Jacob Gregory Draaisma III
Jacob is the son of Jake and Allison Draaisma. He has been involved in varsity basketball, varsity tennis, cross country, and track. He is a member of the National Honor Society and Student Council where he served as vice president.
Jacob earned conference runner-up and regional champion honors in tennis, was a conference champion and state qualifier in cross country and a 1600 Meter conference runner up and state qualifier in track.
He is a member of Teens Against Tobacco Use and lists being able to qualify for state in his first year of track and cross country as his greatest achievements in high school.
He enjoys running, biking, swimming, video games, watching movies and playing card games.
Jacob will attend Chicago State University to major in pre-physical therapy and then attend another university to obtain his PT degree. He will also be running cross country and track at CSU.
Aidan Dudik
Aidan is the son of George and Erica Dudik. His school activities have included being a member of National Honor Society, Student Council, Student section leader, varsity tennis, junior-varsity basketball, Teens Against Tobacco Use, and being a donor for the American Red Cross blood drives.
His honors and awards include earning all-conference honors in tennis for the OK Gold Conference and being recognized by the Rotary Club for his tennis achievements. He also earned highest honors in 9th-12th grades.
Aidan has also been busy outside of school with the United Way Day of Caring, serving as a youth basketball referee, youth basketball coach, youth golf and Bible study. He enjoys golf, tennis, basketball, video games and reading.
He lists his greatest accomplishment in high school as being able to teach 4th graders about the dangers of tobacco and nicotine through TATU. He also lists earning all-conference honors in tennis as a memorable accomplishment.
Aidan plans to attend Michigan State Honors College to study business and finance.
Kylee Hoebeke
Kylee is the daughter of Mike and Erin Hoebeke. She has been a member of varsity volleyball, softball, NHS where she served as vice president, marching and symphonic band, Fellowship of Christian Athletes huddle leader, Linkers, Teens Against Tobacco Use, Student Athlete Leadership Team, Student Advisory Council and Student Council.
She earned all conference, all district, all region and honorable mention all state in softball.
Outside of school she has been active with youth softball lessons, TK sports camps and blood drives.
Her hobbies include softball and playing travel softball with the Indiana Bombers, running, lifting and reading.
She lists her greatest accomplishment at TKHS as earning honorable mention all state as a shortstop during her junior year in high school and helping establish an official FCA huddle at TK.
Kylee will attend Grand Valley State University where she will continue playing softball while studying exercise science with a focus on pre-physical therapy. She plans to go on to a graduate program for physical therapy.
Evan Liu
Evan is the son of Yong Qin Liu and Li Fang Liu. His school activities include tennis, golf, and track teams, BPA where he served as president, Student Council where he served as president, and National Honor Society.
He has been a member of the Youth Advisory Council and served as president for three years. He has also served as a board member of the Barry Community Foundation for two years and worked at this family restaurant, China Kitchen. He has been involved in the 2025 Leadership Barry County Cohort and Circle of Giving.
His hobbies include playing golf and tennis, hanging out with friends, playing cards and playing Rainbow Six Siege.
His greatest accomplishment at TKHS was earning a first-place rating in BPA at the state competition and qualifying for BPA national competition twice. He is also proud of receiving the AP Scholar Award with Distinction in his junior year, leading assemblies and school events for student council and graduating at the top of his class.
Evan will attend Harvard University to major in economics and minor in computer science.
Will Nathan
Will is the son of Benjamin Nathan and Nancy McClear. He has been a member of soccer and golf teams, and National Honor Society. He also earned a first-place award in the state MITES competition.
He has been a member of the Youth Advisory Council for five years, Circle of Giving, and Leadership Barry County.
He enjoys golf, hanging out with friends and family, and playing cards. He lists his greatest accomplishment in high school as earning a 2024 AP Scholar with Honor award.
Nathan will attend the University of Michigan to study mechanical engineering.
Kameron Nichols
Kameron is the son of Lee and Amy Nichols. He was a member of the varsity tennis team where he earned all conference honors three years, was a singles conference champion, earned academic all state and all state honorable mention his senior year and was the Holland Invitational champion his senior year and the Hamilton Invitational champion his junior and senior year. He is also a member of the National Honor Society.
He has been a middle school assistant tennis coach and played club soccer where he won a state cup. He was also a finalist in regionals and qualified for nationals his sophomore year.
He enjoys tennis, soccer, fishing, hunting, movies and video games.
He lists his greatest accomplishment at TKHS as being academic all state and all state honorable mention in tennis.
Kameron plans to play tennis at college but has not determined yet which college he will attend.
Cole Novak
Cole is the son of Jared and Amanda Novak. His high school activities include varsity tennis, Science Olympiad, stage crew for plays and musicals. He has also been part of the TKHS marching, symphonic and jazz bands and was a speaker for the NHS 2025 induction ceremony.
His hobbies include reading, video games, camping, tennis, watching movies, collecting magnets, model making, crocheting, and spending time with family and friends.
His achievements while at TK include being a National Merit Finalist, Board of Education Certificate of Achievement recipient, a Middleville Rotary Scholarship nominee from the English department, earning highest honors every semester, National Honor Society member his junior and senior year, and member of the Science Olympiad Team that made it to state competition for the first time in years for TKHS.
He plans to attend Michigan State University in the college of natural science majoring in microbiology. He will also be a member of the Honors College. His goal is to follow his degree into becoming an immunologist or virologist or possibly pivot and go into the medical field to become an optometrist or therapist. He plans to explore all his options while in college.
Rylee Seguin
Rylee is the daughter of Corey and Kaite Seguin. She has been in a TK musical and was a member of Student Council. She received the College Board's National Rural and Small Town recognition award and AP scholar award. She is a member of the National Honor Society during her junior and senior years. During her senior year she took six dual enrollment classes at Grand Rapids Community College and was awarded onto their President's List.
She has tutored other students through NHS and spent a summer volunteering at Premier Martial Arts. She also currently works as a cashier at J&H Family Stores in Middleville.
She lists her hobbies as spending time with close friends, doing anything outdoors including kayaking, biking, beach volleyball, and playing with her younger cousins and brother. She also likes going to the gym with her sister.
She lists her greatest accomplishment at TKHS as being a positive influence on people around her and always striving to do her best.
She will attend Eastern Michigan University through Eastern’s full-ride Presidential Scholarship and will study biology either for secondary education or to go into research.
Gary Skiles
Gary is the son of David Skiles. He was a member of the robotics club in high school. He has made the honor roll every year and received a few student of the month awards.
He works at Heinz Freeport Genera and volunteers for the Freeport Homecoming event multiple times.
His hobbies include jet skiing, weightlifting, coding, chemistry, and anything that gives him an adrenaline rush like theme parks, jet skiing and skydiving.
He lists his greatest accomplishment in high school as being in the top 10. He was also proud that he took the AP chemistry test and was one of the only people to earn a 3 score on it. He also made a goose hunt mobile that hangs in Main Street of the high school for AP physics.
Gary will attend Northern Michigan University to study chemistry and possibly pursue a career in chemical engineering or research in the pharmaceutical industry.
Lukas Walters
Lukas is the son of Jason and Robin Walters. He has been involved in the theater program all four years of high school and in two band classes each of his four years including concert, symphonic and jazz bands. He has been a Student Council member all four years and National Honor Society member for two years. He is also a National Merit Scholarship Finalist.
Outside of school he has been a member of the Worship Band at church since 2020. His hobbies include music - playing a number of instruments including bass, electric and acoustic guitar, trombone and keyboard. He also enjoys reading and collecting - recently starting a book collection.
He lists his greatest accomplishments in high school as earning a 5 score on an APUSH exam, being a National Merit Scholarship Finalist, and obtaining a full-ride scholarship to Aquinas College where he plans to study communications.