Each year, the Honors and Awards ceremony offers a moment to pause and celebrate the exceptional talent and achievement found across the university.
Held on Apr. 1, this year’s event recognized exceptional academic excellence, leadership, service and creative accomplishments. These honors reflect the breadth of passion and purpose our students, faculty and staff bring to their work.
Congratulations to all of the award winners!
Anne Rivers Siddons Prize for Short Fiction – Eden Lipham
Champion of Inclusive Excellence (Faculty) – Krystal Ghisyawan
Champion of Inclusive Excellence (Staff) – Ethan Hawkland
Champion of Inclusive Excellence (Student) – Jourdan Russell
Charles M. MacConnell Award – Anthony Allen
Core Instructor Award – Stephen Herschler Mattern
Core Teaching Award – Jamie Iredell
Dean’s Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Student Organization – Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc.
Donald C. Agnew Award – Marisol (Sol) Zacarias
Hetherington Shropshire Award – Peyton Morgan
Instrumentalist of the Year Award in memory of Jack Strouss, Jr. ’51 – Hairston Hill
Frederick Agel, Sr. ’52 Endowed Scholarship – Erin Jarrett
Frederick Agel, Sr. ’52 Endowed Scholarship – Cynthia Tinschmidt Leal
Leadership Learning Award – Aida Amores
Leo Bilancio Award – Rye Weatherly
Margaret Floy Washburn Award – Ava Foster
Mary Whiton Calkins Award – Catie Rooks
Oglethorpe University Singer of the Year – Jason Neeley
Omicron Delta Kappa Emerging Leadership Award – Chloe DeCourte
Omicron Delta Kappa Outstanding Leadership Award – Ansley Radosta
Omicron Delta Kappa Outstanding Staff Member Award – Angela Hughes
Outstanding Accounting Major – Crystal Doan
Outstanding Improvement in French Studies – Naomi Dukes
Outstanding Senior Economics Major – Andreas Tate
Outstanding Senior HRM Major – Olivia Lombard
Outstanding Senior in English – Emerson Brasfield
Outstanding Senior in Sociology – Kaelyn McKinley
Outstanding Senior in Sociology – Kadence Hart
Outstanding Business Major – Allison Honeyghan
Outstanding Business Major – Tyler Hymel
Ronald Carlisle Prize in Mathematics – Thomas Reininger
Sidney Lanier Prize for Poetry – Megan Shepherd
Sociology Undergraduate Success Award – Yulianna Aceves
The LeConte Award – Zohra Jamil
Additionally, four students received the O-Pin for completing the 10 unique Oglethorpe traditions listed in The O Book.
Mar Cabeza Mejia ’28
Juan Godoy Castro ’28
Matheus De Araujo ’29
Olivia Verbanac ’28
View photos from this year’s Honors and Awards ceremony below:
