2025 Honor Societies, Honors and Awards

Additional congratulations are in order for our many students whose academic excellence resulted in additional achievements at the college level, or within their academic department.

National Honor Societies

Phi Beta Kappa

Members are signified by a stole bearing the Greek letters PBK and key.

Delta Phi Alpha (German)

Omicron Delta Epsilon (Economics)

Phi Alpha Theta (History) 

Pi Sigma Alpha (Politics)

Pre-law Honors Society

Psi Chi (Psychology)

Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish)

Academic Department Honors and Awards

Biochemistry

Frank G. Brooks Award to the Outstanding Senior Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Major: Josalin Raquel McKeever
Frank G. Brooks Award to the Outstanding Senior Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Major: Laura Mae McLees
Frank G. Brooks Award to the Outstanding Senior Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Major: Emma Madison Rowe

Chemistry

Deskin Award: Elin Nichole Kairies
Chemistry Outstanding Senior Award: Rachel Deanna Ruisch

Classical and Modern Languages

Cervantes Award in Spanish: Kylee Ellen Madeline Marzullo
Cervantes Award in Spanish: Laura Esther Sander
F. Alan DuVal Award in German: Lucile Roze Bransel

Computer Science

Senior Computer Science Student Achievement Award: Saad Makhal Saad Mankarious
Senior Computer Science Student Achievement Award: Justin Tanner Ringold

Earth and Environment

Gene Hinman Field Geology Award: Thomas John Machande
Herbert Hendriks Award to Outstanding Senior Geology Major: Lindsey Ploetz

Economics and Business

Charles M. Cochran Award: Julian Cameron Skosey-LaLonde
Charles M. Cochran Award: Hanna Patricia Walsh
Don Cell Award: Lincoln Greasley

Education

Elizabeth Hutton-Thompson Passionate about Teaching Award: Gabe Hunt
Gast Award in Secondary Education: Drew Florence Letchinger
Gast Award in Elementary Education: Hannah Grace Rhoades
Gast Award in Elementary Education: Gracie Anne Erickson
Gast Award in Secondary Education: Rachel Deanna Ruisch

English and Creative Writing

John Branner Shackford Senior Award: Aria Grace DeLara
John Branner Shackford Senior Award: Julia Grace Walker
Recognition of Dedication to the field of English: Varun Ramrakhiani
Recognition of Excellence in the Department of English and Creative Writing: Kyle Robert Neumann
Recognition of Excellence in the Department of English and Creative Writing: Zoë Alexis Sands
Tom Garst Award for Excellence in Academic Writing: Eliza Grace Carlson
Tom Garst Poetry Prize (one of best in Open Field): Aria Grace DeLara
Tull Prose Prize: Abnet Legesse Teklemariam

History

Carl Becker Award: Erin Genevieve Fitzgerald
Littell Statesman Award: Vincent Zipperer
May Montgomery Smith Award to the Outstanding Senior History Major: Sara LaPlante Decker

Kinesiology

Mary MacLeod Kinesiology Award for Outstanding Senior in Physical Education: Samantha Jean Koth
Kinesiology Department Community Engagement and Service Award: Robert John Sutton III
Ray and Margaret Cook Award in Kinesiology: Caleb Fredrick Schopen

Mathematics and Statistics

Ed Hill Math Senior Award: Sophie Grace Brown
Ed Hill Statistics Senior Award: Iris Mae Carroll

Music

Hanawalt Vocal Music Prize: Eva Marie Todd

Physics and Engineering

Outstanding Senior Engineering Major: Mason Thomas Ciari
Outstanding Senior Engineering Major: Simon George Winton Downs
Outstanding Senior Engineering Major: Grace Elizabeth Parises

Politics

Charles J. Lynch Memorial Pre-Law Award: Nicholas Aaron Schwartz
Clark H. McNeal Memorial Award: Lincoln Greasley
Herbert A. Wilkinson Memorial Award: Ann Marie Bradley
Littell Statesman Award: Savannah Helen Elizabeth Sheffler
Kathryn Bieber Weller Memorial Award: Aurora Delaney Elliott
Littell Statesman Award: Katherine Ann Lammers

Psychology

Kathryn L. McDermott Award: Abigail Virginia Burns
Dominique Hudson Distinguished Service Award: Catherine Mayhew Owen

Sociology and Anthropology

The Chris Carlson and Richard Peterson Senior Award for Applied Sociology: Cecelia Hope Zanoni
The Winston and Margaret Ehrmann Award for Excellence in Sociology: Athraa Mhanna

Theatre and Dance

Senior Award: Lucile Roze Bransel
Senior Award: Kimberly Anne Hall
Senior Award: Madeline June Maley
Senior Award: Audrey Skye Montgomery Gardes
Senior Award: Scot C. Pio

All-College Honors

Summa Cum Laude

Magna Cum Laude

Cum Laude

With Distintion in the Major Field

Young Trustee

Nicholas Aaron Schwartz

Senior Award

Nicholas Aaron Schwartz