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Brightest and Best is WXYZ's 41-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.
View the honorees below.
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You can view all of the profiles by clicking here.
Jackson County | |
Lapeer County | |
Almont High School | Jacob Hausmann |
Dryden Senior High School | Ronald Hudson |
Imlay City High School | John Ciurla |
North Branch High School | Robert Vipperman |
Livingston County | |
Brighton High School | Christina Morris |
Charyl Stockwell Preparatory Academy | Molly Wilson |
Fowlerville High School | Summer McLane-Svoboda |
Pinckney Community High School | Isaac James Craig |
Kensington Woods Schools | Julianna Bissonette |
Macomb County | |
Adlai Stevenson High School | Gerald Kellezi |
Armada High School | Mia Kerchen |
Center Line High School | Alexander Connelley |
Chippewa Valley High School | Emma Stavale |
Clintondale High School | Alyssa Osantowski |
Cousino High School | William Carpenter |
Dakota High School | George Rabadi |
De La Salle Collegiate High School | Michael Kafoury |
Eastpointe High School | Desha Bounmy |
Eisenhower High School | Hannah Dunn |
Fitzgerald High School | Emily Bachi |
Fraser High School | Victoria Kovac |
Henry Ford II High School | Joshua Thomas |
International Academy of Macomb | Caleb James Smith |
L'Anse Creuse High School | Ethan Flosky |
L'Anse Creuse High School - North | Allison Fitzgerald |
Lake Shore High School | Catherine August |
Lakeview High School | Madison Demski |
Lincoln High School | Kierre Spencer |
Lutheran High School North | Leyna Gatti |
Merritt Academy | Josephine Broyles |
Parkway Christian School | Lauren Round |
Regina High School | Claire Niedermaier |
Richmond High School | Alexis Radjewski |
Romeo High School | Ariana Scott |
South Lake High School | Sara Kelly |
Utica Academy for International Studies | Julie Grace ElFishawy |
Utica High School | Sebastian Shaman |
Warren Mott High School | Hilary Adeleke |
Warren Woods Tower | Jacob Tyler DeTone |
Monroe County | |
Airport High School | Amelia Corne |
Monroe High School | Libby Kelley |
St. Mary Catholic Central | Anna Grejtak |
Oakland County | |
Academy of the Sacred Heart | Catherine Pardi |
AGBU Alex & Marie Manoogian School | Nazarii Kifor |
Avondale High School | Qijia Zhou |
Berkley High School | Hannah Kovinsky |
Bishop Foley Catholic High School | Elizabeth Powers |
Bloomfield Hills High School | Alan Zhang |
Clarkston High School | Nathan Sesti |
Cranbrook Kingswood School | Steven Wang |
Detroit Catholic Central High School | Mark Holowicki |
Detroit Country Day School | Aparna Reddy |
Everest Collegiate High School | Eduardo Dominguez |
Farmington High School | Hafsa Sultana |
Ferndale High School | Grant Dominic |
Hazel Park High School | Abby Jones |
Holly High School | Monica Ruiz |
International Academy - West Campus | Bianca Pol |
International Academy East | Sreya Gogineni |
Lakeland High School | Sydney Zimmerman |
Lake Orion High School | Adam Tisch |
Lamphere High School | Quinton Zapoli |
Lutheran High School Northwest | Grace Vollmert |
Marian High School | Isabella Shunyia |
Mercy High School | Angela Rea |
Milford High School | Madison Hinman |
North Farmington High School | Timothy Sullivan |
Notre Dame Preparatory School | Amanda Krick |
Novi Christian Academy | Jack Hensley |
Novi High School | Hrishika Gogineni |
Oakland Christian School | Mackenzie Wander |
Oakland Early College | Maya Radhakrishnan |
Orchard Lake St. Mary's Prep | Nicholas Grimes |
Our Lady of the Lakes | Rose Casolari |
Oxford High School | Madison Cutler |
Rochester Adams High School | Rajiv Parimi |
Rochester High School | Kethan Reddy Gudi |
Royal Oak High School | Jack Rickle |
Seaholm High School | Davis Kurepa-Peers |
Shrine Catholic High School | Anna Murphy |
South Lyon High School | Grant Fish |
South Lyon East High School | Hannah Sun |
Southfield Christian School | Lizzie Vojtisek |
Southfield High School for the Arts & Technology | Cheyenne McEvans |
Stoney Creek High School | Preeta Kamat |
The Roeper School | Avery Long |
Troy Athens High School | Madhav Ramesh |
Troy High School | Amogh Angadi |
University High School Academy | Erin Diran-Ojo |
Walled Lake Central High School | Carinna Beltramo |
Walled Lake Northern High School | Emily Green |
Walled Lake Western High School | Macy Hannan |
Waterford Kettering High School | Nicholas Maggi |
Waterford Mott High School | Josephine McCarthy |
West Bloomfield High School | Kyler Hwa |
Wylie E. Groves High School | Leo Williams |
Sanilac County | |
Carsonville-Port Sanilac High School | Connor Sawyer |
Croswell-Lexington High School | Sarah Lawson |
Deckerville High School | Emma Beaver |
Peck High School | Adriana Stull |
Sandusky Senior High School | Gage Larson |
St. Clair County | |
Algonac High School | Edward Boughner |
Anchor Bay High School | Blake Brdak |
Capac Senior High School | Austin Beswick |
Cardinal Mooney Catholic | Joseph Gibbons |
Marine City High School | Heather LeFaivre |
Marysville High School | Breanna Campbell |
Memphis High School | Morgan Ressler |
New Life Christian Academy | Daniel Alcorn |
Port Huron High School | Daniel Kennedy |
Port Huron Northern High School | Andrew Touma |
St. Clair High School | Anne Shorkey |
Yale High School | Jodi Protasiewicz |
Washtenaw County | |
Chelsea High School | William Scott |
Dexter High School | Samuel Harshe |
Fr. Gabriel Richard High School | Angela Cabalang |
Greenhills School | Allison Marie Nishi |
Manchester Jr/Sr High School | Annelise M. Baron |
Milan High School | Joshua Overbeek |
Saline High School | Yolian Lao |
Skyline High School | Kevin Sun |
Whitmore Lake High School | Alaina Di Dio |
Washtenaw Christian Academy | Kailyn Slayton |
Ypsilanti New Tech High School | Tamariah Davis |
Wayne County | |
Advanced Technology Academy | Andrea Garcia |
Allen Park High School | Terry Emeigh |
Annapolis High School | Andrea Roberts |
Belleville High School | Anisha Sharma |
Cabrini High School | Lisa Tarsavage |
Canton High School | Megan Elizabeth Flanigan |
Cass Technical High School | Abdul Bakit Repon |
Cesar Chavez Academy High School | Victoria Hernandez |
Chandler Park Academy | Tanay Dixon |
Clarenceville High School | Joelle Troszak |
Communication and Media Arts High School | Jade Jones |
Cornerstone Health & Technology High School | Brandon Harrell |
Crestwood High School | Jenna Baydoun |
Dearborn High School | Cindy Hakim |
Dearborn Edsel Ford High School | Samantha Davies |
Detroit Edison Public School Academy | Mya Wilson |
Divine Child High School | Sarah Gawlik |
Ecorse Community High School | Unique Faith Draggs |
Flat Rock Community High School | Zoie Mink |
Fordson High School | Mahdi Abdallah |
Franklin High School | Olivia Melville |
Gabriel Richard Catholic High School | Katelyn Villa |
Garden City High School | Haley Marie Dobbyn |
Grosse Ile High School | Ansh Patel |
Grosse Pointe North High School | Andrew Spiteri |
Grosse Pointe South High School | Alexander Bower |
Harper Woods High School | Jasmine Parlett |
Henry Ford Academy | Autumyn Smith |
Huron Valley Lutheran High School | Zachary Ott |
John Glenn High School | Bassit Fijabi |
Lee M. Thurston High School | Devon Roe |
Lincoln Park High School | Noah Behr |
Livonia Stevenson High School | Jessica Zenas |
Martin Luther King Senior High School | Anthony Cotton |
Lutheran High School Westland | Ian Gruenhagen |
Melvindale High School | Lizandro Duenas |
Northville High School | Kelly Deng |
Oscar A. Carlson High School | Chau Pham |
Plymouth Christian Academy | Hannah Askew |
Plymouth High School | Aditya Suryakumar |
Redford Union High School | Shelia Grace Gubachy |
Renaissance High School | Sade Ried |
Riverview Community High School | Caden Corso |
River Rouge High School | Faith Jackson |
Robichaud High School | Miriam Apostol |
Salem High School | Neha Narayan |
Southgate Anderson High School | Zane Seal |
Star International Academy | Yasmine Elkharssa |
Summit Academy North High School | Parker Mathena |
Taylor High School | Dawna Vaughan |
Theodore Roosevelt High School Trenton High School | |
University Liggett School | Ava Henness |
University of Detroit Jesuit High School & Academy | David Emmanuel Lewis |
Wayne Memorial High School | Trent Griffith |
Winston Churchill High School | Alyssa Anderson |
Western International High School | Ahlam Rahimee |
Woodhaven High School | Sher Khehra |