Past Honorees

Benjamin Gilman international

  • 2017 Alicia Herman

Fulbright

  • 2009 Nicole McElroy
  • 2014 Katie Hankins
  • 2020 Emily Henline
  • 2021 Deidre Kilpatrick—Semi-finalist
    Yesarily Sanchez Rivera—Semi-finalist

Goldwater

  • 1998 Vincent Lucarelli
  • 2005 Lori MacDonald
  • 2006 Matthew Ward—Honorable Mention
  • 2007 Matthew Ward
  • 2008 Tyler Drombosky
  • 2010 Hillary Howard
    Lisa Curll—Honorable Mention
  • 2012 Kathleen Smith—Honorable Mention
  • 2016 Andrew Morgan
    Jenna Wise
    Zack While—Honorable Mention
  • 2020 Alexandra Ballow

Marshall

  • 2015 Ashley Orr—Semi-finalist

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

  • 2017 Jenna Wise
  • 2019 Elise Eckman

Rhodes

  • 2016 Ashley Orr

Truman

  • 2015 Ashley Orr—Semi-finalist
  • 2020 Abrielle Sigler—Semi-finalist
  • 2023 Jason Hess

Phi Kappa Phi Awards

Graduate National Fellowships[1]

  • 1981 Mark E. Innocenzi
  • 1985 Rebecca Dale
  • 1988 John P. Dalbec
  • 1989 John P. Aey
  • 1998 Nicholas F. Gallo
  • 2000 Sara M. LaLumia
  • 2002 Thomas P. Wakefield
  • 2006 Angella Kwallek
  • 2007 Louise Popio
  • 2008 Chad Miller
  • 2011 Justin McIntyre
  • 2015 Kristi Yazvac (Walter and Adelhaid Hohenstein Fellowship)
  • 2016 Ashley Orr (Marcus L. Urann $15,000 Fellowship)
  • 2017 Jenna Wise
  • 2019 Lexi Rager
  • 2020 Jacob Tomory (Marcus L. Urann $20,000 Fellowship)
  • 2022 Mya Blanco

Graduate Awards of Excellence[2]

  • 1975 Peter J. Beckworth
  • 1976 Joseph M. Tucciaroni
  • 1986 Adelfa M. Cuesta
  • 1992 Donna K. Gardner
  • 1993 Sharyn A. Campbell
  • 1997 Kimberly J. Jordan
  • 1999 Jamie N. Marich
  • 2001 Deane Edgar Smith III
  • 2005 Jennifer Davidson
  • 2009 Tyler Drombosky

Other Notable Accomplishments

First student co-inventor on U.S. patent

  • 2020 Mariah DeFuria (in collaboration with Dr. Douglas Genna)

National Collegiate Honors Council

Research Awards
  • 2016 Mariah DeFuria
  • 2016 Elizabeth Rogenski
  • 2018 Lexi Rager
  • 2019 Noor Khalayleh
  • 2022 Kira Bowman
Other Awards
  • 2022 Julie Centofanti (John J. Hanigan Award)
    With Honors magazine (1st place)
    Friends and family newsletter (3rd place)

[1] The Graduate National Fellowship is the society’s most prestigious graduate award
[2] The Graduate Award of Excellence is a second level award; 2009 was the last year for the Award of Excellence