Class of 2023 Valedictorian & Salutatorian

May 23, 2023

Justin Walter and Sarah Ray earn High-Performing Academic Honors

Class of 2023 Valedictorian: Justin Walter!

Justin graduated with the highest academic GPA in the Class of 2023: 4.606! He is a National Merit Commended Scholar, a Brother Bernadine Honors Scholar, a member of the State Championship Academic Bowl team, on the Drumline and a member of the National Honors Society.


Justin worked extensively in the North Tulsa Learning Center this year. According to his teacher Ms. Bendel: “He is patient, kind, and encouraging in a way that does not make younger students feel that he is holding himself superior to them.” He's also been called a "math genius." Last year in his APEL class, Justin gave an argument on why to use half angle formulas to solve Trigonometric functions.


He was accepted at The University of Tulsa, Rose Hulman Institute of Technology and Rhodes College. He will be attending The University of Tulsa in the Fall.


Class of 2023 Salutatorian: Sarah Ray


Sarah graduated with a 4.586 weighted cumulative GPA. She is a Brother Bernadine Honors Scholar, Captain of the State Championship Varsity Cross Country, member of the State Championship Girls Track and Field Team and will be attending Georgia Tech University.

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With over 350 in attendance on April 26, 2025 at Jarboe Hall, the BK community raised just over $312,500 (net) towards purchasing school bus transportation.
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Outstanding Young Alumni: Sam Littlefield ’10 Sam Littlefield attended Marquette from 1996 - 2006 before attending Bishop Kelley in the fall of 2006. At Bishop Kelley, Sam was President of Student Council his senior year, was also named Mr. Kelley, and was honored with the Bishop’s Medal upon his graduation in 2010. Sam set sail west and attended the University of San Diego from 2010 - 2014. While there, Sam served as President of his fraternity during his junior and senior years. He graduated with a BA in English in 2014. During his senior year, Sam applied to Gallo Winery’s esteemed sales rep academy and out of 5,000 applicants, was one of the 14 selected for this role out of college. He received world class sales training for a year before an opportunity presented itself for Sam to work as an Account Manager at a global digital marketing agency in downtown San Diego. In 2016, Sam moved back home to Tulsa eager to take on a role at Littlefield Agency, which his father, David, started in 1980. Sam has been at Littlefield for almost 9 years—becoming President in 2020 during the pandemic! Sam bought the agency in 2021. His role now is leading the charge on all new business and fostering key client relationships for ongoing accounts while running agency operations day-to-day. Sam has a staff of 24 all-stars…all here in Tulsa. This year, AD AGE, which is a global media industry magazine, named Littlefield as a Best Place to Work—one of the highest national marketing awards you can receive as an agency. Sam was recently elected as the youngest Chairman in MAGNET, which is an international group of over 30 independently owned marketing agencies made up of successful CEOs and Principals throughout the world. Sam met his wife Tara in December of 2016 and they were married in December of 2018 at Christ The King in Tulsa. Tara is a Doctor of Medical Dentistry and she owns and operates Littlefield Dentistry. They have two beautiful children: four-year-old Matthew and two-year-old Veronica.