For the top two students graduating from The Woodlands High School, persevering and working hard is what gave them the honors of besting the rest of their class.

Graduating senior Colin Gassney will be honored as valedictorian and Madi Chollett as salutatorian after the final bell has rung for the 2014-15 school year. Gassney will be attending Stanford University and studying engineering. Chollett will attend Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey where she wants to earn a biomedical degree in hopes of joining medical school soon after. click here for complete story