UNC Asheville presented academic and leadership awards to students, faculty and staff at a campus ceremony on Tuesday, April 28. The 23rd annual Academic and Leadership Awards Celebration was sponsored by UNC Asheville’s Division of Student Activities and Integrative Learning.

HOLA was named Outstanding Student Organization of the Year

Campus Leadership Awards: SAIL Leadership Scholarships to Katie Gordon and Kevin Shuford; Julienne M. Winner Achievement Award to Krystina Orlandini; Carolyn Briggs Diversity Award to Sufia Ikbal; Outstanding Community Service Award to Natalka Wiszczur; Outstanding Student Organization Community Service Award to Get Up n' Go; Outstanding Emerging Leader Awards to Kevin Shuford and Libby Stone; Outstanding Leader Awards to Jennie Burrowes and Sara Lenthall; Outstanding Student Organization President Award to Alikhan Salehi of HOLA; Outstanding Student Organization Award to HOLA; John White Ambassador of the Year Award to Kyle Wolfe; James H. Mullen, Jr. Rising Star Award to Austin Mack; Honorary Faculty Ambassador Award to Dr. Wayne Kirby; and Honorary Staff Ambassador Award to Danny Dawkins

Anthropology: Senior Research Award to Michael McCabe; Senior Scholar Award to Laura Booth, Luiza DeCamargo and Jonathan Klenke; and Senior Faculty Award to Allison Bradford

Art: Leadership Awards to Rebecca Campbell, Heather Egger, Jason Emory, Katherine Hill, Corinne Longman, Caitlin Rawlins, Jason Sabbides, Thomas Schram and Angela Williamson


Athletics: Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athletes: Louise Bottomley, Tania Mateva, Nicole Schon, Vanessa Schon and Leslie Smith; Big South All Academic Team: Andrew Burnette, men's cross country; Katherine Clark, women's cross country; Juliana Duncan, women's soccer; Kaitlyn McDaniel, volleyball; Lindsey Montgomery, women's basketball; Nate Neal, men's soccer; Natalie Pearson, women's indoor track; and Duane Stepp, men's indoor track.


Atmospheric Sciences: Academic Excellence Awards to Leejah Ross, Clay Tabor and Anna Wilson; Excellence in Research Awards to Chip Helms, Leejah Ross and Clay Tabor


Biology: Harry Johnston Award for Excellence in Biology to Elizabeth Fisher; Bernhardt-Perry Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research in Biology to Benjamin Ritchie; Michael Stuart Award for Academic Excellence in Biology to Colleen Shaw
Chemistry American Chemical Society Western Carolinas Section and Department Award for Outstanding Chemistry Senior to Juliana Duncan; Most Valuable Senior Award to Roger Letterman; Award for Outstanding Performance in Analytical Chemistry to Sarah Solaka; Award for Outstanding Performance in General Chemistry to Arielle Vertuoso; Award for Outstanding Performance in Inorganic Chemistry to Sarah Solaka; Award for Outstanding Performance in Organic Chemistry to Adam Hill; Award for Outstanding Performance in Physical Chemistry to Caroline Parworth and David Lingerfelt; Award for Outstanding American Chemical Society Student Affiliate to Robyn Fender

Megan Miller won the Ray and Cooper Award in Classics. She also recently received a Fulbright to study at Oxford

Classics: Elizabeth Ray and Guy Cooper Award to Megan Miller


Computer Science: Tackett Award for Outstanding Graduate to Justin Meadows


Drama: Academic and Leadership Awards to John Coggin, Kirby Gibson, Lisa Huie and Sam Woods


Economics: Outstanding Performance Awards to Claire Curtis, Joe Wilkerson; Keith and Kevin Davis Research Award to Sean Beaty; Morgan Stanley Award for Excellence in Finance to Jessie Luney; David Reiner Award to Cheri Campbell; David Reiner Award to Keisha Childers; Dana Zimmerman Award to Monte Vega


Education: Academic Achievement Awards to Jessica Autrey, Leslie Wren Cook, Jairus Dolfi, David Starnes, Tonya Cerce, Maggie Henderson and Ariel Vetter; Leadership and Service Awards to Mary Morgana Heady, Julie Luong and Laura Ingersoll


Environmental Studies: Audubon Scholarship to Jamie Harrelson; Environmental Studies Alumni Scholarship to Marcus Wind; North Carolina Department of Transportation Scholarships to Kara Hubbard, Sara Surabian and Paul Tobler; Friends of the Earth Garden Club Scholarship to Brandee Boggs and Jamie Harrelson; Environmental Studies Scholarship to Adam Laucher and Marcus Wind; Southern Appalachian Mountains Initiative Scholarship to Travis Murphy

Foreign Languages: Travis Bradley Book Award in French in Emily O'Brien; American Association of Teachers of French Outstanding Senior Award to Elizabeth Moseley; Andrade Scholarship to Andre Waight; Ruth Campbell Reynolds Scholarships to Anna Floyd, Lauren Blackwell and Kaleigh Ragan; Lawrence Little Book Award in Spanish to Adam Cayton and Kacey Scott; Foreign Language Department Scholarship to Joseph Patteson


Health & Wellness: Outstanding Leadership Awards to Jerrimy Corriher, Misty Garren, Jewell Gist, Sara Glance, Hozumi Inoue, Jesse Moore and Dawn Sponseller


Humanities: Scholarly Awards to Erica Anderson, Claire Curtis, Jason Edwards, Alexander Ford, Sara Glance, Christine Gonzales, Laura Graham, Jedediah Hinkley, Aaron Jarrett, Jessica Laney, Kelli Leach, Haley Monley, Jennafer Nickerson, Amanda Phillips, Heather Price, Michael Simpkins and Hanna Woody
 

Robert Waskom received the Overall Academic Excellence Award in International Studies

International Studies: Overall Academic Excellence Award to Robert Waskom

Literature & Language: Virginia Bryan Award for Best Senior Paper to Patricia O’Cain and Logan White DeLoach; Comfort Scholarship Awards for Exceptional Promise in Creative Writing to Amanda Gardner and Daniel Resner; Topp/Grillot Poetry Scholarship for Exceptional Promise in Poetry Writing to Beth Sarno and Sally Parrish; Wilma Dykeman Prize in Non-Fiction to Molly Russell; Thomas Wolfe Prize in Fiction to Matthew Owens; Carl Sandburg Prize in Poetry to Daniel Resner; Gerald Gullickson Award for Top Rising Senior for Jacob Riley


Management & Accountancy: Dr. Robert D. Williams Award to Meghan Eckmann; Dixon Hughes PLLC Award for Excellence in Accountancy to Joshua Capps; Academic Excellence in Industrial & Engineering Management to Jerusha Myrick; Academic Excellence in Management to Courtney Metz; WCI Inc. Award for the Outstanding Internship to Johnathan Hill; Outstanding Senior Design Project to Brittney Jimerson; Outstanding Undergraduate Research Project to Zahrah Taylor; Outstanding Service to the Department and the Community Award to Lauren Wingo; induction into Beta Gamma Sigma honor society to Hillary Colvin, Mike Dostert, Heather Hyatt, Will Kaylor, Jennifer Mann, Katherine Olert, Lynn Ortega, Kristin Pressley, Tonya Siler, Joseph Spil, Zahrah Taylor, Lauren Turnburke and Katherine Vierra


Mass Communication: Morton S. Cohn Award for Outstanding Scholar to Jonathan Walczak; Morton S. Cohn Award for Outstanding Rising Senior to Michael A. Henderson; Screenwriting Award to Hannah Epperson; Video Concept Award to Travis Barker; Video Directing Award to Joshua Martier; Video Production Award to Evan Ruffini; Excellence in Broadcast Journalism Awards to Leslie Swann and Brittany Wilson; Excellence in News Reporting Award to David Milton; Excellence in Feature Reporting Award to Erin McWhorter; Excellence in Sports Reporting Award to Randi Kitts; and Excellence in Photography Award to Susan Terry


Mathematics: Top Math Student Award to Kris Vorren; Pasons Scholarships to Corey Jones and Natalie Rich; Martha Game Scholarship to Michael Amato; Achievement in Mathematics Award to Claire Curtis, Christine Gonzales, Juliana Duncan and Mallory Schaffert

Multimedia Arts & Sciences major Marshall Green won two departmental awards

Multimedia Arts & Sciences: Marshall Green Service Award to Marshall Green; Excellence in Creativity Awards to Marshall Green, Sasha Hussey, Jessica Laney, Troy Lehman and Meagan Shirlen


Philosophy: Departmental Distinction Awards to Alexis Granum and Kaitlin O'Donnell


Physics: Sigma Pi Sigma National Physics Honor Society memberships to Leigha Dickens and Matt Kinnaird


Political Science: Scholarship Award to Adam Cayton and Emily Zucchino; Research Award to Jason Tuell; Gene Rainy Service Award to Zophia Wleklinski and Erin Callaghan; Faculty Award to Zophia Wleklinski and Emily Zucchino; Internship Award to Paulina Mendez and Stirling Grodner


Psychology: G. Stanley Hall Award to Ashley Molin; William James Award to Jesse Moore


Sociology: Senior Service Award to Mary O'Hannon; Senior Research Award to Adam Peller; Senior Scholar Award to Caitlin Crane and Juliana Fuller; and Senior Faculty Award to Gao Lee Xiong