Congrats to the 2026 Evening of Excellence winners!

Grayson College celebrated the following students at the Evening of Excellence ceremony on April 30. All winners are nominated by Grayson College employees. Congratulations!

Excellence in Arts & Humanities

• Excellence in Art
  • Ravio Rader
  • Elizabeth Morris
• Spirit of Excellence in Art
  • Corey Maldonado
• Excellence in Communications
  • Karis Guilloud
• Spirit of Excellence in Communications
  • Jessica Kingery
• Excellence in English
  • Jennie Maxfeldt
  • Steven Skinner
• Excellence in Government
  • Amanda Turner-Baggarly
• Excellence in History
  • Sara Reed
  • Faith Gullett
• Excellence in Music
  • Rory Mclaughlin
  • Dacoda Kennedy
• Excellence in Philosophy
  • Jillian Bayer
• Excellence in Psychology
  • Loren Colley
  • Madison Viers
• Spirit of Excellence in Psychology
  • Amanda Turner-Baggarly
• Excellence in Theatre
  • Jay Hill
  • Leighanna Slagle
• Spirit of excellence in theatre
  • Kodi Prestage

Excellence in Business & Entrepreneurship

• Excellence in Accounting
  • Emily Latham
• Excellence in Administrative Professional
  • Alexander Connors
• Excellence in Advanced Pastry
  • Elizabth Osuna Yates
  • Alan Gonzalez
• Spirit of Excellence in Advanced Pastry
  • Jacob Martin
• Excellence in Barber
  • Oscar Solomon Gomez Jr.
• Excellence in Business Administration
  • Layla Sons
  • Abhinab Dhungana
• Excellence in Business & Management
  • Kaylen Atchley
• Spirit of Excellence in Business & Management
  • Danyeil Townzen
• Excellence in Culinary Arts
  • Riley Wright
  • Yuselmy Jimenez
• Spirit of Excellence in Culinary Arts
  • Lex Rowe
• Excellence in Cosmetology
  • Jera Moore
• Spirit of Excellence in Cosmetology
  • McKenley Clay
• Excellence in Cosmetology Esthetics
  • Jamie Lacey
• Excellence in Cosmetology Nail Technician
  • Nathasha Bissett Hernandez

Excellence in Health Science

• Excellence in Dental Assisting
  • Andrea Hernandez Flores
  • Paige Hix
• Spirit of Excellence in LVN
  • Samantha Vandeventer
• Excellence in Medical Lab Tech
  • Samantha Nydam
  • Cal Coyner
• Excellence in Patient Care Technician
  • Marelee Fraga
• Spirit of Excellence in RN
  • Khadim Lo
• Excellence in Surgical Technology 
  • Kynzie Reaves
  • Anastasia Mattoon
• Spirit of Excellence in Surgical Technology
  • Taffi Evans

Excellence in Industrial Technologies

• Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing
  • Jackson Platt
• Excellence in Computer Aided Drafting & Design
  • Annette Fields
• Excellence in Electrical Engineering Technology
  • Justin Burk
  • Domingo Espinosa
• Spirit of Excellence in Electrical Engineering Technology
  • Isaac Baldridge
• Spirit of Excellence in HART
  • Carter Montgomery
  • Noe Gonzalez
• Excellence in Truck Driving
  • Austin Jasper Martinez
• Excellence in Welding
  • Jonathan Jahan
  • Logan Hoskins
• Spirit of Excellence in Welding
  • Cameron Moore

Excellence in Public Service

• Excellence in Child Development
  • Emily Gonzalez
• Spirit of Excellence in Child Development
  • Virginia Romero
• Excellence in Criminal Justice
  • Esteban Trevino
• Spirit of Excellence in Criminal Justice
  
  • Dawn Hix
• Excellence in Early Childhood Education
  • Loni Conner
• Spirit of Excellence in Early Childhood Education
  
  • Analy Villafana
• Excellence in Education
  • Hailey Trainor
• Spirit of Excellence in Education
  • Alejandro Arguello
• Spirit of Excellence in Police Academy
  • Kendra Johnson

Excellence in STEM

• Excellence in Agricultural Science
  • Elijah Harkless
• Excellence in Chemistry (General)
  • Warren Farmer
• Excellence in Chemistry (Organic)
  • Lacy Baxter
• Excellence in Cloud Computing
  • Jonathan Adams
• Excellence in Computer Maintenance and Networking Technology
  • Jaden Cooper
• Excellence in Cybersecurity
  • Aidan Cornett
• Excellence in Life Science
  • Rita Yurchenko
  • Bryce Tarpley
• Excellence in Mathematics 
  • Anish Sharma
  • Bryce Tarpley
• Spirit of Excellence in Mathematics 
  • Keren Uveda
• Excellence in Natural Science
  • Jay Stephens
  • Fatima Vazquez
• Excellence in Pre-Nursing (AP1, AP2, Micro)
  • Melissa Banks
  • Taylor Hardy
• Excellence in University Physics
  • Erin Smith
  • Keren Uveda
• Spirit of Excellence in Viticulture and Enology
  • Rolf Kotulla

TRIO SSS Graduation Certificates and Cords

• Comfort Hanson
• Regina King
• Yolanda Moss
• Jean Reyna
• Julia Villanueva

Presidential Student Ambassadors Graduation Certificates and Cords

• Abigail Murr
• Kristin Donho
• Carly Carden

Outstanding Student Athletes

• Jordan Williams (MBB)
• IV Jackson (WBB)
• Kennan McNeil (esports)
• Riley Mays (Softball)
• Gracie White (Cheer)

Student Veteran Award

• Johnathon Hooten, U.S. Army
• Tobias Scheibmeir, U.S. Army
• Jonah Scheibmeir, U.S. Marine Corps
• Osvaldo Melchor, U.S. Marine Corps

Excellence in Leadership Award

• Ian Creswell
• Jaclyn Draegar
• Angel Dugosh
• Micha Duke
• John Navarro
• Harrison Patterson
• Leonie Rossberg
• Layla Sons
• Ayden Sulley
• Nathan Wilkins
• Erica Wilson

Rising Viking Award

• Justin Brandt

Perseverance Award

• April Waters

Trailblazer Award

• Elizabeth Osuna-Yates

Golden Axe Award

• Jefferson Martinez
• Serena Summers

Work-Study of the Year

• Brooke Cappel