2025 Award Recipients
Peter G. Pauw Award for Distinction in Biology
- Sierra Salter
Robert D. Prusch Award for Distinction in Biology
- Laura Espinoza
Past Award Recipients
The Peter G. Pauw award recognizes students for academic excellence, distinguished by the ability to integrate and synthesize information from a variety of sources, and to think in sophisticated ways.
Winners include:
- 2025 Sierra Salter
- 2024 Micah Bell, Sophie O'Shei
- 2023 Jazmine Newson, Haylee Pollard, Emiliano Soto-Romero
- 2022 Sophia Whitworth
- 2021 Leilani-Grace Pendilla
- 2020 Julia Drexelius, Rachel Matheison, Joseph Nichol
- 2019 Kerrie Buehler
- 2018 Megan Zimbelman
The Robert Prusch Award recognizes a student who provided exceptional service to the department and impactful community building.
Winners Include:
- 2025 Laura Espinoza
- 2024 Micah Bell
- 2023 Braden Bell
- 2022 Andrew Jimenez
- 2021 Melina Monlux, Mikaela Schlesinger
- 2020 Leslie Luna-Lopez
- 2019 Christina Briones
- 2018 Katherine Drexelius
- 2017 Rachel Noyes
- 2016 Sarin Tiatragul and Anne MacKenzie
- 2015 Alexandra Murphy
- 2014 Lauren Herlache
- 2013 Keegan Gies
- 2012 James Mastanduno and Jenna Peterson
- 2011 Zachary Lonjers and Hannah Winters
- 2010 Amy Kennedy and Kristen Tordillos
Winners include:
- 2017 Nicholas Braukmann
- 2016 Anthony Lapsansky and Tessa Anton
- 2015 Savannah Bukant
- 2014 William Wilde
- 2013 Lauren Kuhn
- 2012 Katy Cloughesy
- 2011 Scott Hippe and Ryan Candee
- 2010 Trevor Davis and Callin Switzer