Brightest and Best is WXYZ's 39-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.
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. Watch the video of the honorees below!
This will air on Channel 7 at these times:
Saturday, June 23 - approx. 9:51 a.m. following 9 a.m. news
Saturday, June 23 - approx. 7:23 p.m. following 7 p.m. news
Sunday, June 24 - approx. 8:50 a.m. following 8 a.m. news
Sunday, June 24 - approx. 11:52 p.m. following 11 p.m. news
Monday, June 25 - approx. 12:22 p.m. following 12 p.m. news
Click on a student's name to view their photo and read more information about our Brightest & Best honorees.
Jackson County Manchester High School Lapeer County |
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| Almont High School | Kevin Heim |
| Dryden Senior High School | Kayleigh Hudson |
| Imlay City High School | Melissa Vaughn |
| Lapeer High School | Joseph Schultz |
| North Branch High School | Brady Good |
| Livingston County | |
| Brighton High School | Cecilia Mikat |
| Charyl Stockwell Preparatory Academy | Grace Dummitt |
| Fowlerville High School | Brittany Bush |
| Howell High School | Miles Lynn Stevenson |
| Pinckney Community High School | Kahler Doyle |
| Kensington Woods Schools | Jacqueline Poma |
| Macomb County | |
| Adlai Stevenson High School | Daniel Austin Capozello |
| Armada High School | |
| Center Line High School | Mahir Ahmed |
| Chippewa Valley High School | Reagan Nelson |
| Clintondale High School | Nathan Riggins |
| Cousino High School | Madeline Oles |
| Dakota High School | Tara Apostolovski |
| De La Salle Collegiate High School | Adam Ross |
East Detroit High School Eastpointe High School |
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| Eisenhower High School | |
| Fitzgerald High School | Afsana Rahman |
| Fraser High School | Katrina Sanchez |
| Henry Ford II High School | Bryan Michalek |
| International Academy of Macomb | Jared Folden |
| L'Anse Creuse High School | Annica Brocker |
| L'Anse Creuse High School - North | Erica Peer |
| Lake Shore High School | Tyler Knight |
| Lakeview High School | Marisa Perez |
| Lincoln High School | Jazmine Smith |
| Lutheran High School North | Megan Guiles |
| Macomb Christian Schools | Mikayla Mitchell |
| Merritt Academy | Christian Posner |
| Michigan Collegiate High School | |
| Mount Clemens High School | Janay Felts |
| New Haven High School | |
| New Life Christian Academy | |
| Parkway Christian School | Alexander Rodriguez |
| Regina High School | Lucia VanBerkum |
| Richmond High School | Carley Barjaktarovich |
| Romeo High School | Devon Doyle |
Roseville High School Sterling Heights High School |
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| South Lake High School | Jordan Olszewski |
| Utica Academy for International Studies | Jakob Gertsch |
| Utica High School | Ryan Olivier |
| Warren Mott High School | Cayla Byron |
| Warren Woods Tower | Stacey Beaudin |
| Monroe County | |
| Airport High School | Louis Isaac Orleans |
| Jefferson High School | Summer Poppenhager |
| Monroe High School | Lydia Malik |
| St. Mary Catholic Central | |
| Summerfield Senior High School | |
| Oakland County | |
| Academy of the Sacred Heart | Victoria Shahnazary |
| AGBU Alex & Marie Manoogian School | Talar Malkadjian |
| Avondale High School | Adam Good |
| Bethany Christian School | |
| Berkley High School | Andrew Schildcrout |
| Bishop Foley Catholic High School | Thomas Day |
Bloomfield Hills High School Bradford Academy High School |
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| Clarkston High School | Andrew Dimmer |
| Clawson High School | Marie Smith |
| Cranbrook Kingswood School | Justin Applefield |
| Crescent Academy | |
| Detroit Catholic Central High School | Michael Nunu |
| Detroit Country Day School | Sophia Zhang |
| Everest Collegiate High School | Kyle Smith |
| Farmington High School | Kelli Weigold |
| Farmington Hills Harrison High School | Chris Rexroth |
| Ferndale High School | Max Weber |
| Franklin Road Christian School | Sidney Lipovsky |
| Holly High School | |
| Huron Valley Lutheran High School | |
| International Academy - West Campus | Lillian McPherson |
| International Academy | |
International Academy East International Academy - Okma |
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Lakeland High School Lake Orion High School |
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| Lamphere High School | Madisyn Becker |
| Lutheran High School Northwest | Emilee Otten |
| Marian High School | Maria Mansour |
| Mercy High School | Anastasia Warner |
| Milford High School | Mya Zeese |
| North Farmington High School | Vikhram Thirupathi |
| Notre Dame Preparatory School | Anna Miklas |
| Novi High School | Amber Renton |
| Oak Park High School | Micaiah Webb |
| Oakland Christian School | Rebekah Crane |
| Oakland Early College | |
| Our Lady of the Lakes | Amanda Miner |
| Oxford High School | Micah Dymond |
| Rochester Adams High School | Prateek Pinchi |
| Rochester Hills Christian School | Jennie Wang |
Rochester High School Royal Oak High School |
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| Saint Mary's Preparatory | Timothy Machnacki |
| Seaholm High School | Melanie Taylor |
| Shrine Catholic High School | Brennan Smith |
| South Lyon High School | Kellen Weeks |
| South Lyon East High School | Madelyn Eischer |
| Southfield Christian School | Kaelin Ray |
| Southfield High School | |
| Southfield-Lathrup High School | |
| Stoney Creek High School | Serafina Kamp |
| The Roeper School | Elliot Silk |
| Troy Athens High School | |
| Troy High School | Richard Yang |
| University High School Academy | Jackson Vails |
| University High School, Ferndale | |
| Walled Lake Central High School | Gabrielle Ndakwah |
| Walled Lake Northern High School | Anna Porzner |
| Walled Lake Western High School | Hannah Segal |
| Waterford Kettering High School | Alexa Jensen |
| Waterford Mott High School | Ryan Wojcik |
| West Bloomfield High School | Jensen Hwa |
| Wylie E. Groves High School | Chance Arthur Stephenson |
| Sanilac County | |
| Carsonville-Port Sanilac High School | Emily Sawyer |
| Deckerville High School | Elizabeth Binder |
| Marlette Senior High School | |
| Peck High School | Cherokee Johnson |
| Sandusky Senior High School | Brookelyn Mott |
| St. Clair County | |
| Algonac High School | Madeline Meldrum |
| Anchor Bay High School | Maxwell Leonard |
| Capac Senior High School | |
Cardinal Mooney Catholic |
Hani Nasr |
| Marine City High School | Alexander D'Allura |
| Marysville High School | Richard Russel III |
| Memphis High School | Alexandria Iannucci |
| New Life Christian Academy | Caroline Berish |
| Port Huron High School | Madeline Trombley |
| Port Huron Northern High School | Nishaan Makim |
| St. Clair High School | Emily Tenniswood |
| Yale High School | MacKenzie Desloover |
| Washtenaw County | |
| ACTech High School | |
| Chelsea High School | Josephine Surel |
| Dexter High School | Erin Victoria Evans |
| Fr. Gabriel Richard High School | Reem Farjo |
| Greenhills School | Emily Wang |
| Manchester High School | |
| Milan High School | Katherine Frait |
| Saline High School | Tyler Kudlak |
| Skyline High School | Yunfei Ma |
| STEMM Academy | |
| Whitmore Lake High School | Karolyn Wagner |
| Washtenaw Christian Academy | Thomas Smith |
| Ypsilanti New Tech High School | |
| Wayne County | |
| Academy for Business & Technology | |
| Advanced Technology Academy | Jessica Haro |
| Allen Park High School | Foster Wisusik |
| Annapolis High School | Tanner Bonner |
| Baptist Park School | |
| Belleville High School | Nina Hardy |
| Benjamin Franklin High School | |
| Cabrini High School | Abigail Overbeck |
Canton High School Carlson High School |
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| Cass Technical High School | Alonzo Rodriguez |
| Cesar Chavez Academy High School | Gabriela Palma |
| Chandler Park Academy | |
| Churchill High School | Rachel Christopherson |
| Clarenceville High School | Christian Katchorek |
Communication and Media Arts High School Cornerstone Health & Technology High School |
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| Crestwood High School | Serena Touqan |
Davis Aerospace Technical High School Dearborn Edsel Ford High School Detroit Cristo Rey High School |
Jonathan Jenkins Marwa Albaadani |
Detroit Edison Public School Academy |
Kjera Jones |
| Detroit International Academy of Young Women | |
| Detroit School of Arts | Je'Shaun White |
| Divine Child High School | Katherine Walters |
East English Village Preparatory Academy Ecorse Community High School |
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| Flat Rock Community High School | Aubrie McCleery |
| Fordson High School | Fatima Taj |
| Franklin High School | |
| Gabriel Richard Catholic High School | Nina Biundo |
| Garden City High School | April Lynne Rudolph |
| Grosse Ile High School | Diana Nunez |
| Grosse Pointe North High School | Lindsey J. Ramsdell |
| Grosse Pointe South High School | Sophia Rzankowski |
| Hamtramck High School | Jaynab Akhtar |
| Harper Woods Secondary School | Brittani Lipsey |
| Harry S. Truman High School | Dejanae Benton |
| Henry Ford Academy | |
Huron High School Huron Valley Lutheran High |
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| John Glenn High School | Danielle Deel |
| Ladywood High School | Abbey Reppen |
| Lee M. Thurston High School | |
| Lincoln Park High School | Collin Clem |
| Livonia Stevenson High School | Brianna Regan |
| Martin Luther King Senior High School | Alana Burke |
| Lutheran High School Westland | Tejas Athavale |
| Melvindale High School | Bianca Cobian Campos |
| Northville High School | Lauren Hannah Masse |
| Osborn Academy of Mathematics Science & Technology | Cassandra Herr |
| Osborn College Preparatory Academy | |
| Osborn Evergreen Academy of DTE | |
| Oscar A. Carlson High School | |
| Plymouth Christian Academy | Jayme Fadden |
| Plymouth High School | Nathan Tseng |
| Redford Union High School | Sarah Bishop |
| Renaissance High School | Nicole Jackson |
| Riverview Community High School | Alexis Ganop |
| River Rouge High School | Amanda Lawman |
Robichaud High School Romulus High School |
Izaiah Gardette |
| Salem High School | Jenna Len |
| Southgate Anderson High School | Peter Thabet |
| Star International Academy | |
| Summit Academy North High School | Sena Fisher |
| The Frederick Douglass Academy | |
| Theodore Roosevelt High School | Gabrielle Paige Samson |
| Trenton High School | Adelaide Barcalow |
| University Liggett School | Laney Sheehan |
| University of Detroit Jesuit High School & Academy | Joseph Roarty |
Wayne Memorial High School |
Shivam Patel |
| Winston Churchill High School | |
| Western International High School | Edith Carreon |
| Westside Christian Academy | |
| Woodhaven High School | Cole Robbins |
