Ninety-two district students have been named Oklahoma Academic Scholars by the Oklahoma State Department of Education.

The 2,152 students across the state who earned the distinction did so by accumulating from Grades 9 through the first semester of this school year a minimum grade point average of 3.7 on a 4.0 scale or by being in the top 10 percent of their respective classes. All of the scholars also achieved at least a 27 composite score on the ACT and/or scored a combined reading and mathematics score of 1220 on the SAT.

The students were honored in ceremonies in early April in the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma Academic Scholars recognition includes a notation on the student’s official transcript, a gold seal affixed to the high school diploma and a certificate of recognition from the State Board of Education.

"It is deserved recognition we give these scholars to demonstrate how much we admire and appreciate their focus these last four years and how much we wish them continued success for their future endeavors. They are Oklahoma's best and brightest and, undoubtedly, its future," State Superintendent Sandy Garrett said in a State Department of Education press release.

Putnam City, the state’s fifth-largest school district, had the third-highest number of Oklahoma Academic Scholars.

Last year 88 Putnam City students were named Oklahoma Academic Scholars.

Putnam City High School
Kara Adams
Michelle Borror
Brandon Byrd
Katelyn Carter
Drew Cunningham
Michael Fons
Austin Hardesty
Anna Imose
Samiul Islam
Michael Jaramillo
Joice Jose
Larry Loughridge
John McDowell
Michael Mennuti
Benjamin Murphy
Brady Neece
Victoria Nichols
Alexandra Olivier
Erin Parker
Claire Philbin
Chinnu Thomas
Ashley Woods
Laura York

Putnam City North High School
Justin Archie
Whitney Bass
Caroline Burnett
Austin Burton
Stefanie Clark
Clayton Connell
Jordan Crump
Daisha Davick
Kailee Davis
Hannah Decker
Matthew Deimund
Stacey Dunbar
Adam Epstein
Shawn Fadum
Caroline Fuller
Edward Graves
Hannah Haiken
Valerie Hill
Stephen Hoge
Laura Holman
Sarah Johnson
Chelsey Johnson
Cally Kingsley
Brian Koss
Van Lam
Kailey Limber
Spencer Lucas
Brooke Luo*
Whitney Martin
Daniel McKnight
Madison Mélon
Mitchell Narney
Jordan Nelson
Khanh Nguyen
Abiola Odejimi*
Frank Paz
Briana Picard
Chelsea Poteet
Natalie Raff
Derek Reid
Michael Rhoades
Robert Rhodes
Stuart Rowlan
James Simpson
Zachary Smith
Allison Sprague
Megan Vaughn
Whitley Virgil
Kelsey Walters
Ying Wang
Jordan Wulf
Malcolm Zachariah

Putnam City West High School
Emily Bowles
Andrea Bryan
Melody Elder
Lindsay Faw Faw
Rachel Gallant
Jesse Green
Kathryn Hernandez
Meagan Marshall
Amanda Mayo
Steven Mills
David Mills
Brittany Salis
Juliet Saylors
Clark Torbert
Richard Tran
Jackson Turner
Jonathan Willbanks