05/20/2026
After earning an outstanding scholarship total reaching over $6 million in merit scholarships, 24 seniors received their diplomas May 17 from All Saints Episcopal School in a Commencement exercise at 2 p.m. in the Buddy Holly Hall.
The Class Valedictorian and Salutatorian were honored during the graduation ceremony. Angelia Chen Liu is the 2026 Valedictorian with a cumulative GPA of 5.2053. Deklan Enoch White is the 2026 Salutatorian with a cumulative GPA of 5.1932
Valedictorian Angelia Chen Liu is a College Board National Merit Scholar and the daughter of Endi and Christie Liu. She will attend The University of Texas at Austin where she was accepted into the prestigious McCombs School of Business and will participate in the Canfield Honors Program where she plans to major in Business Marketing.
Salutatorian Deklan Enoch White plans to attend Texas A& M University where he will be a
member of The Honors Academy. He will be enrolled in the College of Arts and Science and will major in Geographic Information Science and Technology. He is the son of Dr. Steven and Mrs. Elizabeth White.
The 24 members of the Class of 2026 have proven to be exceptional because most of the class earned acceptance into their first-choice college and collectively earned a record-breaking $6,047,905 million in merit scholarships. In addition, four students were named as College Board National Commended Scholars (Leonardo Sebastian Cervera, Octavio Gabriel Cervera, Benjamin Luke Kunkov, and Angelia Chen Liu). Deklan Enoch White was the Good Citizen Award recipient from the Nancy Anderson Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). Two seniors signed collegiate athletic scholarships: Zachary Jaden Craven will play soccer at Wayland Baptist University while Jack Addison Gibbs will play soccer in Georgia at Young Harris College.
Student Body President senior Nathaneal Gantt Bumstead served as emcee of the student-led Commencement. Senior Harper Ann Burrell offered the invocation. Seniors Benjamin Luke Kunkov and Kathleen Jane St. Clair each presented speeches.
Head of School Robert Brashear and Board of Trustees Vice Chairman Becca Moss presented the diplomas to the 24 seniors while Upper School Counselor Gwen Belk and Upper School Division Head Colin Madding presented the senior roll call.
The Class of 2026 was accepted into 78 universities: Abilene Christian University, Auburn University, Arizona State University, Baylor University, Belhaven University, Belmont University, Boston College, Boston University, Carnegie Mellon University, Clemson University, Case Western University, College of Charleston, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Fordham University, George Washington University, Hardin Simmons University, High Point University, Lakeland University. Lamar University, Lenoir Rhyne University, Louisiana State University, Liberty University, Lubbock Christian University, McMurray University, Metropolitan State University, Miami University, Michigan State University, Michigan University at Rochester, Montana State University, New York University, Northern Arizona University, Northwestern University, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Oral Roberts University, Pennsylvania State University, Oklahoma State University, Oral Roberts University, Pepperdine University, Purdue University, Sam Houston State University, San Diego State University, Schreiner University, Southern Methodist University, Southwestern University, Stephen F. Austin State University, Temple University, Texas A & M University, Texas Christian University, Texas State University, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Honors College, The University of Alabama, The University of Arkansas,
The University of Arizona, The University of California at Santa Barbara, The University of California at Santa Cruz, The University of Georgia, The University of Houston, The University of Kansas, The University of Michigan, The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, The University of Mississippi, The University of Montana, The University of North Texas, The University of San Francisco, The University of Oklahoma, The University of Tennessee, The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Texas at Dallas, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Trinity University, University of Arkansas, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Florida, University of Miami, University of Oregon, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Wayland Baptist University, Young Harris College.
Eleven students are leaving Texas to attend school: Johns Hopkins University (Leonardo Sebastian Cervera); Carnagie Mellon University (Octavio Gabriel Cervera), Young Harris College (Jack Addison Gibbs), Pennsylvania State University (Heidi Louise Helderlein), Northwestern University (Benjamin Luke Kunkov), Purdue University (Andreas Domingo Sizer), The University of California at Santa Barbara (Adelaide Green Underwood), The University of Oklahoma (Beckham Douglas Winter), and The University of Tennessee (Joy Blair Wischmeyer), with two seniors attending the University of Miami (Isabelle Rocio Hildalgo and Sofia Elizabeth Martinez).
Nine students will attend school somewhere in Texas other than Lubbock: Trinity University (Harper Ann Burrell), Texas Christian University (Nathanael Gantt Bumstead), Wayland Baptist University (Zachary Jaden Craven), The University of Texas at San Antonio (Willem Josef Duemer), The University of Texas (Angelia Chen Liu), Baylor University (Kathleen Jane St. Clair), Southern Methodist University (Emma Cathryn Lane), with two students attending Texas A&M University (Deklan Enoch White and Anna Isabel Lipe).
The remaining four students have decided to stay in Lubbock to attend Texas Tech University (Erin Morgan Brodbeck, Dylan Thomas Caffey, Aiden Riley Griffith, and Kingston Zachary Jimenez.)
Five of the graduates are enrolled in the Honors Colleges in their chosen schools.
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