OSU Alumni Association names 23 Outstanding Seniors
Thursday, February 12, 2026
Media Contact: Will Carr | OSU Alumni Association | 405-744-5370 | wgcarr@okstate.edu
The Oklahoma State University Alumni Association named 23 students as OSU Outstanding Seniors for the 2025-2026 academic year.
The OSU Outstanding Seniors award recognizes seniors who show excellence through academic achievement; campus and community involvement; academic, athletic or extracurricular honors or awards; scholarships; and work ethic during their time at OSU.
The OSU Alumni Association Student Awards Selection Committee met with 48 OSU Seniors of Significance selected in the fall of 2025, choosing 23 as this year’s OSU Outstanding Seniors.
A private reception honoring the OSU Outstanding Seniors will be held April 7 at the ConocoPhillips OSU Alumni Center in Stillwater.
The Outstanding Seniors are listed below by college with their major(s) and hometown. Students who are Alumni Association members are denoted with an asterisk.
College of Arts and Sciences
- Cassie Baur, biology (pre-medicine), Frisco, Texas
- Addison Browning, biology (pre-medicine), Blanchard, Oklahoma
- Avery McIntyre, political science, Edmond, Oklahoma
- Dustin Meadows, physiology and biology (pre-medicine), Paradise, Texas
- Parker Perry, political science, Keyes, Oklahoma*
- Charley Van Newkirk, multimedia journalism, Weatherford, Texas
College of Education and Human Sciences
- Erin Barnard, human development and family science: child and family services, Edmond, Oklahoma
- Rebekah Cleary, elementary education, Choctaw, Oklahoma
- Emma Garcia, elementary education, Carrollton, Texas
- Madisyn Myers, human nutrition (pre-medical sciences), Omega, Oklahoma*
- Megan Wilkie, human development and family science: child and family services, Tulsa, Oklahoma
College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology
- Lenna Abouzahr, electrical and computer engineering, Stillwater, Oklahoma
- Sophie Hawkins, mechanical engineering, Arlington, Texas
- Tatumn Kennedy, biosystems engineering: environment and natural resources, Meeker, Colorado*
- Jai Simpson, architecture, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ferguson College of Agriculture
- Tatumn Kennedy, biosystems engineering: environment and natural resources, Meeker, Colorado*
- Kaylee Morris, landscape architecture, Moore, Oklahoma
- Regan Leslie Smithwick, animal science, Miles, Texas*
- Abigail Reanne Steelhammer, animal science (pre-veterinary), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Spears School of Business
- 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*
- Sydney Martens, marketing: communications management and English, Fairview, Oklahoma
For more information about the OSU Alumni Association’s student awards program, visit okstatealumni.org/studentawards.