Breckenridge Texan

Breckenridge High School Principal Paul Armstrong announced the 2025 valedictorian and salutatorian — Antley Rodgers and Timothy Newell, respectively — to the crowd gathered in Bailey Auditorium for the annual awards ceremony on Tuesday, May 13.

Rodgers and Newell were presented with medals and scholarships for their achievements. In all, there were 119 scholarships presented to 36 students for $106,750, Armstrong said.  Additionally, the Buckaroo Awards for Academic Excellence were presented, and those students who qualified for state competitions this year were honored.

The BHS Class of 2025 will graduate on Friday, May 23. The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. in the BISD Athletics Center (the main gym), located at the corner of West Second and North Live Oak streets. The doors will be open at 6 p.m. For those who cannot attend, the ceremony will be livestreamed on the Buckaroo YouTube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/@bisdstreaming8928/streams.

The Breckenridge Bass Club handed out seven $1,000 scholarships at the Breckenridge High School awards ceremony on Tuesday, May 13. The funds were raised through the Bobby Rogers Annual Scholarship Fundraiser Tournament. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)

SCHOLARSHIPS

The scholarships and recipients include:

Valedictorian by InterBank of Breckenridge
Antley Rodgers

Salutatorian by Clear Fork Bank of Breckenridge
Timothy Newell

Adam Nicholas Garcia Ag Memorial Scholarship
KayLee Langford and Kaitlyn Wright

Bobby Anderson Memorial Scholarship
Joni Jackson and Sawyer Wimberley

Breckenridge Bass Club
Jaxon Escalon, Saxon Knust, Joslyn Pedrosa, Maddison Shockley, Kaitlyn Wilson, Sawyer Wimberley and Makayla Wright

Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce Scholarship
MacKenzie Cloud, Joni Jackson, KayLee Langford, Jack McKay and Miley Roberts

Breckenridge Elks Floyd B. Watts Scholarship
Hevelynn Ramirez

Breckenridge FFA Alumni and Supporters
MacKenzie Cloud, Jonie Jackson, KayLee Langford, Jack McKay, Cabel Perkins and Miley Roberts

Breckenridge Golf Scholarship in Memory of Ken Blades
Jack McKay

Breckenridge Lion’s Club Scholarship
Joni Jackson, Malachi Harper and Giselle Reyes

Breckenridge Masonic Lodge Scholarship
Cole Davis and Malachi Harper

Cindi Woodward Breckenridge Buckaroo Cheerleader Scholarship
Solae Mendez, Adriana Perez, Cabel Perkins, Giselle Reyes, Miley Roberts and Karsyn Smalley

Class of 1965 in Memory of Deceased Classmates
Joni Jackson, Kaylee Langford and Cortney Shyann Wickson

Class of 1974
Kyelin Cope, Saxon Knust and Sawyer Wimberley

Class of 1979
Jaxon Escalon

Copperleaf Properties Johnny Lewis Memorial Scholarship
KayLee Langford and Karsyn Smalley

Dee Escalon Scholarship
Jaxson Escalon and Nieko Martinez

First Presbyterian Church
Alejandro Saucedo Jr. and Cortney Shyann Wickson

Friends of Johnny Corbett, Mitchel Sullivan and Ricky Chaney Memorial Scholarship
Emillio Castorena Munoz, Elijah Chisholm, Alejandro Franco and James Riley Noble

Jerry Tubbs Memorial Scholarship
Jack McKay

Johnny Corbett Memorial Scholarship
Cabel Perkins

Jimmy McCullough Memorial Scholarship
Joni Jackson, Adriana Perez and Maddison Shockley

Joe Crousen Memorial Scholarship
Cabel Perkins

John and Kate Bailey Memorial Scholarship
Joni Jackson

Kimberley Brooke Pardue Memorial Scholarship by Lois Smalley
Jack McKay

KLXK/Lance Kitchens Scholarship
Jaxon Escalon and Joni Jackson

Larry Parker Memorial Scholarship
Jaxon Escalon, Joni Jackson, Jack McKay, Karsyn Smalley and Sawyer Wimberley

Little Bucks Volleyball
Miley Roberts

MT7 Ranch Scholarship
Giselle Reyes

Margaret Hallauer Memorial Scholarship
MacKenzie Cloud and Malachi Harper

Marquis Martin Memorial Scholarship
KayLee Langford and Antley Rodgers

Maude Allison Memorial Scholarship
Joni Jackson, KayLee Langford and Maddison Shockley

Mitchel and Terry Sullivan Memorial Scholarship by Rotary Club
Miley Roberts

Owen D. Woodward Memorial Scholarship
Jaxon Escalon, Jack McKay, Miley Roberts, Karsyn Smalley and Sawyer Wimberley

Ray Findlay Memorial Scholarship
Sawyer Wimberley

Ray Meadows and Jackie Grissom Memorial Scholarship
Emillio Castorena Munoz and Miley Roberts

Ron Downing Memorial Scholarship by Rotary Club
Jaxon Escalon

Rotary Club Academic Excellence Scholarship
Timothy Newell

Rotary Club BISD General Scholarship
Giselle Reyes and Alejandro Saucedo Jr.

Rotary Club and Coffee State Farm Scholarship
Joni Jackson

Rotary Club Sam Baber TSTC Scholarship
Maria Duran

Shalon Taylor Wilson Memorial Scholarship
KayLee Langford

Stephens County Farm Bureau Scholarship
KayLee Langford, Cabel Perkins and Miley Roberts

Stephens County Junior Livestock Show
Joni Jackson and Miley Roberts

Stephens County 4-H
Joni Jackson

Stephens Memorial Hospital Foundation Scholarship
Adriana Perez, Jayden Martinez and Maddison Shockley

STUCO Leadership Award
John Sackett

Suicide Awareness in Memory of Jimmy Jimenez and Anthony Pineda
Teresa Houdek and Solae Mendez

Tanner Ray French Memorial Scholarship
Haley Graham, KayLee Langford and Cortney Shyann Wickson

Theater Scholarship by Marlene Tubbs
Haley Graham

This Is My Texas Art Contest Scholarship by Ron Hoover RV & Marine Center
Karsyn Smalley

WINGS Scholarship
Emillio Castorena, Timothy Newell and Hevelynn Ramirez

Weldon Edwards Memorial Scholarship
Jaxon Escalon

Woman’s Forum Scholarship
Miley Roberts

Cindi Woodward presented the Cindi Woodward Breckenridge Buckaroo Cheerleader Scholarship to six seniors on this year’s BHS cheerleading team. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)

BUCKAROO AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

The Buckaroo Award for Academic Excellence is earned by students taking honors classes and maintaining a specific GPA. Freshmen and sophomores must take at least one honors class and have a 3.5 GPA. Juniors must take at least two honors classes and have a 3.6 GPA, and seniors must take at least two honors classes and have a 3.65 GPA.

This year’s Buckaroo Awards for Academic Excellence were given to the following:

Seniors
Alyssa Contreras, Carson Duran, Malachi Harper, Teresa Houdek, Joni Jackson, Saxon Knust, Kaylee Langford, Jack McKay, Timothy Newell, Cabel Perkins, Giselle Reyes, Miley Roberts, Antley Rodgers, John Sackett, Alejandro Saucedo, Ruthie Valdez, Sawyer Wimberley and Makayla Wright

Juniors
Josiah Acosta, William Bry Armstrong, Lane Bartoskewitz, Kason Burchett, Julio Chavez, Shaley Cone, Cameron David, Abbigail Duran, Jeremiah Eddleman, Christian Flores, Michael Harrison, Jack Kemper, Preslie Malcuit, Victoria Martinez, Darin Neely, Luis Palacios, Alyssa Phelps, Briley Powers, Raegan Robinson, Lizandra Rubio, Ava Russell, Adrian Saucedo and Dyanna Walker

Sophomores
Madai Alvarado, John-Douglas Beaty, Isabelle Biddison, Tommy Barrow, Brayden Bounds, Kelsie Brazile, Sue Dawson, Christopher Douthit, Aubrie Drake, Kasen Ferguson, Rylee Fuller, Kadynce Kennedy, Christian Lechner, Braeden Marshall, Emma McIntosh, Leonardo Mendoza, Dirk Miller, Sylee Mitchell, Kendra Palacios, Melissa Palacios, Gunnar Pearce, Collom Perkins, Ramses Picaso, Damien Reynolds, Eduardo Salazar, Canyon Shirley, Emery Smith, Traeger Stark, Dylan Tidwell, Hudson Woodward and Matthew Wunsch

Freshmen
Kenzie Blackman, Rachel Burchett, Aurora Dawson, Jordan Deen, Abbigail Diaz, Rihana Fuller, Brenna Groene, Paisley Herring, Emily Jones, Aiden Luna, Abraham Martinez, Kayla Nickell, Stella Ray, Patricia Reyes, Gabrielle Smith, Logan Thompson, Kamden Tidwell, Brenham Walker, Cooper Wimberley, Timothy Wright, Magdalynn Wunsch and Slayden Young

STATE COMPETITORS

The state competitors for the 2024-2025 school year include:

Band
Trip Barrow, John-Douglas Beaty, Alyssa Contreras, Aurora Dawson, Sue Dawson, Nicholas Delacruz, Abbigail Duran, Malachi Harper, Reyse Hash, Isaac Hernandez, Teresa Houdek, Jack Kemper, Everett McCormick, Dirk Miller, Gabryel Moore, Anthony Munoz, Xavier Ortiz, Joslyn Pedroza, Alyssa Phelps, Briley Powers, Ulises Pulagrin Hernandez, Adrian Saucedo, Gabrielle Smith, Dakota Sullivan, Kacey Walker, Kaitlyn Wilson, Makayla Wright and Matthew Wunsch

FCCLA
Madai Alvarado, Kendra Palacios, Melissa Palacios, Emery Smith, Sylee Mitchell, Gabrielle Smith, Kasey Walker, Kelsie Brazile, Emily Morin, Alana Williams, Brenna Groene and Gillian Wood

Cross Country
Chance Stewart

Powerlifting
Isabelle Biddison, Maria Duran, Rihana Fuller, Rylee Fuller, Lasavier Gutierrez, Joni Jackson, Sofia Lopez, Jack McKay, Ashlyn Owen, Cabel Perkins and Nathan Roberts

Range Evaluation and Management CDE
Kason Burchett, Lizandra Rubio, Jose Torales and Timothy Kole Wright

Cotton Evaluation and Management CDE
Rihana Fuller, Rylee Fuller and Reyse Hash

Forage Evaluation CDE
Kason Burchett, Sylee Mitchell and Timothy Kole Wright

Plant ID
Kason Burchett, Rachel Burchett and Dustic Lowrey

Cheer
Lane Bartoskewitz, Yanet Benitez, Kenzie Blackman, Teagan Deen, Aubrey Diaz, Aubrie Drake, Caegan Elder, Emily Jones, Kadynce Kennedy, Sofia Lopez, Dustic Lowrey, Solae Mendez, Ashlyn Owen, Analia Palacios, Kendra Palacios, Adriana Perez, Cabel Perkins, Collum Perkins, Giselle Reyes, Miley Roberts, Ava Russell, Karsyn Smalley, Kaisan Thompson, Dylan Tidwell and Kamden Tidwell

Cutline, top photo: Antley Rodgers, left, and Timothy Newell display their scholarship certificates for valedictorian (Rodgers) and salutatorian (Newell) during the 2025 Breckenridge High School awards ceremony. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)