Honors Day Celebrates Student Achievements

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

Kennedy Campbell
James Hauke
Ix-Chel James
Morgan Jenkins
Eliana Moreno
Sophia Sprick

The Margaret Upton Prize in Music

Tyrus Parnell

Cooper Award
Max Joos

Sherwood Prize
Addison Peter

Theatre Arts First-Year Student Award

Isaiah Calderon
Helen Stoy
Max Wright

Division of Modern and Classical Languages

LeGrand Copley Prize in French

Eleanor Bernas
Shruti Debburman

Hardy Fuchs Award

Henry Black
Elizabeth Muenzenmaier
Mary Ellen Muenzenmaier

Margo Light Award

Noah Chun

Department of Spanish Language and Literatures Prize

Claire Kischer
Gabriel Olivier

Clara H. Buckley Prize for Excellence in Latin

Nick Wilson

Provost’s Prize in Classics

Rebecca Elias

Classics Department Prize in Greek

Nick Wilson

Humanities Division

O.M. Allen Prize in English

Madeline Moss

John B. Wickstrom Prize in History

Laryn Kuchta
Hollis Masterson

Department of Philosophy Prize

Anna Budnick
Nik Krupka
Madeline Lawson
Lina Moghrabi

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

Noah Chun
Adam Cornier-Bridgeforth

Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division

Winifred Peake Jones Prize in Biology

Michaela Dillbeck

Department of Chemistry Prize

Trustin Christopher
Kendra Guitar
Emma Newlove

First-Year Chemistry Award

CJ Aldred
Devi DeYoung
William Tocco

Lemuel F. Smith Award

Roman Ramos

Computer Science Prize

Zahra Amini
Zoie Banger
Narelle Robles
Minh Thu Le

First-Year Mathematics Award

Eva Clancy

Thomas O. Walton Prize in Mathematics

Joseph Horsfield
Tristan Uphoff

Cooper Prize in Physics

Eva Clancy
William Tocco

Social Sciences Division

Departmental Prize in Anthropology and Sociology

Jaylen Bowles-Swain
Isaiah Calderon
Dillon Gacki
Vrinda Girdhar
Gloria Jackson

William G. Howard Memorial Prize

Andreas Fathalla
Lukas Hultberg
Blagoja Naskovski
Sydney Pickell

C. Wallace Lawrence Prize in Business

Gavin Houtkooper
Jonah Spates

C. Wallace Lawrence Prize in Economics

Ethan DeNeen
Cole Koryto
Meganne Skoug

Irene and S. Kyle Morris Prize

Maya Alkema
Lucas Hanifan
Alek Hultberg
Vinh Nguyen
Sasha Olsen

Department of Psychology First-Year Student Prize

Brigid Roth

Physical Education Division

Division of Physical Education Prize

Ryar Rinehart
Ella Spooner

Lauren Rosenthal ’13 Memorial Prize

Savera Rajendra-Nicolucci

Maggie Wardle Prize

Jordan Doyle

College Awards

Gordon Beaumont Memorial Award

Anum Khan
Rojina Timsina
Jordyn Wilson

Henry and Inez Brown Prize

Madison Barch
Brynna Garden
Rylie Kipfmueller
Brett Manski

Virginia Hinkelman Memorial Award

Ana Ramirez

Davis United World College Scholar

Randa Alnaas
Asha Dawson
Millie Williams

Heyl Scholars

Class of 2027

Abigail Eilertson
Ava Schwachter
Pauline Hawkes
Anthony Valade
Jason Krawczyk
Benjamin Whitsett

Posse Scholars

Class of 2027

Estrella Barcenas
Marcos Perez
Lena Barrett
Ashley Rodriguez
Mary-Ava Gonzalez
Mo Silcott
Tyler Herrejon
Kennedy West
Gerardo Herrera-Sanchez
Alicia Wilgoren

National Merit Scholars

Class of 2027

Annalisa Bauer
Benjamin Whitsett

Voynovich Scholars

Beren Akpinar
Nico Lipton

Alpha Lambda Delta

Class of 2026

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 Alkema
Baylor Baldwin
Evan Barker
Yvette Boyse-Peacor
Avery Brockington
Eleanor Campion
Trustin Christopher
Noah Chun
Kai Clingenpeel
Shruti Debburman
Devi DeYoung
Michaela Dillbeck
Jordan Doyle
Sally Eggleston
Elise Elliot
Caleb Ewald
Vrinda Girdhar
Kendra Guitar
Sophie Hartl
James Hauke
Annika Hokanson
Alek Hultberg
Cloe Johnson
Jessica Kaplan
Emilia Kelly
Laryn Kuchta
William Martel
Hollis Masterson
Virginia Matta
Kira McManus
Brittany Miller
Lorelei Moxon
Elizabeth Muenzenmaier
Mary Ellen Muenzenmaier
Robert Newland
Emma Newlove
Theodore Niemann
Gabriel Olivier
Chelsea Paddock
Mia Pellegrini
Mia Pierce
William Plesscher
Bea Putman
Alyson Ramillano
Anoushka Soares
Ella Spooner
Molly Stevison
Abbygale Stump
Minh Thu
Le William Tocco
Hannah Ulanoski
Zoe Wilson
Reagan Woods
Maximilian Wright
Kathryn Zabaldo

Enlightened Leadership Awards

Performing Arts: Music

Emily Auchter
Josephine Bischoff
Axel Bodeux
Hillary Davis
Maansi Deswal
Isaac Duncan
Evelyn Ellerbrock
Owen Ellis
Maira Ghaffar
Rex Jasper
Ryleigh Jaworski
Dong Eun Kim
Annabelle Krygier
Nicholas Laframboise
Rylee Lambert
Elijah Layne
Alex Lloyd
Isabelle Mason
Cedric May
Raven Medina
Estelle Metz
Ella Myers
Amelie Sack
Tobin Schiller
Max Shawhan
Phoebe Tozer
Sebastian Vargas-Beltran

MIAA Awards

These teams earned the 2022-2023 MIAA Team GPA Award for achieving a 3.300 or better grade point average for the entire academic year:

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

MIAA Academic Honor Roll

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.

Fuzail Ahmed
Maya Alkema
Adnan Alousi
Paige Anderson
Eleanor Andrews
Samuel Ankley
Alexandra Armin
Aidan Baas
Madison Barch
Travis Barclay
Eleanor Bernas
Luke Bormann
Mairin Boshoven
Jaylen Bowles-Swain
Holly Bowling
Ella Boyea
Lukas Broadsword
Anna Buck
John Bungart
Ian Burr
Abigail Caza
Isabella Caza
Trustin Christopher
Madeleine Coffman
Zachary Connor
Mia Crites
Chase Cummins
Emma Curcuru
Erik Danielson
Jessica Dant
Claire Davis
Kyla Davis
Carson Deines
Ethan DeNeen
Sarah Densham
Olivia Depauli
Rorie Dougherty
Jordan Doyle
Ryan Drew
Alexander Dubin
Hannah Durant
Rebecca Elias
Elise Elliot
Sara English
Caleb Ewald
Peter Fitzgerald
Payton Fleming
Parker Foster
Andre Fouque
Emma Frederiksen
Aliza Garcia
Brynna Garden
Farah Ghazal
Lillian Grelak
Natalie Gross
Kendra Guitar
Sydney Hagaman
Ryan Hanifan
Alison Hankins
Madeline Hanulcik
Lucy Hart
Sophie Hartl
Zachary Heimbuch
Maya Hester
Jacob Hoffman
Garrick Hohm
Ronin Honda
Jaelyn Horn
Joseph Horsfield
Molly Horton
Tyler Houle
Gavin Houtkooper
Samuel Hughes
Alek Hultberg
Lukas Hultberg
Michael Hume
Madelaine Hurley
Carson Ihrke
Tristan James
Jonathan Jiang
Timothy Karubas
Blake Kelsey
Hunter Kiesling
Meghan Killmaster
Soussana Kimbouris
Kendyl Kirshman
Alexander Kish
Lena Klemm
Daniel Koselka
Toni Koshmider
Marissa Kovac
Aidan Lancaster
Louis Landreau
Annmarie Lawrence
Ilem Leisher
Jacob Lynett
Natalie Maki
Benjamin Maurice
Regan McKee
Amy McNutt
Rachel Meston
Gabriel Meyers
Luke Middlebrook
Brittany Miller
Cooper Mills
Camille Misra
Elana Mitchell
Jana Molby
Mackenzie Moore
Samantha Moss
Elizabeth Muenzenmaier
Mary Ellen Muenzenmaier
Anna Murphy
Lindsey Nedd
Justin Negrete
Alexis Nesbitt
Robert Newland
Emma Newlove
Dustin Noble
Jeremiah Ohren-Hoeft
Gabriel Olivier
Brenden Oprinski
Eric Paternoster
Alexis Petty
Sydney Pickell
Benjamin Pickrel
William Plesscher
Harrison Poeszat
Evan Pollens-Voigt
Grayson Pratt
Andrew Puckett
Elizabeth Rachiele
Savera Rajendra-Nicolucci
Julia Rambo
Sara Reathaford
Liam Regan
Keegan Reynolds
Mya Richter
Sheldon Riley
Jacob Robertson
Katherine Rock
Luke Rop
Alec Rosenbaum
Eli Routt
Charlotte Ruiter
Maxwell Saxton
Leo Schinker
Vivian Schmidt
Annika Schnell
Amalia Scorsone
Steven Shelton
Cassidy Short
Elizabeth Silber
Colby Skinner
Erin Somsel
Jonah Spates
Ella Spooner
David Stechow
Molly Stevison
Emma Stickley
Thomas Sylvester
Ella Szczublewski
Levi Thomas
William Thomas
Sophia Timm-Blow
Renee Torres
Jakob Torzewski
Frances Trimble
Oliver Tye
Alexis Valdes
Samantha Vande Pol
Hannah Vander Lugt
Cameron VanGalder
Mitchel VanGalder
Anna Varitek
Gabriel Vidinas
Joseph Wade
Ivy Walker
Riley Weber
Margaret Wedge
Dylan Wickey
Andrew Widger
Ava Williams
Tony Yazbeck
Hailey Yoder
Jacob Zeller
Sophie Zhuang
Margaret Zorn

A students shakes hands with faculty while receiving an award on Honors Day 2023
A student receives an award while shaking hands with a faculty member on Honors Day 2023
A student receives an award while shaking hands with a faculty member on Honors Day 2023
Honors Day 2023 attendees applaud a student recognized as a Posse Scholar
A student walks down an aisle at Stetson Chapel to receive her award on Honors Day 2023
A student receives applause while being recognized as a Heyl Scholar during Honors Day 2023