Heidelberg University celebrated the academic, athletic, service and leadership accomplishments of students Friday (April 27) at the annual Student Awards Celebration.
Every spring, the campus community comes together – in a prelude to graduation – to present awards and prizes to more than 60 students and faculty. This year’s top awards, the Daniel J. and W.J.K. Snyder Prize, given to a male and female student in the graduating class judged by the faculty to have excelled during their four years at Heidelberg College in leadership, character and scholarship, were presented by President Robert H. Huntington to Krista Mizenko and Cory Martinson.
During the celebration, the students also presented the Faculty Member of the Year Award to Dr. Courtney DeMayo, assistant professor of history.
Graduating senior Nicholas Dyer was selected to give the address during the celebration. He titled his remarks “Congratulations and Beyond.”
The Heidelberg Jazz Combo, under the direction of Scott Kretzer, provided musical entertainment. The ceremony concluded with the traditional singing of Heidelberg’s Alma Mater, “Sweet Alma Home.”
This year’s award winners included:
- American Association of University Women Award – Sarah “Kate” Loar
- Advisor of the Year --Dr. Lori Arnold-Grine
- Arthur and Helen Bean Award (music) – Collin Stump
- Beta Beta Beta Outstanding Freshman Award (biology) – Tessa Benanzer, Destiny Miller
- Burghalter Memorial Award (Good Samaritan) – Christopher Osborne
- CRC Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award – Tessa Benanzer
- Helmut Fischer Prize (German) – Sebastian Williams
- Alexander and Christina Garver Memorial Prize (English composition) – Hanna Long-Higgins (first), Alexander Wilhelm (second)
- Eleanor Schlichter Grove Scholarship – Sebastian Williams
- Martha and Ernest Hammel Research Award – Nathaniel Berry (first), Kathryn Martin (second), Erin Crenshaw (third)
- Alfred T. Hobson Award – Nathaniel Berry, Ben Jones
- Paul H. Hoernemann Award (male and female senior athletes) – Ricardo Lizcano, Bessie Artino
- Paul H. Hoernemann Memorial Prize in Music – Ellen Dutton (first), Sarah Bolen (second)
- H. Dana Hopkins Award (communication and theatre arts) – Brittany Green
- Jane Frost Kalnow Memorial Fund Career in Accounting Award – Alyssa Vetter
- Jane Frost Kalnow Memorial Fund Award in German Language and Literature – Brian Melton
- Jane Frost Kalnow Memorial Fund Career in Industry Award – Jordan Martin
- John I. Kolehmainen Scholarship – Joseph Wisard
- Krout Prize in History – Regan Thomas
- Ohio Athletic Conference Clyde Lamb Award – Derrick Arbogast, Jaclyn Reinhart
- Edward Lamb Foundation Prize in Business Administration and Economics – Logan Weiland
- Leader on the Horizon – Meredith Higgins
- Frederick D. Lemke Award in English – Amanda Stovicek
- Lewis Miller International Ambassador – Thomas Turoczi
- Dr. A.G. McQuate Award in Field Biology – Candice Brothers
- Model Program Award – Harry Potter Fest
- Dr. Rose Moore Education Award – Kristen McConkey
- Ferris and Dorothy Ohl Prize (music) – Kara Barker
- Robert E. Oleson Outstanding Student Leader Award – Jordan Karnes
- Arnold “Skip” Oliver Award (political science) – Cory Martinson, Naomi Marie A. Villaca
- Lenore Osterholm Prize in Spanish – Lauren Ash, Ashley Racicot
- Outstanding First-Year Student in Psychology Award—Meredith Higgins
- Outstanding Greek Man of the Year – Taylor Schulmeister
- Outstanding Greek Woman of the Year – Kathryn Quilter
- Outstanding Student Employee of the Year – Ronee Rice
- Outstanding Student Organization – Excelsior Men’s Society
- Prugh Prize in Athletics – Casey Kaufman
- Psi Chi Outstanding Senior Award – Caitlyn Hicks, Emily Mack
- Martin A. Reno Emerging Scholar Prize in Computing – Donald Hoover
- Martin A. Reno Senior Scholar Prize in Computing – Brian Melton
- Herman E. Sayger Award – Joseph R. Yoder, Venesse R. Haase
- John C. Shinn Memorial Award – Aileen Sayre
- E.J. Shives Prize in Chemistry – Jacob Hoffman
- Martin Walker Smith Prize in History – Brian Cline (highest GPA), Brandi Oswald (best paper)
- William F. Steele Prize in Mathematics – Jennifer Simko
- Student Leader for Diversity – Marin Baharov
- Wickham Prize in Business – Sarah “Kate” Loar
- E.I.F Williams Memorial Prize in Education – Nikole Hanna and Rachael McDaniel (elementary), Jonathon Kijowski and Jaclyn Reinhart (secondary)
- Ira and Robert Wilson Memorial Scholarship – Joanna Brewer
- Leanne O. Wolff Award in Communication and Theatre Arts – Nicholas Knoblauch
- Allan King Zartman Prize in Biology – Allison Willis