow |
| Josephine Uerling | Union | Union High School | Broken Arrow |
| Jacob Schoeling | Verdigris | Verdigris High School | Claremore |
| Kelsey Moore | Wagoner | Wagoner High School | Wagoner |
| Haley Smith | Walters | Walters High School | Walters |
| Jackson Li | Weatherfod | Weatherford High School | Weatherford |
| Seth Sims | Woodward | Woodward High School | Woodward |
*Indicates the All-State Scholar is the sibling of a previous winner.