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Congratulations to the 2026 McKinney ISD Distinguished Student Award recipients! These 45 remarkable seniors from McKinney Boyd, McKinney High School and McKinney North exemplify the best of McKinney ISD! The Distinguished Student Award is the highest honor that McKinney ISD bestows upon a student!

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Congratulations to the 2026 McKinney ISD Distinguished Students and their Inspirational Teachers!


English Honors
Geneviève de Gaalon — McKinney Boyd High School — English
Inspirational Teacher — Stefanie McCarthy

Samantha Sneller — McKinney High School — English
Inspirational Teacher — Ricardo Sneller

Anna Largaespada Castillo — McKinney North High School — English
Inspirational Teacher — Tara Zappe


Science Honors
Namasvi Patel — McKinney Boyd High School — Science
Inspirational Teacher — Kerry Roy

Zachary Neverdousky — McKinney High School — Science
Inspirational Teacher — Rhea Nordberg

Shreya Chougule — McKinney North High School — Science
Inspirational Teacher — Faisal Khan


Social Studies Honors
Hebbah Hussain — McKinney Boyd High School — Social Studies
Inspirational Teacher — Mikaela Schababerle

Andrew Indrea — McKinney High School — Social Studies
Inspirational Teacher — Richard McGowan

Riley Morriss — McKinney North High School — Social Studies
Inspirational Teacher — Stephanie Cusack


Mathematics Honors
Brylee Weisz — McKinney Boyd High School — Mathematics
Inspirational Teacher — Amy Heischman

Taro Higuchi — McKinney High School — Mathematics
Inspirational Teacher — Robert Mierow

Cayden Rios — McKinney North High School — Mathematics
Inspirational Teacher — Erica Trammell


Career & Technology Honors
Oliver Miller — McKinney Boyd High School — Career & Technology
Inspirational Teacher — James Martin

Samantha Moses — McKinney High School — Career & Technology
Inspirational Teacher — Jacob Parr

Isabelle Procaccini — McKinney North High School — Career & Technology
Inspirational Teacher — Jacob Mannis


Foreign Language Honors
Zaynah Farah — McKinney Boyd High School — Foreign Language
Inspirational Teacher — Mikaela Schababerle

Alicia Akinola — McKinney High School — Foreign Language
Inspirational Teacher — Gregory Shields

Nellie Romanchenko — McKinney North High School — Foreign Language
Inspirational Teacher — Lizbeth Testa


Fine Arts Honors

Andrea Dingui — McKinney Boyd High School — Fine Arts
Inspirational Teacher — Vanessa Santamaria

Addison Kinnon — McKinney Boyd High School — Fine Arts
Inspirational Teacher — Caris Dunn

Evie Miller — McKinney Boyd High School — Fine Arts
Inspirational Teacher — Samuel Thomas


Zalana Aguillard — McKinney High School — Fine Arts
Inspirational Teacher — Jeffrey Harvick

Drew Dossett — McKinney High School — Fine Arts
Inspirational Teacher — Jessica Lawrence

Ryan Hoppe — McKinney High School — Fine Arts
Inspirational Teacher — Ryan Kuster


Camila Alvarez Reyna — McKinney North High School — Fine Arts
Inspirational Teacher — Elizabeth Wright

William Ruthardt — McKinney North High School — Fine Arts
Inspirational Teacher — Connor Vaughn

Warner Yan — McKinney North High School — Fine Arts
Inspirational Teacher — Lamar Smith


Athletics Honors

Oliver Bryant — McKinney Boyd High School — Athletics
Inspirational Teacher — Chris Walker

Ava Simpson — McKinney Boyd High School — Athletics
Inspirational Teacher — Katie Abel

Johnny Allen — McKinney High School — Athletics
Inspirational Teacher — Ralph Rubalcaba

Keira Gallegos — McKinney High School — Athletics
Inspirational Teacher — Kristi Hager

Danny Forrester — McKinney North High School — Athletics
Inspirational Teacher — Jeffrey Sher

Gabriella Rodriguez — McKinney North High School — Athletics
Inspirational Teacher — Libby Rodriguez


At-Large Honors

Caleb McCoulskey — McKinney Boyd High School — At-Large
Inspirational Teacher — Amy Harrington

EmilyKate Eckenrode — McKinney Boyd High School — At-Large
Inspirational Teacher — Stefani Gundel

Daniel Nwaekwe — McKinney High School — At-Large
Inspirational Teacher — Mark Bayer

Danielle Howard — McKinney High School — At-Large
Inspirational Teacher — Cindy Erhart

Aiden Trusty — McKinney North High School — At-Large
Inspirational Teacher — David Drueckhammer

Elijah Trusty — McKinney North High School — At-Large
Inspirational Teacher — Jessica Richards


Salutatorian Honors
Keira Bose — McKinney Boyd High School — Salutatorian
Inspirational Teacher — Jennifer Quigley

Carson Holland — McKinney High School — Salutatorian
Inspirational Teacher — Theresa Horvath

Sophie Yu — McKinney North High School — Salutatorian
Inspirational Teacher — Erica Trammell


Valedictorian Honors
Cole Wakefield — McKinney Boyd High School — Valedictorian
Inspirational Teacher — Megan Hart

Kammie Kristufek — McKinney High School — Valedictorian
Inspirational Teacher — Ryan Newhouse

Rafaela Zentner — McKinney North High School — Valedictorian
Inspirational Teacher — Lizbeth Testa