2019 Awards Day Recipient Listing
Posted on: April 18, 2019; Updated on: April 18, 2019
By Skylar Pritchard, saawards@mailbox.sc.edu
The President’s Awards, Steven N. Swanger Leadership Award and the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards were presented at the annual University Awards Day, held April 18 on the historic Horseshoe. More than 200 Carolina students were honored at this annual celebration.
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Robert Pruzin Music Leadership Award
Bridget Marie Piccirilli
Arthur M. Fraser Award
John Robert Caddell
Cantey Award for Excellence
Chloe Madison Johnston
Robert Van Doren Award
Adam Luke Rafferty
Presser Scholar Award
Thomas Andrew Palmer
DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Outstanding Academic Excellence Award
Hannah Joslin
Outstanding Service Award
Justice Tatiyana Katrina Hill
Diamoney A. Greene Memorial Award
Emily Theresa Martin
DEPARTMENT OF EXERCISE SCIENCE
Outstanding Exercise Science Student Award
Emanuel Jose Ayala
William Woodson Cosby
Makenzie Kei Myers
COLLEGE OF SOCIAL WORK
BSW Community Engagement Award
Shelby L. Guinn
BSW Diversity and Inclusion Award
Youstina A. Rezkalla
BSW Student Achievement Award
Sarah Rose Cassidy
COLLEGE OF NURSING
Academic Excellence Award
Emma Paige Gallagher
Academic Excellence Award (RN-BSN)
Scott Ryan Hutchison
Elizabeth Doran McNeill
Ameen Faysal Nasser
Brittany Michele Pace
Outstanding Undergraduate Clinical Performance Award
Brooklyn Ali Adkins
Outstanding Undergraduate Community Service Award
Kayla Arlisse Jamison
Outstanding Undergraduate Leadership Award
Molly Noel Melton – Lancaster
Megan Kathleen Scharner – Columbia
Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award
Leisa M. Rauch
Palmetto Gold Scholarship Winner
Katie Anne Milo
Undergraduate Nursing Impact Award
De'Aaricka De'Shay Wilkes
SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS
Outstanding Advertising Senior Award
Suzanne P. Green
Noah C. McGill
Outstanding Broadcast Journalism Senior Award for Reporting
Anjali V. Patel
Outstanding Broadcast Journalism Senior Award for Leadership
Nicholas C. Proto
Outstanding Mass Communications Senior Award
Callie Danielle Cox
Lauren Celia Schwartz
Outstanding Public Relations Senior Award
Skylar M. Smith
Hugh Munn Award
Morgan Elizabeth MacKenzie
Outstanding Visual Communications Senior Award
Kristin E. Stitzlein
George Andrew Buchanan Award
Mary Colleen Ramsey
J. Rion McKissick Award
Rachel Cheyenne Pittman
DARLA MOORE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Dean's Award for Undergraduate Achievement
Madisyn Elaine Horton
Rachel Alexandra Mummau
Mitchell Tanner Puechner
Bryant Thomas Sasser
Alexander Maxwell Sobelman
Outstanding Senior Award for Academic Excellence
Perry Earle Oxner – accounting
Clare Elizabeth Hachten – business economics
Jennifer Blake Quindlen – finance
Audrey Ware – international business
Theodore Maxwell Talmage – management
Brienne Miye Okuda – marketing
Mitchell Tanner Puechner – operations and supply chain
Lucy Randolph Green – real estate
Delaney Mason Jacobs – risk management and insurance
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Outstanding Biological Sciences Senior Award
Michael William Clinton
James T. Penney Award
Kirklen E. Petersen
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Analytical Chemistry Award of the American Chemical Society
Gretchen Erika Bollar
Victor Laurie Junior Year Scholarship
Ian Jerome Bain
Victor Laurie Senior Year Scholarship
Kristen Meredith Livingston
American Chemical Society South Carolina Section Outstanding Undergraduate Senior
Chemistry Major Award
Deanna Kathleen Keen
American Chemical Society Division of Environmental Chemistry Undergraduate Award
Gretchen Erika Bollar
American Chemical Society Division of Inorganic Chemistry Undergraduate Award
Grayson Robert Gimblet
American Chemical Society Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry
Raquelle Ariel Bourgeois
Hiram and Lawanda Allen Award for Excellence in Chemistry
Rebecca Alcira Heugh
Hiram and Lawanda Allen Scholarship for Excellence in Chemistry
Jana Liese
Joseph W. and Julia L. Bouknight Scholarship
Bronwyn Mary Hartman
Tommy L. and Fred E. Hickman III Scholarship
Terrell NaShawn Roach
Betty R. Fundeberg Undergraduate Biomedical Research Award
Sarah Elizabeth Pye
Sara Wallam
Rachel Elizabeth Zeigler
Royal Society of Chemistry Certificate of Excellence
Wilson Carter Edenfield
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING
Outstanding Senior Awards
Victor Anthony Madormo – biomedical engineering
Jacob Reeves Baltzegar – chemical engineering
Alex Ryan Brasington – civil engineering
James Patrick Coman – computer engineering
Michael Edward Afrin – computer information systems
Charissa Marie Pichai – computer science
Kyle Adams Drain – electrical engineering
Danielle Elizabeth Dispoto – integrated info. technology
Devin Charles Fox – mechanical engineering
South Carolina Society of Professional Engineers Outstanding Senior Awards
Sydney Adair Weaver – biomedical engineering
Elizabeth Michelle Grace – chemical engineering
David Joseph Bianco – civil engineering
Wylie James Gunn – computer engineering
Jerrod Alexander Wigmore – electrical engineering
Wendy Ashlyn Zwanka – mechanical engineering
COLLEGE OF HOSPITALITY, RETAIL AND SPORT MANAGEMENT
Academic Excellence Award
Kendall Morgan Brogdon – hospitality management
Marshall Crayton Rowe – interdisciplinary studies
Julia M. Kleifges – retailing
Kiley C. Burns – sport and entertainment management
Julie Marie Dautrich – tourism management
Dean’s Award for Outstanding Leadership
Allison Marie Lausch
SCHOOL OF THE EARTH, OCEAN AND ENVIRONMENT
Outstanding Undergraduate Award in Environmental Science
Mackenzie P. Moonan
Bruce C. Coull Outstanding Undergraduate Award in Environmental Studies
Elisabeth M. Bulzomi
The Distinguished Academic Achievement Award in the Geosciences
Alexander N. Gorr
Outstanding Senior Award in the Geosciences
Jacob T. Burstein
Joshua A. Burstein
Outstanding Junior Award in the Geosciences
Nicholas R. Mitchell
Stephen Taber Award in the Geosciences
Daniel Jacob Harrington
Gabrielle T. Herrin
Courtney A. Kemmer
Outstanding Undergraduate Award in Marine Science
Casey E. Brayton
Traci J. Heincelman Memorial Scholarship in Marine Science
Maura A. Glovins
Harris Pastides and Patricia Moore-Pastides Sustainability Award
Sarah J. Eustis
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
James Bruce Coleman Mathematics Scholarship
Jacob D. Folks
Thomas Markham Mathematics Scholarship
Thomas M. Elgin
Sydney J. Miyasaki
Noelle M. Pendergraft
Joseph M. Zambelas
Polston Family Mathematics Scholarship
Austin M. Aguilera
Cary K. Smith Jr. Mathematics Scholarship
Scott R. Buckman
Wyman L. Williams Scholarship
Regan M. Logue
Lovelace Family Endowed Scholarship
Jackson D. Maris
Victor W. Laurie Undergraduate Research Scholarship
Jeffrey A. Russell
Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Mathematics
Dylan M. Fillmore
Noemi Glaeser
Ronald A. Herrygers
Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Mathematics Education
Chynna C. Wilson
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Nina and Frank Avignone Fellowship
Andrew C. Dunton
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
Mu Sigma Rho Award
Gavin Thomas Cauley
Stephen D. Durham Award
Kara Elizabeth Sulzer
John D. Spurrier Scholarship
Thomas Douglas Burkett
Department of Statistics Excellence in Academics Award
Thomas Michael Best
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Outstanding Teaching Major Award in Physical Education
Sean Patrick Coffey
Middle Level Education Outstanding Senior Award
Hannah Blythe Vickery
Elementary Education Outstanding Senior Award
Kirsten Lynn Feldner
Early Childhood Education Outstanding Senior Award
Briana Shanta Jenkins
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
Rho Chi Pharmaceutical Honor Society Scholastic Achievement Award
Olivia Clare Alewine
Allison Nicole Mueller
Andy Hoang Nguyen
Jamie LaDelle Russell Jr.
Alexandria Nicole Waddell
Jeremy Stephen Weeks
Katherine Sue Wolfe
Kappa Psi Scholastic Achievement Award
Abigail Marie Alexander
Brooke Kay Gostomski
Kateryna Oleksandrivna Parkhomenko
Kaitlyn Nichole Paxton
Farah Yasin Vahora
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY
Outstanding Anthropology Student Award
Isabella Mia Heimke
Kiersten Jolene Weber
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Havilah Babcock Short Story Contest Award
Nellie Hildebrandt
Havilah Babcock Poetry Contest Award
Victoria Krivo
N. G. Belser Scholarship
Brandezia Hutchinson
Megan Knight
William Tradd Stover
Merrill G. Christophersen Scholars Award
Allie Anderson-Horecny
Peter Mackey Scholarship Award
Hansel Haase
J. S. Reynolds Essay Contest Award
Grace Riley
Cary K. Smith Jr. Award
Rebecca Rose Steptoe
George Walker Waring Award
Madeline Hoverkamp
Sydney Read
John K. Hoey Honors Scholarship Award
Rebecca Rose Steptoe
Polston Scholarship Awards
Nellie Hildebrandt
Harrison Otto
Distinguished Junior Award
Sarah J. Ammons
Lyndsey Ebener
Makayla Hansen
Michaela Reilly
Distinguished Senior Award
Riley Farmer
John Huylu
John Queen
Daania Shakir
Heide M. Hilburn Memorial Award
Elizabeth Schell
Heide M. Hilburn Poetry Award
Haley Kellner
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
Rising Senior in Geography Award
Nathaniel M. Posey
Julian J. Petty Award
Patrick D. McKenzie
Donald O. Bushman Award
Micah M. Luchay
Bennett S. Masaschi Memorial Scholarship
Joseph A. Sparacino
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
Hampton-Rogers Award in History
Catharine Mary Aretakis
Charles W. Coolidge Awards
Sophie Connor Kahler
Bailey Aline Watts
William G. “Chip” Roberts Scholarship Award
Alexandra Evalyn Toney
DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND CULTURES
Robert F. W. Alston Award in Ancient Languages
Logan J. Dwyer
Irvine F. Belser Award in Classics
Alice O. Palkovitz
Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Language Studies
Gregory Francis Burton – Arabic
Alice O. Palkovitz – Classics
Bailey Scribner – German
Bridget Frances Walsh – Italian
Michael Joseph Clark – Japanese
Caroline Love Gates – Portuguese
Adam Ali Hajji – Portuguese
Amelia Parkes – Russian
Ashlee McKenize Vickery – Spanish
Ludmilla Ignatiev Callaham Award
Summer Justice
Hoescht Scholarship in German Studies
Michael Joseph McMahan
Francis W. Bradley Award in Romance Languages
Anna Marie Wolverton
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
Josiah Morse Award in Philosophy
Samuel P. Miller-Poling
Zane K. Nayfeh
Benjamin A. Spencer
Edna W. and Foster E. Tait Scholarship Award
Andrew C. Dunton
Benjamin R. Mutton
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Roger W. Black Award for Psychological Research
Olivia Marie Bernard
Madelyn A. Quirk
Kendra Cusaac Community Engagement and Leadership Award
Abigail B. De Arellano
Cary B. Johnstone
M. Kershaw Walsh Award for Academic Achievement
Mackenzie Paige Bailey
Kendall Morgan Brogdon
Katherine Ann Marie Cohen
Malinda Coniglio
Mia Margolis
Hayley Jane Miller
Finnian Patrick Owen
Lyndsey Caroline Reynolds
DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Elizabeth Dodge Clark Book Prize
Aaron M. Schnupp
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
Rising Senior of the Year in Sociology
Rachel Elizabeth Fridh
Outstanding Senior Major in Sociology
Elise Susan Jamison
FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES PROGRAM
Ina Rae Hark Award
Luismario Rosas Rivera
WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES PROGRAM
Arney Robinson Childs Student Award
Hannah Delaney Quire
PALMETTO COLLEGE
David L. Burggraf Award
Rachel Melissa Davis
DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS
H. Boyd McWhorter SEC Scholar-Athlete Award
Emma Anne Barksdale
Fynn Minuth
NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP AND SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
DAAD Rise Scholar
Rembert Dennis White
Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
Noemi Glaeser
Fulbright Grant
Alexis T. Bantle
Emily G. Fisher
Tamera Renee Sullivan
Danielle R. Wood
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Noemi Glaeser
Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Fellowship
Adriana Bowman
Rotary Global Grant
Hanson B. Cowan
Harry S. Truman Scholarship
Bennett Lunn
US Department of State Critical Language Scholarship
Madison M. Bradley
Nicolas R. Ferguson
Avery R. Kral
Kylee J. Yturralde
OMICRON DELTA KAPPA
Joseph H. Gibbons Omicron Delta Kappa Outstanding Senior Award
Hannah B. Moore
PHI BETA KAPPA HONOR SOCIETY
Phi Beta Kappa Freshman Awards
Hunter J. Damron
Joseph A. Dickinson
Cameron Iaccarino
Jessica M. Johnson
Lauren E. Martin
Mary E. Sullivan
George A. Wauchope Phi Beta Kappa Award
Claire Marie Aucoin
James H. Mayson
DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT LIFE
Richard A. Rempel Faculty Award
Anna C. Edwards
PRESIDENT'S AWARD
Claire Marie Aucoin
Anna Marie Bagnell
Molly Ann Beman
Gretchen Erika Bollar
Michael William Clinton
Katherine Ann Marie Cohen
Anna Kristine Cook
Shivali Sanjay Desai
Katherine Kuske Farrell
Lauren Elizabeth Flintom
Julia Katherine Fonshell
Anne Olivia Guttman
Clare Elizabeth Hachten
Mills Sarah Hayes
Courtney Marie Hogan
J. Colin Hungerpiller
Amber Iyona Jackson
Delaney Mason Jacobs
Mia Lucia Jeanty
Valerie Ellen Kay
Mary-Kate Kristen Lawlor
Lev Braxton Looney
Mikaela Raine Lujan
Kaitlin Austin Lynch
Callie Shae McLean
Emily Grace Mewborne
James Elliott Moran
Stephanie Leann Munie
Celine Elvan Peksenar
Jacqueline Alexandra Phillips
Kelly Kathleen Poe
Olivia Grace Reszczynski
Rebecca Rose Steptoe
Tamera Renee Sullivan
Drake Edward Turnquist
Sara Wallam
John Michael Warrington
Jerome Taylor Wright
STEVEN N. SWANGER LEADERSHIP AWARD
Molly Ann Beman
ALGERNON SYDNEY SULLIVAN AWARDS
Michael William Clinton
Olivia Grace Reszczynski
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