Brightest and Best is WXYZ's 46-year tradition recognizing the academic achievements of graduating seniors from high schools across metro Detroit.
We are proud to publicly recognize Southeast Michigan high school graduates for their academic excellence. These young men and women earned their success and reached the top of their class.
Brightest and Best is sponsored by Michigan Achievement Scholarship, Giroux Pappas Trial Attorneys, MESP and Meemic Insurance.
Watch our tribute videos to the 2025 Brightest and Best:
Honoring the Brightest and Best Class of 2025 - Last name A-H
Honoring the Brightest and Best Class of 2025 - Last name I-O
Honoring the Brightest and Best Class of 2025 - Last name P-Z
School Name | Student name and profile |
| Lapeer County | |
| Almont High School | Jenna Kline |
| Dryden Senior High School | Matthew Livingston |
| Imlay City High School | Alexa Lengemann |
| North Branch High School | Samantha Wagner |
| Livingston County | |
| Brighton High School | Elijah Forbord |
| Charyl Stockwell Preparatory Academy | Blaike Osinski |
| Livingston Classical Academy | Cooper Abla |
| Macomb County | |
| Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Ansh Malhotra |
| Chippewa Valley High School | Amelia Ndoja |
| Clintondale High School | Kacey Zabel |
| Dakota High School | Jodi Schwesinger |
| De La Salle Collegiate High School | Luke Jablonski |
| Fraser High School | Audrey Steepe |
| Henry Ford II High School | James Thomas |
| International Academy of Macomb | Lamia Tabakovic |
| L'Anse Creuse High School | Maximiliano Nguyen |
| L'Anse Creuse High School - North | Nola Geddes |
| Lake Shore High School | Megan Morell |
| Lakeview High School | Mateusz Musiej |
| Lincoln High School | Amber Keen |
| Lutheran High School North | Patrick Malinowski |
| Merritt Academy | Caden Siler |
| New Haven High School | Nathaniel Koshay |
| Parkway Christian School | Brian Burnell |
| Paul K. Cousino High School | Albina Kalmeta |
| Regina High School | Lorelei S. Mahon |
| Romeo High School | Olivia Lynn |
| Roseville High School | Alexis S. Wolgast |
| South Lake High School | Gavin Rumohr |
| Utica High School | Allison Tuttle |
| Warren Mott High School | Faiyaj Rahman |
| Warren Woods Tower | Maaj Rahman |
| Monroe County | |
| Monroe High School | Jack Drougel |
| St. Mary Catholic Central | Rachel Boberg |
| Oakland County | |
| Academy of the Sacred Heart | Isabella Seth |
| AGBU Alex & Marie Manoogian School | Lucas Yessayan |
| Avondale High School | Shahmeer Mohammad Khan |
| Berkley High School | Kai Nielsen |
| Bishop Foley Catholic High School | Cameron Brewer |
| Bloomfield Hills High School | Giselle Haddad |
| Clarkston High School | Abigail Finnerty |
| Cranbrook Kingswood School | Yi-An Liao |
| Detroit Catholic Central High School | Jarod Dufield |
| Detroit Country Day School | Luca Nowinski |
| Everest Collegiate High School | Sarah Bradley |
| Farmington High School | Syed Tanzeel Ahsan |
| Ferndale High School | Kieran Venugopal |
| Groves High School | Zachary Salloum |
| Holly High School | Alexander Chen |
| International Academy - West Campus | Alex Ji |
| International Academy East | Rahul Perala |
| International Academy – Okma | Stefanie Schneider |
| Lakeland High School | Matthew Verellen |
| Lake Orion High School | Siddharth Mummaneni |
| Lamphere High School | Lindsay Zou |
| Marian High School | Ada Kowalewski |
| Mercy High School | Maeve Casey |
| Milford High School | Ryan Carrannanto |
| Novi Christian Academy | Sophia Puzsar |
| Novi High School | Arvind Salem |
| Oak Park High School | Carrie VanNoy |
| Oakland Early College | Mahdi Ahsan |
| Orchard Lake St. Mary's Prep | Patterson Doyle |
| Our Lady of the Lakes | Ashley Leddy |
| Rochester High School | Naiylah Qadri |
| Rochester Adams High School | Reynold Wei |
| Royal Oak High School | Kathryn Macey |
| Shrine Catholic High School | Alexandra Paisley |
| South Lyon High School | Harshitha Sudhakar |
| South Lyon East High School | Michael Jankowski |
| Southfield Christian School | Layah Vasser |
| Stoney Creek High School | Will Cicco |
| St. Catherine of Siena Academy | Elizabeth Creen |
| The Roeper School | Jacob Beveridge |
| Troy High School | JoAnn Tu |
| University K-12 Academy | Cedrick Coburn ll |
| Walled Lake Central High School | Emily Bieniasz |
| Walled Lake Northern High School | Tessa Kean |
| Walled Lake Western High School | Avery Stallman |
| Waterford Kettering High School | Gabriel Estrada |
| Waterford Mott High School | Karli Koskinen |
| West Bloomfield High School | Alexander Richard Wszolek |
| Sanilac County | |
| Carsonville-Port Sanilac High School | Eli Price |
| Croswell-Lexington High School | Eva Thompson |
| Deckerville High School | Sophia Buzzo |
| Peck High School | Ryleigh Ureel |
| Sandusky Senior High School | Carson Shuart |
| St. Clair County | |
| Algonac High School | Jena Dusenberry |
| Anchor Bay High School | Caiden Michael O'Donnell |
| Capac Jr/Sr High School | Mollie Austin |
| Cardinal Mooney Catholic | Olivia Ogden |
| Marysville High School | Kiari Krueger |
| Port Huron High School | Myles Alderdyce |
| Port Huron Northern High School | Preston Lee |
| St. Clair High School | Caiden E. Lohr |
| Yale High School | Keirra Taube |
| Washtenaw County | |
| Chelsea High School | Luke Mourad |
| Dexter High School | Elise Lu |
| Fr. Gabriel Richard High School | Yohannan Joel |
| Saline High School | William Hong |
| Whitmore Lake High School | Lydia Stefanovski |
| Washtenaw Christian Academy | Lydia Eckley |
| Ypsilanti AC Tech High School | Charity Hurt |
| Wayne County | |
| Advanced Technology Academy | Ana Suarez-Ovalle |
| Allen Park High School | Sianna Salliotte |
| Annapolis High School | Camryn Poisson |
| Belleville High School | Samantha Radtka |
| Canton High School | Alok Swaminathan |
| Cesar Chavez Academy High School | Diego Vazquez |
| Chandler Park Academy | Anyla Jackson |
| Clarenceville High School | Anthony Alonzi |
| Crestwood High School | Hala Komaiha |
| Dearborn High School | Adam Beydoun |
| Dearborn Edsel Ford High School | Hanan Abubaker |
| Detroit Edison Public School Academy | Faith Coats |
| Divine Child High School | Johanna Williamson |
| Flat Rock Community High School | Mya Mohammed |
| Fordson High School | Hassan Idris |
| Franklin High School | Thaddeus Pawlowski |
| Gabriel Richard Catholic High School | Janelle Campena |
| Garden City High School | Gavin Bender |
| Grosse Ile High School | Sarah Chao |
| Grosse Pointe North High School | Maggie Dunn |
| Henry Ford Academy | Meerub Usman |
| Hope Christian Academy | Benjamin Lemke |
| Huron High School | Gavin Scannell |
| John Glenn High School | Daniel Wang |
| Lee M. Thurston High School | Avah Poynter |
| Lincoln Park High School | Micah Behr |
| Lutheran High School Westland | Abigail Braun |
| Martin Luther King Senior High School | Davont'e Davis |
| Melvindale High School | Henry Nguyen |
| Northville High School | Matthew McClure |
| Oscar A. Carlson High School | Matthew Jia |
| Plymouth High School | Eunice Qian |
| Salem High School | Rohit Mahesh |
| Southgate Anderson High School | Alice Huang |
| Star International Academy | Nour Al-Yasseri |
| Summit Academy North High School | Nayelie Rodriguez |
| Taylor Virtual Learning Academy | Paiton Morris |
| Theodore Roosevelt High School | Amelia Grenz |
| Trenton High School | Joshua Haddad |
| Universal Learning Academy | Saba Al Khuzaee |
| Universal Academy | Hamed Al-Shawhati |
| University Prep Arts and Design High School | Chartruse Cargle |
| University Liggett | Isabel Wimmer |
| Wayne Memorial High School | Ian Spurlock |
| Winston Churchill High School | Emily Davis |
| Woodhaven High School | Aidan Oaks |
