2025 USF Academic Award Winners

New Members of the Honors Program: Annabelle Bryan, Tayler Helchowski, Brienna Huber, Matt Martucci, and Justus Vargas.

The Dr. Cameron and Jessie Day Award in Biology: Toby Hughes

The Harmon L. Remmel III Prize for the Outstanding Thesis in History: Faith Beckmann

The Cranshaw Scholarship for Study Abroad: John Luke McGee
Vernon W. and Marion K. Piper Scholarship for Study Abroad: Paul Campoverde

The Robert G. and Ruth H. Hoerber Scholarship for Classics, Philosophy, and Religious Studies: Anna Cox

Dr. Therese A. Miller and Lawrence E. Miller Endowed Health and Exercise Science Award: Caroline Bentley and Kaleb Hinkle-Pruett

Writing Center:

Emerging Consultant: Sophie Hudspeth
Outstanding Consultant: Marley Velasquez
Distinguished Consultant: Neida Ulysse

Outstanding Essay in Academic Writing I: Sam Miller
Outstanding Essay in Academic Writing II: Carlie Reiger
Outstanding Westminster Seminar Essay: Lindrielle Elizabeth Burden

The Margaret McDonald Jaeger Psychology Award- Senior Michael Giles; Juniors Emelia Hilse and Kaitlyn Halamicek

In the Division of Social Sciences, the Best Paper was “Why the International Criminal Court Matters”, by Jake Troutt

In the Humanities Division, the best paper was, “Just War Theory and Russia” by Victor Guevara

The best overall paper award was in the Natural & Mathematical Sciences Division. The paper is “Comparing Reef and Sand Flat Marine Environments Using Baited Remove Underwater Video” by Kiersten Stevens

For posters, the winner in the Social Science division was “Examining Relational Aggression in College Students” by the team of Kaitlyn Halamicek, Payton Heevner, & Skyler English

And finally, the overall winner for best poster was “The Creatine Charge: A Case-Control Report on the Effects of Creatine Monohydrate Supplementation on Creatine Kinase Levels in a College-Aged Male with Cystic Fibrosis” by Kaleb Hinkle-Pruit