Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence Announces 2023 Academic All-State Scholars
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence has announced the recipients of its prestigious 2023 Academic All-State Awards. These 100 top public high school seniors, selected from hundreds of applications statewide, hail from 75 schools in 68 Oklahoma school districts.
The 2023 Academic All-State class is the 37th to be selected by the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence. Since the award program’s inception in 1987, some 3,700 high school seniors from 335 school districts have been named Academic All-State scholars. Two high schools will celebrate their first Academic All-Stater: Pittsburg and Texhoma high schools.
Each of this year’s All-Staters will receive a $1,500 merit-based cash award and a medallion. The All-Staters will be recognized at the foundation’s 37th annual Academic Awards Banquet on Saturday, May 20, at the Cox Business Convention Center in Tulsa.
Andrew J. Morris, president of the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, describes the selection of the scholars as “Oklahoma’s most rigorous academic awards selection process.” To be eligible 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 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 4.25. In addition, 29 of this year’s All-Staters are National Merit 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 applicant. The selection committee, which is chaired by retired educator Jan McClaren, 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 Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence Academic Awards Program is 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.”
The Academic Awards Banquet is open to the public, with admission priced at $65. Registration will open online April 3 at ofe.org. The awards ceremony will also be available for viewing on the foundation’s website following the event. For more information, call the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence office at (405) 236-0006.
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 $5.4 million in awards to recognize outstanding graduating seniors as Academic All-Staters and exceptional educators as Medal for Excellence honorees.
*Indicates the All-State Scholar is the family member of a past honoree.
Name | School District | School | Hometown |
Morgan Beason | Altus | Altus High School | Altus |
Wyatt Jensen | Altus | Altus High School | Altus |
Laura Anton | Alva | Alva High School | Alva |
Ejeehi Umobuarie | Arapaho-Butler | Arapaho-Butler High School | Clinton |
Joyce Yang* | Bartlesville | Bartlesville High School | Bartlesville |
Bryce Looper | Bethany | Bethany High School | Bethany |
Tressa Briggs | Bixby | Bixby High School | Bixby |
Sophia Rehman | Bixby | Bixby High School | Bixby |
Sydney Bennett | Broken Arrow | Broken Arrow High School | Broken Arrow |
Tony Le | Broken Arrow | Broken Arrow High School | Tulsa |
Eli Alley | Buffalo | Buffalo High School | Buffalo |
Ethan Stone | Chandler | Chandler High School | Chandler |
Rylee Sisson | Checotah | Checotah High School | Checotah |
Riley Anderson | Choctaw-Nicoma Park | Choctaw High School | Choctaw |
Raegen Hofstetter | Claremore | Claremore High School | Claremore |
Finn Murray | Clinton | Clinton High School | Weatherford |
Taylor Rhoton | Collinsville | Collinsville High School | Collinsville |
Eli Swartwood | Coweta | Coweta High School | Coweta |
Lindsey Fagan* | Deer Creek | Deer Creek High School | Edmond |
Dylan Hardy | Durant | Durant High School | Durant |
Carter Haney | Edmond | Edmond Memorial High School | Edmond |
Molly Starrett | Edmond | Edmond North High School | Edmond |
Mikayla Stewart | Edmond | Edmond North High School | Edmond |
Aarav Jilka | Edmond | Edmond Santa Fe High School | Edmond |
Sophia Montoya | Elgin | Elgin High School | Apache |
Benjamin Roberts | Elgin | Elgin High School | Lawton |
Mason Friesen | Elk City | Elk City High School | Elk City |
Tyler Cholerton | Enid | Enid High School | Enid |
Elsa Stewart | Enid | Enid High School | Enid |
Sophie Ellis | Fort Gibson | Fort Gibson High School | Fort Gibson |
Jake Schreiner | Frederick | Frederick High School | Frederick |
Aeryn Shields | Guthrie | Guthrie High School | Guthrie |
Macie Middendorf | Harrah | Harrah High School | Newalla |
Raymond Jiang | Jenks | Jenks High School | Tulsa |
Reed Trimble | Keys | Keys High School | Muskogee |
Brycen Ward | Kingston | Kingston High School | Durant |
Landon Schultz | Kremlin-Hillsdale | Kremlin-Hillsdale High School | Kremlin |
Kyndal Schlup | Latta | Latta High School | Wanette |
Leonardo Hermosillo | Lawton | Lawton High School | Lawton |
Emily Spotts | Lawton | Lawton High School | Lawton |
Madisyn Myers* | Lomega | Lomega High School | Omega |
Maya Joseph | Midwest City-Del City | Carl Albert High School | Midwest City |
Katie Ellis | Moore | Southmoore High School | Oklahoma City |
Devin Snyder | Moore | Southmoore High School | Moore |
Cadence Walton | Moore | Southmoore High School | Oklahoma City |
Jacklyn Crabbe | Moore | Westmoore High School | Oklahoma City |
Jaci Walker | Muldrow | Muldrow High School | Muldrow |
Alexander Vo | Mustang | Mustang High School | Yukon |
Madeline Reinke | Norman | Norman High School | Norman |
Olivia Tedesco | Norman | Norman High School | Norman |
Justin Yang | Norman | Norman High School | Norman |
Tuqa Alibadi | Norman | Norman North High School | Norman |
Evelyn Combs | Norman | Norman North High School | Norman |
Dylan Wall | Norman | Norman North High School | Norman |
Robert Reiden Walker | Okemah | Okemah High School | Okemah |
Danny Ly | Oklahoma City | Classen School of Advanced Studies at Northeast | Oklahoma City |
Semony Shah | Oklahoma City | Classen School of Advanced Studies at Northeast | Edmond |
Sean Wu | Oklahoma City | Classen School of Advanced Studies at Northeast | Oklahoma City |
Nicolas Jackson | Oklahoma Union | Oklahoma Union High School | Nowata |
Brett Wigginton | Oologah-Talala | Oologah High School | Oologah |
Jinghao Dai | OSSM | Oklahoma School of Science & Math | Ardmore |
Charles Liu | OSSM | Oklahoma School of Science & Math | Stillwater |
Sarvesh Ramakrishnan | OSSM | Oklahoma School of Science & Math | Edmond |
Carina Galutia | Owasso | Owasso High School | Owasso |
Aminata Kamara | Owasso | Owasso High School | Owasso |
Chloee Nunez | Pauls Valley | Pauls Valley High School | Pauls Valley |
Mason Stone | Perkins-Tryon | Perkins-Tryon High School | Perkins |
Titus Johnson | Piedmont | Piedmont High School | Yukon |
Joshua Nix | Pittsburg | Pittsburg High School | McAlester |
Zachary Zimmerman* | Plainview | Plainview High School | Ardmore |
Emma Gertken | Ponca City | Ponca City High School | Ponca City |
Savannah Valgora | Ponca City | Ponca City High School | Ponca City |
Benton Raymer | Pryor | Pryor High School | Pryor |
Aubrey Atkins | Putnam City | Putnam City High School | Warr Acres |
Cora McKinney | Putnam City | Putnam City North High School | Oklahoma City |
Luis Rivera-González | Putnam City | Putnam City West High School | Bethany |
Alec Anderson | Ringwood | Ringwood High School | Ringwood |
Rani Gandhi | Sallisaw | Sallisaw High School | Sallisaw |
Kaden Nathaniel Bolte | Sand Springs | Charles Page High School | Sand Springs |
Jaidyn Adams | Sapulpa | Sapulpa High School | Sapulpa |
Audrey Gordon | Silo | Silo High School | Durant |
Marek Oomens | Stillwater | Stillwater High School | Stillwater |
Sydnee Sisneros | Stillwater | Stillwater High School | Stillwater |
Robert Batson IV | Tahlequah | Tahlequah High School | Tahlequah |
Krisalyn Maples | Texhoma | Texhoma High School | Texhoma |
Jin Bohling | Tulsa | Booker T. Washington High School | Tulsa |
Lance Brightmire | Tulsa | Booker T. Washington High School | Tulsa |
Lukacs Acker-Breslin | Tulsa | Thomas A. Edison Preparatory High School | Tulsa |
Reagan Romero | Turpin | Turpin High School | Forgan |
Kayden Kehe | Union | Union High School | Broken Arrow |
Celestine Kim | Union | Union High School | Broken arrow |
Yale Gray | Verdigris | Verdigris High School | Claremore |
Christopher LaPrairie | Vinita | Vinita High School | Vinita |
James Richard Hardin | Wagoner | Wagoner High School | Wagoner |
Ethan Muehlenweg | Wagoner | Wagoner High School | Wagoner |
Denna Bussinger | Walters | Walters High School | Walters |
Kendall Meason | Walters | Walters High School | Walters |
Kate Boothe | Washington | Washington High School | Purcell |
Jennie Higdon | Washington | Washington High School | Washington |
Bryce Callen | Weatherford | Weatherford High School | Weatherford |
