Kingfisher High School Senior Savana Reherman Named November Aerospace Student of the Month
KINGFISHER, Okla. — Savana Reherman, a senior at Kingfisher High School in Kingfisher, Okla., has been named the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics aerospace student of the month for November 2026.
Reherman has pursued a goal of becoming an astronaut since age 10, following a visit to Cape Canaveral, Fla., where she saw the space shuttle Enterprise. She has since focused her education and extracurricular activities on meeting NASA astronaut requirements.
Her preparation included attending the National Student Leadership Conference in Aerospace Engineering, a residential summer program held jointly at Space Center Houston and Rice University. Participants studied alongside NASA engineers, mission specialists and astronauts. Ahead of the program, organizers recommended that students familiarize themselves with scuba diving for underwater space simulation exercises. Reherman enrolled in lessons and earned her scuba certification before attending.
Outside the classroom, Reherman operates an animal boarding business, using the proceeds to fund her private pilot training. She is training with a certified flight instructor from Buck’s Flight Academy in Guthrie, Okla., and is scheduled to complete her first solo flight in the coming months.
At Kingfisher High School, Reherman is a National Merit Scholarship semifinalist who earned a 36 super score on the ACT. She serves as captain of her school's robotics team and works as a peer instructor for flight simulator lessons, assisting classmates with coding, robotics engineering, computer-aided design, 3D printing and Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association coursework. She also volunteers at Savannah Station, an equine therapy ranch serving more than 100 children and young adults with special needs.
Following graduation, Reherman plans to study aeronautical engineering or astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with the goal of entering NASA’s astronaut candidate program before age 25.
“If the sky is the limit, I want to fly high and go beyond that,” Reherman said. “Pushing limits is what I do.”
Kurt Kaya, Reherman’s aviation and technology education instructor at Kingfisher Public Schools, nominated her for the recognition.
“I’ve known Savana through my technology education programs at Kingfisher Public Schools since she was in fifth grade, and she relentlessly pursues excellence in all things, but especially anything and everything related to technology, engineering and the science of flight,” Kaya said. “Her dream of becoming an astronaut literally drives her every waking moment at school. I truly cannot think of someone more deserving of the honor of being named Aerospace Student of the Month.”
