As the 2025-2026 academic year drew to a close, students, families, and the Rose-Hulman community gathered to celebrate exceptional academic achievement at the annual Honors and Awards Ceremony in the Hatfield Hall Theater.

Students across all years and disciplines were recognized for the success they have achieved while thriving at Rose-Hulman, including several graduating seniors who will innovate in their science, technology, engineering, or mathematics fields to make an impact through industry positions or graduate scholarship.

Honorees were recognized for both high grade-point averages and outstanding accomplishments within their academic department.

Tommaso Calviello received the Carl Wischmeyer Award as the member of the third-year class with the highest cumulative grade-point average and the highest number of graded credit hours following the 2024-2025 academic year. Carl Wischmeyer Scholars recognition was presented to the following students for their top grade-point averages following their third year of studies (the 2024-2025 academic year):

• Drew Cameron
• Kevin Cotellesso
• John Dickinson
• McKenna Gumerson
• Yejia Hao
• Travis Judson
• Jared Kagay
• Edward Kang
• Lauren Marquardt
• Connor O'Connell
• Steven Reese
• Cynthia Gallegos Rodriguez
• Cale Royer
• Chong-Yi Su
• Rebecca Testa
• Alex Yim

Anjeli Prakash received the Paul N. Bogart Prize as the student completing their sophomore year in the 2024-2025 academic year with the highest cumulative grade-point average and highest number of graded credit hours. Paul N. Bogart Scholar honors were awarded to the following students for top grade-point averages after the conclusion of their second year (the 2024-2025 academic year):

• Jeremy Bergman
• Pei-Jen Chen
• David Creen
• Gabriella Ezzell
• Adam Fucela
• Ethan Harden
• Will Hartman
• Wenxin Huang
• Lukas Lambert
• Mark Li
• Irene Lema Madueno
• J.J. Moe
• Mason Rice
• Olivia Ruckauf
• Alex Schieltz
• Hayden Simmons
• Yujin Sung
• Jack Traversa
• Aiden Walter
• Ethan Wilson
• Joshua Yang

Mateo Fernandez-Tyson was recognized with the Heminway Bronze Medal as the student completing their first year of studies in 2024-2025 with the highest cumulative grade-point average and the highest number of earned graded credit hours. Heminway Scholars recognition was bestowed on the following students for completing their first year at Rose-Hulman (the 2024-2025 academic year) with top grade-point averages:

• Drew Atwater
• Kayla Baker
• Luke Baker
• Lyndsey Barnett
• Brock Behrend
• Collen Busher
• Jorge Luis Sol Casas
• Evan Chun
• Lena Darini
• Alex Dugas
• Ray Egner
• Will Fleck
• Kaylee Franklin
• Sam Garcia
• Sam Geelhood
• Nova Gladden
• Shveta Godbole
• Kieran Hall
• Emma Heacock
• William Hovey
• Kaelin Wang Hu
• Emmy Jaracz
• Summer Kite
• Griffin Lawrence
• Nikolas Leslie
• Daniel Liu
• Jack Lucas
• David Welsh McGrogan
• Megan Newton
• Mary Claire Obluda
• Alfonso Peñafiel
• Sofia Rodriguez
• Anay Rohatgi
• Elise Schenk
• Sydnee Schuler
• Mary Sclafani
• Charlie Smitsdorff
• Hunter Snyder
• Oskar Steiger
• Gabe Stille
• Grant Subbert
• Leo Tao
• Alex Wongchaowart
• Mason Wiedow
• Evan Wiesler
• Qizhong Xiao
• Jimmy Xin

Because final grades are not determined until after the Honors and Awards Ceremony each year, all grade-point average honors are awarded based on the grade-point average calculated at the conclusion of the 2024-2025 academic year.

Exceptional students were also recognized by each academic department for outstanding achievement, service, and scholarship. This year's academic department award winners were:

Biology and Biomedical Engineering
John M. Beals Outstanding Biology Graduate Award: Emily Crouch

Samuel F. Hulbert Outstanding Biomedical Engineering Graduate Award: Tommaso Calviello


Chemical Engineering
Marathon Petroleum Award for Excellence in Chemical Engineering : Clay Brown

Endress+Hauser Award for Excellence in Chemical Engineering: Drew Cameron

Sam C. Hite Award for the Outstanding Senior in Chemical Engineering: Makenna Gill


Chemistry and Biochemistry
John White Award in Chemistry: Tessa Powers

William Albert Noyes, Sr. Award in Chemistry: Declan Groesbeck

Mottel Outstanding Graduate in Chemistry Award: Reese Sieger


Civil and Environmental Engineering
American Society of Civil Engineers Alumni Award: Meropi Gkiouzelopoulou

Morris L. Cleverley Award: Erin Glowatz

Shelton Hannig Award: Travis Judson


Computer Science and Software Engineering
Pearson Education Outstanding Senior Award: Preksha Sarda

Frank Young Outstanding Service Award: Jared Kagay

Frank Young Outstanding Scholar Award: Matteo Calviello


Electrical and Computer Engineering
Clarence Knipmeyer Award- Computer Engineering: Cynthia Gallegos Rodriguez

Clarence Knipmeyer Award - Electrical Engineering: Chong-Yi Su

Outstanding Senior Award - Electrical Engineering: Rebecca Testa

Outstanding Senior Award - Computer Engineering: Eric Soo-Yoshimura

Outstanding IEEE Member - Electrical Engineering: Lauren Marquardt

Outstanding IEEE Member - Computer Engineering: Cynthia Gallegos Rodriguez

Humanities, Social Sciences and the Arts
Marshall Goldsmith Research and Analysis Essay Award: Wyatt Starkie, "Microgrid Energy Storage Challenges and Solutions"

Marshall Goldsmith First-Year Writing Seminar Essay Award: Jilyan Miner, "Llama, llama"

Marshall Goldsmith Interpretation of Texts and Cultures Essay Award: Jadyn Winkler, "Calculating Change: How Hidden Figures Reframes the Space Race"


Mathematics
Clarence P. Sousley Award - Jacob Gerber, Alexa Renner

Henry Turner Eddy Award - Theoretical Mathematics: Tristan Cohen-Rider

Kyla Lutz Award in Biomathematics: Angela Milkowski

Henry Turner Eddy Award for Excellence in Applications of Mathematics: Nikolas Leslie


Mechanical Engineering
Senior ME Student Leadership Award: Tori Scales

Cummins Inc. Most Outstanding Senior Award: Kevin Cotellesso

Steinhauser Outstanding Junior Award: Mark Li, Olivia Ruckauf

Edward A. MacLean Award: Elise Schenk



Military Science
Captain 'Sarge' Kearns Outstanding Cadet Leadership Award: Cobi Harris

Captain W.D. Weidlein Superior Performance Award: Steven (Matthew) Neville


Physics, Optical Engineering, and NanoEngineering
Jean M. Bennett Award: Alex Randerson

John W. Rhee Memorial Award: Hayden Simmons

Outstanding Senior NanoEngineering Award: Bonde Borca, Sarah Nobbe


Outstanding Project Award
Outstanding Project Award: Samuel Walsh


Athletic Awards
Second Team CSC Academic All-American - Baseball: Connor O'Connell

Second Team CSC Academic All-American - Swimming and Diving: Tommaso Calviello