Honors Day Celebrates Student Achievements

Hundreds of Kalamazoo College students were recognized Friday, November 8, 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. Many of the awards presented are based on outstanding performance during the previous academic year. The students receiving Honors Day awards or recognition are listed below. 

FINE ARTS DIVISION 

Brian Gougeon Prize in Art 

  • Maya Arau 
  • Asha Dawson 
  • Willow Hayner 
  • Maren Palmer 
  • Lee Zwart 

The Margaret Upton Prize in Music 

  • Sophia Herold 

Charles Cooper Award in Fine Arts 

  • Sally Eggleston 

Fan E. Sherwood Memorial Prize 

  • Evelyn Calderon 

Theatre Arts First-Year Student Award 

  • Evelyn Ellerbrock
  • Stephanie Moranko 
  • Phoebe Tozer 

DIVISION OF MODERN AND CLASSICAL LANGUAGES 

LeGrand Copley Prize in French 

  • Isabelle Mason 
  • Estelle Metz 

Hardy Fuchs Award 

  • Paige Peterson 
  • Mo Silcott 

Margo Light Award 

Kai Clingenpeel 

Department of Spanish Language and Literatures Prize 

  • Camila Benavides
  • Jason Krawczyk
  • Abigail Samson 

Clara H. Buckley Prize for Excellence in Latin 

  • Eleanor Campion 
  • Florian Stackow 

Provost’s Prize in Classics 

  • Max Wright 

Classics Department Prize in Greek 

  • Sally Eggleston 

HUMANITIES DIVISION  

O. M. Allen Prize in English 

  • Asha Dawson 

John B. Wickstrom Prize in History 

  • Ryleigh Jaworski 
  • Maja Smith 

Department of Philosophy Prize 

  • Liam Diaz
  • Madeleine Lawson 

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

  • Johe Newton Johnson 
  • Nicholas Laframboise 

NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS DIVISION 

Winifred Peake Jones Prize in Biology 

  • Julia Kozal 
  • Jack Kreckman 
  • Cedric May 
  • Ava Schwachter 

Department of Chemistry Prize 

  • Natalie Greene 
  • Marcus Pedde 
  • Ava Schwachter 

First-Year Chemistry Award 

  • Abigail Eilertson 
  • Sara Cate Finks 
  • Emma Wrobleski 

Lemuel F. Smith Award 

  • Anna Buck 

Computer Science Prize 

  • Mahmoud Alsafadi 
  • Daniel Celedon 
  • William Geiger 
  • Dong Eun Kim
  • Nailia Narynbek Kyzy 
  • Aye Chan Myat Phyo 
  • Maggie Zhu 

First-Year Mathematics Award 

  • Isaac Duncan IV 
  • Benjamin Whitsett 

Thomas O. Walton Prize in Mathematics 

  • Matthew Quirk 

Cooper Prize in Physics 

  • Dong Eun Kim 
  • Ellie Mace 
  • Benjamin Whitsett 

SOCIAL SCIENCES DIVISION 

Departmental Prize in Anthropology and Sociology 

  • Rylee Lambert 
  • Marcos Perez 
  • Micahaia Reynolds 
  • Jay Wholihan 

William G. Howard Prize in Political Science 

  • Aubrey Benson 
  • Isabelle Mason 

William G. Howard Memorial Prize in Economics and Business 

  • Cole Koryto 

C. Wallace Lawrence Prize in Business 

  • Maya Alkema 
  • Dilynn Everitt 
  • Robert Newland 

C. Wallace Lawrence Prize in Economics  

  • Sophie Hartl 

Irene and S. Kyle Morris Prize 

  • Callie Abair 
  • Maya Clarren 

Department of Psychology First-Year Student Prize 

  • Isabelle Kastel 

PHYSICAL EDUCATION DIVISION 

Division of Physical Education Prize Raymond Cargill 

  • Ruby Hogan 

Lauren Rosenthal ’13 Memorial Prize 

  • Annmarie Lawrence 

Maggie Wardle ’02 Prize 

  • Jordan Wesaw 

COLLEGE AWARDS 

Gordon Beaumont Memorial Award 

  • Michel Romero 
  • Jacinda Servantes 

Henry ’36 and Inez Brown Prize 

  • Lucy Cripe 
  • Tyler Omness 
  • Eden Schnurstein 

Virginia Hinkelman Memorial Award 

  • Clarke Austin 
  • Elijah Mobley 

Davis United World College Scholar 

  • Renzo Palomino Caceres 
  •  Alondra (Danahe) Montoya Martinez 

HEYL SCHOLARS 

Class of 2028 

  • David Fooy 
  • Charles Gordon 
  • Lloyd Maxwell 
  • Nathan Gleason 
  • Isabelle Hahn 
  • Katherine Suarez 

POSSE SCHOLARS 

Class of 2028 

  • Marley Bell 
  • Brizza Gonzalez 
  • Maya Pasillas  
  • Linda Chukwu 
  • Christian Gonzalez 
  • Vivian Ramos 
  • Yamilet Garcia 
  • Miranda Moreno 

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS 

Class of 2028 

  • Clara (Bo) Chambers 

SLAVA-CICA AND SPASA VOYNOVICH SCHOLARS  

  • Alex Nam 

ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA 

Class of 2028 

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.  

  • Maya Arau  
  • Emily Auchter  
  • Joseph Basil  
  • Aubrey Benson  
  • Alexandrea Bernal  
  • Jack Boshoven  
  • Jay Breck  
  • Daniel Celedon  
  • Maya Clarren  
  • Logan Coller  
  • Cate Cotter  
  • Holden Coulter  
  • Jasmine Davis  
  • Asha Dawson  
  • Enrique Delzer  
  • Isaac Duncan  
  • Abigail Eilertson  
  • Evelyn Ellerbrock  
  • Sara Cate Finks  
  • Landrie Fridsma  
  • Ingrid Gardner  
  • William Geiger  
  • Maira Ghaffar  
  • Cecilia Gray  
  • Natalie Greene  
  • Jacob Hazlewood  
  • Zachary Heikka  
  • Ashlen Hill  
  • Dong Eun Kim  
  • Julia Kozal  
  • Jason Krawczyk  
  • Jack Kreckman 
  • Annabelle Krygier  
  • Rylee Lambert  
  • Alex Lloyd  
  • Grace Lounds  
  • Ellie Mace  
  • Lauren MacKersie 
  • Isabelle Mason  
  • Cedric May  
  • Maren Mosher  
  • Ella Myers  
  • Nailia Narynbek Kyzy 
  • Yen Giang Nguyen  
  • Kevin Oneill  
  • B Osborn  
  • Astrid Parker  
  • Juniper Pasternak  
  • Audrey Pegouske 
  • Paige Peterson 
  • Madelyn Portenga  
  • Olivia Schleede  
  • Ava Schwacther  
  • Clara Siefke  
  • Florian Stackow  
  • Phoebe Tozer  
  • Tony Vaisanen  
  • Anthony Valade 
  • Lucy Vandemark  
  • Benjamin Whitsett  
  • Jay Wholihan  
  • Alicia Wilgoren  
  • Emma Wrobleski  
  • Lee Zwart 

FINE ARTS 

Performing Arts: Music 

  • Isabella Alimenti  
  • Alexa Barrera-Zavala  
  • Miles Borgsdorf  
  • Teige Bredin  
  • John Brewer  
  • Chloe Brown  
  • Sara Joy Bush  
  • Ava Butera  
  • Samantha Capentier  
  • Cameron Couch  
  • Cooper H. Dahl  
  • Maya Davis  
  • Gabriel Flandes  
  • Victoria Gutierrez  
  • Kaylee Hanson  
  • Elizabeth Henderson  
  • Cosette Hurtubise  
  • Zarifa Ibrahimzada  
  • Weslee Innes  
  • Caroline Johnson  
  • Carrie Kozlowski  
  • Shay Kruse  
  • Annabelle Largent 
  • Maya Lee  
  • Maya Lopez  
  • Alexandria Mason 
  • Bernice Mike  
  • Meena Mortiz  
  • Andrew Oss  
  • Tobias Peters  
  • Maggie Petersen 
  • Tadeusz Potocki  
  • Karina Rodriguez  
  • Miriam Ruiz Kahle  
  • Mckenna Ryan-Elbert  
  • Halen Sherwood  
  • Calvin Strader  
  • Jocelyn Suranyi  
  • Ella Talaski  
  • Carissa West  
  • Sierra Winter  
  • Nora Zemlic 

MIAA AWARDS 

These teams earned the 2023–24 MIAA Team GPA Award for achieving a 3.300 or better grade point average for the entire academic year: 

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

MIAA ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL 

Student Athletes 2023–24 

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. 

Kalamazoo College Singers with director
The College Singers perform at the annual Honors Day Convocation
Honors Day students
Honorees receive awards at Honors Day
Honors Day students
Students stand to be recognized at Honors Day
Honors Day students
Students stand to be recognized at Honors Day
Honors Day attendees
Faculty congratulated students at Honors Day
Honors Day stduents
Students stand to be recognized at Honors Day
Honors Day attendees
Faculty process in during Honors Day
Students
Students stand to be recognized at Honors Day

A

  • Callie Abair
  • Fuzail Ahmed
  • Maya Alkema
  • Adnan Alousi
  • Mahmoud Alsafadi
  • Emiliano Alvarado-Rescala
  • Paige Anderson
  • Eleanor Andrews
  • Kaelyn Arlington

B

  • Annalise Bailey
  • Poppy Balkema
  • Madison Barch
  • Emma Becker
  • Shelby Bennett
  • Eleanor Bernas
  • Douglas Blackwood
  • Luke Bormann
  • Mairin Boshoven
  • Eleni Bougioukou
  • Jaylen Bowles-Swain
  • Holly Bowling
  • Ella Boyea
  • Lukas Broadsword
  • Jonathan Brunette
  • Anna Buck
  • Jaden Buist
  • John Bungart
  • Ian Burr

C

  • Raymond Cargill
  • Isabella Caza
  • Trustin Christopher
  • Thomas Clark
  • Madeleine Coffman
  • Samuel Coleman
  • Logan Coller
  • Cate Cotter
  • Lucy Cripe
  • Mia Crites
  • Chase Cummins
  • Emma Curcuru

D

  • Erik Danielson
  • Jessica Dant
  • Carson Deines
  • Ethan DeNeen
  • Olivia Depauli
  • Alexander Di Dio
  • Jordan Doyle
  • Alexander Dubin

E

  • Rebecca Elias
  • Elise Elliot
  • Sara English
  • Caleb Ewald
  • Chad Ewing

F

  • Sara Cate Finks
  • Jordan Flink
  • Parker Foster
  • Andre Fouque
  • Landrie Fridsma

G

  • Aliza Garcia
  • Brynna Garden
  • William Geiger
  • Lukas Graff
  • Lillian Grelak
  • Kaitlyn Grice
  • Natalie Gross
  • Madyson Groth

H

  • Sydney Hagaman
  • Alison Hankins
  • Madeline Hanulcik
  • Sophie Hartl
  • Pauline Hawkes
  • Jacob Hazlewood
  • Zachary Heikka
  • Gerardo Herrera-Sanchez
  • Garrick Hohm
  • Ronin Honda
  • Joseph Horsfield
  • Tyler Houle
  • Gavin Houtkooper
  • Ethan Huebsch
  • Samuel Hughes
  • Alek Hultberg
  • Lukas Hultberg
  • Michael Hume
  • Madelaine Hurley
  • Kennedy Hynde

I

  • Carson Ihrke

J

  • Halley Johnson

K

  • Timothy Karubus
  • Isabelle Kastel
  • Seth Keana
  • Blake Kelsey
  • Hunter Kiesling
  • Kendyl Kirshman
  • Alexander Kish
  • Kathryn Klahorst
  • Mart Klenke
  • Daniel Koselka
  • Julia Kozal
  • Jack Kreckman
  • Clayton Kryszak

L

  • Braeden Lavis
  • Annmarie Lawrence
  • Jacob Lynett

M

  • Natalie Maki
  • Matthew Matuza
  • Benjamin Maurice
  • Zachary Maurice
  • Grace McGlynn
  • Amy McNutt
  • Rachel Meston
  • Gabriel Meyers
  • Brittany Miller
  • Jack Miller
  • Bayley Millerov
  • Elana Mitchell
  • Jackson Mitchell
  • Brenden Moat
  • Mackenzie Moore
  • Elizabeth Muenzenmaier
  • Mary Ellen Muenzenmaier
  • Andrew Munger
  • Anna Murphy

N

  • Robert Newland
  • Emma Newlove
  • Dustin Noble
  • Hayleigh Nower

O

  • Jeremiah Ohren-Hoeft
  • Gabriel Olivier
  • Tyler Omness
  • Reece Omodio

P

  • Mia Pascuzzi
  • Eric Paternoster
  • Alex Pepin
  • Sydney Pickell
  • William Plesscher
  • Grayson Pratt

R

  • Elizabeth Rachiele
  • Tieran Rafferty
  • Savera Rajendra-Nicolucci
  • Julia Rambo
  • Sara Reathaford
  • Liam Regan
  • Keegan Reynolds
  • Sheldon Riley
  • Emory Roberts
  • Luke Rop
  • Elizabeth Rottenberk
  • Eli Routt
  • Alexander Rueff

S

  • Zenaida Sackett
  • Robert Samples
  • Vivian Schmidt
  • Annika Schnell
  • Amalia Scorsone
  • Tillie Sheldon
  • Steven Shelton
  • Cassidy Short
  • Colby Skinner
  • Dawson Skupin
  • Erin Somsel
  • Jonah Spates
  • Ella Spooner
  • Adam Stapleton
  • David Stechow
  • Taylor Stephens
  • Molly Stevison
  • Emma Stickley

T

  • Levi Thomas
  • William Thomas
  • Jakob Torzewski
  • Dean Turpin

V

  • Anthony Valade
  • Samantha Vande Pol
  • Lucy Vandemark
  • Hannah Vander Lugt
  • Cameron VanGalder
  • Mitchel VanGalder
  • Madison Vrba

W

  • Joseph Wade
  • Ivy Walker
  • Annslee Ware
  • Ryan Warezak
  • Riley Weber
  • Jack Wheeler
  • Ava Williams

Y

  • Hailey Yoder

Z

  • Jacob Zeller
  • Rebecca Zoetewey