Congratulations to all of the students, faculty and staff members who were honored for their achievements inside and outside the classroom at the annual Student Awards Assembly on Friday, April 26.
Kiera Malone and Caleb Gerber are this year’s recipients of the Daniel J. and W.J.K. Snyder Prize, the top award for graduating seniors. Students selected psychology professor Dr. Ginny Gregg as the Faculty Member of the Year. Senior Sam Stohlman was chosen to give the student remarks at the celebration. He titled his speech “Embrace the Impractical; Attack the Impossible!”
Here is a list of this year’s award recipients as presented on Friday:
Alexander and Christina Garver Memorial Prize (English composition) – Emma Baughman (first) and Mitchell Luken (second)
Allen King Zartman Prize in Biology – Jaret Miller
Arnold “Skip” Oliver Award (political science) – Josie Brun, Robert Atha and Preyuana Bryant
Arthur E. and Helen M. Bean Award (instrumental music) – Megan Gwirtz
Athletic Training Pride Award – Dillon Hoskins
Athletic Training Professionalism Award – Justine Mitchell
Berg-Falcon Master of Accountancy Scholarship – Natalie Arnold
Burghalter Memorial Award (Good Samaritan) – Abigail Reed
Charles M. Legalley Prize in Speech – Mallory Paul
Clyde A. Lamb Scholar-Athlete Award – Austin Baker and Rachel House
CRC Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award – Kayla Buck
Diane P. Armstrong Scholarship (education) – Anna Cavanaugh and Veronica Ruggeri
Dr. A.G. McQuate Award in Field Biology – Melanie Cohn
Dr. Andrew J. and Anne Hering Gase Medical School Award – Rachel Raimondo
Dr. Rose Moore Education Award – Noah Messerall
Dr. John R. and Jan Kaufman Heter Scholarship (education) – Jasmyn Mullins and Tiana Young
Dr. John W. Groce Prize in Chemistry – Caleb Frye
Edward Lamb Foundation Prize (business administration) – Allison Sumser
E.I.F. Williams Memorial Prize in Elementary and Secondary Education – Samantha Gaietto and Heather Speck (elementary) and Heather deJonge and Ciera Newell (secondary)
E.J. Shives Prize in Chemistry – Kiera Malone
Elizabeth Conrad Zartman Prize in Philosophy – Alyssa Edmond
Emerging Student Leader Award – Jason Surmaceviz
Ernest & Martha Hammel Research Awards – Jessica Sucheck (first), Ethan Miller (second) and Allison Prayer (third)
Ferris and Dorothy Ohl Prize (music) – Heather deJonge
Frederick D. Lemke Award in English – Elyssa Williams
G.A. Stinchcomb Prize in Natural Science or Mathematics – Lauren Wolf
H. Dana Hopkins Award (communication/media) – Kaylea Bowers
Helmut Fischer Prize in German-American Studies – Andrew Kistler
Herman E. Sayger Award (student-athlete) – Madeline Hines and Wesley Fritz
Ira and Robert Wilson Memorial Scholarship (graduate study/science) – Kiera Malone, Rafaella Mueller and Andrea Russell
Jane Frost Kalnow Memorial Fund Career in Accounting Award – Jenna Carman
Jane Frost Kalnow Memorial Fund Career in Industry Award – Trevor Harrison-Rawn
Jane Frost Kalnow Memorial Fund in German Language & Literature – Kayla Mullinax and Mason Ludwig
John Allen Krout Prize in American History – Austin Jagucki
John C. Shinn Memorial Prize (history/political science/economics) – Hannah Petitti
John I. Kolehmainen Scholarship in Political Science – Emma Baughman and Eric Svoboda
J. Robert Allman Award in Theatre Arts – Sam Stohlman
Lance Cpl. J. Paul Chidester Prize (military) – Andrew Mapus
Leanne O. Wolff Award in Communication – Zoe Eisele
Lenore Osterholm Prize in Spanish – Julie Hild and Kasandra Christner
Lewis E. Miller International Ambassador Award – Maram Alforgani
Liston Award (water quality/environmental studies) – Judy Smith
Martin A. Reno Emerging Scholar Prize in Computer Science – Alejandro Barrientos
Martin A. Reno Senior Scholar Prize in Computer Science – Mark Juengling
Martin Walker Smith Prize in History: Best Paper – Clarissa Jones
Martin Walker Smith Prize in History: Highest GPA – Clarissa Jones
Outstanding Freshman in Criminology – Alessandra Piazza
Outstanding Senior in Criminology – Ryan Edwards
Outstanding Student Employee of the Year – Nolan Larsick
Pancoast Family Scholarship of the Tiffin Community Foundation (natural sciences) – Melanie Cohn and Kevin Scrudders, both ’19; Danielle Blum and Kaylee Wilburn, both ’17; and Claire Hoffman, ‘15
Paul E. Hoernemann Award in Athletics – Taylor Arbogast and Tyler Hammack
Paul E. Hoernemann Prize for Voice – Erika Warnke and David Carey
Prugh Prize in Athletics – Aianna Wilson and Myron Prewitt
Psi Chi Outstanding Senior Award (psychology) – Erica Dame
Ralph & Sue Quellhorst Community Service & Civic Engagement Award – Abigail Reed
Robert E. Oleson Outstanding Student Leader Award – Kevin Scrudders
R.W. Herbster Prize (speech) – Hannah Petitti
Sayre Family Outstanding Senior in International Studies Award – Josie Brun, Robert Atha and Preyuana Bryant
Student Leader for Diversity – Ethan Miller
Student Organization Advisor of the Year – Jacqueline Sironen
Student Organization of the Year – Zeta Theta Psi
Wickham Prize in Business – Natalie Arnold
William A. Reiter Memorial Prize (speech) – Sue Anne Steele
William Henry Gibson Prize (keyboard) – Heather deJonge
William Henry and Harriet Jane Gibson Prize (non-music major/Concert Choir) – Elias Rusculp and Gavin Buurma