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The Spears School of Business includes eight academic units, and each has selected Top 5 Seniors.

Spears Business names Top 5 Seniors in each academic department

Monday, February 10, 2025

Media Contact: Stephen Howard | Manager of Communications | 405-744-4363 | stephen.howard@okstate.edu

The Spears School of Business has selected the Top 5 Seniors in each of its eight academic units.

Eligible honorees must be receiving undergraduate degrees from Oklahoma State University in fall 2024, spring 2025 or summer 2025. Academic department heads and faculty members distinguished these seniors based on a number of criteria, such as outstanding scholarship, leadership, service and campus involvement.

Here are the award winners, listed by name, hometown and major(s): 

School of Accounting

  • Maddie Hawley – Edwardsville, Illinois – accounting
  • Jonas Horne – Plano, Texas – accounting
  • Annie Nordgren – Godley, Texas – accounting
  • Justin Price – Yukon, Oklahoma – accounting, finance 
  • Sunny Rupp – Edmond, Oklahoma – accounting

Department of Economics

  • Carson Horsburgh – Edmond, Oklahoma – finance, economics
  • Brenden Kienholz – Emporia, Kansas – economics
  • Sidney Riedl – Inola, Oklahoma – economics
  • Tyler Thomason – Austin, Texas – finance, economics
  • James Whitehead – Stillwater, Minnesota – economics

School of Entrepreneurship

  • Jonathan Austin – Stillwater, Oklahoma – finance, entrepreneurship
  • Morgan Carr – McAlester, Oklahoma – entrepreneurship 
  • Alexander Hart – Owasso, Oklahoma – marketing, entrepreneurship
  • Mason Mecklenburg – Kingfisher, Oklahoma – entrepreneurship
  • Tate Wilkins – Duncan, Oklahoma – entrepreneurship

Department of Finance

  • Trent Adams – Tyler, Texas – finance
  • Dean Bigler – Tulsa, Oklahoma – finance
  • Luke Kymes – Tulsa, Oklahoma – finance
  • Zander Majors – Bixby, Oklahoma – finance 
  • Avery Slick – Jenks, Oklahoma – finance

School of Hospitality and Tourism Management

  • Drew Hoehner – Ashburn, Virginia – hospitality and tourism management
  • Sienna Lawson – Plano, Texas – HTM
  • Chloe Oden – Davis, Oklahoma – HTM
  • Morgan Purdy – Stillwater, Oklahoma – HTM
  • Carlie Willison – Munday, Texas – HTM

Department of Management

  • Alex Apple – Frisco, Texas – management
  • Isabelle Brundage – Southlake, Texas – management, HTM
  • Calle Coleman – Moore, Oklahoma – marketing, management 
  • Hannah Dixon – Cleveland, Oklahoma – management
  • Lydia Feemster – Keller, Texas – management, marketing

Department of Management Science and Information Systems

  • Kyler Baldwin – Davis, Oklahoma – management information systems
  • Wesley Cannatti – Dallas, Texas – data analytics, management
  • Jennifer Martinez – Stillwater, Oklahoma – MIS 
  • Danielle Nester – Jenks, Oklahoma – data analytics, MIS, marketing
  • RachelKate Puckett – Yukon, Oklahoma – MIS, international business

School of Marketing and International Business

  • Windsor Aniol – Claremore, Oklahoma – marketing
  • Andie Morris – Tulsa, Oklahoma – marketing
  • Danielle Nester – Jenks, Oklahoma – data analytics, MIS, marketing
  • RachelKate Puckett – Yukon, Oklahoma – MIS, international business
  • Parker Purcell – McKinney, Texas – marketing, management 

Visit the website to learn more about the academic departments in Spears Business.

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