Brightest and Best is WXYZ's 43-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.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, our in-person celebration was once again canceled, but we are proud to celebrate them virtually.
| Lapeer County | |
| Almont High School | Kaden Steinbrink |
| Dryden Senior High School | Joanna Livingston |
| Imlay City High School | Madison Hall |
| North Branch High School | Caiden June |
| Livingston County | |
| Brighton High School | Michael Kramer |
| Charyl Stockwell Preparatory Academy | Grace Donnelly |
| Fowlerville High School | Reagan Elizabeth Esch |
| Hartland High School | Jackson Donaldson |
| Kensington Woods High School | Hannah Motgomery |
| Livingston Classical Academy | Abigail Tracey |
| Pinckney Community High School | Annie Ozias |
| Macomb County | |
| Armada High School | Sandro Petrovski |
| Center Line High School | Isabella Rae Zosel |
| Chippewa Valley High School | Brooke Hirst |
| Clintondale High School | Mark Kramer |
| Dakota High School | Aidan Deacon |
| De La Salle Collegiate High School | Dominic Ragona |
| Eastpointe High School | Raven Adams |
| Eisenhower High School | Bledar Myslimaj |
| Fitzgerald High School | Aiden Bachi |
| Fraser High School | Carol Pearce |
| Henry Ford II High School | Lukas Wegrzyn |
| International Academy of Macomb | Nicolina Buccilli |
| L'Anse Creuse High School | William Burson |
| L'Anse Creuse High School - North | Jack Gurecki |
| Lake Shore High School | Sarah Showers |
| Lakeview High School | Nolan Richendollar |
| Lincoln High School | A'lvinia Spicer |
| Lutheran High School North | Delaney Beckett |
| Merritt Academy | Lillian Williard |
| New Haven High School | Nola Ashcraft |
| Parkway Christian School | Evan Mick |
| Paul K. Cousino High School | Matthew White |
| Regina High School | Mia Simon |
| Richmond High School | Emma Shuboy |
| Romeo High School | Brandon Barham |
| Roseville High School | Jacqueline Margaret Brun |
| South Lake High School | Ashley Johnson |
| Utica High School | Luka Jalics |
| Warren Mott High School | Farhana Parvin |
| Warren Woods Tower | Elliott Stansberry |
| Monroe County | |
| Monroe High School | Sarah Taft |
| St. Mary Catholic Central | Noah Smith |
| Oakland County | |
| Academy of the Sacred Heart | Isabelle Burg |
| AGBU Alex & Marie Manoogian School | Hagop Alajajian |
| Avondale High School | Rishabh Chandel |
| Berkley High School | Aurora Sousanis |
| Bishop Foley Catholic High School | Claire Kaptur |
| Bloomfield Hills High School | Aaron Martin |
| Brother Rice High School | Romas Mitrius |
| Clarkston High School | Adam Walsh |
| Detroit Catholic Central High School | Jonah Hurley |
| Detroit Country Day School | Rahul Barpanda |
| Everest Collegiate High School | Nathaniel Beggs |
| Farmington High School | Hammad Tanoli |
| Ferndale High School | Dion Jackson, Jr |
| Hazel Park High School | Jade Rybinski |
| Holly High School | Ellie Butkovich |
| International Academy - West Campus | Hector Benitez Ventura |
| International Academy East | Anay Modi |
| International Academy – Okma | Claire Thompson |
| Lakeland High School | Daniel Haskell II |
| Lake Orion High School | Alayna Rose Tisch |
| Lamphere High School | Kaitlyn Dugan |
| Lutheran High School Northwest | Matthew Gunn |
| Marian High School | Charlotte Mustion |
| Mercy High School | Julia Rea |
| Milford High School | Fletcher Smith |
| North Farmington High School | Yash Mehta |
| Notre Dame Preparatory School | Maria VanDieren |
| Novi Christian Academy | Abigail Sharath |
| Novi High School | Abhishek Vangipuram |
| Oakland Christian School | Anna Frazee |
| Oakland Early College | Alyna Petrov |
| Orchard Lake St. Mary's Prep | Gannon Becker |
| Our Lady of the Lakes | Molly Johnson |
| Rochester Adams High School | Emma MacFarland |
| Rochester High School | Micah Gendich |
| Royal Oak High School | Ethan Stine |
| Seaholm High School | Davis Sheppard |
| Shrine Catholic High School | Olivia Kruszewski |
| South Lyon High School | Layne Malek |
| Southfield Christian School | Kristopher Matthews II |
| Southfield High School for the Arts & Technology | Divinity Davis |
| St. Catherine of Siena Academy | Saran Nimmagadda |
| Stoney Creek High School | Emma Kim |
| The Roeper School | Christopher Michael-Acierno Mojares |
| University High School Academy | Priscilla Chiangong |
| Walled Lake Central High School | Analise Coon |
| Walled Lake Northern High School | Sofia Chehab |
| Walled Lake Western High School | Joel Groves |
| Waterford Kettering High School | Joshua Bishel |
| Waterford Mott High School | Julianna Haviland |
| West Bloomfield High School | Jessica Kroetsch |
| Sanilac County | |
| Carsonville-Port Sanilac High School | Clara Milarch |
| Croswell-Lexington High School | James Elling |
| Deckerville High School | Breanna Pashak |
| Peck High School | Kevin Bower |
| Sandusky Senior High School | Jenna Steeb |
| St. Clair County | |
| Algonac High School | Taylor Reams |
| Anchor Bay High School | Ashley Ortenburg |
| Cardinal Mooney Catholic | Dresden Scott |
| Marine City High School | Madel Humbert |
| Marysville High School | Corbin Delor |
| Memphis High School | Nathan Peters |
| New Life Christian Academy | Elizabeth Rogers |
| Port Huron High School | Amber Acieri |
| Port Huron Northern High School | John Moore |
| St. Clair High School | William Wentrack |
| Yale High School | Samuel Foulks |
| Washtenaw County | |
| Chelsea High School | Evan Myatt Sing |
| Dexter High School | Alex Gilbert |
| Fr. Gabriel Richard High School | Wenxu Zhong |
| Manchester Jr/Sr High School | Elise Tackett |
| Milan High School | Hanna Strimpel |
| Saline High School | Jason Chen |
| Whitmore Lake High School | Luke Kritzman |
| Washtenaw Christian Academy | Peter Jeffery |
| Ypsilanti AC Tech High School | Aminata Kaba |
| Wayne County | |
| Advanced Technology Academy | Janae Garrett |
| Allen Park High School | Donald Liveoak |
| Annapolis High School | Holly Markey |
| Belleville High School | Laura Montgomery |
| Cabrini High School | Joseph Coleman |
| Canton High School | Claire Swadling |
| Cesar Chavez Academy High School | Cel Torres |
| Chandler Park Academy | Chazia Siskowski |
| Clarenceville High School | Haley Gavigan |
| Crestwood High School | Reina Mezher |
| Dearborn High School | Zeinab Zreik |
| Dearborn Edsel Ford High School | Hilal Baydoun |
| Dearborn Public Schools Virtual K-12 | Maymuna Mohamed |
| Detroit Edison Public School Academy | Victoria Hatchett |
| Divine Child High School | Lauren Garcellano |
| Ecorse High School | Keayla Pryor |
| Flat Rock Community High School | Riya Patel |
| Franklin High School | Ava Erickson |
| Gabriel Richard Catholic High School | Juliana Beecham |
| Garden City High School | Grace Jo Konopatzki |
| Grosse Ile High School | Daniel Heilman |
| Grosse Pointe North High School | Noah Dean |
| Grosse Pointe South High School | Shannon G. Dame |
| Hamtramck High School | Nemah AlQosimi |
| Harper Woods High School | Paris Ellis |
| Huron Valley Lutheran High School | Alannah Murphy |
| John Glenn High School | Mikah Simone' Brooks |
| Lincoln Park High School | Sergio Lopez |
| Lincoln-King High School | A'Shone Moore |
| Livonia Stevenson High School | Owen Miller |
| Martin Luther King Senior High School | Asia Peoples |
| Lutheran High School Westland | Nicholas Shollack |
| Melvindale High School | Erica Blaine |
| Northville High School | Sambhav Gupta |
| Oscar A. Carlson High School | Shivam Patel |
| Plymouth Christian Academy | Evan Loiselle |
| Plymouth High School | Vedika Narla |
| Redford Union High School | Jacob Yousif |
| Riverview Community High School | Angelina Hamblin |
| River Rouge High School | DayZhawn Hunt |
| Romulus High School | Elon Burton |
| Salem High School | Emily Ma |
| Southgate Anderson High School | Elana Anderson |
| Star International Academy | Maya Noureddine |
| Summit Academy North High School | Lauren Pistotti |
| Taylor High School | Gia Cook |
| Theodore Roosevelt High School | Noelle Robertson |
| Trenton High School | Steven Zanetti |
| Universal Learning Academy | Aliya Al-Nasih |
| Universal Academy | Muna Nabil Mohamed |
| University Liggett | Bode Neumeister |
| Wayne-Westland Community High School | Nicolas Figueroa |
| Winston Churchill High School | Anna Novak |
| Woodhaven High School | Mandy Chen |
