Spears Business announces Top 5 Senior awards for each academic department
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
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Oklahoma State University’s Spears School of Business has named the Top 5 Seniors in each of its eight academic units.
Eligible honorees must receive undergraduate degrees in fall 2025, spring 2026 or summer 2026. Academic department heads and faculty select these seniors based on criteria such as outstanding scholarship, leadership, service and campus involvement.
Here are the recipients listed by name, hometown and major(s):
School of Accounting
- Karen Alvidrez Rios – Sherman, Texas – accounting
- Amanda Hess – McLean, Texas – accounting
- Zach Mays – Wagoner, Oklahoma – accounting
- Angel Phillips – China – accounting
- Belle Pugh – Kingwood, Texas – accounting
Department of Economics
- Anna Bosma – Stillwater, Oklahoma – economics
- Lukas Copeland – Bartlesville, Oklahoma – economics, pre-law
- Lincoln Smith – Blanchard, Oklahoma – economics
- Prode Suwanachat – Jenks, Oklahoma – economics
- Andrew Wiechman – Frisco, Texas – economics
School of Entrepreneurship
- Audrey Arant – Tulsa, Oklahoma – entrepreneurship, marketing
- Addy Irwin – Wauconda, Illinois – entrepreneurship
- Trinity Patton – Tishomingo, Oklahoma – entrepreneurship, marketing
- Alyssa Rooks – Edmond, Oklahoma – entrepreneurship, management
- Olivia Tregellas – Aledo, Texas – entrepreneurship
Department of Finance
- Sam Armentrout – Owasso, Oklahoma – finance
- Emma Conklin – Tulsa, Oklahoma – finance
- Justin Pittman – Prosper, Texas – finance, accounting
- Abigail Rodgers – Prosper, Texas – finance
- Jackson Young – Austin, Texas – finance
School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
- Isabella David – Southlake, Texas – HTM
- Afton Locker – Tulsa, Oklahoma – HTM
- Tyler Owen – Ardmore, Oklahoma – HTM
- Ellen Rosson – Louisa, Virginia – HTM
- Payton Vander Woude – Council Bluffs, Iowa – HTM
Department of Management
- Karalina Crowder – Tulsa, Oklahoma – management
- Trevor Friesen – Edmond, Oklahoma – management, marketing, international business
- Hope Hilton – Wichita, Kansas – management, human resources
- Olivia Holliday – Stillwater, Oklahoma – management
- Maxwell Williams – Fairway, Kansas – sports management, marketing
Department of Management Science and Information Systems
- Jake Broom – Arlington, Texas – MIS
- Ashlyn Caldwell – Tulsa, Oklahoma – MIS, data analytics
- Hadley Dowers – Edmond, Oklahoma – MIS, data analytics
- Makayla Mueller – Enid, Oklahoma – data analytics, marketing
- Zane Williams – Verdigris, Oklahoma – MIS, data analytics
School of Marketing and International Business
- Virginia Bryce – Ponca City, Oklahoma – marketing, management
- Trevor Friesen – Edmond, Oklahoma – management, marketing, international business
- Lily Hudson – Frisco, Texas – entrepreneurship, marketing
- Makayla Mueller – Enid, Oklahoma – data analytics, marketing
- Kendall Shields – Wichita, Kansas – marketing, data analytics
Visit the website to learn more about Spears Business undergraduate programs.