Eleven business students named Spears Distinguished Seniors for 2025-26 academic year
Thursday, March 12, 2026
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Oklahoma State University’s Spears School of Business has named 11 students Spears Distinguished Seniors for the 2025-26 academic year.
The awards honor seniors who have established a strong record of academic excellence, leadership, involvement and service while making meaningful contributions to Spears Business, OSU and the broader community.
Eligible applicants must receive or have received undergraduate degrees in fall 2025, spring 2026 or summer 2026. Spears Distinguished Seniors are selected by a committee featuring a faculty representative from each Spears Business academic department.
This spring, one of the 11 seniors will be recognized as the Raymond D. Thomas Award winner. The Raymond D. Thomas Award annually honors the Top Senior in Spears Business for high levels of achievement, including both scholarship in the classroom and leadership outside the classroom.
Here are the 2025-26 Spears Distinguished Seniors listed by name, hometown and major(s).
- Audrey Arant – Tulsa, Oklahoma – entrepreneurship, marketing
- Anna Bosma – Stillwater, Oklahoma – economics
- Jake Broom – Arlington, Texas – management information systems
- Ashlyn Caldwell – Tulsa, Oklahoma – MIS, data analytics
- Trevor Friesen – Edmond, Oklahoma – management, marketing, international business
- Amanda Hess – McLean, Texas – accounting
- Sydney Martens – Fairview, Oklahoma – marketing, communications management and English
- Zach Mays – Wagoner, Oklahoma – accounting
- Tyler Owen – Ardmore, Oklahoma – hospitality and tourism management
- Kendall Shields – Wichita, Kansas – marketing, data analytics
- Jackson Young – Austin, Texas – finance
