OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence has announced the recipients of its prestigious 2020 Academic All-State Awards. These 100 top public high school seniors, selected from 495 nominations statewide, hail from 75 schools in 69 Oklahoma school districts.
The 2020 Academic All-State class is the 34th to be selected by the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence. Since the award program’s inception in 1987, some 3,400 high school seniors from 326 school districts have been named Academic All-State scholars. Three high schools will celebrate their first Academic All-Stater: Hooker High School, Oklahoma Virtual Charter Academy and Silo High School.
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 34th annual Academic Awards Banquet on Saturday, May 16, at the Embassy Suites Conference Center in Norman.
Cathryn Render, president of the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, describes the selection of the scholars as “Oklahoma’s most rigorous academic competition.” 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 33.9 on the ACT, with 15 recipients scoring a perfect 36. The students’ average GPA was 4.20. In addition, 40 of this year’s All-Staters are National Merit semifinalists, and two are National Hispanic Scholar semifinalists.
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 Academic Awards Banquet is open to the public, with admission priced at $50. The awards ceremony will later be televised statewide 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.
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 $4.8 million in merit-based scholarships and awards to honor outstanding graduating seniors as Academic All-Staters and exceptional educators as Medal for Excellence winners.
2020 Academic All-State Class
*Indicates the All-State Scholar is the sibling of a previous winner. ** Recipient is the child of a previous winner.
Name | School District | School | City |
Michael Draper* | Ada | Ada High School | Ada |
Michaella Reed | Altus | Altus High School | Altus |
Tyson Vernon | Altus | Altus High School | Olustee |
Pace Mittelstaedt | Amber-Pocasset | Amber-Pocasset High School | Chickasha |
Stone Yang | Bartlesville | Bartlesville High School | Bartlesville |
Reanna DeLozier | Battiest | Battiest High School | Battiest |
Kegan Firey | Berryhill | Berryhill High School | Sand Springs |
Piper Lloyd | Bethany | Bethany High School | OKC |
Hudson Haskins | Bethel | Bethel High School | Shawnee |
Tara Eldridge | Bixby | Bixby High School | Bixby |
Aidan Sudler | Bixby | Bixby High School | Bixby |
Jonah Wagner | Bixby | Bixby High School | Bixby |
Peyton Pierson | Blanchard | Blanchard High School | Blanchard |
Michael Musa | Broken Arrow | Broken Arrow High School | Broken Arrow |
Emily Hurst | Broken Bow | Broken Bow High School | Broken Bow |
Ava Gladwell | Cache | Cache High School | Cache |
Ava Swanson | Cache | Cache High School | Lawton |
Jared Cox | Canton | Canton High School | Canton |
Lydia England | Charter | Oklahoma Virtual Charter Academy | OKC |
Aaron Villaneuva | Charter | Santa Fe South Pathways Middle College | OKC |
Danielle Dick | Chisholm | Chisholm High School | Enid |
Bryant Chitsey | Choctaw-Nicoma Park | Choctaw High School | Choctaw |
Aiyana Washington | Choctaw-Nicoma Park | Choctaw High School | Midwest City |
Austin Haddock | Claremore | Claremore High School | Claremore |
Sarah Willhoite | Claremore | Claremore High School | Claremore |
Margaret Grace Baysinger* | Collinsville | Collinsville High School | Collinsville |
Kirk Huseman | Cushing | Cushing High School | Cushing |
Julie Dawkins | Deer Creek | Deer Creek High School | Edmond |
Lauran Zheng | Deer Creek | Deer Creek High School | Edmond |
Vanessa Cassidy* | Duncan | Duncan High School | Duncan |
Ian McEntire | Duncan | Duncan High School | Duncan |
Vivian Taylor | Durant | Durant High School | Durant |
Fiza Sheikh | Edmond | Edmond Santa Fe High School | Edmond |
Christopher Sipols | Edmond | Edmond North High School | Edmond |
Lauren Smith | Edmond | Edmond Santa Fe High School | Edmond |
Kevin Zhang | Edmond | Edmond Memorial High School | Edmond |
Bradleigh Baker | El Reno | El Reno High School | El Reno |
Hope Cunningham | Elgin | Elgin High School | Lawton |
Alaina Spencer | Fort Gibson | Fort Gibson High School | Fort Gibson |
Bo Robbins | Guthrie | Guthrie High School | Guthrie |
Keaton Lollis | Henryetta | Henryetta High School | Henryetta |
Mason Stalder | Hooker | Hooker High School | Hooker |
Daniel Ripp | Inola | Inola High School | Inola |
Aadesh Bajaj | Jenks | Jenks High School | Tulsa |
Michael Hwang | Jenks | Jenks High School | Tulsa |
Jackson Jeffries | Jenks | Jenks High School | Tulsa |
Mark Mills | Jenks | Jenks High School | Tulsa |
Harrison Themer | Kingfisher | Kingfisher High School | Kingfisher |
Sophie Fosmire | Kremlin-Hillsdale | Kremlin-Hillsdale High School | Enid |
Eric Wang | Lawton | MacArthur High School | Lawton |
Connor Walker | Lomega | Lomega High School | Kingfisher |
Madison Eulberg | Meeker | Meeker High School | Meeker |
Corbin Walls* | Miami | Miami High School | Miami |
Landon Bolyard | Midwest City-Del City | Midwest City High School | OKC |
Kristen Duong | Moore | Moore High School | OKC |
William Travis Fink | Moore | Westmoore High School | OKC |
Caleb Lawson | Moore | Moore High School | Moore |
Kaylyn Raper* | Morrison | Morrison High School | Morrison |
Desiree Rickett | Mustang | Mustang High School | OKC |
Cale Greenroyd | Newcastle | Newcastle High School | Newcastle |
Calder Blackman | Norman | Norman North High School | Norman |
Lindsay Bolino | Norman | Norman North High School | Norman |
Zile Cao | Norman | Norman North High School | Norman |
Charis Forbes | Norman | Norman High School | Norman |
Samuel Kolar | Norman | Norman North High School | Norman |
Claudia Merchan-Breuer | Norman | Norman North High School | Norman |
Bradey Riopelle | Norman | Norman North High School | Norman |
Shengran Zhou | Norman | Norman High School | Norman |
Dimitri Bradford | Oklahoma City | Classen SAS at Northeast HS | Jones |
Helen Dai* | OSSM | Ok. School of Science & Mathematics | Stillwater |
Xinyi Li | OSSM | Ok. School of Science & Mathematics | Stillwater |
Ronan Locker | Owasso | Owasso High School | Owasso |
Katheryn Turner | Owasso | Owasso High School | Owasso |
Luke Hamilton | Pauls Valley | Pauls Valley High School | Pauls Valley |
Tobias Johnson | Piedmont | Piedmont High School | Piedmont |
Colton Peery | Plainview | Plainview High School | Ardmore |
Larin Wade | Ringling | Ringling High School | Ringling |
Ethan Ratzlaff | Ringwood | Ringwood High School | Meno |
William Bouchard** | Sand Springs | Charles Page High School | Sand Springs |
Jaedyn Magness | Shattuck | Shattuck High School | Shattuck |
Shelby Jones | Shawnee | Shawnee High School | Shawnee |
Madison Gordon | Silo | Silo High School | Durant |
Zahmiria Johnson | Stillwater | Stillwater High School | Stillwater |
Daniel Tikalsky | Stillwater | Stillwater High School | Stillwater |
Nicco Wang* | Stillwater | Stillwater High School | Stillwater |
Hailey Williams | Strother | Strother High School | Okemah |
Kylie Hix | Tahlequah | Tahlequah High School | Tahlequah |
Christine Do | Tulsa | Booker T. Washington High School | Tulsa |
Xena Gehring | Tulsa | Thomas A. Edison Prep. High School | Tulsa |
Nathaniel Ijams* | Tulsa | Booker T. Washington High School | Tulsa |
Carson Buller** | Turpin | Turpin High School | Turpin |
Keegan Knouse | Union | Union High School | Tulsa |
Anna Claire McMullen | Union | Union High School | Tulsa |
Gabrielle McMahon-Csaki | Vanoss | Vanoss High School | Stratford |
Catherine Tramel | Verdigris | Verdigris High School | Claremore |
Claire Levesque | Wagoner | Wagoner High School | Wagoner |
Emily Cornforth | Washington | Washington High School | Purcell |
Noah Hightower | Watonga | Watonga High School | Watonga |
Callie Madison Stephens | Weatherford | Weatherford High School | Weatherford |
Nicholas Seyegh | Western Heights | Western Heights High School | OKC |
