GALESBURG, ILLINOIS (June 12, 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
