Brightest and Best is WXYZ's 45-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.
Brightest and Best is sponsored by Michigan Achievement Scholarship, Giroux Pappas Trial Attorneys, MESP and Meemic Insurance.
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Brightest and Best Class of 2024 - Last Names A-G
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School Name | Student name and profile |
| Lapeer County | |
| Almont High School | Grace Laura |
| Dryden Senior High School | Aiden Fitchett |
| Imlay City High School | Elliot Whitney |
| North Branch High School | Brendan Barkowska |
| Livingston County | |
| Brighton High School | Louis Frederick |
| Charyl Stockwell Preparatory Academy | Joel Bretzlaff |
| Fowlerville High School | Isaiah Beach |
| Hartland High School | Ashlynn Mulka |
| Kensington Woods High School | Jessica Phillips |
| Livingston Classical Academy | Sophia Lewis |
| Macomb County | |
| Adlai Stevenson High School | Michael Binkowski |
| Center Line High School | Jaiden Fizia |
| Chippewa Valley High School | Liela Elizabeth Yazjie |
| Clintondale High School | Lazarrius Abner |
| Dakota High School | Simon Davis |
| De La Salle Collegiate High School | Cameron Conklin |
| Eastpointe High School | Ta'Leah Butler |
| Eisenhower High School | Devansh Shah |
| Fitzgerald High School | Shifa Khanom |
| Fraser High School | Noah Tonn |
| Henry Ford II High School | Samantha Yantus |
| International Academy of Macomb | Marcus Bosca |
| L'Anse Creuse High School | Nathan Champ |
| L'Anse Creuse High School - North | Claire Allison |
| Lake Shore High School | Thomas Kulpa |
| Lakeview High School | Andrew Pillars |
| Lincoln High School | Dijon Wallace |
| Lutheran High School North | Thomas Phillips |
| Merritt Academy | Madison Pary |
| New Haven High School | Dario Hoxha |
| Parkway Christian School | Jillian Hulley |
| Paul K. Cousino High School | Kayfa Zewan |
| Regina High School | Gianna Switalski |
| Richmond High School | Abby Dobrasko |
| Romeo High School | Sophia Sunderlik |
| Roseville High School | Jade M. Sanders |
| South Lake High School | Victoria Ekutu |
| Utica High School | Harjot Singh |
| Warren Mott High School | Grace Havern |
| Warren Woods Tower | Alexis Peters |
| Monroe County | |
| Airport High School | Jocelynn Jondro |
| Monroe High School | Christopher Stein |
| St. Mary Catholic Central | Sierra Goins |
| Oakland County | |
| Academy of the Sacred Heart | Morgan McNally |
| AGBU Alex & Marie Manoogian School | Erika Dafterdarian |
| Avondale High School | Bianca Chandel |
| Berkley High School | Elie Schulz |
| Bishop Foley Catholic High School | Steven Kenny |
| Bloomfield Hills High School | Benjamin Saperstein |
| Brother Rice High School | Nicholas Hulgrave |
| Clarkston High School | Matthew Taverna |
| Detroit Country Day School | Steven Fu |
| Everest Collegiate High School | Ravi Kiran Iyer |
| Farmington High School | Sanjana Datla |
| Ferndale High School | Logan Stoll |
| Groves High School | Michael Dolan |
| Hazel Park High School | Ryleigh Hallas |
| International Academy - West Campus | Pranav Polapragada |
| International Academy East | Niveditha Chandrakanth |
| International Academy – Okma | Anna Fischer |
| Lakeland High School | Hannah Wegner |
| Lake Orion High School | Jack Logsdon |
| Lamphere High School | Kathy Vu |
| Lutheran High School Northwest | Nathan Halstead |
| Marian High School | Molly O'Brien |
| Mercy High School | Alexis Rounds |
| Milford High School | Priyanka Patel |
| North Farmington High School | Bjorn Brolin-Olson |
| Novi Christian Academy | Isaac Cosma |
| Novi High School | Srikar Nelakuditi |
| Oak Park High School | Riley Coleman |
| Oakland Christian School | Jack Klein |
| Oakland Early College | Niko Speck |
| Orchard Lake St. Mary's Prep | Kyle Kavc |
| Our Lady of the Lakes | Jack Romkema |
| Rochester High School | Zayn Baig |
| Rochester Adams High School | Shifan Saeed |
| Royal Oak High School | Natalie Forsyth |
| Seaholm High School | Ian Pahuja |
| Shrine Catholic High School | Alice Mikula |
| South Lyon High School | Jessica Sarrach |
| South Lyon East High School | Sneha Patel |
| Southfield Christian School | Julie Webber |
| St. Catherine of Siena Academy | Therese Prince |
| The Roeper School | Johnathan Dinneweth |
| Troy High School | Kush Parikh |
| Walled Lake Central High School | Matthew Berkovich |
| Walled Lake Northern High School | Ryann Hunt |
| Walled Lake Western High School | Alyssa Paolicchi |
| Waterford Kettering High School | Hailee Milmine |
| Waterford Mott High School | Megan Riley |
| West Bloomfield High School | Caeden Kidd |
| Sanilac County | |
| Carsonville-Port Sanilac High School | Audrey Brabant |
| Croswell-Lexington High School | Chelsea Pomaville |
| Deckerville High School | Guy Phillips |
| Peck High School | Lauren Eager |
| Sandusky Senior High School | Adalee Kaufman |
| St. Clair County | |
| Algonac High School | Griffin Melrorse |
| Anchor Bay High School | Nolan Connolly |
| Capac Jr/Sr High School | Emma Ebner |
| Cardinal Mooney Catholic | Henry Grace |
| Marine City High School | Allison Kuzera |
| Marysville High School | Eryn Collard |
| Memphis High School | Jack Tomaszek |
| Port Huron High School | Holden Kuempel |
| Port Huron Northern High School | Phoebe Muir |
| St. Clair High School | Ethan Zhang |
| Yale High School | Alexander Bullard |
| Washtenaw County | |
| Chelsea High School | Lillian Snyder |
| Dexter High School | Zachary Devivo |
| Fr. Gabriel Richard High School | Angelo Ciarelli |
| Milan High School | Claire Baker |
| Whitmore Lake High School | Savannah Gardner |
| Washtenaw Christian Academy | Kobe Spence |
| Ypsilanti AC Tech High School | Sham Ghrbal |
| Wayne County | |
| Advanced Technology Academy | DaNia Womack |
| Allen Park High School | Amanda Abraham |
| Annapolis High School | Ibrahim Ala |
| Cabrini High School | Stephen Schumm |
| Canton High School | Jason Zhang |
| Cesar Chavez Academy High School | Kimberly Vega-Hernandez |
| Chandler Park Academy | Ayana Thomas |
| Clarenceville High School | Abby Budgery |
| Crestwood High School | Maher Harp |
| Dearborn High School | Cassian Anderson |
| Dearborn Edsel Ford High School | Khadeja Rizvi |
| Detroit Edison Public School Academy | Bailey Pickens |
| Divine Child High School | Lauren Postl |
| Flat Rock Community High School | Anna Klein |
| Fordson High School | Hassan Kassem |
| Franklin High School | Katie Thiele |
| Gabriel Richard Catholic High School | Natalie Neubecker |
| Garden City High School | Ava Rose Krzywdzinski |
| Grosse Ile High School | Hanna Hargrove |
| Grosse Pointe North High School | Julia A. Liagre |
| Grosse Pointe South High School | Madeline Kitchen |
| Harper Woods High School | Alayah Coleman |
| Henry Ford Academy | Quentin Van Andel |
| Hope Christian Academy | Ashley Beeskow |
| Huron High School | Lila Clements |
| John Glenn High School | Elijah Watson |
| Lee M. Thurston High School | Paige Schalk |
| Lincoln-King High School | Shawntia Campbell |
| Lincoln Park High School | Aria Denlar-O'Dea |
| Livonia Stevenson High School | Brynlee Hass |
| Lutheran High School Westland | Mallory McCall |
| Martin Luther King Senior High School | Tanesha Griffin |
| Northville High School | Mahek Verma |
| Oscar A. Carlson High School | Arianna Pate |
| Plymouth Christian Academy | Evan Southerland |
| Plymouth High School | Gautam Kiran |
| Redford Union High School | Jayla Wilson |
| Renaissance High School | Christian Sanders |
| Riverview Community High School | Camden Stec |
| River Rouge High School | Thomas Trotter |
| Robichaud High School | Cierra Jones |
| Salem High School | Jaya Choudhary |
| Southgate Anderson High School | Kate Grabowski |
| Star International Academy | Ahmed Jawad |
| Summit Academy North High School | Zachary Cole |
| Taylor High School | Kay Youmans |
| Taylor Virtual Learning Academy | Selma Alhalmi |
| Theodore Roosevelt High School | D'Nyria Forris |
| Trenton High School | Blake Chesney |
| Universal Learning Academy | Fatima Al-Akaeshy |
| Universal Academy | Farah Mohamed |
| University Prep Arts and Design High School | Kelvin Slaughter |
| University Liggett | Ella Henness |
| Wayne Memorial High School | Crystal Phan |
| Winston Churchill High School | Elizabeth Sullivan |
| Woodhaven High School | Samarah Saggers |
