Every spring, the Grossman School of Business celebrates its best and brightest students during the annual Honors Day Celebration following the Beta Gamma Sigma ceremony. Awards were presented to top undergraduate students at a ceremony on Friday, April 21, 2023 in the Keller Room at Ifshin Hall. Assistant Professor of Accounting Dr. Ed Gamble won GSB Faculty Member of the Year.

“Honors Day is one of our favorite occasions because we get to recognize and celebrate excellence among our students,” said Barb Arel, acting dean, Grossman School of Business. “It’s incredible to see the caliber of our young leaders every year, and I’m always impressed with the many extracurricular activities, internships, case competitions and volunteer projects these students engage in while succeeding academically.”

The complete list of students and their awards include:

  • Outstanding Junior Award for Academic Excellence and Overall Achievement: Nicole Sobczak
  • Christopher A. Guido Outstanding Senior Award for Academic Excellence and Overall Achievement: Hunter Wimble
  • Philip J. Branon Award: Olivia Harrison
  • Perkin Award: Nicole Sobczak and Ryan Anderson
  • GSB Award for Student Achievement (Junior): Danielle Guerreo
  • GSB Award for Student Achievement (Senior): Deng Adiang
  • Gallagher Flynn Award for Excellence in Accounting: Nicole Sobczak
  • Weinstein Award for Excellence in Accounting: Martha Hrdy
  • Johnson Lambert Scholarship: Waker Stapleton
  • PCAOB Scholarship Award: Molly Feeney
  • Junior Award for Excellence in Business Analytics: James Stephens
  • Senior Award for Excellence in Business Analytics: Anne Skudera
  • Major Junius Adair Award for Excellence in Finance: Charlie Hutchinson and Kylie Pierce
  • Stephen Penwell Award for Excellence in Finance: Zoe MacDonald and Jacob Nystedt
  • Junior Award for Excellence in Marketing: Ryan Anderson and Jen O'Donnell
  • Senior Award for Excellence in Marketing: Flore Barrillon and Hunter Wimble
  • Award for Excellence in the Global Business Theme: Flore Barrillon and Anne Skudera
  • Award for Excellence in the Sustainable Business Theme: Katy Blessing and Molly Feeney
  • Award for Excellence in the Entrepreneurship Theme: Hannah Bohman and Kiley Latham
  • GSB Student Engagement Award: Georgii Apinian, Bridget Drummey, Meredith Gove, Charlie Hutchinson, Marguerite Jouët, Aedan Knowlton, Cassidy Martin, Lily Merchant, Peter Moiseyev, Caroline Palecek, Christian Penkrat, Marley St Pierre, Kristiana Strtak, William Tessmer, and Ryan Yorra.
  • Peaks Champions: Marley St Pierre (Gold), Lily Merchant (Silver), and Taha Jamal (Bronze); Olivia Almeida, Georgii Apinian, Ethan Frost, Meredith Gove, Maya Hudak, Joshua Moore, Kyle Thompson, Brooke Weatherup, and Leighton Wittig (leaderboard champions).

First Year of Distinction

Colin Bullock, Pierce Cattier, Karl Daly, Caroline Deiss, Shannon Douglas, Ryann Estey, Hayden Fruhling, Kate Henning, Casey Huczko, Charlie Huntley, Jonas Keim, Kate Kelly, Kyle Kerrigan, Allison Kingsley, Meredith Lentz, Joshua Moore, Haley Racicot, Cole Snyder, Kendall Spencer, Marley St Pierre, and Sara Wertsching.

Sophomore of Distinction

Georgii Apinian, Dan Barrett, Nicole Bonanno, Michaela Buscher, Brooks Catlin, Colin Cheshire, Jensen Daly, Layla Esrey, Ryan Hill, Andrew Horvat, Jackson Jewell, Bella Krusoe, Uschi Larson, Kate Marion, Camper Marsh, Will Mitchell, Peter Moiseyev, Tucker Molin, Megan Mullen, Mike Petrell, Dylan Quinn, Annabel Resor, Alex Riga, Dan Roche, Eric Smith, Tom Statham, Thomas Taylor, Gwen Willard, and Ezra Zabukovic. 

Case Competitors

Deng Adiang, Georgii Apinian, Skyler Ayers, Ciara Benfield, Dylan Brown, Alex Carrozza, Michael Carvajal, Lizbeth Cintron, Sophie Cormier, Jacob Curtis, Olenka Duncan, Tyler Eisenmenger, Patrick Faust, Chloe Greene, Meredith Gove, Danielle Guerrero, Ashley Hernandez, Charlie Hutchinson, Austin Igler, Noah Johnson, Chris Kee, Alex Lebish, Zoë MacDonald, Patrick Man, Kate Marion, Connor McCormack, Allison McDonald, DeNa Mitchell, Caroline Palecek, Shira Palmer, Sachin Rampersaud, Annie Rowell, Ethan Ryen, Amelie Sfeir, Gavin Sicard, Kristina Sitcawich, Anne Skudera, Nicole Sobczak, Kristiana Strtak, Will Tessmer, Kyle Thompson, Amanda Turner, Karen Wallace, Ava Wilson, Hunter Wimble, and Ryan Yorra.

Congratulations to all Honors Day award recipients!