More than 300 students were recognized Friday during the annual Honors Day Convocation for excellence in academics and leadership. Students were recognized in six divisions: Fine Arts, Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, Humanities, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Physical Education. Recipients of prestigious scholarships were recognized, as were members of national honor societies and students who received special Kalamazoo College awards. Student athletes and teams who won Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association awards also were honored. The students receiving Honors Day awards or recognition are listed below.

Fine Arts Division

Brian Gougeon Prize in Art
Mabel Bowdle
Josetta Chekett
Aiden Morgan
Ping Smith

The Margaret Upton Prize in Music
Isabella Pellegrom

Cooper Award
Milan Levy

Sherwood Prize
Marilu Bueno

Theatre Arts First-Year Student Award
Megan Herbst
Raven Montagna
Nguyen Nguyen
Jadon Weber

Division of Modern and Classical Languages

LeGrand Copley Prize in French
McKenna Wasmer

Hardy Fuchs Award
Alex Nam
Joaquin Ramirez

Margo Light Award
Aliza Garcia

Department of Spanish Language and Literatures Prize
Paige Anderson
Evan Pollens-Voigt
Maxwell Spitler

Clara H. Buckley Prize for Excellence in Latin
Beatrice Hawkins

Provost’s Prize in Classics
Elle Ragan

Humanities Division

O. M. Allen Prize in English
May Tun

John B. Wickstrom Prize in History
Daniel Koselka
Ryan Muschler

L.J. and Eva (“Gibbie”) Hemmes Memorial Prize in Philosophy
Madeleine Lawson

Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division

Winifred Peake Jones Prize in Biology

Isabella Pellegrom
Lucas Priemer
Noah Pyle
Vivian Schmidt
Hannah VanderLugt

Department of Chemistry Prize
Lillian Kehoe
Maxwell Rhames
Hannah VanderLugt

First-Year Chemistry Award

Lillian Grelak
Angela Jacobo
Nguyen Nguyen

Lemuel F. Smith Award
Marissa Dolorfino

Computer Science Prize
Addison Atwater
Sophie Decker
Cole Koryto
Chau Ta

First-Year Mathematics Award
Laura DeVilbiss
Joseph Horsfield
Judah Karesh
Alexander Kish

Thomas O. Walton Prize in Mathematics
Matthew Nelson
Xavier Silva

Cooper Prize in Physics
Alexander Kish
Mackenzie Moore
Tristan Uphoff

NSF S-STEM PRIME Scholars Program
Jessica Antonio-Ulloa
Zoie Banger
Caleb Ewald
Corey Garrison II
Sarah Jaimes Santos
Caleb Jenkins
Rachel Meston
Zoee Perez
Yuliana Reyes
Lauren Stallman   

Social Sciences Division

Departmental Prize in Anthropology and Sociology

Alexandra Armin
Clarke Austin
Tali Deaner
Vivian Kim
Malin Nordmoe
Addison Peter
Sara Reathaford

C. Wallace Lawrence Prize in Business
Holly Bowling
Andreas Fathalla
Farah Ghazal
Christian Kraft

C. Wallace Lawrence Prize in Economics
Nikhil Gandikota
Emma Hahn
Lukas Hultberg
Blagoja Naskovski

Irene and S. Kyle Morris Prize
Colton Jacobs
Meganne Skoug

William G. Howard Memorial Prize in Political Science
Joseph Shumunov

Department of Psychology First-Year Student Prize
Madalyn Farrey
Vivian Kim
Malin Nordmoe
Grace Snyder

Physical Education Division

Division of Physical Education Prize
Adnan Alousi
Vivian Schmidt

Maggie Wardle Prize
Jaelyn Horn

COLLEGE AWARDS

Gordon Beaumont Memorial Award
Litzy Bahena

Henry and Inez Brown Prize
Violet Crampton

Davis United World College Scholar
Unayza Anika
Shiqi (Shaina) Bai
Kinga Fraczkiewicz

Virginia Hinkelman Memorial Award
Ryley White

Heyl Scholars

Class of 2026

Zahra Amini
Michael Ankley
Annaliese Bol
Olivia Cannizzaro
Lilli Daniels
Devi DeYoung
Brigid Roth
Anoushka Soares

Posse Scholars

Class of 2026

Christopher Adeniji
Jimmy Arana
Shyane Barnes-Taylor
Erendira Cabrera
Luis Castro-Limon
Litzy Hernandez
Alyson Ramillano
Arely Roman

National Merit Scholars

Class of 2026
Eleanor Parks-Church

Voynovich Scholars

Elisabeth Kuras
Jack Soderberg

Alpha Lambda Delta

Class of 2025

Alpha Lambda Delta is a national honor society that recognizes excellence in academic achievement during the first college year. To be eligible for membership, students must earn a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5 and be in the top 20 percent of their class during the first year. The Kalamazoo College chapter was installed on March 5, 1942.

Paige Anderson
Ava Apolo
Carolyn Bennett
Daphne Bos
Mairin Boshoven
Anna Buck
Isabella Caza
Alexndra Chafetz
Josetta Checkett
Kyle Cooper
Sophie Decker
Ethan DeNeen
Laura DeVilbiss
Adaora Emenyonu
Justin Essing
Madalyn Farrey
Emma Frederiksen
Lillian Grelak
Elizabeth Grooten
Beatrice Hawkins
Megan Herbst
Maya Hester
Ella Heystek
Sierra Hieshetter
Gavin Houtkooper
Amalia Kaerezi
Kiana Kanegawa
Judah Karesh
Roze Kerr
Vivian Kim
Si Yun Kimball
Alexander Kish
Cole Koryto
Madeleine Lawson
Margaret Lekan
Luis Lizardo-Rodriguez
Ava Loncharte
Madeline Lovins
Jacob Lynett
Andrew Mallon
Arjun Manyam
Sophia Merchant
Mackenzie Moore
Alex Nam
Nguyen Nguyen
Malin Nordmoe
Emma Olson
Isabella Pellegrom
Kaitlin Peot
Benjamin Pickrel
Lucas Priemer
Elena Pulliam
Noah Pyle
Julie Rambo
Sara Reathaford
Laura Reinaux Silva Oliveira
Keegan Reynolds
Maxwell Rhames
Sheldon Riley
Luke Rop
Charlotte Ruiter
Leslie Santos
Vivian Schmidt
Eden Schnurstein
Ping Smith
Grace Snyder
Maxwell Spitler
Eleanor Stevenson
Meredith Steward
Hannah Summerfled
Chau Ta
Claire Taylor
Levi Thomas
Sophia Timm-Blow
Tristan Uphoff
Hannah VanderLugt
McKenna Wasmer
Emerson Wesselhoff
Carson Williams
Laurel Wolfe

Enlightened Leadership Awards

Performing Arts: Music

Shiqi Bai
Avery Brockington
Trustin Christopher
Noah Chun
Sally Eggleston
Luke Hanson
Madeline Hanulcik
Emilia Kelly
Caden Lowis
Kira McManus
Emma Morrison
Lorelei Moxon
Chelsea Paddock
Bea Putman
Molly Stevison
Jeremy Tarn
Hannah Ulanoski

MIAA Awards

These teams earned the 2021-2022 MIAA Team GPA Award for achieving a 3.300 or better grade point average for the entire academic year:

Baseball
Women’s Basketball
Men’s Cross Country
Women’s Cross Country
Men’s Lacrosse
Women’s Golf
Men’s Soccer
Women’s Softball
Women’s Lacrosse
Women’s Soccer
Men’s Swimming and Diving
Women’s Swimming and Diving
Men’s Tennis
Women’s Tennis
Volleyball

MIAA Academic Honor Roll

Student Athletes 2021-22
The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association each year honors students at MIAA member colleges who achieve in the classroom and in athletic competition. Students need to be a letter winner in a varsity sport and maintain at least a 3.5 grade point average for the entire school year.

Adnan Alousi
Olivia Anderson
Paige Anderson
Alexandra Armin
Addison Atwater
Annalise Bailey
Spencer Baldwin
Madison Barch
Travis Barclay
Elena Basso
Ella Black
Rose Bogard
Mairin Boshoven
Chelsea Bossert
Alex Bowden
Leslie Bowen
Holly Bowling
Austin Bresnahan
Lukas Broadsword
Jonathan Brunette
Anna Buck
Pierce Burke
Isabella Caza
Ben Chosid
Walker Chung
Madeleine Coffman
Nicholas Cohee
Lucy Cripe
Emma Curcuru
Nick Dailey
Jessica Dant
Zachary Dean
Emmelyn DeConinck
Ethan DeNeen
Sarah Densham
Olivia DePauli
Chris DeVito
Eva DeYoung
Adam Dorstewitz
Rorie Dougherty
Ryan Drew
Hannah Durant
Gina Dvorin
Rebecca Elias
Kelsi Elliott
Sara English
Jake Fales
Colton Farley
Peter Fitzgerald
Payton Fleming
Parker Foster
Andre Fouque
Emma Frederiksen
Aliza Garcia
Brynna Garden
Farah Ghazal
Katie Gierlach
Nicole Gorder
Lillian Grelak
Natalie Gross
Matthew Gu
Sydney Hagaman
Emily Haigh
Ryan Hanifan
Alison Hankins
Lucy Hart
Tanner Hawkins
Noah Hecht
Maya Hester
Sam Hoag
Jacob Hoffman
Garrick Hohm
Jaelyn Horn
Joseph Horsfield
Molly Horton
Tyler Houle
Gavin Houtkooper
Sam Hughes
Lukas Hultberg
Madelaine Hurley
Casey Johnson
Thomas Kartes
Lucas Kastran
Kai Ketola
Hunter Kiesling
Meghan Killmaster
Rylie Kipfmueller
Lena Klemm
Allison Klinger
Ella Knight
Daniel Koselka
Marissa Kovac
Brandon Kramer
Kathryn Larick
Annmarie Lawrence
Ava Loncharte
Jack Loveland
Jacob Lynett
MacKenzy Maddock
Natalie Maki
Grace McGlynn
Dylan McGorisk
Amy McNutt
Luke Middlebrook
Camille Misra
Jana Molby
Mackenzie Moore
Ryan Morgan
Samantha Moss
Anna Murphy
Nicholas Nerhood
Alexis Nesbitt
Caroline Norton
Alina Offerman
Larkin O’Gorman
Jeremiah Ohren-Hoeft
Olivia Oswald
Ella Palacios
Scott Peters
Eve Petrie
Alexis Petty
Sydney Pickell
Benjamin Pickrel
Noah Piercy
Harrison Poeszat
Evan Pollens-Voigt
Grayson Pratt
Doug Propson
Elizabeth Rachiele
Savera Rajendra-Nicolucci
Julia Rambo
Sara Reathaford
Keegan Reynolds
Mya Richter
Sheldon Riley
Michael Robertson
Lily Rogowski
Luke Rop
Alec Rosenbaum
Elizabeth Rottenberk
Jacob Roubein
Charlotte Ruiter
Tyler Sakalys-Moore
Marco Savone
Vivian Schmidt
Eden Schnurstein
Hannah Schurman
Michael Schwartz
Darby Scott
Steven Shelton
Elizabeth Silber
Colby Skinner
Erin Somsel
Armaan Sood-Mankar
Jonah Spates
Adam Stapleton
David Stechow
Alex Stolberg
Hayden Strobel
Ella Szczublewski
Emily Tenniswood
Levi Thomas
Cade Thune
Kaytlyn Tidey
Sophia Timm-Blow
Frances Trimble
Mary Trimble
Oliver Tye
Samantha VandePol
Hannah VanderLugt
Cameron VanGalder
Anna Varitek
Caleb Waldmiller
Riley Weber
Margaret Wedge
Tanner White
Dylan Wickey
Ava Williams
Laurel Wolfe
Tony Yazbeck
Ian Yi
Sophie Zhuang
Margaret Zorn