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Brightest and Best is WXYZ's 40-year tradition recognizing the academic achievements of graduating seniors from high schools across metro Detroit. Each year, Channel 7 hosts a special event at WXYZ-TV and invites more than 200 honorees and their families to attend.
The salute to the Brightest and Best will air on Channel 7 at these times:
Brightest & Best Class of 2019 Salute on WXYZ - Airtimes
Saturday, 6/22 - (approx. 9:50am) following the 9am News on Ch. 7
Saturday, 6/22 - (approx. 7:20pm) following the 7pm News on Ch. 7
Sunday, 6/23 - (approx. 6:20pm) following the 6pm News on Ch. 7
Monday, 6/24 - (approx. 12:20pm) following the Noon News on Ch. 7
This year, our honorees will participate in a Twitter scavenger hunt throughout the day. You can follow along on this page and by using the #BrightestAndBest hashtag.
You can view all of the profiles by clicking here.
Jackson County Manchester High School Lapeer County |
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| Almont High School | Max Brombach |
| Dryden Senior High School | John Lynch |
| Imlay City High School | Casey McCarthy |
| Lapeer High School | Carson Currie |
| North Branch High School | McKenna Forster |
| Livingston County | |
| Brighton High School | Samir Khunger |
| Charyl Stockwell Preparatory Academy | Annastasia Petouhoff |
| Fowlerville High School | Aliza Opolka |
| Howell High School | Marie Elizabeth Tellier |
| Pinckney Community High School | Riley McCullough |
| Kensington Woods Schools | Mia de la Iglesia |
| Macomb County | |
| Adlai Stevenson High School | Drew Beckman |
| Armada High School | Austin Cornish |
| Center Line High School | Mahbub Jahid |
| Chippewa Valley High School | Elena Miller |
| Clintondale High School | Kyle Zabel |
| Cousino High School | Adriana Radjenovic |
| Dakota High School | Hannah Lerner |
| De La Salle Collegiate High School | |
East Detroit High School Eastpointe High School |
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| Eisenhower High School | Morgan McCloud |
| Fitzgerald High School | Olivia Morcos |
| Fraser High School | Lauren Argiri |
| Henry Ford II High School | Bryan Wegrzyn |
| International Academy of Macomb | Anna Ebbitt |
| L'Anse Creuse High School | Madison Pritchett |
| L'Anse Creuse High School - North | Adam Kasumovic |
| Lake Shore High School | Elizabeth Stacheit |
| Lakeview High School | Jack Suede |
| Lincoln High School | Andrew Pham |
| Lutheran High School North | Karli Monahan |
| Macomb Christian Schools | Alexandria Harrington |
| Merritt Academy | Melissa Murphy |
| Michigan Collegiate High School | |
| Mount Clemens High School | Dontae Walker |
| New Haven High School | |
| New Life Christian Academy | |
| Parkway Christian School | Jasmine Bryja |
| Regina High School | Ireland Majewski |
| Richmond High School | Emily Gorr |
| Romeo High School | Julia Fadanelli |
Roseville High School Sterling Heights High School |
Natalie Terry-Martin |
| South Lake High School | Lucas Stinson |
| Utica Academy for International Studies | Sam Mark Saba |
| Utica High School | Jillian Jezak |
| Warren Mott High School | Paul Havern |
| Warren Woods Tower | Mackenzie Nitz |
| Monroe County | |
| Airport High School | Noah Doederlein |
| Jefferson High School | Ashley Waldecker |
| Monroe High School | Reece Lynch |
| St. Mary Catholic Central | Shelby Marcarian |
| Summerfield Senior High School | |
| Oakland County | |
| Academy of the Sacred Heart | Claire Dennis |
| AGBU Alex & Marie Manoogian School | Mary Rose Azar |
| Avondale High School | Noah W. Baliat |
| Bethany Christian School | |
| Berkley High School | Nicholas Murray |
| Bishop Foley Catholic High School | Kelsi Karpinski |
Bloomfield Hills High School Bradford Academy High School |
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| Clarkston High School | Jaclyn Marra |
| Clawson High School | |
| Cranbrook Kingswood School | Justin Luo |
| Crescent Academy | |
| Detroit Catholic Central High School | Hayden Kibbey |
| Detroit Country Day School | Nehaar Nimmagadda |
| Everest Collegiate High School | Mia Korns |
| Farmington High School | Edha Shirodkar |
| Farmington Hills Harrison High School | Anushka Jain |
| Ferndale High School | Nicholas Stoll |
| Franklin Road Christian School | |
| Holly High School | Timothy Kinnamon |
| International Academy - West Campus | Sahita Manda |
| International Academy | |
International Academy East International Academy - Okma |
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Lakeland High School Lake Orion High School |
William Junkin |
| Lamphere High School | Teddy Hoang |
| Lutheran High School Northwest | Elisabeth Holquist |
| Marian High School | Claire Fanning |
| Mercy High School | Casey Stoneback |
| Milford High School | Nicholas Taubert |
| North Farmington High School | Anjali Chiravuri |
| Notre Dame Preparatory School | Natalie P. Lyijynen |
| Novi Christian Academy | Chanelle Lochrie |
| Novi High School | Jamie Fu |
| Oak Park High School | Kyra Zanders |
| Oakland Christian School | Katelynne Muzljakovich |
| Oakland Early College | Sara Zennedjian |
| Our Lady of the Lakes | Natalie Koenig |
| Oxford High School | McKenzie Miller |
| Rochester Adams High School | Carolina Gutierrez |
| Rochester Hills Christian School | |
Rochester High School Royal Oak High School |
Ishita Shukla |
| Saint Mary's Preparatory | Michael Strouse |
| Seaholm High School | Tatum Kreindler |
| Shrine Catholic High School | Ann Gladstone |
| South Lyon High School | Douglas McClure |
| South Lyon East High School | Abigail Hackbardt |
| Southfield Christian School | Eric Wagoner |
| Southfield High School | |
| Southfield High School for the Arts & Technology | Myla Lyons |
| Southfield-Lathrup High School | |
| Stoney Creek High School | Preetam Vupputuri |
| The Roeper School | Griffin Glick |
| Troy Athens High School | |
| Troy High School | Prashant Shankar |
| University High School Academy | Tolulope Oladele |
| University High School, Ferndale | Jacob Riffey |
| Walled Lake Central High School | Geethika Bodanapu |
| Walled Lake Northern High School | Sloane Wysocki |
| Walled Lake Western High School | Rohan Kai |
| Waterford Kettering High School | Logan Edward McCall |
| Waterford Mott High School | Brandon M. Tower |
| West Bloomfield High School | Isabel Dziuba |
| Wylie E. Groves High School | Zacharie Chentouf |
| Sanilac County | |
| Carsonville-Port Sanilac High School | Hayley Frizzle |
| Croswell-Lexington High School | Devyn Gordon |
| Deckerville High School | |
| Marlette Senior High School | |
| Peck High School | Abbey Bullis |
| Sandusky Senior High School | Emma Roggenbuck |
| St. Clair County | |
| Algonac High School | Mark Langewicz |
| Anchor Bay High School | Jack Scott Myrick |
| Capac Senior High School | Scout Senyk |
Cardinal Mooney Catholic |
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| Marine City High School | Dylan Parker |
| Marysville High School | Gage Green |
| Memphis High School | Noah Treutle |
| New Life Christian Academy | Wesley Whetstone |
| Port Huron High School | Jason Robert Leaym |
| Port Huron Northern High School | Neehal Tumma |
| St. Clair High School | John Mason |
| Yale High School | Gabriel Pociecha |
| Washtenaw County | |
| ACTech High School | |
| Chelsea High School | Drew Vanderspool |
| Dexter High School | Morgan Cobb |
| Fr. Gabriel Richard High School | Gabriel Garbarz |
| Greenhills School | Megan Gauger |
| Manchester High School | Elizabeth O'Hotzke |
| Milan High School | Sophia Morelock |
| Saline High School | Erika Chatell |
| Skyline High School | Bonnie Spence |
| STEMM Academy | |
| Whitmore Lake High School | Quinlan Kelly |
| Washtenaw Christian Academy | Lina Jeffery |
| Ypsilanti New Tech High School | Christopher Kitchen |
| Wayne County | |
| Academy for Business & Technology | |
| Advanced Technology Academy | Ruby Sanchez |
| Allen Park High School | |
| Annapolis High School | Van Nguyen |
| Baptist Park School | |
| Belleville High School | Kylie Morton |
| Benjamin Franklin High School | Eva Muller |
| Cabrini High School | Jonah Sobczak |
Canton High School Carlson High School |
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| Cass Technical High School | Luis Jimenez-Ramirez |
| Cesar Chavez Academy High School | Antonio Pollard |
| Chandler Park Academy | Taylin Smith |
| Clarenceville High School | Kimberly Spens |
Communication and Media Arts High School Cornerstone Health & Technology High School |
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| Crestwood High School | Jaron Hsu |
| Davis Aerospace Technical High School | Justin Moss |
Dearborn High School Dearborn Edsel Ford High School Detroit Cristo Rey High School |
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Detroit Edison Public School Academy |
Alia Cummings |
| Detroit International Academy of Young Women | |
| Detroit School of Arts | |
| Divine Child High School | Allan VanZandt |
East English Village Preparatory Academy Ecorse Community High School |
Sierra Williams |
| Flat Rock Community High School | Lillian Miller |
| Fordson High School | Mohamed Mehdi Ghandour |
| Franklin High School | |
| Gabriel Richard Catholic High School | Brooke Wrobel |
| Garden City High School | Zachary Burton |
| Grosse Ile High School | Lindsey Jurecki |
| Grosse Pointe North High School | Paul F. Treder, Jr |
| Grosse Pointe South High School | Allison Frazer |
| Hamtramck High School | Prilanka Laskar |
| Harper Woods High School | Carolyn Hall |
| Harry S. Truman High School | |
| Henry Ford Academy | Jamison VanAndel |
Huron High School Huron Valley Lutheran High |
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| John Glenn High School | Sarah Christine Hayes |
| Ladywood High School | |
| Lee M. Thurston High School | Franklin Lassen |
| Lincoln Park High School | Jacqueline Rodriguez |
| Livonia Stevenson High School | Jacob George Kurian |
| Martin Luther King Senior High School | Ariel Zander |
| Lutheran High School Westland | Marissa Gonzales |
| Melvindale High School | |
| Northville High School | Saaz Malhotra |
| Osborn Academy of Mathematics Science & Technology | Malasia Plummer |
| Osborn College Preparatory Academy | |
| Osborn Evergreen Academy of DTE | |
| Oscar A. Carlson High School | |
| Plymouth Christian Academy | Caleb Godin |
| Plymouth High School | Laurence Yang |
| Redford Union High School | Hannah Long |
| Renaissance High School | Juliana Obia |
| Riverview Community High School | Miranda Makowski |
| River Rouge High School | Iapri Summerville |
Robichaud High School Romulus High School |
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| Salem High School | Shruti Patel |
| Southgate Anderson High School | Lexi Nadolsky |
| Star International Academy | |
| Summit Academy North High School | Paige Pistotti |
| Taylor High School | Katelin Hodges |
| The Frederick Douglass Academy | |
| Theodore Roosevelt High School | Lily Wink |
| Trenton High School | |
| University Liggett School | Alexander Azar |
| University of Detroit Jesuit High School & Academy | Charles Paroly |
Wayne Memorial High School |
Chloe Adams-White |
| Winston Churchill High School | Natalie Yurgil |
| Western International High School | Ingrid Ramirez |
| Westside Christian Academy | |
| Woodhaven High School |
