Reinhardt University Honors Students and Faculty

Reinhardt’s annual awards celebration on April 9 recognizes scholars’ and professors’ academic and interpersonal achievements and excellence. The Evening of Honors includes presenting the Reinhardt University Academic Scholars Award to juniors and seniors with a grade point average (GPA) of 3.9 or higher, and the Hugh Peterson Jr. Academic Scholars Award to students with a cumulative GPA of 3.6 to 3.89.

Applause echoed Flint Hall as each academic degree program coordinator presented Academic Program Awards, and the deans named honorees of the School Student Achievement Awards. Sam Grayson James (RU-2025) received the No Greater Love Award for showing selfless giving to others. Jacqueline (Alexis) McCone (RU-2024) received the Engaged Learner Award for her campus leadership inside and outside the classroom.

The prestigious Students of the Year awards were bestowed upon seniors Salvador Castillo (traditional), a biology major, and business management major Luciano Fisicaro (non-traditional) for their scholarship, leadership, honesty, community service, and service to the University. The student body selected the director of the Price School of Education, Tami Smith, for the Elizabeth Moss Bailey Faculty Mentor Award.

This year, new emeriti professors and alumna Meagan Hurley (RU-2014) joined in the procession. Hurley was awarded the Distinguished Alumna of the Year Award for her career dedication and successes in championing justice and advocating for the innocent, overturning wrongful convictions, and instructing law students to do the same. She told the students to keep an open mind about what their future might look like and to listen to the voice that is trying to guide them. Hurley added, “The time is always right to do what is right. Sometimes it can be scary, and it may not be popular, but do it anyway because it matters. Reinhardt shaped me into the person I am today, someone who takes very seriously the core values of faith and service.”

No Greater Love Award: Sam Grayson James

Engaged Learner Award: Jacqueline (Alexis) McCone

Student of the Year Award – Traditional: Salvador Castillo

Student of the Year Award – Non-Traditional: Luciano Fisicaro

Faculty Awards

Elizabeth Moss Bailey Award: Tamara Smith

United Methodist Exemplary Teaching Award: Kimberly Crowe

Faculty Research & Scholarship Award: Debby Pinion

Faculty Artistic Award: Jym Davis

Jane England Teaching Excellence Award: Dr. Christopher Robinson

Vulcan Outstanding Teaching Award: Krista Mullins

Innovative Teaching Award: Krista Mullins

Innovative Adjunct Teaching Award: Robert Walker-Bunda

School Student Achievement Awards

School of Humanities, Sciences, and Technology: Salvador Castillo

McCamish School of Business & Professions: Sarah Bambrick (Sport Studies) and Aryn Parrish (Business)

Price School of Education: Ryan Neill

Nursing: Fern McEwen

Performing Arts: Jared Brooks

Professional Studies: Nathan Jentzen

Academic Degree Program Awards

ART

Graphic Design: Wyatt Maddox

Studio Art: Leah Renard

Digital Media Arts: Allison Andriano and Celestin Chung

BIOLOGY

Anna-Marie Gazzo and Gabriel Buchanan

BUSINESS

Accounting: Mia Griswold and Jacob Sollars

BBA Online: Abigail Van Asselt and Adrian Montealvo

General Business: Luciano Fisicaro and Jacob Profit

Management: Zackary Vickers and Elyse Standing

Sport Studies: Chance Willis and Haley Sturla

Marketing/Digital: Marissa Navarro and Brady Hanak

COMMUNICATION ARTS

Strategic Communication: Kinleigh Stancill

Media Studies: Hunter Paulsen

Digital Storytelling: Kristen Teagarden

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (CJUSP)

Robert Weekley

EDUCATION

EE Education: Liam Wright and Ryelyn Wells

Secondary Biology: Alex Hardy

Secondary History: Halley Adams

Secondary ELA: Ryan Neill

ENGLISH

Emilee Hendrix

Creative Writing: Olivia Ruzicka and Devin Ware

HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION (BHA)

Allison Agnew

HISTORY

Christopher Walker and Sydney Murray

INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

Mattie Bryant

MATH

John Benjamin Bethel Humphries

Cybersecurity: Marta Vicente-Arche and Charlize Brown

MUSIC

Hannah Kate Singleton and Sophia DiLorenzo

Music Performance: Fiona Garner and Alexandra Sherry

Music Education: Elizabeth Chesser and Melody Lorenz

NURSING

Mary Beth Botts and Megan Larson

PERFORMING ARTS – BFA

Musical Theater: Jenna Gonzalez and Isabella Scarcella

Theatre: Olivia Adams and Grace Ware

PSYCHOLOGY

Mia Hoeddinghaus and Tayla Kruger

Reinhardt Academic Scholars

Aubrei Erin Atchley

Sarah Bambrick

Olivia Ann Banks

Pilar Becerra

Mattie Lea Bryant

Gabriel Scott Buchanan

Victoria Elizabeth Cantrell

Aidan Bryce Carlton

Salvador Castillo

Valerie Christian

Celestin Ruhon Chung

Rachael Cory

Julia Alane Craft

Ciara Nicole Devane

Sophia Carmela DiLorenzo

Luciano Agustin Fisicaro

Emma Grace Fitts

Anna-Marie Gazzo

Amberle Johnson Godfrey

Jenna Michelle Gonzalez

Erin Alice Griffin

Alexis Ashanti Griffith

Mia Ann Griswold

Phoebe Hanson Hart

Sydney G. Harvey

Emilee Michaela Hendrix

Daniela Alexa Herrera

Ella Grace Higdon

Kalyn Brett Jinks

Andres F. Jorquera

Melody Elizabeth Lorenz

Emily Drew Loveless

Jacqueline Alexis McCone

Marissa Lucia Navarro

Andrew Nicholas Paolozzi

Aryn Hope Parrish

Leah Kate Renard

Brianna Faye Renaud

Emma Macie Rhodes

Olivia Autumn Ruzicka

David Joseph Sayles

Julian Taylor Schwarz

Alexandra Ciara Sherry

Bruno César Dewes Silva

Kiara MaKayla Simpson

Hannah Kate Kathryn Singleton

Tiffany Noelle Smith

Jacob Daniel Sollars

Ashley Lauren Steele

Molly Anne Stevens

Esteban Federico Sued

Kristen Renee Teagarden

Marta Vicente-Arche

Thomas Ray Vincent

Taylor Ann Wade

Robert Franklin Weekley

Hugh Peterson, Jr. Scholars

Caleb Robert Adams

Tristin Lee Baumann

Lilly Jin-Ying Belcher

Avery James Blalock

Mary Beth Botts

Jared Keith Brooks

Sarah Elizabeth Bruce

Cameron James Cagle

Monzerrath Camarena

Elizabeth Jean Chesser

Alisa Julia Christian

Rachel Lydia Crittenden

Shelby Danielle Darrah

Nicholas David De Martini

Holli Nicole DeBord

Mason Dockrey

Reece S. Dotterer

Ansley Grace Evans

Daniel Scot Fountain

Eva Evelyn-Marie Freeman

Kylie Marie Freije

Lauren Rose Garcia

Fiona Jasmine Garner

Caroline Lucy Goddard

Carlos David Guerrero

Brady Denis Hanak

James Alex Hardy

Collin Christopher Harris

Lidia Jorene Herrera

Aminata Jeffer Jalloh

Haley Alexis Kemperle

Samuel Alexander Kopeski

Tiffany Le Roux

Kyra Camille Lightner

Tucker Andrew Lowe

Molly Katherine Maresca

Jillian Rose Martinet

Fern Lea McEwen

Alexandria Kaitlyn McPherson

Adrian Antonio Montealvo

Shelby Lynn O’Neil

Ivan Patta

Hunter Paulsen

Emma Nicole Pelfrey

Madison Porter Peterson

Avanna Preston-Tate

Jacob Jonathan Profit

Madeleine Bridgette Ross

Rayner Sarmiento

Isabella Bianca Scarcella

Reid Thomas Schratwieser

Angela Rose Sciacchitano

Jonathan Clete Shadinger

Brooke Anne Simon

Kinleigh Elizabeth Stancill

Elyse Margaret Standing

Haley Jane Sturla

Gillian Ann Sullivan

Casey Lance Thomas

Nina Thomet

Sarah A. Timmerman

Vincent Varsalona

Zachary Vickers

Chloe Grace Walker

Christopher Miles Walker

Abigail Francis-lee Ware

Devin Michael Ware

Grace Olivia Ware

Michael Wassef

Ryelyn Elise Wells

Jarod Ray Whitmore

Kerion A. Williams

Chance Everett Willis

Charles D. Workman

Liam Michael James Wright

Cameron Scott Yates