The Oklahoma State University Alumni Association recently named 51 students as OSU Seniors of Significance for the 202526 academic year.

Three of them were from Kingfisher County.

Earning the prestigious honor were Kingfisher High School graduates Katon Lunsford and Taylor Mills and Lomega High School alum Madisyn Myers.

The OSU Seniors of Signifi cance Award recognizes students who 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 1 percent of seniors, including all five OSU undergraduate academic colleges.

Lunsford is the daughter of Kenny and Meggan Lunsford and is a strategic communications major.

She was named a Top Ten Freshman and has been a member of the Honors College.

She was also a member of the President’s Leadership Council, a competitive scholarship and leadership program for outstanding incoming students.

Lunsford also served as the Wishes for Water nonprofit media director, was the Alpha Chi Omega chapter president and Junior Greek Leadership coordinator.

She is currently completing her 4+1 graduate program and will complete her graduate degree in mass communications after graduating in December.

She graduated from KHS in 2022 and was a class valedictorian.

While in high school, she was named the Kingfisher County Distinguished Young Woman and was the runner-up in the state com- petition.

She was a member of the 2018 cross country state championship team and was a multi-year state qualifi er in that sport as well as track and field.

Lunsford also placed in national and state FFA competitions and served as senior class prsident.

Mills is a biology (pre-medicine) major and is the daughter of Brent Mills, Amber Mills Ballard and Ben Ballard.

During her time at OSU, she was named a Niblack Research Scholar and an Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Academic Scholar.

Mills was also named a Michael and Judith Johnson President’s Distinguished Scholar and President’s Leadership Council Scholar.

Separate from academics, Mills served as a volunteer at the Stillwater Medical Center.

After graduation, she plans to attend medical school and dedicate her life to serving her community.

She graduated from KHS in 2023 and was a class valedictorian.

During high school, she served as the National Honor Society president and was also involved in Oklahoma Honor Society, Student Council, FCA, Students Stepping Up and Jesus Club.

Mills was twice named all-conference in softball.

Myers is the daughter of Mike and Julie Myers and is a human nutrition (pre-medical sciences) major.

At OSU, she was named a Top Ten Freshman Woman by the OSU Mortar Board Honor Society.

She was a Wentz Research Scholar, a Freshman Research Scholar and the College of Education and Human Sciences Freshmen Researcher of the Year.

Myers is also a recipient of the Women for OSU Student Scholarship.

She is founder and CEO of Beef for the Bank, a non-profit organization that works to fight food insecurity.

After graduation, she plans to attend medical school with the dream of practicing primary care in her hometown.

She graduated from Lomega in 2023 and was a class valedictorian.

She was named Academic All-State by the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence in 2023.

Also in high school, she was a member of two Class B state championship basketball teams and was on multiple teams that won academic state championships in their respective sports.

She was a state champion in FFA service learning profi ciency and placed in several other state FFA contests.

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

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