2022–23 Awards

Colgate University recognizes scholars, leaders, and those of outstanding character who have enriched the Colgate community.

Boren Fellowship

Linda Wang ’23
Trey Spadone ’20

Critical Language Scholarship

Charlotte Birsh ’23

Projects for Peace

Margo Williams ’23

Fulbright U.S. Student Scholarship

Lauren Antin ’23
Anna Gianneschi ’23
Lucy Langan ’23
Trey Spadone ’20

Gilman Scholarship

Jon Eaton ’24
Ariel Missaghieh ’24
Tai Pham ’25

Goldwater Scholarship

Gavin Fowler ’24
Hayley Lenhard ’24
Sarah Miller ’24

National Institutes of Health Intramural Research Training Award

Lily Barna ’23
Olivia Borden ’23
Graciela Galvez ’23
Danielle Goldbaum ’23
Ben Joseph ’23
Eva Wiener ’23

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships Program

Christopher Deng ’22
Lauren Horstmyer ’22
Brianna Jepsen ’20
Leon Nichols ’23

Payne International Development Fellowship

Trey Spadone ’20

Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship

Mel Anderson ’24

Watson Fellowship

Erin Flannery ’23
Sarah Shelton ’23

*Recipients are Class of 2023 unless otherwise noted.

Phi Beta Kappa Daniel H. Saracino Prize for Scholarship of Exceptional Merit

Yinuo Ding
Caleb Levy
Aziz Ur Rehman Zafar

Lampert Prize

Madeleine Hettler

Cleon O. Morgan Award

Sinai Trejo
Justice Wysinger

Office of Undergraduate Studies Award for Academic Excellence

William Lam
Jeiko Pujols

Africana and Latin American Studies

Bartolina Sisa Award for Excellence in Latin American Studies

Alan Hernandez

Manning Marable Award for Service

Daniel Rodriguez ’24

Pauli Murray Award for Excellence in African American Studies

Max Mindich
Bailey Misken

Wangari Maathai and Nelson Mandela Award for Excellence in African Studies

Bruce Ferguson

Art and Art History

Award for Excellence and Citizenship in Architecture

Hannah Ditto

Fitchen Award for Excellence in Art and Art History

Audrey Hong

Harriette Wagner Memorial Award

Rebecca Sweigart

Asian Studies

Award for Excellence in Area Studies: China

Yinuo Ding

Award for Excellence in Area Studies: Japan

Jingyue Zhang

Athletics

Director of Athletics Award

Taylor Ludwick
Bryan Qian

Gottesman Award for Excellence in the Sciences and Athletics

Stephanie Jacoby

John T. (Jack) Mitchell Memorial Award

Samantha Smigliani

Joseph Huther Prize

Mari Kniezewski
Liam Watson-Brawn

Team Academic Excellence Award

Men's Lacrosse-Matt Karweck
Women's Track & Field-Chelsea France

Thomas M. Wilson ’67 Memorial Endowed Leadership Award

Zachary Pelland

Biology

Christopher Oberheim Memorial Award

Jasper Lim-Goyette
Aziz Ur Rehman Zafar

Oswald T. Avery Award

Emily Clarke
Tyson Echols

Raymond J. Myers Award

Caroline Barnhart
Nicholas Scott

Chemistry

American Chemical Society’s Division of Analytical Chemistry Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry

Stephanie Jacoby

American Chemical Society’s Division of Inorganic Chemistry Undergraduate Award in Inorganic Chemistry

Eric Goodney ’24

American Chemical Society’s Division of Organic Chemistry Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry

Camden DiCarlo ’24

American Chemical Society’s Division of Physical Chemistry Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry

Divyansh Chamria

Edwin Foster Kingsbury Prize

Emmerson Bartels ’25
Joshua Israel ’25
Sohee Kim ’25
Lauren Spina ’25

Haskell Schiff Memorial Prize

Sydney Arlin ’26
Kim Gates ’26
Audrey Kris ’26
William McCarthy ’26
Sarah Sexton ’26

Lawrence Chemical Prize

Jeffrey Arigo ’26
Jessica Hui ’26

McGregory Fellowship in Chemistry

Jian Chen
Stephanie Jacoby

Roy Burnett Smith Prize in Chemistry

Ruojun Wu

Classics

Award for Excellence in the Classics

Milo Austin ’26
Lilia Hayduchok ’26
Thomas Nemec ’26
Lindsey Schwartzman ’25
Alessandra Song ’26
Sean Wallace ’25

Baldwin Greek Prize

Persephone Sween-Argyros ’24
Zoe Tzivas ’25

J. Curtiss Austin Latin Prize

Abigail Hamilton
Minturn Wright

Newton Lloyd Andrews Prize

Milo Austin ’26
Joyce Ebikhumi ’25
Ean Hill ’26
Kathleen Keyes ’25
Elsa O'Brien ’25

Computer Science

Award for Academic Excellence In Computer Science

Maximilian Spieler
Xinai Zhang

Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Computer Science Community

Emma Goodman
Josiah Paintsil

Edward P. Felt '81 Memorial Prize Fund in Computer Science

Sara Alam
Xinai Zhang

Laura Sanchis Award for Excellence in Research

Jyotirmay Chauhan
Dong Wang

Earth and Environmental Geosciences

Award for Excellence in Geoscience

Isabella King
Jessica Zehner

Kevin Williams ’10 Endowed Memorial Fellowship Award

Amelia Rastley ’25
Alexa Russo ’25

Norma Vergo Prize in Geology

Lucy Nentwick
Maria Clara Rapoza

Robert M. Linsley Prize for Excellence in Geology

Sophie Naylor ’24

East Asian Languages and Literatures

Award for Excellence in Chinese Language

Katelyn Valete

Award for Excellence in Japanese Language

Qiqing Li

Economics

Chi-Ming Hou Award for Excellence in International Economics

Andrew Derrickson

J. Melbourne Shortliffe Prize

Zhaotian Wang

Marshall-Keynes Award for Excellence in Economics

Corey VanDoren

Educational Studies

Award for Excellence in Adolescence Education

Margaret Callan MAT’15

Award for Excellence in Childhood Education

Teagan Mackey MAT’22

Charles H. Thurber Award

Adanya Jeudy
Minjun Kim

English

Allen Prizes in English Composition

Macklin Fishman
Piper Schneider

Jonathan H. Kistler Memorial Curricular Innovation Fund in English

Lauryn Johnson

Lasher Prize in English

Marissa Bordonaro ’24
Khoa Nguyen ’24
Giorgio Rahal ’24

Lasher Prize for Distinction in English Composition

Tonte Koru
Lita Wright

Scott Saunders Prize for Excellence in Literature

Natalie Ringel
Aaron Silverstein

Environmental Studies

Award for Excellence in Environmental Studies

Emma Dexter

Film and Media Studies

Film and Media Studies Award

Macklin Fishman
Emma Gallagher
Sadie Jacobson
Rebecca Sweigart
Walter Szafran

Geography

Kevin Williams ’10 Endowed Memorial Fellowship Award

Xose Agbadan ’25
Barbara Gonzalez Fuentes ’25

Peter Gould Award in Geography

Keegan Kessler

Shannon McCune Prize in Geography

Sophia Ferrero

German

Valentine Piotrow German Prize

Kristen Mast
Fallyn Kirlin

Global Public and Environmental Health

Award of Excellence in Global Public and Environmental Health

Abigail Grady

Health Sciences

Bernard and Sydell Citron Pre-Medical Scholastic Prize

Meredith Janes

History

Alexander V. Wasson Prize for Excellence in History

Lucille Langan

Award for Excellence in History

Jillian Holliday

Douglas K. Reading ’33 History Prize

Corinna Yee

Scott Saunders Prize for Excellence in History

Shannon Ayres

International Relations

Paul O. Stillman ’55 Award

Chuyun Dai
Max Edelstein

Jewish Studies

Jewish Studies Award

Lily Barna

LGBTQ Studies

Ken Valente Award for Leadership in LGBTQ Studies and Community

Juny Ardon

LGBTQ Studies Award for Academic Excellence in Honor of Marilyn Thie

Jordy Medina

Liberal Arts Core Curriculum

Liberal Arts Core Curriculum Prizes: Core 152

Abigail Schnitzer ’25

Liberal Arts Core Curriculum Prizes: Core Communities and Identities

Tingyan Miao ’25

Liberal Arts Core Curriculum Prizes: Core Scientific Perspectives

Virginia Boyer ’24

Mathematics

Allen First-Year Mathematical Prize

Dennis Belotserkovskiy ’26

Osborne Mathematics Prizes

Sophia Child ’25
Brendan Foerster ’24
Caleb Levy
Paul Schulze ’25
Tedi Totojani
Corey VanDoren
Aziz Ur Rehman Zafar

Sisson Mathematics Prize

Sophia Child ’25
Thanh Dang ’25
Brendan Foerster ’24
Jenna Lacy ’25
Cole Ventresca

Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

Award for Excellence in Middle Eastern and islamic Studies

Shannon Ayres

Award for Excellence in Arabic

Anna Gianneschi
Simon Khairallah ’25

Museum Studies

Award for Excellence in Museum Studies

Audrey Chan

Music

Class of 1909 Music Prize

Matthew Robertson ’24
Daniel Ruiz ’25

Donald Lloyd Cotton ’36 Endowed Prize

Michael Concannon ’26
Benjamin Mitchell ’26
Felix Thomas-Yount ’26

Felix Eyle Memorial Prize in Music

Leah Greenstein ’25

Lorey Family Senior Music Prize

Corinna Yee

Robert G. Ingraham Memorial Music Prize

Wenyi Gao
Mary Ring

Native American Studies

Anthony Aveni Award for Excellence in Native American Studies

Jack McGrath

Neuroscience

F. Scott Kraly Award

Lauryn Johnson
Piper Schneider
Ruojun Wu

William E. and Nellie K. Edmonston Neuroscience Award

Raina Jung
Eva Wiener

Peace and Conflict Studies

Clarence Young Award

Hadas Spivack

Dag Hammarskjöld Prize in Peace and Conflict Studies

Yenna Ji

Sterling Prize

Dennis Barrentine
Vanessa Dawley
Anna Gianneschi
Yenna Ji
Dora Mendelson
Deanna Michaels
Phoebe Metzger-Levitt
Hadas Spivack

Philosophy

Balmuth Award for Philosophical Engagement

Madeleine Hettler

M. Holmes Hartshorne Memorial Award for Excellence in Philosophy

Tedra LaFreniere
Andrew Smith

M. Holmes Hartshorne Memorial Award for Postgraduate Study in Philosophy

Andie Cook
Chuyun Dai

Robinson Essay Prize

Chuyun Dai
Nikolai Kassogue

Physics and Astronomy

Edwin Foster Kingsbury Prize

Sayed Shafaat Mahmud ’26
Peter McGrath ’26
Ryland Ross ’26

Joseph C. Amato and Anthony F. Aveni Award for Student Research

Tarik Cigeroglu
Jillian Paulin

Physics and Astronomy Alumni Award

Caleb Levy

Physics and Astronomy Department Founders Award

Divyansh Chamria
Leon Nichols

Political Science

Dr. William L. Boyle Jr. Award

Zarah Bari ’24
Edward Zhang ’24

Herbert J. Storing Memorial Award

Brynna Luedde

Psychological and Brain Sciences

Kevin Carlsmith Prize

Melissa Gonzalez
Jiahong Hou

Phil R. Miller Prize

Jiaxin Chen
Jonathan David
Sarah Westergren

Psychological and Brain Ssciences Citizenship Award

Sarah Harris
Aliza Reinstein

Sarah Kulkofsky Award

Lucy Khaner

Religion

M. Holmes Hartshorne Memorial Award for Excellence in Religion

Yuqi Zheng

Robinson Essay Prize

Christopher Boennighausen

Romance Languages and Literatures

Award for Excellence in French Studies

Sofia Ditullio
Anya Steinmetz

Award for Excellence in Italian Studies

Kai Dasbach
Aidan O'Keefe

Award for Excellence in Spanish Studies

Hannah Burgess
Mariadelcarmen Yanez Cabrera

Charles A. Choquette Memorial Prize

Aidan O'Keefe
Hailey Wilkinson

David B. Jutten Prize

Emma Silverman
Aidan Woods

Russian and Eurasian Studies

Albert Parry Prize

Jamie Anderson ’24

Richard Sylvester Award for First-Year Students

Sophie Karbstein ’26

Robert L. Murray Award in Russian and Eurasian Studies

Carmen Perry ’24

Sociology and Anthropology

Award for Excellence in Anthropology

Emma Dexter

Award for Excellence in Sociology

Raina Jung

Ramshaw Service Award

Justice Wysinger

Theater

Howard W. and Anne T. Pike Memorial Prize – Dance

Willow Goff
Marisa Senger ’24

Howard W. and Anne T. Pike Memorial Prize – Junior

Molly Lambert ’24

Howard W. and Anne T. Pike Memorial Prize – Senior

Diego Abanto Ibarguen
Joseph Bluhm

Howard W. and Anne T. Pike Memorial Prize – Theater Essay

Yaehoon Kim

Women’s Studies

Combahee River Collective Feminist Praxis Award

Graciela Galvez
Rebecca Sam

Women’s Studies Award for Academic Excellence

Dora Mendelson

Writing and Rhetoric

Joseph ’63 and Carol Trimmer Award for Excellence in First Year Research

Benjamin Mines ’26
Sarah Sexton ’26

Joseph ’63 and Carol Trimmer Award for Excellence in Narrative Writing

Jose Arriaza ’25

Joseph ’63 and Carol Trimmer Award for Excellence in Rhetorical Criticism

Halle Kuhar-Pitters ’24

Trimmer Senior Scholar Award for Outstanding Achievement in Writing and Rhetoric

Megan D'Souza
William Lam

*Recipients are Class of 2023 unless otherwise noted.

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Award

Katherinne Bertrand Ortiz
Janiiya Hart
Jasmin Lopez Gomez
Rebecca Sam
Yiwen Xu

Bruce Selleck ’71 Award for Upstate Institute N.Y. Engagement

Rebecca Sweigart

Class of 1997 Award

Audrey Chan
William Lam
Caleb Levy

Colgate Alumni Corporation 1819 Award

Katherinne Bertrand Ortiz

Dean’s Community Service Award

Nicole VanNiekerk

Dodge Prize

Allie Kavalauskas ’26–first place
Andrew Hatfield ’26–second place
Sophie Karbstein ’26–second place
Robert Patch ’26–second place
Junrong Zhu ’26–second place

Dr. Leo H. Speno Award

Aliya Argro
Meredith Janes
Kendall Mueller

Edward M. Stimets Memorial Award

Harshitha Talasila ’26

George W. Cobb Awards

Elannah De Le O ’24
Jonathan Eaton ’24
Jackson Fox ’24
Gahae (Natalia) Kim ’24
Peter Marks ’24
Gray Purcell ’24
Lara Shqair ’24
Camille Goodhart ’25
Vianey Morris ’25
Pahul Sachdeva ’25
Jianan (Nancy) Lei ’26
Raghav (Raj) Sah ’26

Golden Fellows

Class of 2023

Mandy Chan
Sarah Finton
Anna Gianneschi
Addison Hillerbrand
Lauryn Johnson
Carla Perdomo Silva
Piper Schneider
Maya Souvignier
Melanie Tlaseca Verde

Class of 2024

Ella Corbett
Joudenie Germain
Elina Sen-Ghosh
Benjamin Godbout
Eric Goodney
Michael Hanratty
Gahae (Natalia) Kim
Labib Mamun
Archie Rook
Alex Schade
Lara Shqair

Class of 2025

Clementina Aboagye
Gwen Eichfeld
Brianna Wright

Interfaith Leadership Excellence Award

Giselle Wong
Corinna Yee

Jewish Student Life Award

Aliza Reinstein
Orli Sweifach
Corinna Yee

Kingsford Prizes for Public Speaking

Boen Beavers ‘26
Sophia Mendez ‘24
Marisa Modugno ‘23

Phi Eta Sigma Professor of the Year

Janel Benson

Voice of Conscience Award

Danny Arias
Mohammand Anas Asghar
Adanya Jeudy
Yaehoon (Josh) Kim
Justice Wysinger
Yuqi (Angela) Zheng