Current seniors, juniors, and sophomores honored with academic and leadership awards

*Note: awards were from the 2025-26 academic year

Undergraduate Awards Listing 

Activity and Leadership Awards 

Presented by Assistant Dean of Student Health and Wellness Heidi Huber

The Nancy Hutchinson Carter '86 Award

• Raegan Lenz, senior Kinesiology major from Earleville, Maryland

The Michael Whitmore Memorial Award

• Jacob Gibson, senior History major from Westminster, Maryland
• Jessica Pronchick, junior Biology major from Selbyville, Delaware

The Brian T. Russo ’86 Memorial Award

• Maya Colavito, senior Art and American Sign Language major from Rockville, Maryland

The Philip E. and Ruth Shreeve Uhrig Green and Gold Soccer Achievement Award

• Charles Olson, senior Accounting major from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

The Jane M. Prichard Memorial Award

• Dimitri Raush-Gernet, senior Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies and Political Science major from Mount Airy, Maryland

The James B. Moore Memorial Award

• Amadeus Davis, junior Health Sciences major from Elkridge, Maryland
   

Academic Awards

Presented by Dean of the Faculty Mary Bendel-Simso

The Major George N. Keady Award for Excellence in History

• Casper Speno, senior History major from Severna Park, Maryland

The Aristotle Award for Excellence in Communication

• Alexa Dobbs, senior Communication major from Hauppauge, New York

The Gordon B. Shelton '68 Award for Excellence in the Life Sciences

• Adonis Barnes, senior Biomedical Science major from Nottingham, Maryland

The Jean Alpaugh Award for Interdisciplinary Study

• Isabella Griffith, sophomore Psychology major from Exeter, New Hampshire

The James P. Earp Sociology Award

• Rennen Dorsey, senior Sociology major from New Market, Maryland

The Wentz Most Promising Art Freshman Prize

• Evie Eggers, sophomore Art major from Berlin, Maryland

The David Brian Cross Memorial Award for Achievement in Mathematics

• Ellie Riggs, senior Applied Mathematics and Computer Science major from Sykesville, Maryland

The Barry A.Winkelman Memorial Award

• Amadeus Davis, junior Health Sciences major from Elkridge, Maryland

The Felix Woodbridge Morley Memorial Award

• Ivan Ang, sophomore Political Science and Psychology and Spanish major from Hagerstown, Maryland
   

Honor Societies:

Alpha Lambda Delta (First-Year Seminar), a national honor society for first-year students

• Ivan Ang, junior Political Science and Psychology and Spanish major from Hagerstown, Maryland
• Kaitlyn Bartlett, junior Biology major from Copperas Cove, Texas
• Gianna Corrieri, sophomore Kinesiology major from York, Pennsylvania
• Gracie Curtin, sophomore Political Science major from Severna Park, Maryland
• Chrissy Dautermann, junior Psychology major from Westminster, Maryland
• Carter Davies, junior Health Sciences major from Sparrows Point, Maryland
• Priscilla Davis, senior Social Work major from Owings Mills, Maryland
• Cadence Dodson, senior Criminal Justice major from Knoxville, Maryland
• Rebekah Fraser, sophomore Criminal Justice major from Fredericksburg, Virginia
• Kaitlyn Gebhardt, sophomore Psychology major from Laurel, Maryland
• Laura Gels, junior Art and Business Administration major from Annapolis, Maryland
• Teresa Guo, sophomore Biochemistry major from Pocomoke City, Maryland
• Chance Hecht, sophomore Environmental Studies major from Arlington, Virginia
• Laila Hunt, junior Biology major from Nottingham, Maryland
• Gavin Mckeown, sophomore Accounting major from Elkton, Maryland
• Katherine Ramirez, sophomore Criminal Justice and Political Science major from Arnold, Maryland
• Nathan Skopp, junior Computer Science major from Abingdon, Maryland
• Addie Smith, sophomore Environmental Studies major from Hampstead, Maryland
• Rayne Stewart, sophomore Psychology major from Baltimore
• Amira Thomas, first-year Health Sciences major from Fairfield, Connecticut
• Dani Turner, sophomore Early Childhood Education major from Owings Mills, Maryland
• Shiloh Wall, sophomore Health Sciences major from Aberdeen, Maryland
• Lucy Whitsett, junior History major from Woodbine, Maryland

Phi Beta Kappa, a national academic honor society (inducted March 29, 2026) 
Read more: McDaniel students inducted into academic honor societies

• Jenna Gardner, senior Sociology major from Abingdon, Maryland 
• Emma Janisch, senior English and Writing & Publishing major from Saint Louis, Missouri  
• Raegan Lenz, senior Kinesiology major from Earleville, Maryland
• Liam Ryan, senior Political Science major from Hagerstown, Maryland 

Omicron Delta Kappa, a national leadership honor society

• Reese Beck, senior Biology major from York, Pennsylvania
• Libby Burkhouse, senior Elementary Education major from Hampstead, Maryland 
• Priscilla Davis, senior Social Work major from Owings Mills, Maryland 
• Grayson Desalvio, senior Political Science major from Potomac, Maryland 
• Rennen Dorsey, senior Sociology major from New Market, Maryland 
• Emily Goodfellow, senior Chemistry major from New Freedom, Pennsylvania
• Alicia Heard, senior Elementary Education major from Westminster, Maryland 
• Arianna Kelly, senior Political Science major from Frederick, Maryland 
• Sarah Ladley, junior Psychology major from Furlong, Pennsylvania
• Kimberly Martin, senior Early Childhood Education major from Hanover, Pennsylvania
• Alexis Roberts, sophomore Criminal Justice and Sociology major from Parkville, Maryland 
• Liam Ryan, senior Political Science major from Hagerstown, Maryland 
• Nathan Shattuck, senior Business Administration and Economics major from Skaneateles, New York
• Nataphali Speare, junior Economics major from Rockville, Maryland 
• Molly Weaver, sophomore Criminal Justice and Political Science major from Smithsburg, Maryland 

Trumpeters, a leadership honor society recognizing exemplary qualities of leadership, integrity and sincerity

• Emerson Alberti-Ramirez, senior History and Spanish major from Columbia, Maryland 
• Libby Burkhouse, senior Elementary Education major from Hampstead, Maryland 
• Anna Furdui, senior Chemistry and Biology major from Sykesville, Maryland 
• Isabelle Grant, senior Business Administration and Marketing major from Annandale, Virginia
• Morgan Holtzman, senior student-designed major in Human Relations Administration from Boonsboro, Maryland 
• Raegan Lenz, senior Kinesiology major from Earleville, Maryland 
• Jessica Pronchick, junior Biology major from Selbyville, Delaware
• Liam Ryan, senior Political Science major from Hagerstown, Maryland 
• Kendall Saffran, senior Sociology major from Baltimore
• Kaylie Wolf, senior Kinesiology major from Street, Maryland