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Knox College Honors Students with Awards

by Scott Holland, Knox College Office of Communications

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Galesburg, IL (06/11/2025) — As part of Commencement Week 2025, Knox College hosted various ceremonies to honor academic and award winners for the 2024-2025 school year. Below is a list of award winners and their awards.

SENIOR AWARDS

SENIOR PRIZES AND AWARDS

AWARDS/HONORS

American Studies

Hermann R. Muelder Prize

Bryce Sebastian Woodard - East Peoria, Illinois

Anthropology and Sociology

Howell Atwood Award

Winter Goodner

Genevieve Ragan* - Manchester, Missouri

Priscilla Lagunas* - Galesburg, Illinois

Taylynn Kizer* - Gardnerville, Nevada

Devan Rose Boone* - Hamilton, Montana

Art

Beverly Bender Scholar in Sculpture

First: McKenzie Tell* - Portland, Oregon

Second: Nati Mulcahy - Chicago, Illinois

Beverly Bender Scholar in Art History

Red Engel* - Oak Park, Illinois

Elda Crichton Campbell Print Prize

First: Grayson Patricia Zeman - Walnut, Illinois

Second: Kariani Abril Rojas - Chicago, Illinois

Matthew Dale Gunter Memorial Award in Drawing

First: Duffy Noonan - Evanston, Illinois

Second: Suyash Chitrakar* - Bagmati

Isaac O. Peterson Studio Award

Zoe Valentine Grigoroff - Singapore

Blick Arts Material Award - Graphic Design

First: Suyash Chitrakar* - Bagmati

Second: Manha Awais - Lahore, Pakistan

Blick Arts Material Award - Photography

First: Lenore Marshall* - Jacksonville, Illinois

Second: McKenzie Tell* -

Blick Arts Material Award - Ceramics

First: Ellery LeMire - Denver, Colorado

Second: Luna Perkins* - Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Blick Art Prize - Painting

First: Leo Dunn* - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Second: Celeste Botello

Blick Art Materials Award - Mix Media

First: Teagan Springer* - Park Ridge, Illinpis

Second: McKenzie Tell* - Portland, Oregon

Blick Art Material Award - New Media

First: Drishti Shrestha* - Bagmati

Second: Alexa Halleck* - Broomfield, Colorado

Blick Senior Award

Leo Dun* - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Asian Studies

Mikiso Hane Asian Studies Prize

David John Sulpice - Sellersburg, Indiana

Gennosuke Kuninaka* - Okiana, Japan

Biology

Inn-Sian Ooi Prize

Brooke Bellmar* - Oak Park, Illinois

Alvah Peterson Biology Prize

Alyssa Nicole Stringer* - Littleton, New Hampshire

Matthysse Student Research Fund

Tisya Goel - Maharashtra

Selene Chew - Malayasia, Penang

Chemistry

Russell P. Sutton Prize in Organic Chemistry

Selene Chew - Malayasia, Penang

ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award

Jack Kennison Lubbs - San Jose, California

General Chemistry Achievement Award

Alessandro Carlani - Corciano, Umbria

Kanaru Ebi - Tokyo, Japan

Michiko Ueda - Osaka, Japan

ACS Illinois Heartland Local Section Collegiate Scholastic Award

Frances Ruth Hilliard* - Boulder, Colorado

ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Undergraduate Award

Henri Julian Reno* - Galesburg, Illinpis

ACS Division of Organic Chemistry

Frances Ruth Hilliard* - Boulder, Colorado

Classics

Lawrence Prize in Greek

Caitlyn Elizabeth Witek - Sevierville, Tennessee

Jean Lux Patton* - Lansing, Michigan

Lawrence Prize in Latin

Chris Ellis Landon - Kirksville, Missouri

Skylar Aileen Koepke* - Columbia, Missouri

Computer Science

Paul's Prize in Computer Science (Smith Prize)

Adam Brohl* - Williamston, Michigan

Dance

John Hofsas Prize in Dance

Jenna Schweikert* - Noblesville, Indiana

Phyllis-Anne Kuteesa - Kampala

Economics

Sylvia and Irwin Jaffe Memorial Prize

Iona Rei Gulledge* - West Lebanon, New Hampshire

Vinton C. Johnson Prize

Gennosuke Kuninaka* - Okiana, Japan

Education

Educational Studies Department, Dr. Diana Beck - Senior Honors Award

Marie Fluegel* - Eagle River, Wisconsin

McKenzie Caldicott* - Portland, Oregon

English

Nina Marie Edwards Memorial Award

Gray Dawson - Chicago, Illinois

William E. Brady Fund in English Literature

Elizabeth Shorkey - Frankenmuth, Michigan

A. Eugene and Ella Stewart Davenport Literary Award in Fiction

First: Julia Maron - Sau Paulo, Brazil

Second: Krishnanshu Pandey - Uttar Pradesh

Third: Nathan Brenner Hill* - St. Louis, Missouri

Honorable Mention: Hannah Tannas* - Pendleton, Indiana

A. Eugene and Ella Stewart Davenport Literacy Award in Creative Nonfiction

First: Ezren Jack Herzog* - University City, Missouri

Second: Cole Augusta Songster* - Portland, Oregon

Third: Jessica Nicole Shannon - St. Louis, Missouri

A. Eugene and Ella Stewart Davenport Literacy Award in Playwriting

First: Josephine Silkowski Ludington - Grayslake, Illinois

Second: Nathan Brenner Hill - St. Louis, Missouri

Third: Julia Beverly Potter - Huntington Beach, California

A. Eugene and Ella Stewart Davenport Literacy Award in Poetry

First: Danielle Miron - Alto, Michigan

Second: Grandi Reed

Third: Natalie Sharon O'Brien* - LaGrange, Illinois

Elizabeth Haywood English Award

Quinn Autumn Brown - Overland Park, Kansas

The Scripps Prize

Jed Bothe* - Oregon, Illinois

Proctor Fenn Sherwin Short Story Award

Krishnanshu Pandey* - Uttar Pradesh

Lorraine Smith Prize in English

Finn Mullen - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Beverly K. White and Friends Creative Writing Prize

Lyn Moon Kress - Rock Island, Illinois

Jubilee Cadence Close - San Jose, California

Howard A. Wilson Prize

First: Elizabeth Shorkey* Frankenmuth, Michigan

Second: Jed Bothe* Oregon, Illinois

Third: Stella Danielson* - San Francisco, California

Audrey Collet-Conrad Prize Fund

McKenzie Nichole Boyd - Chicago, Illinois

Environmental Studies

Desmond Fortes Environmental Studies Prize Fund

Brooke Bellmar* - Oak Park, Illinois

Finnegan Nicholas Hautau* - Albuquerque, New Mexico

Lawrence L. DeMott Prize

Ethan Robert Cichon* - Hebron, Illinois

Ava Domenica Vaccarella* - Plainfield, Illinois

History

Dennis E. Donham Prize in History

Kyra Ann Kellogg* - Lake Elmo, Minnesota

Dorothy Inness Stanford Award

Joshua Spencer Carlos* - Centennial, Colorado

Szold Prize in History

Kyra Ann Kellogg* - Lake Elmo, Minnesota

Journalism

Theodore Hazen Kimble Memorial Award in Journalism

Red Engel* - Oak Park, Illinois

Ida M. Tarbell Memorial Prize for Investigative Reporting

Megan Kathleen Shafer

Pareesae Imtiaz* - Lahore, Punjab

Mathematics

Clark Mills Carr Prize in Mathematics

First: Vansh Chugh - New Delhi, India

Second: Ngan Bach Thien Nguyen - Vietnam

Victoria Legner Junod Prize in Mathematics

Jonathan Walker-Moses* - Chicago, Illinois

Mathematics Department Endowed Fund Student Research Award

Lucas Diniam Dahlborg - Brookline, Massachusetts

Moden Language

French

Lorraine Smith Prize in French

Audra Steinbrugge - La Canada, California

Grael Ilunga Mulata - Galesburg, Illinpis

German

Lilly Lindahl Prize in German

Danielle Miron* - Alto, Michigan

Lauren Wittry* - Naperville, Illinois

Spanish

Sally Coleman Prize in Spanish Literature

Jasmine Jane Lerner* - Highland Park, Illinois

Music

Don C.M. Bracker Award in Music

Marcella Joy Dolezal* - Columbia, Missouri

Clarence Hubert Johnson Award

Selene Chew - Malayasia, Penang

Ruth Lockwood Goodsill Prize

Ian David Smith - Kirkwood, Missouri

Janet Greig Post Prize in Music

Chieko Robin Ogiwara Dunham* - Schaumburg, Illinois

Lucile Sudbury Prize

Rachel Jordan Schonfeld* - Redwood City, California

Cyrus Xavier Tallman* - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Davis Lowry Jazz

Madelyn June Goss - Vernon Hills, Illinois

Edward James Conversi - St. Louis, Missouri

Christopher Regiacorte* - Groveland, Florida

Erin Berg Martin Memorial

Mao Shirai - Nagano, Japan

Gwynn Maitlen - Smyrna, Tennessee

Lucas Biniam Dahlborg - Brookline, Massachusetts

Madelyn June Goss - Vernon Hills, Illinois

Lea Bayard Martland - Terre Haute, Indiana

Jude Grandi Reed - Ballwin, Missouri

George Morel Memorial in Music

Guy Krohn McEntarffer - Lincoln, Nebraska

Peace and Justice Studies Student Prize

Joshua Spencer Carlos* - Centennial, Colorado

Philosophy

Merritt H. Moore Prize in Philosophy

Athko Vivia Ehrnstein* - Littleton, Colorado

Physics

Robert R. Mariner Family Research Award

Ruben Dario Castro - Orlando, Florida

Smith Prize in Physics

Lauren M. Wittry* - Naperville, Illinois

Jonathan Walker-Moses* - Chicago, Illinois

Donald L. Benedict Student Research Award

Johnathon Marston - Alexis, Illinois

Political Science and International Relations

Dean Acheson Prize

Sora Yamaga*- Ojiya-Shi

John W. Burgess Prize in Political Science

Cameron Broady Rivera*- Napa, California

Robert F. Seibert Prize

Brianna V. Arizmendi* - Tucson, Illinois

Pre-Law

Lane V. Sunderland Prize for Excellence in American Constitutional Studies

Eli Quint* - Brookport, Illinois

Preceptorial Writing

Proctor Fenn Sherwin Prize in Freshman Writing

Max Russell - Appleton, Wisconsin

Pre-Med (Medical Science)

Sylvia and Erwin Jaffe Memorial Prize (Medical Science)

Kiely Thompson* - Fountain, Colorado

Psychology

Robert Stevens Harper Prize (for Graduate Study in Psychology)

Haylee Rae Carpenter* - Santa Paula, California

Robert Stevens Harper Prize (for Outstanding Psychology Senior Research Poster)

Siena Adwere-Boamah - Palo Alto, California

Jennifer Bjorklund* - Summit, Illinois

Edith Powers Van Dyke Memorial Award in Psychology

Zachariah Vincent Shack* - Oak Park, Illinois

Theatre

Colton Prize for Excellence in Public Performance

Hadley Theresa Mollman* - Seattle, Washington

Linda Elizabeth Karger Award in the Theatre Arts

Kamana'okekai Lattig* - Canby, Oregon

Cole Augusta Songster* - Portland, Oregon

Van Clute Prize

Kwintyn Knickolous Essex* - Alsip, Illinois

Jean Bloomquist McBath Memorial Production Award in Studio Theatre

Jonas Dodge*

Non-Departmental Honors

Baker-Velde Student Research Fund

Frederick Callister-Craig - Madison, Wisconsin

Philip Haring and John Houston Award

Anokhi Molligoda* - Nugegoda

James and Helen Huntington Johnston Prize

Haruka Shoji - Tokyo, Japan

Catalina Jungmi Kim - Seattle, Washington

Outstanding Senior Award

Jasmine Jane Lerner* - Highland Park, Illinois

Dean Deborah Wing Award

Kamana'okekai Lattig* - Canby, Oregon

Bookfellow Library Prize

Marli Ann Messner* - Redmond, Oregon

E. Inman Fox Prize

Brandon Denman Roberts* - Redmond, Oregon

John C. Weigel Prize

Eli Quint - Brookport, Illinois

Cameron Rivera - Napa, California

Brandon Roberts - Redmond, Oregon

Hannah Tannas - Pendleton, Indiana

Lauren Wittry - Naperville, Illinois

College Marshal

Patience Claire Wagner - Topeka, Kansas

Faculty Scholarship Prize

Avery Celia Leigh - Sauk City, Wisconsin

Lincoln Academy Student Laureate

Jasmine Jane Lerner* - Highland Park, Illinois

Knox Summer Scholars Award

David R. Arnold Research Award

Ryudo Kawanami - Kanagawa

William Fem Prize in Honor of Theodore Yelich

Anne Kashiwagi - TOkyo, Japan

Steve Floyd Memorial Award

Evan Graham McClusky - St. Louis, Missouri

Knight Fund for the Study of Religion and Culture Award

Alexis Sendall - Choctaw, Oklahoma

Laszlo J. Nemeth Memorial Research Award

Preeti Arra - Hyderabad,Telangana

Charles and Arvilla Timme Fellowship Award

Anirudh Madarapu - Hyderabad,Telangana

Lizzy Warner Fund for Women in STEM

Madelyn June Goss - Vernon Hills, Illinois

General Knox Summer Scholars Award supported by the Richter Memorial Trust

Max Pinkerton Lawrence - Lowell, Michigan

Vansh Chugh - New Delhi, India

Special Award

Athletics

David Agar Athletic Service Award

Norman Rodriguez

Evelyn Bielefeldt Award

Haley Carpenter* - Santa Paula, California

Cleave Bridgman Trophy

Jacob Anderson - Spring, Texas

John W. Hilding Prize

Nicholas Lantzendorffer* - Guatemala City, Guatemala

Michael Loomis Award

Franny Hilliard - Boulder, Colorado

Harley Knosher Female Athlete of the Year Award

Bria Medina - Tucson, Arizona

Harley Knosher Male Athlete of the Year Award

Lance Miller - Mascoutah, Illinois

David Robinson Fan of the Year Award

Larry Welch

Jeff Sandburg Mental Toughness Award

Aleene Ramirez* - San Antonio, Texas

Dean Trevor Memorial Award for Men

Jon Sarich* - Woodridge, Illinpis

Dean S. Trevor Award for Women

Alexa Halleck - Broomfield, Colorado

Moller Cup

Eileen Sheetz - Peoria, Illinois

Hunter Trophy

Lance Miller - Mascoutah, Illinois

K-Club Award - Men

Evan McClusky - St. Louis, Missouri

K-Club Award - Women

Cecilia Goodin - Gibson City, Illinois

Arvid Pierre Zetterberg Jr. Prize for Men

Hayden Derlein - Brooklyn

Arvid Pierre Zetterberg Jr. Prize for Women

Darby Wallig - Wendell, North Carolina

* - denotes Senior

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