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