McPherson College recognized the academic and leadership achievements of students, faculty and staff at the Annual Awards Convocation on Wednesday, May 3 in Brown Auditorium.
Recipients were as follows:
Athletics
- Female Scholar-athlete of the Year – Georgia Hitchcock
- Male Scholar-athlete of the Year – Trey Murphy
Technology Department – Auto Restoration
- Julian “Pop Rice Award – Colby Marshall
- Paul Russell Award for Excellence – Matthew Kroeker
Business
- Outstanding Business Students – Meghan Smith & Luis Rodriguez
Curriculum & Instruction
- Model Educator Award – Georgia Hitchcock & Kurt Golubski
- Teacher of Promise Award – Alexis Gratten & Kassidy Weaver
History & Politics
- Leland L. Lengel Memorial Scholarship – Breanna Morck & Cooper Koestel
- Marvin and Doreen Will Memorial Scholarship – Kurtis Ebling & Tavian Gray
- Outstanding Senior Thesis – Kento Saiki
- Phi Alpha Theta National Historians Honor Society: Kento Saiki, Kurtis Ebling, Breanna Morck, Cooper Koestel, Kurt Golubski, Palmer Moe, Ben Weibe, Sarah Ewing
Natural Science
- Burkholder Research Award – Olivia Smith
- Merit Research Award – Bethany Ice, Nathan Saffer, Annie Weesner
- Chemistry Achievement Award – Phillip Schieffelin & Katelyn Huddle
- Biology Achievement Award – Phillip Schieffelin
- Presented Undergraduate Research at the Kansas Academy of Sciences – Olivia Smith (1st place, Oral Presentations), Austin Apple, Nathan Saffer, Annie Weesner
Behavioral Sciences
- Outstanding Behavioral Sciences Student Award – Kennedy Johnson
- Outstanding Behavioral Sciences Senior Research Award – Peyton Lindsey
- Outstanding Behavioral Sciences Student Award – Caleb Feuerstake
Art & Design
- Five-State Photo Competition & Exhibition – Dane Kudera, Cameron Wright, Ryan Tate, Lindzie Archer, Nick Wilson, Susanne Cunningham, Chloe Jones, Eliseo Silva, Dashawn Holliman (each had one or more photos selected for the show), Maria Miranda (three photos in the show and received 3rd place)
- AIGA Wichita Student Portfolio Forum – Mackenzie Unruh, Cheneal Benne, Eliseo Silva, Sylvia Ko
- Art & Design Students of the Year – Dashawn Holliman
Physical Education
- Department of Health and Sports Studies Award for Outstanding Graduate – Amanda Ambrosy, Bailey Avila, Brandt Johnson, Lasheicka Joseph, Kendra Maples
Who’s Who in the McPherson College Class of 2023
- Kaylie Akiona, Cheneal Benne, Alexis Gratten, Georgia Hitchcock, Spencer Ice, Bethany Ice, Matthew Kroeker, Luis Rodriguez, Meghan Smith, Olivia Smith, Grace van Asselt, Annie Weesner
Professor of the Year – Dr. Allan van Asselt, professor of chemistry
Staff Person of the Year – Brian Martin, director of auto restoration projects
Student Government Association
- Olivia Smith, SGA president
- Taylor Bohannon, SGA president-elect