Business school presents academic awards in Honors Day ceremonies
The prestigious Austin Cup, awarded each year to the top graduating senior in The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, was awarded this year to W. Steven Spiehler, Jr., a major in health care management.
Recognized as Austin Scholars were Jordan Handley, management information systems; Tara Rich, finance, Emily Zeigler, accounting.
The Austin Cup was one of several academic awards presented in annual Honors Day ceremonies.
The other awards and winners were:
C&BA Award for Excellence in Research by Doctoral Student: Richard Woolridge, operations management.
Beta Gamma Sigma Outstanding Undergraduate Students: Bonnie Brewer, math and economics, Nicole Pugh, finance and French, Anna Craft, finance and political science, Albert Giles, accounting, Candace McCraney, accounting, Virginia Meriwether Paxton, accounting.
Beta Gamma Sigma Outstanding Master’s Student: Anna Smith, accounting, Anna Slagle, finance.
Beta Gamma Sigma Outstanding Doctoral Student: Shiri Vivek, marketing.
Beta Gamma Sigma Outstanding Firm: Energen, James McManus.
Beta Gamma Sigma Honorary Member: Cynthia Cooper, formerly of WorldCom.
C&BA Scholar Athlete Recognition with 3.5 GPA and Higher: Caitlin Anderson, Chelsea Collins, Kate Gray, Mary Hancock, Ashley Holcombe, Lauren Hovey, Charles Kirschman, Karen Lansden, Leigh Lazarus, Kelsie Ludolph, Samantha Lugar, David May, Gregory McElroy, Amanda Montgomery, Saketh Myneni, Kassandra Price, Joe Purpura, Varisia Raffington, Brooke Rogers, Joshua Rutledge, Justen Santana, Austin Shirey, Christopher Slatton, Samuel Snider, Katherine Spohr, Gerald Stroup, Joseph Sykora, Mathieu Thibaudeau, Shannon Van Hoy, Elise Wettermark, Ross Wilson.
H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar Athlete of the Year: Joseph Sykora.
Thomas D. Moore Endowed Undergraduate Teaching Award: Dr. Edd Mansfield.
Management 395 – Interdisciplinary Team Award: Stevie N. Cook, accounting, Jessica Leigh Fair, health care management, Kely Melo Da Silva, pre-business, Jonathan Tidmore, pre-business, Michael Hamilton, accounting.
Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Keys: Deborah Anderson, Bonnie Brewer, Stewart Browne, Sarah Bruner, Willis Daniel, Mary Dipaolo, Kelsey Faust, Lauren Ford, Natalie Gibson, Albert Giles, Caitlin Gray, Jordan Hall, Kelli Hargett, Benjamin Harmon, Jamie Harris, Ashlea Hilliard, Claire Hopkins, Emily Howard, Foster Hyde, Danielle Kidwell, Yongxiang Liang, Clifford Lower, Candace McCraney, Kely Melo Da Silva, Ivan Meyer, Tara Mitchell, Sean Montgomery, Meghan Nowicki, Virginia Paxton, Kelly Poole, Nicole Pugh, Taylor Ratliff, Jeremy Reed, Tara Rich, John Richardson, Ashley Robinson, Sally Sarrett, Caitlin Sims, Anna Slagle, Wayne Spiehler, Clarence Steineker, Tyler Thompson, Zachary Wolf, Emily Zeigler.
Faculty Scholars Recognition: Ashley Allen, Marion Armstrong, Katherine Ballard, Megan Clark, Lauren Estadt, Bert Forsythe, Amberly Hammack, Jackie Hartmann, Jessica Juliano, Maren Kirlin, Evan Padgett, Stephanie Portugal, Anne Voltz.
Business Honors Program Recognition Class of 2008: Ashley Allen, Sarah Bruner, Tabitha Cameron, Natalia Costa, Blair Cooper, Allen Cox, Haley Curtis, Lauren Estadt, Sophia Francillon, Jacqueline Freeman, Michael Gibbs, Jessica Giles, Joshua Hamilton, Jordan Handley, Jacqueline Hartmann, Sonya Hassell, Claire Hopkins, Emily Howard, Foster Hyde, Jessica Juliano, Evan Lenoir, Daniel Lincoln, William McCracken III, Sean Montgomery, Marcus Nichols, Jessica Pearce, Nicole Pugh, Christina Quinones, Taylor Ratliff, Sarah Ritchey, Sally Sarrett, Julia Seong, Corey Skurka, Emily Smith,Wayne Spiehler Jr., Alexander Teel, Jordan Winn.
Business Honors Program Recognition Class of 2009: Mallory Allen, Rachel Austin, Zachary Bragg, Leslie Brewster, Bradford Brown, Virginia Burch, Richard Byrd Jr., Richmond Collinsworth, Britton Farrell, Rodrigo Flores, Bradley Green, Patrick Gross, LeKisha Gunn, Heather Hale, Rachel Haney, David Hardin, Harry Hodges, Arash Iranmanesh, Ann Joiner, Rachel Kelley, Danielle Kidwell, Lindsay Kennemer, William Lankford, Crystal Lee, Philip Mahoney, Scott McKenzie, Justin Reynolds, Martha Schindler, Audrey Sharp, Caitlin Sims, Allison Smith, Heather Treadaway, Anna Tygielski, Brennan Wheeler, Neil Williams, Priscilla Williams.
Gladys M. Poe Academic Achievement Awards: Louise Acomb, Scott Anderton, Pace Archibald, Joseph Aultman, Randy Beavers, Caitlyn Berkowitz, Wilson Boardman, Frank Burford, Yachun Chen, Alexander Chiang, Timothy Cline, Alex Cohn, Ashley Darden, Michael Dodson, Amanda Dunn, John Elder, William Evans, Britton Farrell, Brenda Gerald, Sarah Gieger, Charles Gray, Amanda James, Sadler Kirk, Karen Lansden, Laura Logan, Jamie Lyons, Mary Marquez, Kate McCulloch, Zhe Meng, Haley Miles, Matthew Miller, Ashley Morrison, Hanna Perry, Christopher Portier, Adam Richardson, Daniel Ritchey, Lauren Robertson, Sarah Robinson, Jeffrey Rouse, Andrea Saragoza, Kristin Schneider, Brittany Stephenson, Anna-Leigh Stone, Wayne Sullivan, Jennifer Topliss, Erin White, Daniel Wilson, Brian Wulf, Nicholas Zito, Ryan Zoghby.
Financial Executive Institute Outstanding Finance Student: Taylor Ratliff.
Financial Executives Institute Outstanding Accounting Student: Natalie Gibson.
John S. Bickley C&BA Creativity and Innovation Award: William H. Rabel, Lynn Orr.
Elizabeth Butler Warner Scholarship in Creativity, Motivation and Innovation: Brad C. Lee.
Dean’s Service Award: Jan Moyer.
C&BA Employer Recognition Award: Eli Lilly Company.
Career Center Student Recognition Award: Josh Daily, Linda Stubbs, Selma Beji.
Career Center Faculty Recognition Award: Dr. Lenita Davis.
Career Center Employer of the Year Award: Erica Pezent, Target.