OSU Mortar Board names 2023 Top 20 freshmen men and women

Monday, October 16, 2023

Media Contact: Sydney Trainor | Communications Specialist | 405-744-9782 | sydney.trainor@okstate.edu

The Oklahoma State University chapter of the Mortar Board honor society recently named students to its annual list of Top 20 Freshmen Men and Top 20 Freshmen Women, as well as Top 10 Freshmen Men and Women for the 2022-23 class. 

"Mortar Board is a national honor society recognizing college seniors for their exemplary scholarship, leadership and service,” said Sarah Easterly, Mortar Board Top 10 Freshmen coordinator. “The Top 20 award is based off the student's application, and the Top 10 award is based off an interview process. Mortar Board was highly impressed with the 153 applicants we had this year." 

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 Oct. 14 during the OSU-Kansas football game at Boone Pickens Stadium. 

Top 20 Freshmen Women:  

*Audrey Bishop — Plant and Soil Science — Van Alstyne, Texas 

*Virginia Buller — Elementary Education — Turpin, Oklahoma 

*Callie Conyers — Nutritional Sciences/Pre-Med — Gruver, Texas   

Camdyn Cook — Nutritional Sciences/Pre-Med — Healdton, Oklahoma 

*Kate Dillon — Nutritional Sciences — Mustang, Oklahoma 

*Katie Dillon — Agribusiness — Louisburg, Kansas 

Hattie Howell — Microbiology, Cell and Molecular Biology/Pre-Med — Tulsa 

*Tatumn Kennedy — Biosystems Engineering — Meeker, Colorado 

Macy Koch — Biochemistry and Molecular Biology — Perry, Oklahoma 

*Katon Lunsford — Strategic Communications — Kingfisher, Oklahoma 

Sydney Martens — Marketing — Fairview, Oklahoma 

Taylor McConnell — Animal Science — Wellston, Oklahoma 

*Emily Myrick — Communication Sciences and Disorders — Mineral Wells, Texas 

Presley Pullen — Agricultural Communications and Animal Science — Stratford, Oklahoma 

Kayman Ross — Biology Premedical Sciences and Biochemistry — Choctaw, Oklahoma 

Rylee Smith — Agricultural Education and Agricultural Communications — Oologah, Oklahoma 

*Regan Smithwick — Animal Science — Miles, Texas 

*Lily Stuckey — Psychology — Tulsa 

Chenoa Turtle — Biology and Physiology/Pre-Med — Park Hill, Oklahoma   

Sophie Varner — Agribusiness and Agricultural Communications — Bristow, Oklahoma 

 Top 20 Freshmen Men: 

Brooks Beck — Biology/Pre-Med — Texarkana, Texas 

Caleb Blackwell — Agricultural Economics — Amarillo 

*Trevor Friesen — Management, Marketing and International Business —Edmond, Oklahoma 

*Eli Greenlee — Agribusiness — Prague, Oklahoma 

*Cade Harris — Animal Science/Pre-Vet — Brock, Texas 

Adam Hartman — Biosystems Engineering — Paris, Texas 

*Jason Heath — Applied Exercise Science — Paris, Texas   

*Caleb Horne — Agricultural Economics — Stillwater 

Peyton Hughes — Finance — Enid, Oklahoma 

*Justis James — Nutritional Sciences/Pre-Med — Eufaula, Oklahoma 

*Jace Johnson — Architecture — Saint Jo, Texas 

Brenden Kienholz — Finance and Economics — Emporia, Kansas 

*Kelton O'Neil — Finance — Alva, Oklahoma 

William Penney — Industrial Engineering and Management — Coalgate, Oklahoma 

Austin Reed— Business Management — Freedom, Oklahoma 

Kaden Slater — Finance — Alva, Oklahoma 

*Spencer Smith — Entrepreneurship/Pre-Law — Miami, Oklahoma 

Reed Stout —Biology —Muskogee, Oklahoma  

*Michael Tate — Strategic Communications and Political Science — Florence, Mississippi   

Will Trachte — Chemistry — Lawton, Oklahoma 

* - Top 10