{"id":9292,"date":"2017-10-27T11:59:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T15:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=9292"},"modified":"2022-10-07T14:40:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T18:40:15","slug":"college-celebrates-honors-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/college-celebrates-honors-day\/","title":{"rendered":"College Celebrates Honors Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-columns ab-layout-columns-2 ab-2-col-wideleft\"><div class=\"ab-layout-column-wrap ab-block-layout-column-gap-2 ab-is-responsive-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-column ab-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"ab-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<p>Kalamazoo College <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/family-weekend\/\">Family Weekend<\/a> served as the backdrop for the College\u2019s annual Honors Day convocation. More than 250 students were recognized Friday, Oct. 27, for excellence in academics and leadership in six divisions: Fine Arts, Foreign Languages, 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miaa.org\">Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association<\/a> awards also were honored. The students receiving Honors Day awards or recognition are listed below.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-column ab-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"ab-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-medium wp-image-9314 is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/10\/Honors-Day-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"Honors Day\" class=\"wp-image-9314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/10\/Honors-Day-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/10\/Honors-Day-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/10\/Honors-Day-600x408.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/10\/Honors-Day-441x300.jpg 441w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/10\/Honors-Day.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>The Honors Day Convocation, conducted Oct. 27 at Stetson Chapel, celebrated the achievements of more than 250 Kalamazoo College students.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"clearnone wp-block-heading\" id=\"fine-arts-division\">FINE ARTS DIVISION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Brian Gougeon Prize in Art<\/strong><br>Hannah Rainaldi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Margaret Upton Prize in Music<\/strong><br>Joshua Gibson<br>Jenna Sherman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cooper Award<\/strong><br>Kate Kreiss<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sherwood Prize<\/strong><br>Cody Colvin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Theatre Arts First-Year Student Award<\/strong><br>Sophia Hill<br>Alysia Homminga<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"foreign-languages-division\">FOREIGN LANGUAGES DIVISION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LeGrand Copley Prize in French<\/strong><br>Valentina Cordero<br>Ravi Nair<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hardy Fuchs Award<\/strong><br>Matthew Flotemersch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Margo Light Award<\/strong><br>Annarosa Whitman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Romance Languages Department Prize in Spanish<\/strong><br>Joshua Gibson<br>Kevin McCarty<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Clara H. Buckley Prize for Excellence in Latin<\/strong><br>Mara Hazen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Provost\u2019s Prize in Classics<\/strong><br>Clayton Meldrum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"humanities-division\">HUMANITIES DIVISION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>O.M. Allen Prize in English<br><\/strong>Paige Coffing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John B. Wickstrom Prize in History<\/strong><br>Riya Bhuyan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Department of Philosophy Prize<\/strong><br>Lee Carter<br>Emiline Chipman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>L.J. and Eva (\u201cGibbie\u201d) Hemmes Memorial Prize in Philosophy<\/strong><br>Rosella LoChirco<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"natural-sciences-and-mathematics-division\">NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS DIVISION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Winifred Peake Jones Prize in Biology<br><\/strong>Brigette Berke<br>Amelia Davis<br>Dominic Gonzalez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Department of Chemistry Prize<\/strong><br>Kevin McCarty<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>First-Year Chemistry Award<\/strong><br>Kristen Amyx-Sherer<br>Alyssa Heitkamp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lemuel F. Smith Award<\/strong><br>Maria Fujii<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Computer Science Prize<\/strong><br>Fabien Debies<br>Zoe Larson<br>Danielle Sarafian<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>First-Year Mathematics Award<br><\/strong>Michael Orwin<br>William Tait<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thomas O. Walton Prize in Mathematics<\/strong><br>Allegra Allgeier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cooper Prize in Physics<\/strong><br>Benjamin Behrens<br>Valentina Harding<br>Alexis Periman<br>Justin Seablom<br>Ethan Tucker<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"social-sciences-division\">SOCIAL SCIENCES DIVISION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Departmental Prize in Anthropology and Sociology<\/strong><br>Paige Chung<br>Shadaijah Grandberry-Payton<br>Aliyah Jamaluddin<br>Elizabeth Munoz<br>Emiliana Renuart<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>C. Wallace Lawrence Prize in Economics<\/strong><br>Andrew Parsons<br>Evelyn Wagner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>C. Wallace Lawrence Prize in Business<\/strong><br>Jessica Penny<br>Scott Roberts<br>Garrett Swanson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Irene and S. Kyle Morris Prize<\/strong><br>Zachary Ray<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>William G. Howard Memorial Prize<\/strong><br>Sarah Gerendasy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Department of Psychology First-Year Student Prize<\/strong><br>Shannon Carley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"physical-education-division\">PHYSICAL EDUCATION DIVISION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Division of Physical Education Prize<\/strong><br>Laura Hanselman<br>Daniel Henry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maggie Wardle Prize<\/strong><br>Elizabeth Munoz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"college-awards\">COLLEGE AWARDS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gordon Beaumont Memorial Award<\/strong><br>Cydney Martell<br>Rumsha Sajid<br>Cindy Xiao<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Henry and Inez Brown Prize<\/strong><br>Alexandrea Ambs<br>Emily Good<br>David Vanderkloot<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Virginia Hinkelman Memorial Award<\/strong><br>Sarafina Milianti<br>Sep\u2019tisha Riley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Heyl Scholars \u2013 Class of 2020<\/strong><br>Andrew Backer<br>Matthew Giguere<br>Josephine Hosner<br>Danielle Janowicz<br>Samuel Meyer<br>Hannah Pittman<br>Stephanie Rauhoff<br>Subi Thakali<br>Dustin Tibbetts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Posse Scholars \u2013 Class of 2020<\/strong><br>Alejandro Aguirre<br>Alexandro Cruz<br>Kahira Embry<br>Moses Gonzalez<br>Denise Jackson<br>Trevor Loduem-Jackson<br>Daniel Mota-Villegas<br>Angela Pastor<br>Enrique Robles<br>Gabrielle Walton Schwartz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>National Merit Scholar \u2013 Class of 2020<\/strong><br>Ehren White<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Voynovich Scholars<\/strong><br>Elise Houcek<br>Susmitha Narisetty<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alpha Lambda Delta \u2013 Class of 2019<\/strong><br>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Logan Beck<br>Benjamin Behrens<br>Brigette Berke<br>Riya Bhuyan<br>Shannon Carley<br>Iffat Chowdhury<br>Valentina Cordero<br>Austin Cramer<br>Adelaine Dancer<br>Matthew Flotemersch<br>Amanda Gardner<br>Joshua Gibson<br>Dominic Gonzalez<br>Martin Hansknecht<br>Sophia Hill<br>Kento Hirakawa<br>Alysia Homminga<br>Maria Katrantzi<br>Zoe Larson<br>Samuel Maddox<br>Kathryn Martin<br>Kevin McCarty<br>Tamara Morrison<br>Elizabeth Munoz<br>Cayla Patterson<br>Alexis Periman<br>Victorialyn Regan<br>Danna Robles-Garcia<br>Orly Rubinfeld<br>Danielle Sarafian<br>Jenna Sherman<br>Simran Singh<br>Grant Stille<br>Sarah Whitfield<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"enlightened-leadership-awards\">ENLIGHTENED LEADERSHIP AWARDS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Performing Arts: Music<\/strong><br>Madeleine Armstrong<br>Zachary Colburn<br>Adam Decker<br>Jennalise Ellis<br>Stanton Greenstone<br>Audrey Honig<br>Isabel McLaughlin<br>Katherine Miller-Purrenhage<br>Natalie Minzey<br>Julia Riddle<br>Margaret Roethler<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"michigan-intercollegiate-athletic-association-miaa-awards\">MICHIGAN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (MIAA) AWARDS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following Hornet teams earned the 2015-2016 MIAA Team GPA Award. Team members achieved a 3.3 or better grade point average for the entire academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Men\u2019s Baseball<br>Men\u2019s Cross Country<br>Men\u2019s Golf<br>Men\u2019s Soccer<br>Men\u2019s Swim &amp; Dive<br>Men\u2019s Tennis<br>Women\u2019s Basketball<br>Women\u2019s Golf<br>Women\u2019s Lacrosse<br>Women\u2019s Soccer<br>Women\u2019s Softball<br>Women\u2019s Swim &amp; Dive<br>Women\u2019s Tennis<br>Women\u2019s Volleyball<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"miaa-academic-honor-roll\">MIAA ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The MIAA each year honors students at member colleges who achieve distinction in the classroom and in athletic competition. Students need to be a letter winners in a varsity sport and maintain at minimum 3.5 grade point average for the entire school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheyenne Allyn-White<br>Alexandrea Ambs<br>Georgie Andrews<br>Ryan Andrusz<br>Hunter Angileri<br>Alberto Ayala<br>Sonal Bahl<br>Chase Baysdell<br>Matthew Benedettini<br>Jacob Bonifacio<br>Kennedy Boulton<br>Riley Boyd<br>Andrew Bremer<br>Allie Brodsky<br>Molly Brueger<br>Ian Bunker<br>Matthew Burczyk<br>Alexander Cadigan<br>Charles Carson<br>Madeleine Chilcote<br>Jack Clark<br>Elizabeth Clevenger<br>Anthony Convertino<br>Austin Cramer<br>Anna Dairaghi<br>Christina Dandar<br>Elan Dantus<br>Roger Darling<br>Sabrina Dass<br>Steven Davis<br>Eric De Witt<br>Dana DeVito<br>Mikayla Doepker<br>Guillermo Dominguez-Garcia<br>Nathan Donovan<br>Erin DuRoss<br>Tristyn Edsall<br>Emma Eisenbeis<br>Michael Faust<br>Anders Finholt<br>John Fowler<br>Christopher Francis<br>Maria Franco<br>Brett Garwood<br>Cory Gensterblum<br>Joseph Giacalone<br>Jacob Gilhaus<br>Anthony Giovanni<br>Rachel Girard<br>Beau Godkin<br>Emily Good<br>Monica Gorgas<br>Mya Gough<br>Andre Grayson<br>Garrett Guthrie<br>Alyssa Heitkamp<br>Daniel Henry<br>Kaiya Herman-Hilker<br>Kyle Hernandez<br>Mathew Holmes-Hackerd<br>Allia Howard<br>Nicole Huff<br>Briana Huisken<br>Claire Jensen<br>Katherine Johnson<br>Marylou Johnson<br>Claire Kalina<br>Maria Katrantzi<br>Greg Kearns<br>Samuel Kepes<br>Benjamin Kileen<br>Dahwi Kim<br>William Kirchen<br>Ian Kobernick<br>Emily Kozal<br>Matthew Krinock<br>Stefan Leclerc<br>Rosella LoChirco<br>Nicholas Ludka<br>Cydney Martell<br>Eliza McCall<br>Katherine McKibbon<br>Branden Metzler<br>Joshua Miller<br>Suzanne Miller<br>Madison Moote<br>Zachary Morales<br>Elizabeth Munoz<br>Dylan Padget<br>James Paprocki<br>Cayla Patterson<br>John Patton<br>Bradley Popiel<br>Nicole Prentice<br>Zachary Prystash<br>Erin Radermacher<br>Zachary Ray<br>Phillip Ritchie<br>Scott Roberts<br>Justin Roop<br>Matthew Ryder<br>Paige Sambor<br>Aaron Schwark<br>Jacob Scott<br>Justin Seablom<br>Anorah Seita<br>Sharif Shaker<br>Chase Shelbourne<br>Alec Sherrill<br>Gabrielle Shimko<br>Grace Smith<br>Adam Snider<br>Kathleen Sorensen<br>Sydney Spring<br>Vethania Stavropoulos<br>Grant Stille<br>Shelby Suseland<br>Matthew Suter<br>Jacob Sypniewski<br>Jack Tagget<br>William Tait<br>Emma Tardiff<br>Benjamin Toledo<br>Alyana Tomlinson<br>Zachary Tornow<br>Matt Turton<br>Eva Ugelow<br>Madison Vallan<br>Kaela Van Til<br>Joshua Vance<br>David Vanderkloot<br>Zachary VanFaussien<br>Mitchell VanKoevering<br>Travis Veenhuis<br>John Vinson<br>Sidney Wall<br>Jacob Wasko<br>John Wehr<br>Alex White<br>Madeline Woods<br>Brent Yelton<br>Julie Zabik<br>Matthew Zhiss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FINE ARTS DIVISION The Brian Gougeon Prize in ArtHannah Rainaldi The Margaret Upton Prize in MusicJoshua GibsonJenna Sherman Cooper AwardKate Kreiss Sherwood PrizeCody Colvin Theatre Arts First-Year Student AwardSophia HillAlysia Homminga FOREIGN LANGUAGES DIVISION LeGrand Copley Prize in FrenchValentina CorderoRavi Nair Hardy Fuchs AwardMatthew Flotemersch Margo Light AwardAnnarosa Whitman Romance Languages Department Prize in SpanishJoshua [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":9314,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,231],"tags":[59,42,50,110,9,56,160,64,206,114,62,60],"post_formats":[],"class_list":["post-9292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-releases","category-students","tag-anthropology","tag-arts","tag-chemistry","tag-classics","tag-community-reflection","tag-economics","tag-french","tag-history","tag-honors-day","tag-philosophy","tag-phys-ed","tag-psychology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - 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More than 250 students were recognized Friday, Oct. 27, for excellence in academics and leadership in six divisions: Fine Arts, Foreign Languages, 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miaa.org\">Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association<\/a> awards also were honored. The students receiving Honors Day awards or recognition are listed below.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:atomic-blocks\/ab-column --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:atomic-blocks\/ab-column --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-column ab-block-layout-column\">\n<div class=\"ab-block-layout-column-inner\"><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9314,\"className\":\"size-medium wp-image-9314 is-style-default\"} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-medium wp-image-9314 is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/10\/Honors-Day-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"Honors Day\" class=\"wp-image-9314\" \/><figcaption>The Honors Day Convocation, conducted Oct. 27 at Stetson Chapel, celebrated the achievements of more than 250 Kalamazoo College students.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:atomic-blocks\/ab-column --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:atomic-blocks\/ab-columns --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"className\":\"clearnone\"} --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"clearnone\" id=\"fine-arts-division\">FINE ARTS DIVISION<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Brian Gougeon Prize in Art<\/strong><br \/>Hannah Rainaldi<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Margaret Upton Prize in Music<\/strong><br \/>Joshua Gibson<br \/>Jenna Sherman<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cooper Award<\/strong><br \/>Kate Kreiss<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sherwood Prize<\/strong><br \/>Cody Colvin<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Theatre Arts First-Year Student Award<\/strong><br \/>Sophia Hill<br \/>Alysia Homminga<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"foreign-languages-division\">FOREIGN LANGUAGES DIVISION<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>LeGrand Copley Prize in French<\/strong><br \/>Valentina Cordero<br \/>Ravi Nair<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hardy Fuchs Award<\/strong><br \/>Matthew Flotemersch<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Margo Light Award<\/strong><br \/>Annarosa Whitman<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Romance Languages Department Prize in Spanish<\/strong><br \/>Joshua Gibson<br \/>Kevin McCarty<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Clara H. 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Walton Prize in Mathematics<\/strong><br \/>Allegra Allgeier<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cooper Prize in Physics<\/strong><br \/>Benjamin Behrens<br \/>Valentina Harding<br \/>Alexis Periman<br \/>Justin Seablom<br \/>Ethan Tucker<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"social-sciences-division\">SOCIAL SCIENCES DIVISION<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Departmental Prize in Anthropology and Sociology<\/strong><br \/>Paige Chung<br \/>Shadaijah Grandberry-Payton<br \/>Aliyah Jamaluddin<br \/>Elizabeth Munoz<br \/>Emiliana Renuart<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>C. Wallace Lawrence Prize in Economics<\/strong><br \/>Andrew Parsons<br \/>Evelyn Wagner<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>C. 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Howard Memorial Prize<\/strong><br \/>Sarah Gerendasy<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Department of Psychology First-Year Student Prize<\/strong><br \/>Shannon Carley<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"physical-education-division\">PHYSICAL EDUCATION DIVISION<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Division of Physical Education Prize<\/strong><br \/>Laura Hanselman<br \/>Daniel Henry<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Maggie Wardle Prize<\/strong><br \/>Elizabeth Munoz<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"college-awards\">COLLEGE AWARDS<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gordon Beaumont Memorial Award<\/strong><br \/>Cydney Martell<br \/>Rumsha Sajid<br \/>Cindy Xiao<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Henry and Inez Brown Prize<\/strong><br \/>Alexandrea Ambs<br \/>Emily Good<br \/>David Vanderkloot<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Virginia Hinkelman Memorial Award<\/strong><br \/>Sarafina Milianti<br \/>Sep\u2019tisha Riley<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Heyl Scholars \u2013 Class of 2020<\/strong><br \/>Andrew Backer<br \/>Matthew Giguere<br \/>Josephine Hosner<br \/>Danielle Janowicz<br \/>Samuel Meyer<br \/>Hannah Pittman<br \/>Stephanie Rauhoff<br \/>Subi Thakali<br \/>Dustin Tibbetts<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Posse Scholars \u2013 Class of 2020<\/strong><br \/>Alejandro Aguirre<br \/>Alexandro Cruz<br \/>Kahira Embry<br \/>Moses Gonzalez<br \/>Denise Jackson<br \/>Trevor Loduem-Jackson<br \/>Daniel Mota-Villegas<br \/>Angela Pastor<br \/>Enrique Robles<br \/>Gabrielle Walton Schwartz<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>National Merit Scholar \u2013 Class of 2020<\/strong><br \/>Ehren White<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Voynovich Scholars<\/strong><br \/>Elise Houcek<br \/>Susmitha Narisetty<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alpha Lambda Delta \u2013 Class of 2019<\/strong><br \/>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.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Logan Beck<br \/>Benjamin Behrens<br \/>Brigette Berke<br \/>Riya Bhuyan<br \/>Shannon Carley<br \/>Iffat Chowdhury<br \/>Valentina Cordero<br \/>Austin Cramer<br \/>Adelaine Dancer<br \/>Matthew Flotemersch<br \/>Amanda Gardner<br \/>Joshua Gibson<br \/>Dominic Gonzalez<br \/>Martin Hansknecht<br \/>Sophia Hill<br \/>Kento Hirakawa<br \/>Alysia Homminga<br \/>Maria Katrantzi<br \/>Zoe Larson<br \/>Samuel Maddox<br \/>Kathryn Martin<br \/>Kevin McCarty<br \/>Tamara Morrison<br \/>Elizabeth Munoz<br \/>Cayla Patterson<br \/>Alexis Periman<br \/>Victorialyn Regan<br \/>Danna Robles-Garcia<br \/>Orly Rubinfeld<br \/>Danielle Sarafian<br \/>Jenna Sherman<br \/>Simran Singh<br \/>Grant Stille<br \/>Sarah Whitfield<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"enlightened-leadership-awards\">ENLIGHTENED LEADERSHIP AWARDS<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Performing Arts: Music<\/strong><br \/>Madeleine Armstrong<br \/>Zachary Colburn<br \/>Adam Decker<br \/>Jennalise Ellis<br \/>Stanton Greenstone<br \/>Audrey Honig<br \/>Isabel McLaughlin<br \/>Katherine Miller-Purrenhage<br \/>Natalie Minzey<br \/>Julia Riddle<br \/>Margaret Roethler<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"michigan-intercollegiate-athletic-association-miaa-awards\">MICHIGAN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (MIAA) AWARDS<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The following Hornet teams earned the 2015-2016 MIAA Team GPA Award. Team members achieved a 3.3 or better grade point average for the entire academic year.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s Baseball<br \/>Men\u2019s Cross Country<br \/>Men\u2019s Golf<br \/>Men\u2019s Soccer<br \/>Men\u2019s Swim &amp; Dive<br \/>Men\u2019s Tennis<br \/>Women\u2019s Basketball<br \/>Women\u2019s Golf<br \/>Women\u2019s Lacrosse<br \/>Women\u2019s Soccer<br \/>Women\u2019s Softball<br \/>Women\u2019s Swim &amp; Dive<br \/>Women\u2019s Tennis<br \/>Women\u2019s Volleyball<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"miaa-academic-honor-roll\">MIAA ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The MIAA each year honors students at member colleges who achieve distinction in the classroom and in athletic competition. Students need to be a letter winners in a varsity sport and maintain at minimum 3.5 grade point average for the entire school year.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Cheyenne Allyn-White<br \/>Alexandrea Ambs<br \/>Georgie Andrews<br \/>Ryan Andrusz<br \/>Hunter Angileri<br \/>Alberto Ayala<br \/>Sonal Bahl<br \/>Chase Baysdell<br \/>Matthew Benedettini<br \/>Jacob Bonifacio<br \/>Kennedy Boulton<br \/>Riley Boyd<br \/>Andrew Bremer<br \/>Allie Brodsky<br \/>Molly Brueger<br \/>Ian Bunker<br \/>Matthew Burczyk<br \/>Alexander Cadigan<br \/>Charles Carson<br \/>Madeleine Chilcote<br \/>Jack Clark<br \/>Elizabeth Clevenger<br \/>Anthony Convertino<br \/>Austin Cramer<br \/>Anna Dairaghi<br \/>Christina Dandar<br \/>Elan Dantus<br \/>Roger Darling<br \/>Sabrina Dass<br \/>Steven Davis<br \/>Eric De Witt<br \/>Dana DeVito<br \/>Mikayla Doepker<br \/>Guillermo Dominguez-Garcia<br \/>Nathan Donovan<br \/>Erin DuRoss<br \/>Tristyn Edsall<br \/>Emma Eisenbeis<br \/>Michael Faust<br \/>Anders Finholt<br \/>John Fowler<br \/>Christopher Francis<br \/>Maria Franco<br \/>Brett Garwood<br \/>Cory Gensterblum<br \/>Joseph Giacalone<br \/>Jacob Gilhaus<br \/>Anthony Giovanni<br \/>Rachel Girard<br \/>Beau Godkin<br \/>Emily Good<br \/>Monica Gorgas<br \/>Mya Gough<br \/>Andre Grayson<br \/>Garrett Guthrie<br \/>Alyssa Heitkamp<br \/>Daniel Henry<br \/>Kaiya Herman-Hilker<br \/>Kyle Hernandez<br \/>Mathew Holmes-Hackerd<br \/>Allia Howard<br \/>Nicole Huff<br \/>Briana Huisken<br \/>Claire Jensen<br \/>Katherine Johnson<br \/>Marylou Johnson<br \/>Claire Kalina<br \/>Maria Katrantzi<br \/>Greg Kearns<br \/>Samuel Kepes<br \/>Benjamin Kileen<br \/>Dahwi Kim<br \/>William Kirchen<br \/>Ian Kobernick<br \/>Emily Kozal<br \/>Matthew Krinock<br \/>Stefan Leclerc<br \/>Rosella LoChirco<br \/>Nicholas Ludka<br \/>Cydney Martell<br \/>Eliza McCall<br \/>Katherine McKibbon<br \/>Branden Metzler<br \/>Joshua Miller<br \/>Suzanne Miller<br \/>Madison Moote<br \/>Zachary Morales<br \/>Elizabeth Munoz<br \/>Dylan Padget<br \/>James Paprocki<br \/>Cayla Patterson<br \/>John Patton<br \/>Bradley Popiel<br \/>Nicole Prentice<br \/>Zachary Prystash<br \/>Erin Radermacher<br \/>Zachary Ray<br \/>Phillip Ritchie<br \/>Scott Roberts<br \/>Justin Roop<br \/>Matthew Ryder<br \/>Paige Sambor<br \/>Aaron Schwark<br \/>Jacob Scott<br \/>Justin Seablom<br \/>Anorah Seita<br \/>Sharif Shaker<br \/>Chase Shelbourne<br \/>Alec Sherrill<br \/>Gabrielle Shimko<br \/>Grace Smith<br \/>Adam Snider<br \/>Kathleen Sorensen<br \/>Sydney Spring<br \/>Vethania Stavropoulos<br \/>Grant Stille<br \/>Shelby Suseland<br \/>Matthew Suter<br \/>Jacob Sypniewski<br \/>Jack Tagget<br \/>William Tait<br \/>Emma Tardiff<br \/>Benjamin Toledo<br \/>Alyana Tomlinson<br \/>Zachary Tornow<br \/>Matt Turton<br \/>Eva Ugelow<br \/>Madison Vallan<br \/>Kaela Van Til<br \/>Joshua Vance<br \/>David Vanderkloot<br \/>Zachary VanFaussien<br \/>Mitchell VanKoevering<br \/>Travis Veenhuis<br \/>John Vinson<br \/>Sidney Wall<br \/>Jacob Wasko<br \/>John Wehr<br \/>Alex White<br \/>Madeline Woods<br \/>Brent Yelton<br \/>Julie Zabik<br \/>Matthew Zhiss<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9292"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18187,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9292\/revisions\/18187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9292"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=9292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}