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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 |
