Student Excellence Awards

First-Year Courses:

Outstanding First-Year Leaders:
Kassandra Addison
Haley Ramales

Outstanding First-Year Students Recognized:
Emma Acey
Sarah Anderson
Isabella Arellano
Jeremiah Arnold
Joshua Barnett
Ashton Beaty
Anthony Bell
Alyssa Bird
Conner Bjornson
Mason S. Brown
Brody Browning
Mary Campbell Canupp
Kynna Cass
Kennedy Caudill
Kadin Chiese
Darby Claybrook
Lanie Collett
Allison Collins
Mahalia “Haley” Combs
Haylee Deering
Devanee “Trout” Edwards
Cameron Evans
Liz Freihofer
Faith Gammon
Aidan Michael Gardner
Nathan Garner
Trevor Gearheart
Calvin J. Goebel
Hector Gomez-Fisher
Jennifer Gray
Tyson Greer
Ilexandra “Ilex” Grim
Jasiah Hamm
Haley Haynes
Adriana Hernandez
Gary Hounshell
Makayla Hunt
Blake Isaacs
Autumn Kongkousonh
Kathryn Korth
Angelina Abello Licea
Genya Makhnovets
Ann Malcomb
Canaan Mays
Cianna McCready
Kinze Mc Taggart
Serena Midkiff
Patrick Moren
Gavin Mullins
Jonah Murphy
Lacy Napier
Pilar Marie Nesbitt
Madison Newsom
Brian Ondras
Mackenna Parker
Aubrey Parton
Brendan Peters
Alanna Jean-Marie Potter
Leah Rennels
Emmy Ridgeway
Hannah Riggs
Kyle Daniel Saettel
Skylar Segraves
Conner Smith
Josh Sowers
Katelyn Tabor
Grace Templeman
Molly Thompson
Noah R. VanDyke
Mya Wardle
Kaylee Williams
Sydney Williams

NOVA:

Nancy Hindman Leadership Award
Whitney Snyder
Chloe Watson
Anna Swann

Campus Recreation:

Group Fitness Participant of the Year: Julia Lilly
Intramural Male Athlete of the Year: Stone Boone
Intramural Female Athlete of the Year: Morgan Day
Fraternity Cup: Sigma Chi
Sorority Cup:
Alpha Omicron Pi
Kappa Delta
Jacob L. Moore Rookie of the Year Award: Bill Evans

OMVA:

OMVA Undergraduate Student of the Year: Zachary Cockrell
OMVA Graduate Student of the Year: Lauren Worden-Baroni
OMVA Student Worker of the Year: Theron Bell

African and African American Studies and the Center for Africana Engagement:

Anne Peyton Award
Ja’Niyah S. Watkins
Uchechi P. Anyanwu
Angela N. Hilary
Cynthia Mbabazi

Bobby Verdugo and Yoli Rios Bilingual Peer Mentor and Tutoring Center “El Centro”:

Excellence in Peer-Mentorship Award: Thomas George
Excellence in Relationship Rich Education: Abraham Bartolo
Excellence in Tutoring Award: Yeiko Galindo
Excellence in Leadership Award: Nadia Grullón
Excellence in Service Award: Amy Huerta
Excellence in Student Engagement Award: Jessica Rangel
Outstanding language Tutor Award: Hazuki Ozaka
Outstanding Community Ambassador: Ru Smith
Outstanding Service Award: Marisol Espinoza
Outstanding Cultural Ambassador: Sofiia Butko

Dean of Students:

Dean of Students Award for Resilience: Ashley Smith
Dean of Students Award for Mentoring: Megan Moore
Dean of Students Award for Advocacy: Julia Madry

Student Government Association:

Gardner Award for Most Outstanding Senate Chair: Aspen Mora
Gardner Award for Most Outstanding Senator: Emma Ballinger
Begley Award for Most Outstanding CAB Member: Graci McCoy
Hall Award for Most Outstanding Court Justice: Parker White
Outstanding Senior Award: Parker White
Begley Award For Most Outstanding General SGA Member: Aaron Barker
Funderburk Award for Excellence: William Lampert

Center for Inclusive Excellence and Global Engagement:

CIEGE Ambassador Awards:
Sofia Butko
Anh Pham
Jade Hernandez
Julia Madry
Angel Davis
Bibhas Shrestha
Chaz Burks
Bre ‘Aria Cannon
Kamorah Tillman

Fraternity & Sorority Life:

Kelly Hardy & Calen Dunn Award Finalists:
Belle Murphy (Alpha Delta Pi)
Rylee Swope (Alpha Gamma Delta)
Kyra Mills (Alpha Omicron Pi)
Pete Korona (Alpha Tau Omega)
Abigail Hall (Chi Omega)
Daisy Asunsion Perez Santiago (Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.)
Grace Alleruzzo (Kappa Alpha Theta)
Morgan Day (Kappa Delta)
Neboll Appicelli (Kappa Sigma)
Jamain York (Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.)
Matthew Turley (Phi Delta Theta)
Gerrett Seibert (Pi Kappa Alpha)
Griffin Parrish (Sigma Nu)
Trey Courtney (Theta Chi)
Jaylen Herrud (Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.)
Chapter President of the Year Finalists:
Sydney Henderson (Alpha Delta Pi)
Michaela Henderson (Alpha Gamma Delta)
Piper Gullett (Alpha Omicron Pi)
Taylor Luttrull (Alpha Tau Omega)
Malina Gaworski (Chi Omega)
Gabe Disbennett (Beta Theta Pi)
Ainye Rogers (Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.)
Alyssa Smith (Kappa Alpha Theta)
Gracie Agee (Kappa Delta)
Frank Jeffrey (Kappa Sigma)
Amiya Griffin-Taylor (Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.)
Jamain York (Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.)
Isaac Brown (Phi Delta Theta)
Jackson Hornback (Sigma Chi)
Aidan Stephens (Pi Kappa Alpha)
Connor Ogden (Sigma Nu)
Austin Stigall (Theta Chi)
Sorority Member of the Year Finalists:
Haley Hollis (Alpha Gamma Delta)
Amiya Griffin-Taylor (Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.)
Mandi Cathers (Alpha Omicron Pi)
Abigail Kennedy (Chi Omega)
Tiatianna Jones (Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.)
Brandy Adams (Kappa Alpha Theta)
Carolina Pagan (Kappa Delta)
Fraternity Member of the Year Finalists:
Braden Kettenring (Phi Delta Theta)
Jack Hein (Sigma Chi)
Jamain York (Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.)
Trevor Schmidt (Pi Kappa Alpha)
Brandon Dearing (Sigma Nu)
Caleb Rockhold (Theta Chi)
Zach Baldauf (Phi Kappa Tau)
Blake Parman (Beta Theta Pi)
Griffin Downs (Kappa Sigma)

Student Life & First-Year Experience:

Excellence in Service for a Group: Interfraternity Council for “Thanksgiving Day Meal”
Excellence in Service for an Individual: Brandon Dearing for “Walk a Mile”
Colonel Community Service Award:
Camari Jenkins
Hannah Moore
Nevaeh Poynter
Colonel Community Service Award for Groups:
Sigma Nu for Walk a Mile
Kappa Delta for Walk A Mile
Delta Sigma Theta for Walk a Mile
RSO Outstanding Service or Philanthropy Program:
Alpha Omicron Pi
RSO New Event of the Year:
EKU Young Democrats “Capitol to Campus”
Student Organization Collaboration of the Year:
Walk A Mile
Kappa Delta, Sigma Nu, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
RSO Officer of the Year:
A’Mya Kendrick
Daisy Asuncion Perez Santiago

Student Employment Awards:

Student Employee of the Year:
Kylee Phillips (Winner)
Paige Heringer (1st Runner Up)
Logan Botner (2nd Runner Up)
Graduate Assistant of the Year:
Hallei Bittlinger (Winner)
Dara Hisle (1st Runner Up)
Ethan Durham (2nd Runner Up)

Student Excellence Awards:

First-Year Student of the Year: Brian Ondras
Sophomore Student of the Year: Addison Caravona
Junior Student of the Year: Surahe Kobede
Senior Student of the Year: Anna Swann
Graduate Student of the Year: Landon Minor
Game Changer Award:
Malina Gaworski
Alice Harkins