Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence Announces 2022 Academic All-State Scholars
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence has announced the recipients of its prestigious 2022 Academic All-State Awards. These 100 top public high school seniors, selected from 397 nominations statewide, hail from 75 schools in 67 Oklahoma school districts.
The 2022 Academic All-State class is the 36th to be selected by the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence. Since the award program’s inception in 1987, some 3,600 high school seniors from 333 school districts have been named Academic All-State scholars. Three high schools will celebrate their first Academic All-Stater: Heavener, Le Flore, and North Rock Creek high schools.
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 36th annual Academic Awards Celebration on Saturday, May 21, at the Omni Oklahoma City Hotel.
David L. Boren, founder and chairman of the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, describes the selection of the scholars as “Oklahoma’s most rigorous academic awards selection process.” To be nominated for Academic All-State, students must meet one of the following criteria: an American College Test (ACT) composite score of at least 30; a combined SAT evidence-based reading & writing and math score of at least 1370; or be selected as a semi-finalist for a National Merit, National Achievement or National Hispanic Scholarship.
This year’s All-Staters scored an average of 33 on the ACT, with six recipients scoring a perfect 36. The students’ average GPA was 4.22. In addition, 28 of this year’s All-Staters are National Merit semifinalists, and one student is a National Hispanic Scholar semifinalist.
Academic All-Staters are selected based on academic achievement, extracurricular activities and community involvement, as well as letters of recommendation and an essay submitted by each nominee. The selection committee, which is chaired by retired Tulsa attorney Teresa B. Adwan, works independently of all other foundation activities. The committee members are a diverse group of business, education, and civic leaders, as well as past Academic Awards Program honorees.
The awards ceremony will be televised statewide May 28 and 29 by OETA, the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority. For more information, call the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence office at (405) 236-0006 or visit its website at ofe.org.
“The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence Academic Awards Program is the Oklahoma’s premiere awards program honoring academic achievement, innovation and leadership among students and educators in our public schools,” said Executive Director Elizabeth Inbody. “By working together to give outstanding students and educators the recognition they deserve, we send a strong message to our state and to the nation that Oklahomans value academic excellence.”
Founded in 1985, the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence is a statewide, nonprofit organization dedicated to recognizing and encouraging academic excellence in Oklahoma’s public schools. Through its Academic Awards Program, the foundation has provided more than $5.1 million in merit-based scholarships and awards to honor outstanding graduating seniors as Academic All-Staters and exceptional educators as Medal for Excellence winners.
*Indicates the All-State Scholar is the family member of a previous winner.
2022 Academic All-State Class
Name | School District | School | Hometown |
Lakota Tolloak | Ada | Ada High School | Ada |
Reagin Roudebush | Altus | Altus High School | Altus |
Carson Kinder | Arapaho-Butler | Arapaho-Butler High School | Arapaho |
Matt Fries | Bartlesville | Bartlesville High School | Bartlesville |
Morgan King | Bartlesville | Bartlesville High School | Bartlesville |
Stephanie Thanscheidt | Bethany | Bethany High School | Oklahoma City |
Kyler Cagle | Big Pasture | Big Pasture High School | Randlett |
Landen Plumlee | Bixby | Bixby High School | Bixby |
Lauren Hsieh | Bixby | Bixby High School | Tulsa |
Evan Kamriguel | Broken Arrow | Broken Arrow High School | Broken Arrow |
Josh Mooney | Burns Flat-Dill City | Burns Flat-Dill City High School | Burns Flat |
Jayden Collier | Cashion | Cashion High School | Cashion |
Jessica Brannon | Chandler | Chandler High School | Chandler |
Leah Brannon | Chandler | Chandler High School | Chandler |
Shelby Elliott | Charter | Santa Fe South Pathways Middle College | Norman |
Lake Lyon | Cherokee | Cherokee High School | Cherokee |
Elizabeth Bain | Chisholm | Chisholm High School | Enid |
Anna Dewey | Choctaw-Nicoma Park | Choctaw High School | Midwest City |
Sean Sumrell | Choctaw-Nicoma Park | Choctaw High School | Choctaw |
Layne Havlik | Coweta | Coweta High School | Broken Arrow |
Kyler Baldwin | Davis | Davis High School | Wynnewood |
Crayton Haney | Deer Creek | Deer Creek High School | Edmond |
Julia Harper | Deer Creek | Deer Creek High School | Edmond |
Nina Bugg | Deer Creek | Deer Creek High School | Edmond |
Campbell Christensen | Edmond | Edmond Memorial High School | Edmond |
Irene Cui | Edmond | Edmond Memorial High School | Edmond |
William Loughridge* | Edmond | Edmond Memorial High School | Oklahoma City |
Christopher Lee | Edmond | Edmond North High School | Edmond |
Sydney Saenz | Edmond | Edmond North High School | Edmond |
Jaclyn Fan | Edmond | Edmond Santa Fe High School | Edmond |
Alyssa Johnson | Elgin | Elgin High School | Elgin |
Madeline Benton | Elk City | Elk City High School | Elk City |
Krystal Archer* | Enid | Enid High School | Enid |
Eden Gray | Eufaula | Eufaula High School | Eufaula |
Makaela Krebs | Fairland | Fairland High School | Fairland |
Sawyer Hutchison* | Fairview | Fairview High School | Fairview |
Sydney Martens | Fairview | Fairview High School | Fairview |
Caleb Campbell | Fletcher | Fletcher High School | Fletcher |
Gavin Sonnenberg | Frederick | Frederick High School | Frederick |
Paul Oakes | Guymon | Guymon High School | Guymon |
Sean Miller | Heavener | Heavener High School | Poteau |
Levi Carter | Hooker | Hooker High School | Guymon |
Jonathan Menzel | Inola | Inola High School | Inola |
Chansong Won | Jenks | Jenks High School | Tulsa |
Ezra Power | Jenks | Jenks High School | Tulsa |
Haeyn Seo | Jenks | Jenks High School | Tulsa |
Ignacio Yockers | Jenks | Jenks High School | Tulsa |
Kayla Cao | Jenks | Jenks High School | Tulsa |
Katon Lunsford | Kingfisher | Kingfisher High School | Kingfisher |
Elizabeth Crawford | Latta | Latta High School | Ada |
Justin Strickland | Lawton | Eisenhower High School | Lawton |
Emily Masters | Lawton | MacArthur High School | Lawton |
Marshall Barnett | Le Flore | Le Flore High School | Wister |
William Reece Conway | Lone Grove | Lone Grove High School | Ardmore |
Luke Tolle | Marlow | Marlow High School | Marlow |
Allison Bond | McAlester | McAlester High School | McAlester |
Eric Nguyen | Miami | Miami High School | Miami |
Stephanie Trejo | Midwest City-Del City | Midwest City High School | Midwest City |
Alex Ho | Moore | Moore High School | Moore |
Ashton Key | Moore | Southmoore High School | Oklahoma City |
Braxdyn Huber | Moore | Southmoore High School | Oklahoma City |
Lindsey Michael | Muldrow | Muldrow High School | Muldrow |
Kylee Mitchell | Mustang | Mustang High School | Mustang |
Lexi Lindemann | New Lima | New Lima High School | Seminole |
Chloe Woodruff | Noble | Noble High School | Norman |
Sydney Pierce | Norman | Norman High School | Norman |
Grace Qi | Norman | Norman North High School | Norman |
Syed Aslam | Norman | Norman North High School | Norman |
William Noah McMullan | North Rock Creek | North Rock Creek High School | Shawnee |
Aishwarya Swamidurai | Oklahoma City | Classen School of Advanced Studies at NE | Oklahoma City |
Amelia Oei | Oklahoma City | Classen School of Advanced Studies at NE | Oklahoma City |
Katherine Schein | Oklahoma City | Classen School of Advanced Studies at NE | Oklahoma City |
Anna Boevers | Oklahoma City | Harding Charter Preparatory High School | Oklahoma City |
Ronald Walker | Owasso | Owasso High School | Sperry |
Gracie Meade | Piedmont | Piedmont High School | Piedmont |
Madison Lake | Piedmont | Piedmont High School | Piedmont |
Jenna Stockton | Ponca City | Ponca City High School | Ponca City |
Emma Taylor | Pond Creek-Hunter | Pond Creek-Hunter High School | Pond Creek |
MaKenna Bailey | Pond Creek-Hunter | Pond Creek-Hunter High School | Pond Creek |
Mason Pendley | Pryor | Pryor High School | Pryor |
Raven Parkhurst | Sayre | Sayre High School | Sayre |
Jaxon Smith | Seminole | Seminole High School | Seminole |
Taylor Wise | Skiatook | Skiatook High School | Skiatook |
Noah Thompson | Stigler | Stigler High School | Stigler |
Connor Zamborsky | Stillwater | Stillwater High School | Stillwater |
Lenna Abouzahr | Stillwater | Stillwater High School | Stillwater |
Nicholas Belden | Stillwater | Stillwater High School | Stillwater |
Elizabeth Kipps | Tecumseh | Tecumseh High School | Tecumseh |
Makayla Greening | Thomas-Fay-Custer Unified | Thomas-Fay-Custer Unified High School | Fay |
Haley Nettleship | Tulsa | Booker T. Washington High School | Tulsa |
Michelle Woolridge | Tulsa | Booker T. Washington High School | Tulsa |
Miles Udwin | Tulsa | Booker T. Washington High School | Tulsa |
Joshua Le | Tulsa | Tulsa Memorial High School | Tulsa |
Sarah Estes | Turpin | Turpin High School | Turpin |
Meghana Venkatesha | Union | Union High School | Broken Arrow |
Graham Curtsinger | Verdigris | Verdigris High School | Claremore |
Shelby Russell | Wagoner | Wagoner High School | Wagoner |
Taylor McConnell | Wellston | Wellston High School | Wellston |
Don’Derek Lane Jr. | Yukon | Yukon High School | Yukon |
Kinley De Leon | Yukon | Yukon High School | Yukon |
