This prestigious group is selected based on academic excellence, leadership, service and striving for honor.
Texas Tech University recognized the Tech 10, a group of high-achieving graduating seniors from across campus, during an event Thursday (April 30) at the Frazier Alumni Pavilion.
The Tech 10 consists of students chosen based on their commitment to four cornerstone principles of Red Raider spirit: academic excellence, campus leadership, service and striving for honor. Texas Tech’s Student Life and Academic Innovation & Student Success offices created the recognition in 2023.
“Each year, the Tech 10 recognizes students who truly embody the Red Raider spirit – those who excel academically, lead with purpose and serve others with integrity,” said Ron Hendrick, provost and senior vice president. “These outstanding graduates represent the very best of Texas Tech University, and their commitment to excellence and honor sets a powerful example for our entire community.”
This year’s group represents a half dozen colleges on campus and boasts a cumulative GPA of 3.89. Their majors range from theatre arts to early childhood education to mechanical engineering and biochemistry.
The members of the Tech 10 Class of 2026 are (in alphabetical order):
Mohammed Alabdali, a mechanical engineering major in the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering. Alabdali organized the first TEDXTexas Tech event in university history, which accumulated more than 1.3 million online views.
Affan Anas, an economics and mathematics major in the College of Arts & Sciences. Anas served as a summer intern for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Jackson Chapman, an acting major in the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts. Chapman played the lead in the university theatrical production of “Hamlet.”
Dayra Figueroa-Agosto, a biochemistry major in the College of Arts & Sciences. Figueroa-Agosto founded the Friendly Raiders for Education student organization that tutors local elementary and middle school students.
Helena Garza, a biology major in the College of Arts & Sciences. Garza served as a summer research intern at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York during the summer of 2025.
Anum Javeed, an early childhood education major in the College of Health & Human Sciences. Javeed served as a congressional intern in the Government & Public Service Internship Program in the summer of 2024.
Shravani Koli, a computer science and mathematics major in the Whitacre College of Engineering and the College of Arts & Sciences. Shravani served as a data engineering intern for the National Weather Service in the summer of 2024.
Atharva Lade, a computer science and mathematics major in the Whitacre College of Engineering and the College of Arts & Sciences. Lade led the largest coding competition in West Texas.
Nicholas Morris, a sciences, humanities and philosophy major and Honors College student in the College of Arts & Sciences. He is an intern for the U.S. Northern District Court of Texas.
Lance Nicholas, an agricultural education major in the Davis College of Agricultural Science & Natural Resources. Nicholas was part of the Davis College Research Scholars program for the 2025-26 academic year.
The Tech 10 are chosen based on an application process that began earlier this semester. From those submissions, a smaller group was selected for 20-minute interviews with a panel of judges that then made final selections.