OSU Mortar Board names Top 10 freshmen men and women for 2021

Monday, October 11, 2021

Media Contact: Jordan Bishop | Communications Specialist | 405-744-9782 | jordan.bishop@okstate.edu

The Oklahoma State University chapter of the Mortar Board honor society recently named students to its annual list of Top 10 Freshmen Men and Top 10 Freshmen Women for the 2020-21 freshmen class.

“Mortar Board is an honor society that values excellence in scholarship, leadership  and service,” said Klaire Irwin, president of OSU’s Mortar Board. “We are excited to announce and represent a diverse group of Top 10 Men and Women that represent these qualities.

Students selected for the honor are chosen based on scholarship, outstanding leadership and community service. Students apply in their sophomore year based on achievement during their first year in college. The Top 10 men and women were recognized at the OSU-Baylor football game on Oct. 2.

Top 10 Freshmen Men: 

Sam Alaback — economics (pre-law) — Tulsa

Jacob Bookout — economics — Stillwater

Weston Church — secondary education — Fairview, Oklahoma

Corbin Kirkpatrick — accounting — Amarillo, Texas

Billy Marchy — agriculture business (pre-law) — Ceres, California

Chance McGill — agriculture business and agriculture communications — Wynona, Oklahoma

Samuel Oakes — accounting and economics (pre-law) — Guymon, Oklahoma

Cameron Shropshire — accounting — Norman, Oklahoma

Harrison Smith — finance/pre-med — Tulsa

Harrison Themer — finance/pre-med — Kingfisher, Oklahoma

 

Top 10 Freshmen Women: 

Grace Bledsoe — applied exercise science: strength and conditioning — Oklahoma City

Karstyn Cantrell — agriculture education and agriculture communications — Collinsville, Oklahoma

Hannah Fiscus — public health: exercise science — Tulsa

Mejalaa Jayaseelan — chemical engineering (pre-med) — Stillwater

Makinley Kennedy — strategic communications — Lawton, Oklahoma

Kaitlin Koons — nutritional sciences: human nutrition (pre-med) — Shawnee, Oklahoma

Brianna Lake — accounting: external reporting, control and auditing — Piedmont, Oklahoma

Bryanna Nickel — strategic communications — Grandfield, Oklahoma

Morgan Patterson — animal science: pre-veterinary medicine — Springfield, Missouri

Ragan Wilson — animal science — Seneca, Missouri