Colgate University recognizes scholars, leaders, and those of outstanding character who have enriched the Colgate community.
National Fellowship & Scholarship Recipients
Boren Fellowship
- Alex Wilson ’17
Boren Scholarship
- Keegan Kessler ’23
Critical Language Scholarship
- Shannon Ayres ’23
- Abigail Flynn ’22
- Kathleen Maro ’22
Davis Projects for Peace
- Ani Arzoumanian ’22
- Lucy Langan ’23
Fulbright U.S. Student Scholarship
- Jennifer Lundt ’19
- Sarah Neubecker ’22
- Elisabeth Pezzuto ’22
- Kelly Reiling ’22
Fulbright USTA Austria
- Eric Matt ’22
Gates Cambridge Scholarship
- Isabella Morse ’21
Goldwater Scholarship
- Jillian Paulin ’23
National Institutes of Health Intramural Research Training Award
- Isabel Gephart ’22
- Tori Gobo ’22
- Hannah Grote ’22
- Jessica Johnson ’22
- Colin Miller ’22
- Emily Squire ’22
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships Program
- Julieanne Montaquila ’21
- Emma Krasovich ’15
- Maryann Webb ’18
Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship
- Linda Wang ’23
Academic Awards
Phi Beta Kappa Daniel H. Saracino Prize for Scholarship of Exceptional Merit
- Nathan Conlon
- Anna Duerr
- Fairuz Ishraque
- Elisabeth Pezzuto
- Gabrielle Sorresso
Lampert Award for Outstanding Scholarship
- Abigail Flynn
- Sarah Neubecker
Cleon O. Morgan Award
- Amaan Shaikh
- Jenifer Trujillo
Office of Undergraduate Studies Award for Academic Excellence
- Maria Yepez
- Flora Zhang
Africana and Latin American Studies
Bartolina Sisa Award for Excellence in Latin American Studies
- Maria Yepez
The Manning Marable Award for Service
- Grace Darko
The Wangari Maathai and Nelson Mandela Award for Excellence in African Studies
- Lauren Garvey
Art and Art History
Fitchen Award for Excellence
- Jessica Rosen
- Amelia Showers
Harriette Wagner Memorial Award
- Sally McGee
- Eleanor Miller
Award for Excellence and Citizenship in Architecture
- Ethan Cherry
- Colin Clark
Asian Studies
Award for Excellence in Area Studies: China
- Alexander Almer
Award for Excellence in Area Studies: Japan
- Yang Yang
Award for Excellence in Area Studies: Pan-Asia
- John Hultenius
Athletics
Director of Athletics Award
- Tucker Richardson
- Delani MacKay
Gottesman Award for Excellence in the Sciences and Athletics
- Mitchel Benson
John T. (Jack) Mitchell Memorial Award
- Rachel Schaaf
Joseph Huther Prize
- William Friend
- Alexa Naessens
Thomas M. Wilson ’67 Memorial Endowed Leadership Award
- William Gruber
Team Academic Excellence Award
- Keith Tyburski-Men's Golf
- Harlis Meaders-Women's Cross Country
Biology
Christopher Oberheim Memorial Award
- Lauren Horstmyer
- Elisabeth Pezzuto
- Nathan Swanbery
Oswald T. Avery Award
- Hannah Stack
- Daniel Zelmanovich
- Flora Zhang
Raymond J. Myers Award
- Luke Calderaro
- Rory O'Brien
- Collin Parrow
Chemistry
American Chemical Society’s Division of Analytical Chemistry Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry
- Marianna Head
American Chemical Society’s Division of Inorganic Chemistry Undergraduate Award in Inorganic Chemistry
- James Clark
American Chemical Society’s Division of Organic Chemistry Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry
- Dechokyab De
American Chemical Society’s Division of Physical Chemistry Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry
- Ruojun Wu
Edwin Foster Kingsbury Prize
- Kristen Mast
- Jia Zeng
Haskell Schiff Memorial Prize
- Emmerson Bartels
- Abigail Bonino
- Kyleigh Frank
- Francesca Goodell
- Elizabeth Joffrey
- Ellen Montgomery
- Luke Morneault
- Ethan Riggs
Lawrence Chemical Prize
- Joseph Berberich
- Camden Di Carlo
- Eric Goodney
- William Russel
McGregory Fellowship Award in Chemistry
- Rachel Schaaf
- Weiyu Zhong
Roy Burnett Smith Prize in Chemistry
- Johna Joseph
Classics
Award for Excellence in the Classics
- Joyce Ebikhumi
- Kendall Hall
- Alice Hurst
- Cassie Ryan
- Elizabeth Zimmerman
- Leyu Zou
Baldwin Greek Prize
- Alexander Kraut
J. Curtiss Austin Latin Prize
- Dillon Aryeh
- Ian Swain
Newton Lloyd Andrews Prize in the Classics
- Grant Roess
- Andrew Smith
Computer Science
Award for Excellence in Computer Science
- Emily Amano
- Maria-Raluca Ghilea
- Joakim Jakovleski
- Kyle Kadziolka
- Tam Nguyen
Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Computer Science Community
- James Daus
- Lily Davisson
- Maria-Raluca Ghilea
- Joakim Jakovleski
- Kyle Kadziolka
- Mia Tiara McDuffie
- Alexander Ng
- Syed Tazmilur Rahman Saad
Edward P. Felt ’81 Memorial Prize in Computer Science
- James Daus
- Lily Davisson
- Joakim Jakovleski
- Chau Pham
Laura Sanchis Award for Excellence in Research
- Bonnie Chin
- James Daus
- Chau Pham
East Asian Languages and Literatures
Award for Excellence in Chinese Language
- ChanJu You
Award for Excellence in Japanese Language
- Yongru Wang
Economics
J. Melbourne Shortliffe Prize
- Sahil Lalwani
- Ayush Sinha
- Gabrielle Sorresso
Marshall-Keynes Award for Excellence in Economics
- Thi Minh Khue Nguyen
Educational Studies
Award for Excellence in Adolescence Education
- Gregory Fucheck
Award for Excellence in Childhood Education
- Clare Sullivan
Charles H. Thurber Award
- Isabel Barraza
- Maria Chavez
- Chloe Ellison
- Izabel Melgoza
- Quang-Anh Tran
- Yang Yang
English
Allen Prize in English Composition
- Erin Frances Knox
- Mayzie Potton
- Olivia Wisbey
Jonathan H. Kistler Memorial Prize in English
- Caroline Baird
- John Schoen
Lasher Prize in English
- Mandy Chan
- Lauryn Johnson
- Yaehoon Kim
- Catheryn Munoz
- Piper Schneider
Lasher Prize for Distinction in English Composition
- Hunter Firment
- Paulina Prosnitz
Scott Saunders Prize for Excellence in Literature
- Emma Gutmann
Environmental Studies
Award for Excellence in Environmental Studies
- Ashley Bound
Film and Media Studies
Film and Media Studies Award
- Cassandra Bielmeier
- Joseph Giordano
- Kingston Perry
- Sally McGee
- Jenifer Trujillo
- Brian Weber
Geography
Kevin Williams ’10 Endowed Memorial Fellowship Award
- Emily Balog
- Joseph Berberich
Peter Gould Award in Geography
- Robert Israel
Shannon McCune Prize in Geography
- Anna Duerr
Geology
Award for Excellence in Geology
- Luke Calderaro
Kevin Williams ’10 Endowed Memorial Fellowship Award
- Sophie Naylor
- Jessica Wen
Norma Vergo Prize in Geology
- Sadie Kasten
Robert M. Linsley Prize for Excellence in Geology
- Jessica Zehner
German
Valentine Piotrow German Prize
- Nathan Conlon
- Eric Matt
- Elisabeth Pezzuto
Health Sciences
Bernard and Sydell Citron Pre-Medical Scholastic Prize
- Harrison Blume
History
Award for Excellence in History
- Braedon Nanna
Douglas K. Reading ’33 History Prize
- Rose Corcoran
History Honors Award
- Diana Baxter
Scott Saunders Prize for Excellence in History
- Katherine Gardner
- Benjamin Yanowitz
International Relations
Paul O. Stillman ’55 Award
- Ke Li
- Yuehan Liu
Jewish Studies
Jewish Studies Award
- Eli Hearne
LGBTQ Studies
Ken Valente Award for Leadership in LGBTQ Studies and Community
- Mackenzie Harrison
- Joanna Rodriguez
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies Studies Award for Academic Excellence in Honor of Marilyn Thie
- August Halbach
- Grace Klein
Liberal Arts Core Curriculum
Liberal Arts Core Curriculum Prize — Core 151
- Mete Minbay
Liberal Arts Core Curriculum Prize — Core 152
- Diya Mehta
Liberal Arts Core Curriculum Prize — Core Communities and Identities
- Audrey Chan
Liberal Arts Core Curriculum Prize — Core Scientific Perspectives
- Marisa Zarcone
Mathematics
Allen First-Year Mathematical Prize
- Jenna Lacy
- Paul Schulze
Edwin J. Downie ’33 Award for Mathematics
- Christopher Deng
Osborne Mathematics Prize
- Ziad Attia
- Austin Beers
- Christopher Deng
- Hieu Do
- Dipesh Khati
- Qizhe Pan
- Ayush Sinha
- Dong Wang
- Jia Zeng
Sisson Mathematics Prize
- Hieu Do
- Xizhe Jiang
- Thao Nguyen
- Paul Schulze
- Elizabeth Shaw
- Yuexi Zhang
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Award for Excellence in Medieval and Renaissance Studies
- Emma Kosmeder
Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
Award for Excellence in Arabic
- Abigail Flynn
- Elizabeth Driscoll
- Michael McDowell
Award for Excellence in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
- Abigail Flynn
Museum Studies
Award for Excellence in Museum Studies
- Elizabeth Shaw
Music
Class of 1909 Music Prize
- Wenyi Gao
Donald Lloyd Cotton ’36 Prize
- Xose Agbadan
- Zachary Brown
- Leah Greenstein
- Matthew Shapiro
- James Elizares vonBaeyer
Lorey Family Senior Music Prize
- David Elacqua
- Samuel Evans
Robert G. Ingraham Memorial Music Prize
- Chloe Ellison
- Julie Stanwyck
- Cole Ventresca
- Yunqi Wang
Native American Studies
Anthony Aveni Award for Excellence in Native American Studies
- Lauren Lundrigan
Neuroscience
F. Scott Kraly Award
- Ellen Sojka
- Ashley Thomas
William E. and Nellie K. Edmonston Neuroscience Award
- Hannah Grote
- Caroline Kaicher
- Emily Stack
Peace and Conflict Studies
Clarence Young Award
- Maria Yepez
Dag Hammarskjöld Prize in Peace and Conflict Studies
- Larsen Klein
Sterling Prize
- Sarah Erickson
- Michael Fried
- Larsen Klein
- Alyssa Kryzelle Reyes
- Caroline Woloson
- Maria Yepez
Philosophy
M. Holmes Hartshorne Memorial Award for Excellence in Philosophy
- Eliza Lloyd
- Hunter Marrero
- John Underhill
M. Holmes Hartshorne Memorial Award for Postgraduate Study in Philosophy
- Ellen Lawrence
- Thi Minh Khue Nguyen
Robinson Essay Prize
- Matthew Newfield
Physics and Astronomy
Edwin Foster Kingsbury Prize
- Junrui Chen
- Jackson Kustell
- Lia Veit
- Samantha Wilder
Joseph C. Amato and Anthony F. Aveni Award for Student Research
- Jessica Johnson
Physics and Astronomy Alumni Award
- Thao Nguyen
- Teng Ee Yap
Physics and Astronomy Department Founders Award
- Amanda Lue
Political Science
Dr. William L. Boyle Jr. Award for Political Science
- Natalie Goncher
- Brynna Luedde
Herbert J. Storing Memorial Award
- Rachel Dames
Psychological and Brain Sciences
Citizenship Award in Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Sarah Billings
- Quang-Anh Tran
Kevin Carlsmith Prize
- Sarah Billings
- Nicole Mitchell
- Gabrielle Smythe
Phil R. Miller Prize in Psychology
- Abigail Flynn
- Quang-Anh Tran
Sarah Kulkofsky Award
- Erica Friedman
- Harrison Howe
Religion
M. Holmes Hartshorne Memorial Award for Excellence in Religion
- Eli Hearne
Robinson Essay Prize in Religion
- Rachella Carlino
- Gabrielle Lange
Romance Languages and Literatures
Award for Excellence in French Studies
- Chase Hirt
- Sophia Manners
Award for Excellence in Italian Studies
- Cecilia Belzer
- David Elacqua
- Madeline Graham
Award for Excellence in Spanish Studies
- Sofia Beaufrand
- Emma Kosmeder
- Rory O'Brien
Charles A. Choquette Memorial Prize
- Eleanor Frost
- Samantha Giuntini
David B. Jutten Prize
- Jane Millard
Russian and Eurasian Studies
Albert Parry Prize
- Kathryn Robinson
Richard Sylvester Award for First-Year Students
- Jamie Anderson
Robert L. Murray Award in Russian and Eurasian Studies
- Emma Kaminski
Sociology and Anthropology
Award for Excellence in Anthropology
- Elizabeth Shaw
- Matthew Silver
Award for Excellence in Sociology
- Elizabeth Casey
- Virginia Pflager
Ramshaw Service Award
- Hannah Keilani Blas
Theater
Howard W. and Anne T. Pike Memorial Prize — Senior
- Ke Li
- William Ruhl
Howard W. & Anne T. Pike Memorial Prize - Junior
- Diego Abanto Ibarguen
- Jieyi Wu
Howard W. and Anne T. Pike Memorial Prize — Technical Theater
- Joseph Bluhm
Howard W. & Anne T. Pike Memorial Prize — Dance
- Weiyu Zhong
Howard W. and Anne T. Pike Memorial Prize — Theater Essay
- Rachel Sita
Women’s Studies
Combahee River Collective Feminist Praxis Award
- Mackenzie Harrison
- Sarah Street
Women’s Studies Award for Academic Excellence
- Flora Zhang
Writing and Rhetoric
Joseph '63 & Carol Trimmer Award for Excellence in First-Year Rhetorical Analysis
- Chapin Rockwell
Joseph '63 & Carol Trimmer Award for Excellence in First-Year Narrative Writing
- Ha Nguyen
Joseph '63 & Carol Trimmer Award for Excellence in Narrative Writing
- Lucie Levasseur
Joseph '63 & Carol Trimmer Award for Excellence in Narrative Writing, Honorable Mention
- Sydney Trost
Joseph '63 & Carol Trimmer Award for Excellence in Personal Essay Writing
- Ashley Tourtelot
Joseph '63 & Carol Trimmer Award for Excellence in Research Writing
- Catheryn Munoz
Joseph '63 & Carol Trimmer Award for Excellence in Rhetorical Analysis
- Rachel Plasky
Joseph '63 & Carol Trimmer Award for Excellence in Rhetorical Analysis, Honorable Mention
- Leila Ribeiro
Joseph '63 & Carol Trimmer Award for Excellence in Visual Composition
- Isabella Fis
Colgate University Awards
Colgate Alumni Corporation 1819 Award
- Hilary Almanza
- Quang-Anh (Alex) Tran
Phi Eta Sigma Professor of the Year
- Engda Hagos
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Award
- Hilary Almanza
- Sophia Beresford
- Hannah Keilani Blas
- Joanna Rodriguez
- Quang-Anh (Alex) Tran
Bruce Selleck ’71 Award for Upstate Institute N.Y. Engagement
- Kelsey Bennett
Charles A. Dana Scholars
Based on 2021 grades and activities
- Austin Beers
- Nathan Conlon
- Christopher Deng
- Carson Durdel
- Abigail Flynn
- Maria-Raluca Ghilea
- Emma Hart
- Kyle Kadziolka
- Jun Yuan Khoo
- Sahil Lalwani
- Ke Li
- Phillip Matos
- Izabel Melgoza
- Thi Minh Khue Nguyen
- Thao Nguyen
- Rory O'Brien
- Grant Roess
- Rachel Schaaf
- Elizabeth Shaw
- Gabrielle Sorresso
- Ian Swain
- Quang-Anh Tran
- Teng Ee Yap
- Daniel Zelmanovich
- Weiyu Zhong
Based on 2021 grades and activities
- Emma Dexter
- Yinuo Ding
- Emanuele DiRubba
- Ryan Ewanow
- Macklin Fishman
- Abigail Hamilton
- Jiahong Hou
- Samuel Kaplan
- Caleb Levy
- Mary Ring
- Matthew Sampson
- Nicholas Scott
- Maximilian Spieler
- Katelyn Valete
- Corey VanDoren
- Ava Wigdor
- Ruojun Wu
- Jessica Zehner
- Yuexi Zhang
- Xinai Zhang
Based on 2021 grades and activities
- AlJoharah AlSheikh
- Joseph Berberich
- Nikoloz Bujiashvili
- Pariya Chanthasensack
- Eric Goodney
- Michael Hanratty
- Yiduo He
- Vuong Hoang
- Chang Liu
- Mete Minbay
- Wael Mohamed
- Khoa Nguyen
- Nicole Roitman
- Zachary Tarrant
- Caneel Young
Class of 1997 Award
- Mackenzie Harrison
- Fairuz Ishraque
- Sahil Lalwani
Dean’s Community Service Award
- Claire Bonzani
- Willa King
Dodge Prize
- Paul Schulze — first place
- Thanh Dang — second place
Dr. Leo H. Speno Award
- Amanda Ennis
- Kylie Geer
- Emily Hazen
- Megan Herbruck
Edward M. Stimets Memorial Award
- Jose-Luis Paredes-Larios
George W. Cobb Awards
- Elannah De La O ’24
- Aizaz Faisal ’24
- Ethan Freedman ’24
- Hayley Lenhard ’24
- Elizabeth Markwick ’24
- Parna Shakouri ’23
- Corinna Yee ’23, president
Golden Fellows
Established in 2006 by John A. Golden ’66 and the Golden Family Foundation, Golden Fellows are selected on a competitive basis for their conviction to pursue law school or medical school, demonstrated leadership potential, and strong academic achievement.
- Hilary Almanza
- Cecilia Belzer
- Johna Joseph
- Y.J. Lee
- Kathleen Maro
- Grace Poncsak
- Sarah Silverman
- Adrienne Vaughn
- Elle Winter
- Flora Zhang
- Yiyan Zhao
- Mandy Chan
- Sarah Finton
- Anna Gianneschi
- Addison Hillerbrand
- Lauryn Johnson
- Carla Perdomo Silva
- Piper Schneider
- Maya Souvignier
- Melanie Tlaseca Verde
- Joudenie Germain
- Benjamin Godbout
- Michael Hanratty
- Labib Mamun
- Lara Shqair
Jewish Student Life Award
- Haley Friefeld
- Jordana Kaller
Kingsford Prize for Public Speaking
- Hunter Schaumloffel ’23
- Arnab Hait ’24
- Sophia Mendez ’24
- Brianna Wright ’25
Lewis Orator Prize
- Abigail Flynn ’22 — first Place
- John Morgan ’22 — second Place
- Sahil Lalwani ’22 — third Place
- Brianna Wright ’25 — fourth Place
Voice of Conscience
- Hilary Almanza ’22
- Hannah Keilani Blas ’22
- Adriana Kartanadi ’22
- Sahil Lalwani ’22