UCS students honored at Macomb County academic banquet

Utica Community Schools had a great night at the 2026 All-Academic Team banquet with our graduates’ representing approximately 50 percent in the honors awarded that evening. Students were selected as among the county’s “best and brightest” in the county.⠀
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UCS had 29 of 58 students selected for the All-Academic Team. In addition, the program honored 25 students as the top graduates in the county. UCS had 7 of 20 students selected for this All-Academic Dream Team. Two UCS students received $1,000 scholarship for their overall leadership.
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The program is sponsored each year by the Macomb Intermediate School District, the Macomb County Principal’s Association and the Macomb Daily. The students were honored at a banquet on April 28.⠀

Congratulations to the following students:

• Zachary Bishop 
• Andrew Dean 
• Alexis Gabriel 
• Jack Luckino 
• John Murphy 
• Kayla Nightingale 
• Troy Thomas 
• Kristal Youhana 
• Layla Bajric 
• Vito Pantalena*
• Mohammad Abd 
• Skyla Barbu 
• Dron Datta*
• Anjali Ganeshkumar 
• Yara Abu Zraineh 
• Daniel Buzdugan* 
• Nolan Gorlewski 
• Megan Mangalathat 
• Surya Nair*
• Michael Oommen 
• Alexandria Philip 
• Arianne Seno 
• Joel Zoto*
• Oscar Catarino*
• Marwan Hassan*
• Ahmed Hussein 
• Samuel John
• Nathaniel Rineer 
• Alex Thielen 

* Member of 2025-26 All-Academic Dream Team