Honors Student Recognition

Harry S. Truman Foundation Scholarship

• 2013: Sean Motl

Barry Goldwater Scholarship

• 2021: Katie Holland
• 2013: Jack Rebrovich, Honorable Mention

Fulbright Canada – MITACS Globalink Research Internships

• 2021: Jazlynn Lewis
• 2021: Zoey Stormes

Thomas R. Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship

• 2014: Holly Miles

Fulbright Summer Institute for Young American Student Leaders

• 2013: Duncan Knox

U.S. Department of Defense SMART Scholarship

• 2020: Logan Drake

Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellow

• 2020: Baxter Krug

Library of Congress Junior Fellow Summer Internship Program

• 2020: Keely Shaw

Venture for America Fellowship

• 2017: Christian Garcia

Eban Tisdale Public Policy Fellowship

• 2014: Maxwell Kennady

Gilder Lehrman History Scholar Award

• 2014: Joshua Logsdon

New York University Writers in Florence Program

• 2014: Jenni deBie

Pearson Student Advisory Board

• 2013–14: Maxwell Kennady

National Collegiate Honors Council

• 2022: Community Engagement Award

National Board Student Representative

• 2024-25: Clay Loper
• 2017-19: Parker Adamson

NCHC Poster Competition

• 2019: Luke Meyer, Second Place, Education: “Ready to Engage: Helping Prepare Students for Academic Freedom”
• 2018: Parker Adamson, Third Place, Natural Sciences: “Effects of Multiple Cycles of Microwave-Irradiation on Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube”
• 2017: Emily Vidal, Third Place, Natural Sciences: “Comparative Analysis of Linear and Nonlinear Dimension Reduction Techniques on Mass Cytometry Data”
• 2011: Yolanda Elias, First Place, Business and Computer Science: “The Effect of Color Space on Wavelet Image Compression”

Dennis Boe Award

The Great Plains Honors Council sponsors the Dennis Boe Award to showcase and reward outstanding scholarly work by the honors programs students of its member institutions. Each year, 3 students are chosen from a competitive field of papers nominated by honors directors at member institutions.

• 2024: Joel Durham: “Factors that Contribute to Third Party Success in America: A Case on the People’s Party of 1892 and American Independent Party of 1968”
• 2023: Sarah Keeling: “Manichaeism in Rebecca West’s ‘Indissoluble Matrimony’”
• 2022: Autumn Cleveland: “Monstrous Paradigms: Frankenstein’s Professors and the History of Science”
• 2022: Morgan Preston: “Madness, Justice, and Epistemic Limits in King Lear”
• 2020: Cassandra Schultz: “Fictions of Masculine Identity in Beowulf.”
• 2019: Evelyn Burch: “Projecting Power: China and the US Struggle for Power in the Era of Xi and Trump”
• 2018: Gabriella “Boo” Wright: “Evolution of the Keystone Species Concept and its Usefulness”
• 2017: Evelyn Burch: “Evaluating the Success of NAFTA as an Instrument of Foreign Policy”
• 2017: Christian Garcia: “The Effect of Presidential Signaling on Stock Market Prices”
• 2014: Sean Motl: “Memorials Without Memories”
• 2013: Cassady Hossenlopp: “Detection and Identification of the Dengue Virus that Tested Positive by ELISA but Negative with Conventional RT-PCR”

Great Plains Honors Council Poster Competition

• 2018: Emily Krause: “The Death of Chiron: Finding Peace in Assisted Suicide”
• 2017: Julia McDaniel: “Portrayal of Domestic Violence in Theatrical Performance”
• 2017: Emily Vidal: “Comparative Analysis of Linear and Nonlinear Dimension Reduction Techniques on Mass Cytometry Data”

Director’s Award

The annual Director’s Award honors the student who best represents the values of Honors Program education and has excelled in academic, research, service, and social elements of the program.

• 2024: Carolyn Loper and Clay Loper
• 2023: Tressa Reading
• 2022: Sharin Salam
• 2021: Zoey Stormes
• 2020: Kate Creecy
• 2019: Parker Adamson and Allee Nix
• 2018: Evelyn Burch
• 2017: Brenna Hudson
• 2016: Maigan Dunlap
• 2015: Emily Perez
• 2014: Aimee Denham and Duncan Knox
• 2013: Sean Motl
• 2012: Cassady Hossenlopp
• 2011: Wills Register
• 2010: Yolanda Fay Elias
• 2009: Kaci Pruser
• 2008: Jared Bird
• 2007: Matthew Jackson
• 2006: Lori Loomis

ASU Presidential Award Recipients

• 2023-24: Christian Bell
• 2022-23: Emily Maxey
• 2021-22: Morgan Preston
• 2020-21: Kate Creecy
• 2018-19: Evelyn Burch
• 2017-18: Brenna Hudson
• 2016-17: Christian Garcia
• 2015-16: Katie MacLeay
• 2014-15: Aimee Denham
• 2013-14: Sean Motl
• 2012–13: Blake McCracken
• 2011–12: Yolanda Elias
• 2010–11: Amanda Hill
• 2008–09: Jason Strickland
• 2006–07: Kristen Truett
        *No awards presented in the 2019-2020 year

ASU Distinguished Student Award Recipients

2023-24

• Tressa Reading, College of Science and Engineering
• Kate Spitzer, College of Arts and Humanities

2022-23

• Gracie Guy, Archer College of Health and Human Services
• Camille Faught, College of Arts and Humanities
• Avery Edinburgh, College of Education
• Francisco Fuentes, College of Science and Engineering
• Kaylee Crawford, Norris-Vincent College of Business

2021-22

• Caroline Huseman, College of Education
• Connor Blake, Norris-Vincent College of Business

2020-21

• Marissa Brezgiel, College of Science and Engineering
• Caylee Gibson, Norris-Vincent College of Business

2019-20

• No awards were made this year.

2018-19

• Angela Chen, College of Science and Engineering
• Talon Shoemake, College of Arts and Humanities

2017-18

• Courtney Shields, Archer College of Health and Human Services
• Jessica Thorp, College of Arts and Humanities
• Tristan Fielder, College of Science and Engineering

2016-17

• Brandi Washington, Archer College of Health and Human Services

2014-15

• Duncan Knox, College of Arts and Sciences
• Tara Warren, College of Education

2013-14

• Adrienna Bingham, College of Arts and Sciences
• Maxwell Kennady, College of Business

2012-13

• Aeriel Elliot, College of Health and Human Services

2010-11

• Anna Hall, College of Liberal and Fine Arts
• Wills Register, College of Sciences

2009-10

• Joshua Tindell, College of Liberal and Fine Arts
• Christopher Stegall, College of Business

2007-08

• Matthew Jackson, College of Sciences

2005-06

• Lori Loomis, College of Sciences
• Calinda Shely, College of Liberal and Fine Arts