K Honors 30 with Senior Leadership Awards

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Recipients of 2022 Senior Leadership Awards
The 2022 Senior Leadership Awards recipients are (top row, from left) Matt Dubin, Aramide Ap-Oyin, Mihail Naskovski, Rushik Patel, Trish Gatsi and Walker Chung; (second row, from left) Zoe Zawacki, Ella Knight, Jake Fales and Hayden Strobel; (third row, from left) Aaron Martinez, Grace McKnight, Emme DeConinck, Dylan McGorisk and Alex Wallace; (fourth row, from left) Ella Palacios, Nilah Seals, Caroline Norton, Kayla Carlson and Reyna Rodriguez; and (front row, from left) Abby Stewart, Hannah Hong, Julia Ghazal, Mauricio Guillen, JP Pamintuan and Shayla Dailey. Not pictured: Ruth Butters, Kaitlyn Dexter, Darby Scott and Ian Yi.

A total of 30 students known for their invaluable contributions to the Kalamazoo College community were honored Friday, May 13, at the 18th annual Senior Leadership Recognition Awards.

The recipients represent talented athletes, outstanding academic performers, members of the President’s Student Ambassadors and student-organization standouts. Here are the honorees:

  • Aramide Apo-Oyin, nominated by Alexandra Altman, Admission
  • Ruth Butters, nominated by Alison Geist, Teresa Denton, Moises Hernandez and Riley Gabriel, Center for Civic Engagement
  • Kayla Carlson, nominated by Sara Stockwood, Center for Environmental Stewardship
  • Walker Chung, nominated by Sandy Dugal, Kalamazoo College Fund
  • Shayla Dailey nominated by Karyn Boatwright, Psychology
  • Emme DeConinck, nominated by Bryan Goyings, Women’s Soccer
  • Kaitlyn Dexter, nominated by Justin Berry, Political Science; and Alison Geist, Teresa Denton, Moises Hernandez and Riley Gabriel, Center for Civic Engagement
  • Matt Dubin, nominated by Brian Dietz, Student Development
  • Jake Fales, nominated by Vince Redko, Men’s Lacrosse
  • Trish Gatsi, nominated by Jackie Srodes, Center for Career and Professional Development; and Sandy Dugal, Kalamazoo College Fund
  • Julia Ghazal, nominated by Danielle Turner, Residential Life
  • Mauricio Guillen, nominated by Francisco Villegas, Anthropology and Sociology
  • Hannah Hong, nominated by Daniela Arias-Rotondo, Blakely Tresca and Regina Stevens-Truss, Chemistry and Biochemistry; and Danielle Turner, Residential Life
  • Ella Knight, nominated by Mark Murphy, Women’s Tennis
  • Aaron Martinez, nominated by Sandy Dugal, Kalamazoo College Fund
  • Dylan McGorisk, nominated by Vince Redko, Men’s Lacrosse
  • Grace McKnight, nominated by Alison Geist, Teresa Denton, Moises Hernandez and Riley Gabriel, Center for Civic Engagement; and Sandy Dugal, Kalamazoo College Fund
  • Mihail Naskovski, nominated by Sandy Dugal, Kalamazoo College Fund; and Alison Geist, Teresa Denton, Moises Hernandez and Riley Gabriel, Center for Civic Engagement
  • Caroline Norton, nominated by Mark Murphy, Women’s Tennis
  • Ella Palacios, nominated by Kathryn Sederberg, German Studies; and Rachel Love and Rick Barth, Science, Math, Business and Economics Learning Centers
  • JP Pamintuan, nominated by Jackie Srodes, Career Development
  • Rushik Patel, nominated by Alexandra Altman, Admission; and Sandy Dugal, Kalamazoo College Fund
  • Reyna Rodriguez, nominated by Alison Geist, Teresa Denton, Moises Hernandez and Riley Gabriel, Center for Civic Engagement
  • Darby Scott, nominated by Katie Miller, Women’s Basketball; and Sandy Dugal, Kalamazoo College Fund
  • Nilah Seals, nominated by Hunter Magrum, Residential Life
  • Abby Stewart, nominated by Alison Geist, Teresa Denton, Moises Hernandez and Riley Gabriel, Civic Engagement
  • Hayden Strobel, nominated by Diomedes Rabago, Spanish
  • Alex Wallace, nominated by Sandy Dugal, Kalamazoo College Fund
  • Ian Yi, nominated by Mark Riley, Men’s Tennis
  • Zoe Zawacki, nominated by Alison Geist, Teresa Denton, Moises Hernandez and Riley Gabriel, Center for Civic Engagement