An Oklahoma Union High School senior is named the 2025 Patriot Auto Student of the Year.

 

OKU Senior Darla Fesmir was honored during the ninth annual Night of Scholars and Champions at Oklahoma Wesleyan University. She says she was shocked by winning and hopes her example will help other students at Oklahoma Union.

 

Fesmire has been a student teacher intern with a third grade class at OKU. She's the president of FFA, an active member of 4-H and the National Honor Society. As the Patriot Auto Student of the Year, Fesmire won a 2025 Hyundai Elantra SEL Sport worth more than $25,000, plus the tag, tax and title were paid. She also received a $1,000 scholarship and a $500 gas card from Phillips 66.

 

Fesmire says she loves her new Hyundai Elantra and was nearly speechless. She will attend Oklahoma State University in the fall, studying either microbiology or animal science.