Brevard College has announced its series of academic honors and awards for the 2022-2023 academic year. Awards were given throughout the month of April with awards ceremonies for each department.
Criminal Justice Award Recipients
Outstanding Major Award in Criminal Justice – Anthony Martino
Outstanding Leadership in Criminal Justice – Nisa Rosales
Citizenship Award in Criminal Justice – Damon Hewitt
Promise in the Field of Criminal Justice – Joshua Rankin
Promise in the Field of Criminal Justice – Tayla Hutchings
Theatre Program Award Recipients
Highest Grade Point Average:
Freshman – Mickey Lasco
Sophomore – Naomi Firebaugh
Junior – Anna Ervin
Senior – Sarah Hajkowski
Newcomer’s Award – Roxxie Petryshak
Ensemble Award – Grace Dempsey
Excellence in Collaboration – Patrick Miller
Personal Growth Award – Anna Ervin
Excellence in Initiative – Sarah Hajkowski
Personal Responsibility Award – Taylor Sparrow
Rakeem Sweezy Award (Student Voted Inspiring Colleague) – Grace Dempsey
Outstanding Theatre Major – Sierethene Chepes
Art Program Award Recipients
Highest Grade Point Average:
Freshman – Mia Diaz
Sophomore – Annette Peacock
Junior – Julia Lusk
Senior – Sydney Raber
Outstanding Art Awards:
Digital Art – Kenz Schinsky
Photography – Mitchell Yoder
Painting & Drawing – Jules Lusk & Nicole Bradbury
Sculpture – Sydney Raber
Foundations Year – Ren Schroeder
Art Advancement Awards:
Digital Media – Mitchell Yoder
Time Based Media – Gwyn Jennings
Photography – Gunnar Ensign
Painting & Drawing – Alison Holland
Sculpture – Shay Rose
Foundations – Annie Peacock
Outstanding Art Major – Gwyn Jennings
Music Program Award Recipients
Highest Grade Point Average:
Freshman – Lyric Contarino
Sophomore – Gabby Lujon
Junior – Emme Griffith, Jonas McCanless & Kayleigh Miller
Senior – Ann Marie Bates
Excellence in Music Theory – Emme Griffith
Excellence in Music History – Ann Marie Bates
Outstanding First Year Student – Hannah Sonnenberg
Peer Inspiration Award – Ishmeal Parsons
Choral Ensemble Award – Tamara Kuykendall
Instrumental Ensemble Award – Jonas McCanless
Music Ambassador Award – Ishmeal Parsons & Hannah Sonnenberg
Outstanding Music Major – Ann Marie Bates
Business & Organizational Leadership (BORG) Award Recipients
Outstanding Major Award in BORG – Bethany Bryan
Ray Fisher Leadership Award – Brett Burchett & Quincy Carter
Mount Pisgah Award – Parker Moore
Sustainable Leadership Award – Gabriella Galvan & Reece Rubio
Grace Roy Award – Otis Kahar & Pietro Moratelli
Dr. B. Barbara Boerner Emerging Leadership Scholarship Award – Maggie Cox & Chyna Pouncey
Sidney J. Gunst Jr. Award in BORG – Jackson Betsill & Weston Coop
Psychology Award Recipients
Outstanding Major Award in Psychology – Paige Lewis
Outstanding Service to Psi Chi – Vanitas Hamilton
Citizenship Award in Psychology – Alydia Monahan
Promise in the Field of Psychology – Elizabeth Weather
Rising Star in Psychology – Chloe Banner
Awards for Service to The Clarion
Editors-in-Chief of the Clarion – Anna Ervin & Caroline Hoy
Clarion Staff:
Savannah Anderson, Aaron Butts, Isaiah Collison,
Oreo Ellis, and Brady Penn
Awards for Service to Chiaroscuro
Editor-in-Chief of the Chiaroscuro – Caroline Hoy
Chiaroscuro Staff:
Aaron Butts, Rowe Davis, Baylee Hallas,
Jackson Inglis, Casey Jones, Sara Laboe,
Reagan Lane, Evey Perrey, and Riley Sinclair
Humanities Award Recipients
Outstanding Major Award in English – Sarah Hajkowski
Outstanding Major Award in History – Reagan Lane
Outstanding Major Award in Integrated Studies – Miles Schafer
Political Science Award Recipients
Best in American Government – Nicholas Clark
Best in Political Science – Dominic O’Brien
Best in Political Philosophy – Daniel Shook
Physical Education Award Recipients
Outstanding Major Award in Physical Education & Recreation – Annsley Schwab
Wilderness Leadership & Experiential Education (WLEE) Award Recipients
Outstanding Major Award in WLEE – Alex Eaton & Shyvonne Potter
Writing Award Recipients
Best Writing Projects in First Year Writing – Savannah Anderson, Mia Diaz & Signe Thorsen
Best in Fiction – Casey Jones
Best in Poetry – Sarah Hajkowski & Gwyn Jennings
Best in Creative Nonfiction – Sara Laboe
Distinctive Voice Award – Isaiah Collison
Literature Award Recipients
Best in Literary Criticism – Jake Kassel
Best in Contemporary Shakespeare Studies – Journey Tyler
Best in Environmental Literature – Sara Barnes & Amelie Jones
Best in Science Fiction & Fantasy Studies – Gabriel Bernhard
Best in Gothic Literature – Evey Perrey & Sarah Hajkowski
History Award Recipients
Outstanding Major Award in History – Reagan Lane
Up-and-Coming Historian – Paige Edwards
Up-and-Coming Historian – Dominic O’Brien
Outstanding Writer in History – Sara Barnes
Outstanding Critical Thinking in History – Daniel Shook
Environmental Studies Award Recipients
Outstanding Major Award in Environmental Studies – Trenten Anderson
Highest GPA in Environmental Science – Rachel Hughes
Biology Award Recipients
Outstanding Major Award in Biology – Christian Humphries
Citizenship Award in Biology – Alexis Blanchard
Highest GPA in Biology – Christian Humphries
Math Award Recipients
Outstanding Major Award in Math – Trystan Wallace
Citizenship Award in Math – Cassie Plemmons
Highest GPA in Math – Kevin Wright
Physics Award Recipients
Outstanding Major Award in Physics – Cassie Plemmons
Citizenship Award in Physics – Trystan Wallace
Highest GPA in Physics – Rachel Hughes
Health & Human Performance Award Recipients
Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Health & Human Performance – Brooke Garland
Outstanding Graduate Student in Health & Human Performance – Destiny Williams
Exercise Science Award Recipients
Outstanding Major Award in Exercise Science – Nina Machinowski
Citizenship Award in Exercise Science – Tyler Miranda
Highest GPA in Exercise Science – Davis Bryson, Brooke Garland, Haylea Layne Miller & Cesar Rodriguez
Health Science Studies Award Recipients
Outstanding Major Award in HSS – Jami Stewart
Citizenship Award in HSS – Lena Hatter
Highest GPA in Health Science Studies – Daniel Brew, Hannah Hersh, Sophia Ogawa & Calli Wells
Graduate Program Award Recipients
Health and Human Performance – Destiny Williams
Emergency Management – Destiny Hall
Student Leadership Award Recipients
Outstanding Work-Study – Sarah Hajkowski
Outstanding Resident Assistant – Kat Kramer
Outstanding Peer Leader – Quincy Carter
Outstanding Student Health Ambassador – Abbie Worsencroft
Community Service Award – Parker Moore
Community Service Award – Gabriella Galvan
Mary Elizabeth & G. Scott Francis Community Service Scholarship – Victoria Sylvester
Richard A. Adams Outstanding Ambassador (Admissions) – Reagan Lane
Outstanding Freshman – Hannah Achilles
Outstanding Sophomore – Haylea-Layne Miller
Outstanding Junior – Devon Brodmyer
Outstanding Senior – Giuseppe Capello Real
Rising Star – Julianna Willoughby
Above & Beyond – Abbie Worsencroft
Outstanding Student Organization of the Year – The Clarion
Outstanding Faculty – Jessie Tucker
Outstanding Staff – Angie Mascaro
Sweezy Award – Lena Hatter
Brevard College is committed to an experiential liberal arts education that encourages personal growth and inspires artistic, intellectual, and social action.