2026 Academic Award Winners

Congratulations to the students and faculty recognized at the 2026 Wilson College Academic Awards Ceremony held on Friday, April 24, 2026. 

1957 Civic Engagement Award—Susan Hubbard ’27  

 

The Dorle Haas Memorial Prize—Keaira Lutz ’26  

 

The Gloria Randle Scott-Frances Richards Hesselbein Prize—Halley Shaffer ’26  

The Catherine Herr Langdon Award    —Kendi Long ’26  

 

Organic Chemistry Award—Alyvia Henneman ’27  

 

General Chemistry Award—Masen Dice ’29  

 

E. Grace White Summer Scholarship—Ellen Zimmerman ’28  

 

The Davison Greenawalt Grove Award—Acadia Banis ’26  

 

E. Grace White Prize—Rosa Portilla ’26  

 

The Wilson College Equestrienne Award—Kendi Long ’26  

 

The Nicky Hoffman Reich Award—Michaela Black ’27  

 

The Nicky Hoffman Reich Award—Elaina Marker ’27  

 

The Donna Gomer VMT Award—Elizabeth Landon ’26

 

The Edward and Sarah Anderson Psychology Prize—Erin Gohegan ’26

 

The Alice Martin Brumbaugh Award in Sociology—Faith Crawford ’26  

 

The Carolyn Zeleny Prize—Elizabeth Cordon ’27  

 

The Margaret Strode Haines Award—Aislynn Richards ’29  

 

The Alta Lindsay McElwain Prize—Kate Seymour ’27  

 

The Helen Adams Nutting History Prize—Jeremiah Loyer ’27  

 

The Marel Harlow Cheng Memorial Prize—Homaira Gawhari ’27  

 

Lucy Bremmer Global Citizenship Award—Amanda Monico ’27  

 

The Josef Michael Kellinger Award—Rusbelly Almonte ’26  

 

The Mary-Eleanor Maule Travel Grant—Drue Meals ’28  

 

The Helga Rist Prize—Marissa Woodward ’26 

 

 

The Joanne Harrison Hopkins Literary Achievement Award—Jessica Bunn ’29  

 

The William and Ivy Saylor Prize and The Mary Beers Sheppard Prize—Faith Crawford ’26  

 

The Dr. Julie and Mr. Joel Beck for Nursing Clinical Leadership—Elivia Kipe ’26  

 

Wilson College Nursing Department Award—Gretchen Turner ’26  

 

Wilson College Nursing Department Award—Brittany Rohrbaugh ’26  

 

The William P. Van Looy Business Prize—Chelcie Forrester ’26  

 

The Robert Shannon McElwain Prize—Mikayla Petersen ’29  

 

Regina Shaputnic Cuomo '61 STEM Award—Heather LeMaster ’29  

 

Regina Shaputnic Cuomo '61 STEM Award—Ethan Fulton ’29  

 

Outstanding Peer Teacher Award—Sydney Hartle ’28  

 

Outstanding Peer Teacher Award—Drue Meals ’28  

 

C. Elizabeth Boyd '33 Award—Elizabeth Cordon ’27  

 

The Estep-Lawson Memorial Prize—Rebecca Coyle ’26  

 

Barsy-Colgan Academic Research Gift Award—Zoe Rosen ’27  

 

The James Applegate Performance Award—Kalyna Lloyd ’28

 

The James Applegate Scholarship Award—Natalie Beckner ’26

 

Joan M. Thuebel '52 Earthwatch Prize—Grace Dickinson ’28, Matt Browning ’26, and Amanda Monico ’27  

 

The Margaret Criswell Disert Honors Scholarship—Alyvia Henneman ’27  

 

The Donald F. Bletz Award for Excellence in Teaching—Darah Wolf-Thomas, Adjunct Instructor—English

 

The Donald F. Bletz Award for Excellence in Teaching—Sherri Stahl, Instructor of Nursing

 

The Donald F. Bletz Award for Excellence in Teaching—Ela Rossmiller, Assistant Professor of Political Science & Global Studies

 

Not pictured:  

The Suzanne Blumenthal Prize in Healthcare and Medical Humanities—Elena Lotruglio ’26  

The Dr. Julie and Mr. Joel Beck for Nursing Leadership—Audrey Leke ’26

The Dr. Julie and Mr. Joel Beck for Nursing Leadership—Sara Baublitz ’26  

The Richard C. Grove Award in Business and Economics—Stacy Kerr ’26  

The Robert Shannon McElwain Prize—Cole Cooper ’29