Outstanding High School Student of the Year

Awarded each year for outstanding academic and extracurricular achievement by a graduating high school senior pursuing a career in engineering or science.

Past Recipients

2022
Hagop Alajajian, AGBU Alex & Marie Manoogian School, Southfield
Patrick McGowan, Seton Hall Preparatory School, West Orange, NJ
Tanisha Panchal, Troy High School
Eric D’Urso, Canton  High School
Adam Schroeder, Allen Park High School
Claire Swadling, Canton High School

2021
Robert Adams II, Rochester Adams High School, Rochester Hills
Maya Abdallah, Saline High School, Saline
Ishra Ibadat, Rochester Adams High School, Rochester Hills
Maansi Nema, Novi High School, Novi
Marcella Zarouk, Marian High School, Bloomfield Hills
Christine Zeng, Troy High School, Troy

2020
Pranav Arunandhi, International Academy, Okma Campus, Bloomfield Township
Rohit Mital, Rochester Adams High School, Rochester Hills
Jack Wildes, Rockford High School, Rockford

2019
Deborah Akinbola, Lincoln Senior High School, Ypsilanti
David Bosek, University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy, Detroit
Ryan Castro, Elkton Pigeon Bay Port Laker Schools, Pigeon
James Farrell, Athens High School, Troy
Shreya Kashyap, Northville High School, Northville
Jake Lane, Climax-Scotts Community Schools, Climax and Kalamazoo Area Math and Science Center, Kalamazoo
Graham Macomber, Jackson Preparatory and Early College, Jackson
Neha Surapaneni, Novi High School, Novi
Grace Zalubas, North Farmington High School, Farmington Hills

2018
Arushi Arora, Novi High School, Novi
Brennan Burrows, Oxford High School, Oxford
Lauryn Taylor, Renaissance High School, Detroit
Jaedalin Wilson, Farwell High School, Farwell
Kobie Mueller, Huron High School, Ann Arbor
Annalese Lohr, Groves High School, Beverly Hills
Michal Ruprecht, Grosse Pointe North High School, Gross Pointe Woods

2017
James G. Berry, Detroit Catholic Central
Allison Hurley, Canton High School
Julia Toye, South Lyon High School
Tyler Washington, Southfield High School for the Arts & Technology
Sean M. Wendling, Memphis High School

2016
Arsha Ali, Athens High School, Troy
Kayla Dobies, Dakota High School, Macomb
Alexi Rathi, Novi High School, Novi
Emily Veenhuis, Comstock High School, Kalamazoo
Jennie Yang, Troy High School, Troy

2015
Catherine Bartz, Oxford High School, Oxford
Matthew J. McAllister, Jr., Career Preparation Center and Cousino High School, Warren

2014
Anna Sophia Heidt, Corunna High School, Corunna
Payton Wood, Parchment High School, Parchment (Honorable Mention)

2013
David Dai, Mount Pleasant High School, Mount Pleasant

2012
Mary Catherine Mitchell, Fr. Gabriel Richard High School, Ann Arbor

2011
Makayla McCoskey, North Farmington High School, Farmington Hills

2010
Brianna Johnson, Cass Technical High School, Detroit

2009
Steven Smith, Reading High School, Reading, Mich.

2008
Wajiha Ibrahim, Rochester High School, Rochester, Mich.

2007
Paul V. Anderson, Chippewa Valley High School, Clinton Township, Mich.
Elizabeth Palm, Divine Child High School, Dearborn, Mich.

2006
Not Given

2005
Andrew Kneifel, Rochester Adams High School, Rochester Hills, Mich.

2004
Christopher Donald Jin Maes, Brother Rice High School, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.