Central Oregon Community College students Emma Bloss, ErinRae McKellar Cook and Taylor Taliesin were chosen to represent COCC for the Oregon Community College Association’s 2025 All-Oregon Academic team, which honors high achievement from students at Oregon’s 17 community colleges.

Students must demonstrate academic excellence, intellectual rigor, leadership and service. A minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA and completion of at least 54 credits are required. Students are nominated by faculty members and undergo a review process by the college’s committee for academic excellence.

Bloss, of Sisters, is working toward an associate degree in the early childhood education program while teaching full-time at Mountain Montessori. She plans to transfer to a university and become a child psychologist.

McKeller Cook, of Sunriver, is in the massage therapy program and is a co-owner of a micro farm focusing on sustainability. She is committed to community service and volunteers with Big Brothers Big Sisters. She is planning a holistic career combining yoga, massage therapy and herbalism.

Taliesin, of Bend, recently finished peer support specialist training at COCC and will soon be among the first to complete a certification in community health. They are also pursuing an associate degree in human services. They also serve as an advisory council board member for the Central Oregon chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

All three students will be honored on April 18 at the All-Oregon Academic Team luncheon on Friday at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, with community college presidents, board members, faculty and state legislators in attendance. The All-Oregon Academic Team is part of the All-State Community College Academic Team program, which began in 1994.