Zayd Taariq is the son of parents Kara Hamilton and Nate Owens, the grandson of Karen and Larry Armstrong and Sharon Hamilton.
He is an active student of Eufaula High School, currently serving his second year as the President of the Class of 2025, the Vice President of the National Honor Society, one of the team captains of the 2023-34 academic team, and a member of the Pride of Eufaula leadership team.
This year, he also served as drum major for the Pride of Eufaula and the Salutatorian for this year’s graduating class.
In the evenings, Zayd attends Kiamichi Technology Center in McAlester, where he serves as a Goldstar ambassador, National Technical Honor Society member, and a class representative for their HOSA chapter, for whom he recently competed at the state level.
In his free time, Zayd loves to stay fit, educated and active while working and spending as much time as he can with his friends and girlfriend before college.
Zaykd plans to graduate and attend the University of Oklahoma where he will pursue pre-med courses with a major in biology and high hopes for a successful journey through and after med school.
