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Honors Convocation 2026 Full List of Awards

April 23, 2026 – Hendrix College students were honored for academic achievement and campus leadership April 23 at the 2026 Honors Day Convocation in the Wellness and Athletics Center.

[NOTE: Please notify news@hendrix.edu if there are any mistakes or omissions in the list of award winners. Questions related to graduation with distinction should be directed to the Registrar: registrar@hendrix.edu.]  

The following awards were presented at the 2026 Honors Day Convocation:

President’s Medal

  • Josie Leffingwell – President's Medal

Scholarship Awards

  • Momthahina Meem – Bennett Essay
  • Rowan McCollum – Clarendon Scholarship of Oxford University
  • Charlotte Miller – Fulbright Scholar Semi-Finalist
  • Cecelia Schneider – Fulbright Scholar Semi-Finalist
  • Tanvi Kiran – Goldwater Scholar
  • Kendra Baldwin – Japan Exchange and Teaching Program
  • Charlotte Miller – Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Alternate
  • Colm Simmons – Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Alternate

Student Organization Awards

  • Social Committee – Student Organization of the Year
  • Kendra Baldwin – Student Impact Award
  • Maiya Bell – Raney Hall Award
  • Sophia Brannon – Quiet Leader Award
  • Kennedy Cox – Matt L. Ellis Award
  • Vivian Day – Apartment Council Outstanding Leadership and Service Award
  • Alfadl Fadah – The Captain W.W. Martin Award
  • Piper Fisherman – Ellis Arnold Award
  • Tanvi Kiran – Danny Powell Service Leadership Award
  • Josie Leffingwell – Student Impact Award
  • Michelle Leyva – Alice Hines Award
  • Michelle Leyva – Ellis Arnold Award
  • Weber John Mackey – Hardin Hall Outstanding Citizen Award
  • January Marriott – The Violet Braly Award
  • Landon Queen – The Darrell G. Trotter Memorial Award
  • Gracie Ross – Mary Melekian Richardson Award
  • Sarah Shook – Quiet Leader Award
  • Lathan Smalley – Student Impact Award
  • Brannock Sorenson – Miller Creative Quad Outstanding Citizen Award
  • Kailey Thurman – Danny Powell Service Leadership Award
  • Addisen Tillis – Houses Council Award
  • Demah Yousef – Alice Hines Award

Department of Athletics Awards

  • Kate Adcox – Ellis Arnold Award
  • Amber Alsup – Coach G Award
  • William Baker – Ellis Arnold Award
  • Sam Collier-Tenison – Coach G Award
  • Jayvian Coulter – Carl Babcock Award
  • Carter Crane – Ellis Arnold Award
  • Adilynn Henry – Carl Babcock Award
  • Max Lanford – Service to the Department of Athletics
  • Josie Leffingwell – Bob Courtway Award
  • Rowan McCollum – Ellis Arnold Award
  • Oliver Naumann – Bob Courtway Award
  • Braxton Waller – Bob Courtway Award
  • CeCe Werth – Hendrix College Woman of the Year
  • Auvic White – Hendrix College Man of the Year

Department of Art Awards

  • Sophie Gray – Don Marr Art Scholarship
  • Max Lanford – Graduating with Distinction

Department of Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Awards

  • Adam Andrews – Graduating with Distinction
  • Tyler Dearing – Graduating with Distinction
  • Autumn Gault – Graduating with Distinction
  • Ella Kelly – Graduating with Distinction
  • Sydney Lehman – Graduating with Distinction
  • Niko Mannon – Graduating with Distinction
  • Rowan McCollum – Bruce W. Haggard Award and Graduating with Distinction

Department of Biology Awards

  • Landon Hardister – Keith Sutton Award and Graduating with Distinction in Biology
  • Michelle Johnston – Johnson Biology Award and Graduating with Distinction in Biology
  • Marlene Lange – G. Thomas Clark Biology Award and Graduating with Distinction in Biology
  • Lana McCorkle – Graduating with Distinction in Biology
  • Quynh Nguyen – Keith Sutton Award and Graduating with Distinction in Biology
  • Cake Seeboonruang – Albert M. Raymond AED Award
  • Abby Sutton – Graduating with Distinction in Biology
  • Kailey Thurman – Earle A. Spessard Biology Award and Graduating with Distinction in Biology

Department of Chemistry Awards

  • Tobie Berry – John E. Stuckey Award
  • Kaylee Francis – Shideler Chemistry Award
  • Patrick Gentry – Physical Chemistry Award
  • Coby Holmes – John E. Stuckey Award
  • Satya McCarthy-Rotella – American Institute of Chemists Award, ACS Inorganic Chemistry Award, Organic Chemistry Award, and Graduating with Distinction in Chemistry
  • James McQuiston – McHenry Chemistry Award and Graduating with Distinction in Chemistry
  • Demah Yousef – Analytical Chemistry Award, Teague Service Award, and Graduating with Distinction in Chemistry

Department of Economics and Business Awards

  • Royce Blech – Mosley Economics and Business Award and Graduating with Distinction in Economics and Business
  • Neal Bowie – Graduating with Distinction in Economics and Business
  • Maximilian Henderson – Frank Dicken McAlister Memorial Scholarship
  • Ryan Hydrick – Mosley Economics and Business Award and Graduating with Distinction in Economics and Business
  • Lucas Junkermann – Graduating with Distinction in Economics and Business
  • Tannah LaRue – James C. Pruden Memorial Scholarship
  • Gill Lawson – E.W. Martin Memorial Accounting Award and Graduating with Distinction in Economics and Business
  • Tyler Meek – Eloise W. Raymond Graduate Accounting Award
  • Charlotte Miller – Mosley Economics and Business Award and Graduating with Distinction in Economics and Business
  • Darvis Rasberry – Eloise W. Raymond Graduate Accounting Award
  • Sky Tschurr – Graduating with Distinction in Economics and Business

Department of English Awards

  • Paige Boast – Graduating with Distinction
  • Sophia Brannon – Graduating with Distinction
  • Sophia Bridgers – Robert L. Campbell-Walter A. Moffatt Award
  • Calyx Christie – Graduating with Distinction
  • Audrey Eggensperger – Graduating with Distinction
  • Gillian Fast – McCuistion English Prize and Graduating with Distinction
  • Piper Fisherman – Graduating with Distinction
  • Venessa Holitzer – Graduating with Distinction
  • Lydia Le – Graduating with Distinction
  • Alaina May – Graduating with Distinction
  • Madeline Mundkowsky – Graduating with Distinction
  • Michaela Stevens – Robert L. Campbell-Walter A. Moffatt Award
  • Colin Wade – McCuistion English Prize

Department of Health Science Awards

  • Zed Alhallak – Graduating with Distinction in Health Science
  • Jessie Doyle – Graduating with Distinction in Health Science
  • Allie Farrar – Jim Kelly Award and Graduating with Distinction in Health Science
  • Hailey Gripka – Graduating with Distinction in Health Science
  • Natalie Hays – Graduating with Distinction in Health Science
  • Deanna Kamanga – Jim Kelly Award and Graduating with Distinction in Health Science
  • Abigail Kellar – Graduating with Distinction in Health Science
  • Josie Leffingwell – Mark Sutherland Award and Graduating with Distinction in Health Science
  • Makayla Luallen – Graduating with Distinction in Health Science
  • Alexander Musel – Graduating with Distinction in Health Science
  • J.D. Nichols – Graduating with Distinction in Health Science
  • Tori-Beth Poland – Graduating with Distinction in Health Science
  • Annalee Wesson – Graduating with Distinction in Health Science

Department of History Awards

  • Reagan Brown – Graduating with Distinction in History
  • Nate Franks – Graduating with Distinction in History
  • Rory McCuien – The David Larson Prize in Historiography
  • Sophia Parrish – Graduating with Distinction in History
  • Bethany Sanders – Richard B. Yates Prize and Graduating with Distinction in History
  • Brianna Shines – James Jennings Prize (formerly Staples)
  • Anthony Stephens – Graduating with Distinction in History

Interdisciplinary Programs Awards

  • Allison Barron – Graduating with Distinction in Neuroscience and Study of the Mind
  • Eden Robbins – Graduating with Distinction in Neuroscience and Study of the Mind
  • Campbell Christensen – Graduating with Distinction in Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Sam Collier-Tennison – Graduating with Distinction in Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Allie Farrar – Graduating with Distinction in Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Tucker Isbell – Graduating with Distinction in Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Michelle Leyva – Graduating with Distinction in Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Peyton Frady – Graduating with Distinction in Environmental Studies
  • Adia Stone – Graduating with Distinction in Environmental Studies

Department of Languages Awards

  • Jonas Haguewood – Graduating with Distinction in Classics
  • Alaina Palmer – Graduating with Distinction in Classics
  • Calyx Christie – Graduating with Distinction in French
  • Anna Bailly – Graduating with Distinction in Spanish
  • Natalie Hays – Graduating with Distinction in Spanish
  • Finley Lawrence – Graduating with Distinction in Spanish

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Awards

  • Colten Berry – Graduating with Distinction in Computer Science
  • Noah Chaffin – Graduating with Distinction in Computer Science
  • Jacob Collier-Tenison – Robert Eslinger C.S. Award and Graduating with Distinction in Computer Science
  • Zaina Daaboul – McHenry-Lane Mathematics Award
  • Kenoi Grisby – Graduating with Distinction in Computer Science
  • Amelia Jones – Robert Eslinger C.S. Award and Graduating with Distinction in Computer Science
  • Tanvi Kiran – Parker Undergraduate Research Award
  • JP Lyon – Robert Eslinger C.S. Award and Graduating with Distinction in Computer Science
  • Niko Mannon – Graduating with Distinction in Computer Science
  • Colin Phillips – Hogan Mathematics Prize, Graduating with Distinction in Mathematics, and Graduating with Distinction in Computer Science
  • Lathan Smalley – Graduating with Distinction in Mathematics
  • James Thomson – McHenry-Lane Mathematics Award
  • Ian Walker – Graduating with Distinction in Computer Science

Department of Music Awards

  • Audrey Bacharach – Robert McGill Endowed Scholarship
  • Jonah Burris – Hendrix College Chamber Orchestra Award
  • Tobie Hester – Hendrix Choir Student Recognition Award
  • Owen Lien – Ashley R. Coffman Wind Ensemble Award
  • Emma Miller – Hendrix College Chamber Orchestra Award
  • Reese Taylor – Hendrix College Chamber Orchestra Award

Department of Narrative Studies Awards

  • Campbell Christensen – Graduating with Distinction

Department of Philosophy Awards

  • Adam Andrews – Graduating with Distinction
  • Sarah Graham – Robert G. Shoemaker Award and Graduating with Distinction
  • Katie McClure – Graduating with Distinction
  • Tyler Pruitt – Graduating with Distinction
  • Joseph Winningham – Robert G. Shoemaker Award and Graduating with Distinction

Department of Physics Awards

  • Isabel Jara – Graduating with Distinction
  • Harry Lance – Richard Rolleigh Undergraduate Research Award and Graduating with Distinction
  • Rachel Pearce – Joe G. Robbins Physics Award
  • Julie Schwartz – Graduating with Distinction
  • Jada Shorter – Graduating with Distinction

Department of Politics Awards

  • Carter Crane – Graduating with Distinction in Politics
  • Ray Duch – Brandon Matthew Ryan Scholarship
  • JT Hutto – Ian T. King Prize in International Relations and Graduating with Distinction in Politics
  • Leah Krueger – Ian T. King Prize in International Relations and Graduating with Distinction in Politics
  • Michelle Leyva – Graduating with Distinction in Social Justice and Graduating with Distinction in Politics
  • Gracie Ross – William C. Buthman Prize in Politics, John A. Ziegler Law Award, and Graduating with Distinction in Politics
  • Natalie Vailes – John A. Ziegler Law Award and Graduating with Distinction in Politics

Department of Psychology Awards

  • Colby Gainer – Margaret E. Fitch Award and Graduating with Distinction in Psychology
  • Tobie Hester – Timothy D. Maxwell Award and Graduating with Distinction in Psychology
  • Andrew Lawrence – Timothy D. Maxwell Award and Graduating with Distinction in Psychology
  • Emma McGuire – Margaret E. Fitch Award and Graduating with Distinction in Psychology
  • Emma Miller – Graduating with Distinction in Psychology
  • Remi Roberts – Graduating with Distinction in Psychology
  • Jessie Swartz – Graduating with Distinction in Psychology
  • Whitney Taylor – Graduating with Distinction in Psychology
  • CeCe Werth – Graduating with Distinction in Psychology

Department of Religious Studies Awards

  • JP Lyon – Moore Award and Graduating with Distinction
  • Bethany Sanders – Graduating with Distinction
  • CeCe Werth – Moore Award and Graduating with Distinction

Department of Sociology/Anthropology Awards

  • Ivy Branum – Graduating with Distinction
  • Natalie Chidester – Juanita D. Sandford Social Justice Award
  • Perri Evans – Ferris C. Baker Sociology Award
  • Flynn Hirrel – Graduating with Distinction
  • Nate Hirsh – Graduating with Distinction
  • Sandra Ramirez – Juanita D. Sandford Social Justice Award
  • Taylor Schumacker – Ferris C. Baker Sociology Award
  • Georgia Teague – Graduating with Distinction

Department of Theatre Arts and Dance Awards

  • Miki Clendenin – Tolleson Prize and Graduating with Distinction in Theatre Arts and Dance
  • Kennedy Cox – Ella Myrl Shanks Scholarship
  • Amelia Jones – Graham-Duncan Award
  • Bella Kerby – Graduating with Distinction in Theatre Arts and Dance
  • Andrew Lawrence – Vivian Hill Drama Award
  • Alistair Luke – Graduating with Distinction in Theatre Arts and Dance
  • Cora Mattson – Rosemary Henenberg Scholarship
  • Daphne Workman – Graham-Duncan Award
  • Audrey Young – Rosemary Henenberg Scholarship

Graduating with Distinction in Odyssey

  • Amber Alsup
  • Adam Andrews
  • Kendra Baldwin
  • Paige Boast
  • Campbell Christensen
  • Jacob Collier-Tenison
  • Piper Fisherman
  • Peyton Frady
  • Colby Gainer
  • Sarah Graham
  • Luci Grossnickle
  • Landon Hardister
  • Adilynn Henry
  • Michelle Johnston
  • Abigail Kellar
  • Michelle Leyva
  • Makayla Luallen
  • Rowan McCollum
  • Lana McCorkle
  • Emma McGuire
  • James McQuiston
  • Charlotte Miller
  • Quynh Nguyen
  • Sandra Ramirez
  • Maylin Reyes
  • Eden Robbins
  • Remi Roberts
  • Julie Schwartz
  • Lathan Smalley
  • Adia Stone
  • Kailey Thurman
  • CeCe Werth
  • Demah Yousef

Murphy Scholars in Literature and Language 2026 Graduates

  • Adam Andrews
  • Kendra Baldwin
  • West Boudreaux
  • Ivy Branum
  • Avery Cagle
  • Campbell Christensen
  • Carter Crane
  • Gillian Fast
  • Luci Grossnickle
  • Landon Hardister
  • Nat Hays
  • Adilynn Henry
  • Tobie Hester
  • Isabel Jara
  • Michelle Johnston
  • Harry Lance
  • Michelle Leyva
  • Alaina May
  • Satya McCarthy Rotella
  • Rowan McCollum
  • Charlotte Miller
  • Madeline Mundkowsky
  • Faustine Neema
  • Alaina Palmer
  • Sandra Ramirez
  • Eden Robbins
  • Remi Roberts
  • Julie Schwartz
  • Colm Simmons
  • Kailey Thurman
  • Demah Yousef

Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society

  • Zed Alhallak
  • Adam Andrews
  • Anna Bailly
  • Royce Blech
  • Campbell Christensen
  • Calyx Christie
  • Gillian Fast
  • Piper Fisherman
  • Hailey Gripka
  • Kenoilani Grisby
  • Lucas Junkermann
  • Deanna Kamanga
  • Ella Kelly
  • Marlene Lange
  • Michelle Leyva
  • Charles Mata
  • Satya McCarthy-Rotella
  • Charlotte Miller
  • Quynh Nguyen
  • John Dallas Nichols
  • Alaina Palmer
  • Sandra Ramirez
  • Eden Robbins
  • Sarah Schwartz
  • Demah Yousef

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