By CAROLYN ESTES, Leader writer
Oologah senior Brook Wigginton, daughter of Brian and Nicole Wigginton, received one of the state’s top student honors Monday when she was named an Academic All-Stater by the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence.
One hundred students were selected for this distinguished award from 551 nominations statewide.
An outstanding student and active community volunteer, Brook credits a Middle School teacher who exhorted students to always “dig a little deeper,” as the single most memorable force in shaping her academic success and future career plans.
To be nominated, students must meet one of the following criteria: Earn an ACT composite score of at least 30, a combined SAT evidence-based reading, writing, and math score of at least 1340, or be selected as a National Merit, National Achievement, or National Hispanic scholarship seminfinalist.
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Wigginton’s ACT score was 32.
She will receive a $1,000 merit-based scholarship and a medallion to wear at graduation and be recognized at the Foundation’s 31st annual awards banquet May 20 at the Renaissance Tulsa Hotel and Convention Center.
