KHS seniors accept over $1.2 million in scholarships
Kingfisher High School’s senior class was offered nearly $4.5 million in scholarships and awards this year.
The KHS Class of 2025 graduated 91 seniors at a ceremony on May 17.
Prior to that, a senior awards ceremony was held in which scholarships and other awards were announced.
This year’s class was offered $4,463,888 overall.
Of that, the seniors accepted $1,212,851 in scholarships to various universities, colleges and programs.
A large boost to that number came from the young men who attended Oklahoma Boys State prior to their senior year.
A number of colleges and universities offer scholarships to those who attend Boys State with the value ranging anywhere from $4,000 to up to $100,000.
Kingfisher had 16 delegates attend and their offers totaled $218,000 each for a total of $3,448,000.
One of those delegates was Brayden Osterholt.
On top of the Boys State offers, Osterholt was a Quest-Bridge Match Scholarship program recipient.
His match landed him at Yale University, a package that is valued at about $375,000, making his offer sheet worth more than $590,000.
Following is a complete list of scholarship offers, awards and other completions by members of the senior class: (Note: Not all awards were monetary and the dollar amount for a select few others was not provided. Those designated with an asterisk [*] are scholarships that were offered, but not accepted.)
Donte Almanzar - Rogers State University, Boys State, $12,000*; Hamden-Sydney College, Boys State, $100,000*; Trine University, Boys State, $8,000*; Columbia College, Boys State, $4,000*; Marian University, Boys State, $44,000*; Wabash College, Boys State, $50,000* Emily Altizer - Lions Club, $500; Doug Fisher Agricultural Memorial, $1,300; OSU Academic Excellence, $4,000; OSU Cowboy Covenant, $4,000; OSU Long FFA & 4-H Achievement; Kingfisher Masonic Lodge, $400 Adah Anderman - Kingfisher Music Booster, $250 Conner Askey - Oklahoma Academic Scholar; Lions Club, $500; OSU Academic Scholar Cash Award; OSU Cowboy Covenant, $4,000; OSU Alumni Association Chapter, $1,000; CTTC Student of the Year Jaden Bain - UCO Bronze & Blue Achievement Award, $4,600; OSU Academic Excellence, $4,000; Rogers State University, Boys State, $12,000*; Hamden-Sydney College, Boys State, $100,000*; Trine University, Boys State, $8,000*; Columbia College, Boys State, $4,000*; Marian University, Boys State, $44,000*; Wabash College, Boys State, $50,000* Robert Barnett - Rogers State University, Boys State, $12,000*; Hamden-Sydney College, Boys State, $100,000*; Trine University, Boys State, $8,000*; Columbia College, Boys State, $4,000*; Marian University, Boys State, $44,000*; Wabash College, Boys State, $50,000* Brooke Barton - Various Distinguished Young Woman, $500 Hailey Bieren - Beverly Schaberg-Darrough, $500; Ovintiv, $1,000; Cimarron Electric, $1,000; OERB/OYE, $1,000 Aryne Bollenbach - Various Distinguished Young Woman, $300; UCO Bronze & Blue Achievement Award, $4,600 Sydney Burk - OSU Academic Excellence, $4,000; NWOSU Ranger Review, $600* Paytun Burnham - Rodger Howell Valedictorian; Oklahoma Academic Scholar; Seed OK 529, $1,000; Kingfisher Elks, $700; NOC, $1,750; NWOSU Valedictorian, $1,500*; NWOSU Extraordinarily Talented, $1,900*; NWOSU E.T. Room Waiver, $1,010*; UCO Bronze & Blue Achievement, $7,000*; OSU Academic Excellence, $9,000* Keylun Combs - Beverly Schaberg-Darrough, $500; Kingfisher Community Trust, $1,000; Kingfisher Elks, $700; UCO Bronze & Blue Achievement, $2,000; UCO Leaders of Tomorrow, $18,095; OCPA J. Rufus Fears Leadership, $500; American Legion, $500; Rogers State University, Boys State, $12,000*; Hamden-Sydney College, Boys State, $100,000*; TrineUniversity, BoysState, $8,000*; Columbia College, Boys State, $4,000*; Marian University, Boys State, $44,000*; Wabash College, Boys State, $50,000* Keynun Combs - Lori Johnson Memorial, $3,500; Kingfisher Community Trust, $1,000; Beverly Schaberg-Darrough, $500; Kingfisher Elks, $700; UCO Bronze & Blue Achievement, $3,200; UCO Leaders of Tomorrow, $18,095; OCPA J. Rufus Fears Leadership, $500; OERB Student Board of Directors, $2,000; Masonic Lodge Student of Today, $50; Rogers State University, Boys State, $12,000*; Hamden-Sydney College, Boys State, $100,000*; Trine University, Boys State, $8,000*; Columbia College, Boys State, $4,000*; Marian University, Boys State, $44,000*; Wabash College, Boys State, $50,000* Alejandro Cuellar Rogers State University, Boys State, $12,000*; Hamden- Sydney College, Boys State, $100,000*; Trine University, Boys State, $8,000*; Columbia College, Boys State, $4,000*; Marian University, Boys State, $44,000*; Wabash College, Boys State, $50,000* Kadyn Daugherty - Salutatorian; Mary Gilmour, $500; OSU Mike and Judith Johnson, $2,500; OSU Academic Excellence, $2,000 Christian Farrell Oklahoma Academic Scholar; Beverly Schaberg-Darrough, $500; Kingfisher Community Trust, $1,000; NOC State Academic Regent Scholar, $28,000; Rogers State University, Boys State, $12,000*; Hamden- Sydney College, Boys State, $100,000*; Trine University, Boys State, $8,000*; Columbia College, Boys State, $4,000*; Marian University, Boys State, $44,000*; Wabash College, Boys State, $50,000* Mia Franco - Seaboard, $1,000; OU Sower Award, $8,000; UCO Bronze & Blue Achievement Award, $3,200*; TCU Grant, $21,727*; OSU Academic Excellence, $1,500* Bianca Garcia - OSU Alumni Chapter, $1,600; OSU Cowboy Covenant, $4,000; OSU Academic Excellence, $4,000; UCO Bronze & Blue Achievement Award, $3,200*; OU Sower Award, $8,000*; Oral Roberts University Undergraduate Award, $80,000* Natalie Garrett - PEO Star, $2,750; Lori Johnson Memorial, $3,500; Mary Gilmour, $500; OSU Academic Excellence, $4,000 Hayden Green - Ansel Adams, $750 Hubert Haag - Southwestern College Athletic, $45,000; Kingfisher Masonic Lodge, $400; UCO Bronze & Blue Achievement Award, $2,000* Myles Harrison - Ansel Adams, $750; Kingfi sher Community Trust, $1,000; Methodist University Academic Achievement, $1,000; Methodist University Founders Grant, $3,250; Methodist University Green & Gold Award, $5,500; Methodist University Presidential, $16,000; Rogers State University, Boys State, $12,000*; Hamden- Sydney College, Boys State, $100,000*; Trine University, Boys State, $8,000*; Columbia College, Boys State, $4,000*; Marian University, Boys State, $44,000*; Wabash College, Boys State, $50,000*; UCO Bronze & Blue Achievement Award, $5,200* Mia Hartman - Kingfi sher Community Trust, $1,000; Dorma Hobbs, $2,000; OSU Academic Excellence, $8,000 Vanessa Jaramillo Ray & Nancy Cravens, $500; Kingfisher Community Trust, $1,000 Mylene Jones - Plainview HCE, $1,000; UCO Bronze & Blue Achievement Award, $5,600; Kingfi sher Masonic Lodge, $400; OSU Academic Excellence, $9,000* Keira Laudwig - Mercy Kingfisher Gifts of the Heart, $500; James A. Young, $1,000; Kingfisher Community Trust, $1,000; Kinlee Denton Memorial, $750; SWOSU Academic Achievement, $10,000; American Legion, $500 Cale Leck - Kingfisher Elks, $700 Colton Livingston Rodger Howell Valedictorian Award; Oklahoma Academic Scholar; MPLX, $1,000; RC Science Memorial, $1,000; Kingfisher Elks, $700; OSU Cowboy Covenant, $4,000; OSU Academic Excellence, $10,000; OSU Mike & Judith Johnson, $10,000; Kingfisher Music Booster, $250; UCO Bronze & Blue Achievement Award, $6,200*; SWOSU Academic Achievement, $5,000*; SWOSU Room, $3,200* Isabella Mayberry Rodger Howell Valedictorian Award; Oklahoma Academic Scholar; MPLX, $1,000; Lori Johnson Memorial, $3,500; RC Science Memorial, $1,000; Larry Golbek Memorial, $1,500; OSU Academic Excellence, $10,000; Experimental Aircraft Association Ray Aviation, $11,000 Terry Ann McCully - Kingfisher Community Trust, $1,000; Connie King Freeman, $500; OSU Cowboy Covenant, $4,000; OSU Academic Excellence, $4,000; Kingfisher Music Booster, $250 Matthew Mecklenburg - Rodger Howell Valedictorian; Oklahoma Academic Scholar; OSU Academic Excellence, $20,000; Entrepreneur, $15,000; Rogers State University, Boys State, $12,000*; Hamden-Sydney College, Boys State, $100,000*; Trine University, Boys State, $8,000*; Columbia College, Boys State, $4,000*; Marian University, Boys State, $44,000*; Wabash College, Boys State, $50,000* Talor Mecklenburg - Donovan Boutwell Memorial, $2,500; Kingfisher Community Trust, $1,000; Kingfisher Elks, $700; OSU Academic Excellence, $4,000 Lyndsi Moyeda - UCO Bronze & Blue Acheivement Award, $3,200; Kingfi sher Music Booster, $250 Angela Muñoz - Various Distinguished Young Woman, $2,050; UCO Bronze & Blue Achievement, $5,200 Karen Muñoz - Ansel Adams, $750; UCO Bronze
&BlueAchievement,$2,600 Natalia Orta - UCO Bronze & Blue Achievement, $3,200*; SWOSU Academic Achievement, $1,500* Alondra Ortega - UCO Bronze & Blue Achievement Award, $2,600; OU Sower Award, $4,000*; SWOSU Academic Achievement Award, $1,500* KC Ortega - OU Sower Award, $4,000*; UCO Bronze & Blue Achievement Award, $2,600*; OSU Academic Excellence, $4,000*; OSU Cowboy Covenant, $4,000* Brayden Osterholt Rodger Howell Valedictorian Award; Oklahoma Academic Scholar; Jack Musick, $1,000; Yale University Questbridge Match Scholar, $375,000; Rogers State University, Boys State, $12,000*; Hamden-Sydney College, Boys State, $100,000*; Trine University, Boys State, $8,000*; Columbia College, Boys State, $4,000*; Marian University, Boys State, $44,000*; Wabash College, Boys State, $50,000* Zander Padilla - UCO Bronze & Blue Achievement Award, $2,000* Emma Price - UCO Bronze & Blue Achievement Award, $3,200 Kamryn Purintun - Various Distinguished Young Woman, $1,500; UCO Bronze & Blue Achievement Award, $6,000; David Glover Memorial, $1,500, Masonic Lodge Student of Today, $50 Ariana Rivera - Larry Golbek Memorial, $1,500; Ovintiv, $1,000; OU Valedictorian, $14,000 Ryan Sanders - Rogers State University, Boys State, $12,000*; Hamden-Sydney College, Boys State, $100,000*; Trine University, Boys State, $8,000*; Columbia College, Boys State, $4,000*; Marian University, Boys State, $44,000*; Wabash College, Boys State, $50,000* Jose Santoyo - Jack Musick, $1,000; 84 & Me, $2,500; KHS Student of the Year Landon Schroeder Kingfisher Elks, $700 William Shaver - Oklahoma Academic Scholar; Kingfisher Elks, $700; University of Tulsa; Rogers State University, Boys State, $12,000*; Hamden-Sydney College, Boys State, $100,000*; Trine University, Boys State, $8,000*; Columbia College, Boys State, $4,000*; Marian University, Boys State, $44,000*; Wabash College, Boys State, $50,000* Ayden Smith - Rogers State University, Boys State, $12,000*; Hamden-Sydney College, Boys State, $100,000*; Trine University, Boys State, $8,000*; Columbia College, Boys State, $4,000*; Marian University, Boys State, $44,000*; Wabash College, Boys State, $50,000* Raegan Snider - Rodger Howell Valedictorian Award; Oklahoma Academic Scholar; NWOSU Valedictorian, $1,500; NWOSU Extraordinarily Talented, $1,900; NWOSU E.T. Room Waiver, $1,010; NWOSU President’s Leadership Class, $2,750; Mary Gilmour, $500; Kingfisher Elks, $700; AFR County Match; OSU Academic Excellence, $9,000* Joaquin Wallace - Paul & Justin Lambert Memorial, $2,000; UCO Bronze & Blue Achievement Award, $3,200; OU Sower Award, $4,000*; Rogers State University, Boys State, $12,000*; Hamden-Sydney College, Boys State, $100,000*; Trine University, Boys State, $8,000*; Columbia College, Boys State, $4,000*; Marian University, Boys State, $44,000*; Wabash College, Boys State, $50,000* Emily Warren - Redlands Community College Tuition Waiver, $500 ($2,000*); UCO Bronze & Blue Achievement Award Emiley Watkins Bausten Jech Memorial Tennis, $600; OBU Academic, $15,000
Addison Willson - Various Distinguished Young Woman, $800; OBU Academic Grant, $10,000 Kingfisher All Sports Scholarships - $3,400 Oklahoma’s Promise Recipients (20 students) $369,600 ($4,620 per year for four years) Total accepted $1,212,851 Total not accepted $3,251,037 Total offered $4,463,888