OSU Alumni Association names 51 OSU Seniors of Significance

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Media Contact: Libby Ray | Communications Specialist | 405-744-2881 | libby.ray@okstate.edu

The Oklahoma State University Alumni Association has named 51 students as OSU Seniors of Significance for the 2025-26 academic year.

The OSU Seniors of Significance Award recognizes students who truly exemplify and embody the Cowboy Code, which honors the university’s land-grant mission and commends academic achievements, character and personal impact. The 51 students represent the top one percent of seniors, including all five OSU undergraduate academic colleges.

A ceremony recognizing this year’s OSU Seniors of Significance will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 5:15 p.m. at the ConocoPhillips OSU Alumni Center.

The Seniors of Significance are listed below by college with their major(s) and hometown. Active Alumni Association student members are marked with an asterisk.

College of Arts and Sciences

• Cassie Bauer, biology (pre-medicine), Frisco, Texas
• Addison Browning, biology (pre-medicine), Blanchard, Oklahoma
• Kenna Lake, communication sciences and disorders, Edmond, Oklahoma
• Katon Lunsford, strategic communications, Kingfisher, Oklahoma
• Avery McIntyre, political science, Edmond, Oklahoma
• Dustin Meadows, physiology and biology (pre-medicine), Paradise, Texas
• Taylor Mills, biology (pre-medicine), Kingfisher, Oklahoma
• Parker Perry, political science, Keyes, Oklahoma*
• Joylynn Cianna Sawyer, acting, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Lily Stuckey, psychology, Tulsa, Oklahoma*
• Ashton Tate, strategic communications and political science, Florence, Mississippi*
• Charley Van Newkirk, multimedia journalism, Weatherford, Texas

College of Education and Human Sciences

• Jac Barfield-Cherry, university studies, Elgin, Oklahoma
• Erin Barnard, human development and family sciences: child and family services, Edmond, Oklahoma
• Rebekah Cleary, elementary education, Choctaw, Oklahoma
• Callie Conyers, human nutrition (pre-medical sciences), Gruver, Texas*
• Emma Garcia, elementary education, Carrollton, Texas
• Parker Huizinga, human nutrition (pre-medical sciences), Frisco, Texas
• Madison Metzger, applied exercise science: strength and conditioning, Weatherford, Texas*
• Lindsay Millis, nursing, Stillwater, Oklahoma*
• Madisyn Myers, human nutrition (pre-medical sciences), Omega, Oklahoma*
• BreAnna Peeper, elementary education, Stillwater, Oklahoma
• Bailey Steele, human nutrition (pre-medical sciences), Bixby, Oklahoma*
• Megan Wilkie, human development and family sciences: child and family services, Tulsa, Oklahoma

College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology

• Lenna Abouzahr, electrical and computer engineering, Stillwater, Oklahoma
• Adam Hartman, industrial engineering and management, Paris, Texas*
• Sophie Hawkins, mechanical engineering, Arlington, Texas
• Cameron Hill, construction engineering technology, Bixby, Oklahoma*
• Ava Jenkins, fire protection and safety engineering, Tulsa, Oklahoma*
• Tatumn Kennedy, biosystems engineering: environment and natural resources, Meeker, Colorado*
• Erin Lowe, industrial engineering and management, Edmond, Oklahoma
• Jai Simpson, architecture, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Ferguson College of Agriculture

• Samantha Buie, horticulture science, Paso Robles, California
• Taylor Epperson, agricultural communications, Wyandotte, Oklahoma
• Tatumn Kennedy, biosystems engineering: environment and natural resources, Meeker, Colorado*
• Kaylee Morris, landscape architecture, Moore, Oklahoma
• Ethan Shoemake, agricultural leadership, Porum, Oklahoma
• Regan Leslie Smithwick, animal science, Miles, Texas*
• Abigail Reanne Steelhammer, animal science (pre-veterinary), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Kenna Tatsch, rangeland ecology and management, Harper, Texas
• Sophie Varner, agribusiness and agricultural communications, Bristow, Oklahoma*
• Jacie Wolfinger, animal science (pre-law), Lexington, Nebraska*

Spears School of Business

• Ava Barger, accounting, Piedmont, Oklahoma
• Jake Broom, management information systems, Arlington, Texas
• Ashlyn Caldwell, management information systems and data analytics, Tulsa, Oklahoma*
• Trevor Friesen, management, marketing and international business, Edmond, Oklahoma
• Amanda Hess, accounting, McLean, Texas
• Addy Irwin, entrepreneurship, Wauconda, Illinois*
• Kylie Mansur, marketing and human resource management, Bixby, Oklahoma
• Sydney Martens, marketing: communications management and English, Fairview, Oklahoma
• Maxwell Williams, sports management and marketing, Kansas City, Kansas
• Jackson Young, finance and accounting, Austin, Texas

For more information about the OSU Alumni Association’s student awards program, visit  ORANGECONNECTION.org/studentawards.