Students Receive Academic Honors Awards

The Annual Academic Honor Awards Assembly, which recognizes outstanding students who have dedicated time, energy and talent to their academic achievement, will take place at 5:30 p.m. May 6 in the Student Union Building Georgian Room, with a reception beginning at 5 p.m.

Alumna Carli Conklin (’97, ’99) will be the guest speaker. She is a 2012 recipient of the Missouri Lawyers Weekly Women’s Justice Award, Legal Scholar Category, and a 2014 recipient of the University of Missouri School of Law’s Board of Advocates Faculty Achievement Award. In 2016, Conklin was selected to receive the Shook, Hardy, & Bacon LLP Excellence in Research Award, the University of Missouri School of Law’s highest award for faculty scholarship.

Outstanding Graduate Student in Accounting
Drake Abbey

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Accounting
Danielle Cox

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Agricultural Science
Miranda Biddle

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Anthropology
Sarah Lamkin

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Art
Sadie Pafford

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Art: Studio Art
Benjamin Flowers

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Art: Visual Communication
Madeline Perel

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Athletic Training
Kevin Madden

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Biology
Jordyn Williams

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Business Administration: Finance
Jonathan Gilmor

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Business Administration: Management
Jessica Bucci

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Business Administration: Marketing
Anushri Thakkar

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Chemistry
Sierra Dickey

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Communication: Journalism
Jonah McKeown

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Communication: Public Communication
Caitlyn Bess

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Communication: Communication Studies
Clara Hughes

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Communication Disorders
Kaytlin Tippin

Outstanding Graduate Student in Communication Disorders
Kylie Warner

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Computer Science
Yong Zheng

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Creative Writing
Kira Chatham

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Economics
Nathan Kuhl

Outstanding Graduate Student in Elementary Education
Elle Irons

Outstanding Graduate Student in Secondary Education
Conner Katsev

Outstanding Graduate Student in Special Education
Stephanie Sherman

Outstanding Graduate Student in English
Hayden Wilsey

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in English
Dani Eschweiler

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Exercise Science
Abigail Werner

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in French
Lauren Schultz

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in German
Dana Megargle

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Health Science
Ashley Kuykendall

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in History
Patrick McGlasson

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Interdisciplinary Studies
Chloe Jackson

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Justice Systems
Breanne Durovic

Outstanding Graduate Student in Leadership
Krista Llewellyn

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Linguistics
John Ross

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Mathematics
Michael Marmorstein

General George C. Marshall ROTC Award
Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Military Science
Michael Naterlin

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Music: General Concentration
Lindsey Davis

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Music: Liberal Arts
Michael Marmorstein

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Music: Performance
Taylor Jokerst

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Nursing
Laura Kathryn Dungan

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Physics
Tyler Gardner

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Political Science
Brandon Bolte

Outstanding Undergraduate Students in Psychology
Roberto Rentería
Megan Amelia Todd

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Sociology
Daniel Wagner

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Spanish
Derek Benjamin

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Theatre
Ryan Webb

Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award
Benjamin Batzer