Bree Taylor of Kingfisher and Katie Bomhoff of Okarche were named among 100 high school seniors in the state as 2010 Academic All-Staters by the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence.

Taylor and Bomhoff were selected for the prestigious award from among 535 nominations from 75 Oklahoma school districts.

They each will receive a $1,000 merit-based scholarship and a medallion at the 33rd annual Academic Awards Banquet May 18.

To be nominated for Academic All-State, students must meet one of the following criteria: an ACT composite score of at least 30; a combined SAT reading and writing and math score of at least 1370, or be selected as a semifinalist for a National Merit, National Achievement or National Hispanic scholarship.

Each year’s 100 all-staters are selected on the basis of academic achievement, extracurricular activities and community involvement, as well as an essay submitted by each nominee.

David L. Boren, chairman and founder of the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, describes the selection of scholars as “Oklahoma’s most rigorous academic competition.”

Since the award program’s inception in 1987, some 3,300 high school seniors from 325 school districts have been named to the honor.

Bree Taylor

Bree Taylor, the daughter of Bill and Brooke Taylor, is currently ranked first out of the 100 seniors in the Kingfisher High School Class of 2019, with a 4.0 GPA and composite ACT score of 33.

She’s an active member of the Kingfisher FFA chapter and a member of the 2018 national champion livestock judging team.

Taylor was awarded a $5,000 academic scholarship sponsored by LongPoint Energy at the Oklahoma Youth Expo.

She is a member of National Honor Society and Oklahoma Honor Society, is regularly listed on the Superintendent’s Honor Roll and recipient of the KHS 4.0 Award.

She is a member of the KHS softball team and girls’ basketball team, which finished the season as regional consolation champs, before falling to Weatherford in the first game in the area tournament Thursday (see related story Page 7.)

Taylor also is a member of Student Council and Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Katie Bomhoff

Katie Bomhoff, the daughter of Steve and Suzanne Bomhoff currently carries a 4.0 GPA and a composite ACT score of 34, ranking first out of the 34 seniors in Okarche High School’s Class of 2019.

She received the Award of Excellence in 2016 and 2017 from the National Academy of Future Physicians and was twice named Lioness of the Month in 2018.

Bomhoff is active in speech and drama and was a member of the OHS state champion one-act play casts in 2016 and 2018 and named to the all-state cast in 2018.

She also was a three-year regional speech champion and two-year state champion.

Bomhoff also was a two-year state qualifier on her school’s robotics team and served as head programmer for four years.

She served as team captain of the OHS academic bowl team, which qualified for state last year.

Bomhoff also played softball for the OHS team, which was academic state champion in its class in 2016 and 2017.

She is a member of NHS, serving as treasurer of the local chapter, and Beta Club, where she served as vice president.