Every year, the Grossman School of Business celebrates the best and brightest students during the annual Honors Day celebration, where awards go to our top undergraduate and graduate students. See below for this year's award recipients.
Recent Honorees
2025
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- Outstanding Junior Award for Academic Excellence and Overall Achievement: Allison Kingsley
- Christopher A. Guido Outstanding Senior Award for Academic Excellence and Overall Achievement: Georgii Apinian
- Philip J. Branon Award: Evan Fisher
- Perkin Award: Allison Kingsley & Colburn Snyder
- GSB Award for Student Achievement (Junior): Dahabo Abukar
- GSB Award for Student Achievement (Senior): Annabel Resor
- Gallagher Flynn Award for Excellence in Accounting: Shannon Douglas
- Weinstein Award for Excellence in Accounting: William Megan Mullen
- Johnson Lambert LLP Master of Accountancy Vermont Scholarship: Tessa Masino
- PCAOB Scholarship Award: Jordan Kimball
- Junior Award for Excellence in Business Analytics: Allison Kingsley & Colburn Snyder
- Senior Award for Excellence in Business Analytics: Jensen Daly
- S. Nakamoto Award for Excellence in Crypto Currency: Jensen Daly & Caroline Palecek
- Major Junius Adair Award for Excellence in Finance: Colburn Snyder
- Stephen Penwell Award for Excellence in Finance: Georgii Apinian
- Spies Family Award for Real Estate Finance: Colburn Snyder
- Junior Award for Excellence in Marketing: Otto Berckmueller
- Senior Award for Excellence in Marketing: Leah Lamothe, Sarah Bladd & Ezra Zabukovic
- Award for Excellence in the Global Business Theme: Georgii Apinian & Caroline Fox
- Award for Excellence in the Sustainable Business Theme: Sarah Bladd & Annabel Resor
- Award for Excellence in the Entrepreneurship Theme: Emma Kane & Julia Fitzgerald
- GSB Student Engagement Award: Otto Berckmueller, Grace Berry, Ruby Blunt, Caroline Fox, Peter Moiseyev, Alexander Rubin, Ethan Ryen, Marley St Pierre & Ursula Larson
- Peaks Champions: Grace Berry (Gold), Victoria Madison (Silver), and Alexander Rubin (Bronze); Joe Anderson, Anka Delos Reyes, Ethan Ryen, Joshua Moore, Annabel Resor & Ruby Blunt (leaderboard champions).
First Year of Distinction
Hunter Acostamadiedo, Emilie Bakkevig, Shannon Buck, Colby Christiansen, Anka Delos Reyes, Jason Douglas, Caroline Gade, Karolina Gochman, Laird KrodelSmith, Ella McAnespie, Lillian Miner, Dennis Murphy, Caleb Read, Jackson Read, Eli Rosi, Owen Towers, Ozmond VanHendrick, Derek Wenner & James Young.
Sophomore of Distinction
Addison Auletta, Sawyer Beck, Grace Berry, Arianna Clark, Mario Gasparini, Lillian Girod, Luke Nelson, Lucy Parker, Duncan Ramsay, Myra Shalaty, Benjamin St. John, & Augustus Veit.
Grossman School's Best and Brightest
“Honors Day is one of our favorite occasions because we get to recognize and celebrate excellence among our students. It’s incredible to see the caliber of our young leaders every year."
-Barb Arel, Associate Dean, Grossman School of Business
Previous Honorees
2024
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- Outstanding Junior Award for Academic Excellence and Overall Achievement: Georgii Apinian
- Christopher A. Guido Outstanding Senior Award for Academic Excellence and Overall Achievement: Ryan Anderson
- Philip J. Branon Award: Stephanie Michel
- Perkin Award: Leah Lamothe & Georgii Apinian
- GSB Award for Student Achievement (Junior): Annabel Resor
- GSB Award for Student Achievement (Senior): Sophia Bergantino
- Gallagher Flynn Award for Excellence in Accounting: Megan Mullen
- Weinstein Award for Excellence in Accounting: William Concannon & Allison McDonald
- Johnson Lambert LLP Master of Accountancy Vermont Scholarship: Nicole Sobczak
- PCAOB Scholarship Award: William Mitchell
- Junior Award for Excellence in Business Analytics: Megan Mullen & Patrick Towne
- Senior Award for Excellence in Business Analytics: Daniel Barrett & James Stephens
- Major Junius Adair Award for Excellence in Finance: Georgii Apinian
- Stephen Penwell Award for Excellence in Finance: James Stephens
- Spies Family Award for Real Estate Finance: Samuel Thompson
- Junior Award for Excellence in Marketing: Leah Lamothe
- Senior Award for Excellence in Marketing: Ryan Anderson & Pierce DeBoer
- Award for Excellence in the Global Business Theme: Sophia Larizza & Mary Redmond
- Award for Excellence in the Sustainable Business Theme: Christian Penkrat
- Award for Excellence in the Entrepreneurship Theme: Robert Trim
- GSB Student Engagement Award: Danielle Guerrero, Marguerite Jouët, Aedan Knowlton, Evan Siegel, Marley St Pierre, and William Tessmer.
- Peaks Champions: Ruby Blunt (Gold), Jane Steadman (Silver), and Arianna Clark (Bronze); Grace Berry, Jaden Grace, Joshua Moore, Marley St Pierre, Alexander Rubin, Ethan Wagener, and Ethan Ryen (leaderboard champions).
First Year of Distinction
Arianna Clark, Fatma Alkanderi, Addison Auletta, Sawyer Beck, Grace Berry, Lillian Girod, Jaden Grace, Hailey Kessler, Summer Lagattuta, Lizzie McCrystal, Lucy Parker, Duncan Ramsay, Myra Shalaty, Ben St. John, Logan Vaughan, Augustus Veit, Max Wartluft, and Lakota Williams.
Sophomore of Distinction
Colin Bullock, Karl Daly, Shannon Douglas, Emma Kanjorski, Jonas Keim, Kyle Kerrigan, Allison Kingsley, John Martin, Charles Monaghan, Walker Root, Colburn Snyder, Kendall Spencer, Alia Tesini, Matthew Thomas, and Miranda Versweyveld.
2023
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- 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).
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2022
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- Outstanding Junior Award for Academic Excellence and Overall Achievement - Anne Skudera
- Christopher A. Guido Outstanding Senior Award for Academic Excellence and Overall Achievement - Matias Øvrum
- Philip J. Branon Award - Olivia Harrison and Will MacIntosh
- Perkin Award - Anne Skudera and Hunter Wimble
- GSB Award for Student Achievement (Junior) - Ellee Barker
- GSB Award for Student Achievement (Senior) - Adriyel Gogerly-Moragoda
- Gallagher Flynn Award for Excellence in Accounting - Molly Feeney and Lucas Pencak
- Weinstein Award for Excellence in Accounting - Julia Grismore and Trevor McGlaflin
- Johnson Lambert Scholarship - Taylor Clark
- PCAOB Scholarship Award - Jacob Curtis
- Junior Award for Excellence in Business Analytics - Patrick Faust and Anne Skudera
- Senior Award for Excellence in Business Analytics - Sarah Fazzaro and Jenna Nadasdi
- Major Junius Adair Award for Excellence in Finance - Zoë Macdonald and Boaz Pike
- Stephen Penwell Award for Excellence in Finance - Matias Øvrum and Oliver Tidswell
- Junior Award for Excellence in Marketing - Patrick Faust
- Senior Award for Excellence in Marketing - Sarah Fazzaro, Jenna Nadasdi and Mia O’Farrell
- Award for Excellence in the Global Business Theme - Sean Anderson, Sarah Fazzaro and Jenna Nadasdi
- Award for Excellence in the Sustainable Business Theme - Niels Arentzen, Dani Meader and Dani Schmidt
- Award for Excellence in the Entrepreneurship Theme - Julia Grismore and Sarah Horrigan
- GSB Student Engagement Award - Skyler Ayers, Drew Bates, Hank Caswell IV, Jacob Curtis, Julia Grismore, Sarah Horrigan, Clay Lerner, Lily Merchant, Christian Penkrat, Oliver Tidswell and Robert Trim.
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2021
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- Christopher A. Guido Outstanding Senior Award for Academic Excellence and Overall Achievement – David Gringeri and Missy Manzella
- Outstanding Junior Award for Academic Excellence and Overall Achievement – Sarah Fazzaro and Matias Øvrum
- Junior Award for Excellence in Marketing - Sarah Fazzaro
- Senior Award for Excellence in Marketing - Shea Lincourt, Missy Manzella and Henry Weltman
- Philip J. Branon Award - Olivia Harrison and Tyler LaRoche
- Perkin Award - Mia O’Farrell and Matias Øvrum
- GSB Student Engagement Award - Jacob Curtis, Lillian Merchant and Risa Repetto
- GSB Award for Student Achievement (Junior) - Adriyel Gogerly-Moragoda
- GSB Award for Student Achievement (Senior) - Tiana Segers
- Major Junius Adair Award for Excellence in Finance - Delaney Courcelle and Oliver Tidswell
- Stephen Penwell Award for Excellence in Finance – David Gringeri
- Gallagher Flynn Award for Excellence in Accounting (Junior) - Madison Bellows and Jacob Curtis
- Gallagher Flynn Award for Excellence in Accounting (Senior) - Connor MacDonald
- Weinstein Award for Excellence in Accounting - Lindsay Hallowell
- PCAOB Scholars Program Award - Lucy George
- Johnson Lambert LLP Master of Accountancy Vermont Scholarship - Lindy Burch-Durkee
- Award for Excellence in the Entrepreneurship Theme - Meg Scagnelli
- Award for Excellence in the Global Business Theme - Rochel Chan and Missy Manzella
- Award for Excellence in the Sustainable Business Theme - Emily Losier
- Junior Award for Excellence in Business Analytics - Jenna Nadasdi
- Senior Award for Excellence in Business Analytics - Missy Manzella
- First Year Students of Distinction - Ryan Anderson, Thomas Burke, Grace Castonguay, Alessandra Magg, Lillian Merchant, Isabella Mosca, Mary Redmond, Kari Richardson, Alexander Urbaska, Parker Whitney
- Sophomore Students of Distinction - Flore Barillon, Emma Chute, Patrick Faust, Olivia Harrison, John Kordell, Tyler LaRoche, Zoe Macdonald, Renata Malyshev, Kevin Pomroy, Anne Skudera, Dakota Smith, Denali Tontini
- Dean’s Award for Faculty Research Excellence – PramoDITA Sharma
- Dean’s Staff Excellence Award – Cyndi Dowling and Sam Williams
- Outstanding Graduate Award in the MAcc Program – Krystal Parent and Jared Percoco
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2020
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- Christopher A. Guido Outstanding Senior Award for Academic Excellence and Overall Achievement - Maria Pitari
- Outstanding Junior Award for Academic Excellence and Overall Achievement - David Gringeri
- Philip J. Branon Award - Julia Grismore & Mya Stanislas
- GSB Faculty Award for Student Achievement (Junior) - Nicole Matura
- GSB Faculty Award for Student Achievement (Senior) - Michael Chan
- Perkin Award - Melissa Manzella & Connor MacDonald
- GSB Student Engagement Award - Elise Cracco, Cole Green & Amanda Levi
- Gallagher Flynn Award for Excellence in Accounting (Junior) - Lindsay Hallowell & Connor MacDonald
- Major Junius Adair Award for Excellence in Finance - Dana Marsh & Morgan Whitney
- Junior Award for Excellence in Marketing - Sarah Fazzaro
- Junior Award for Excellence in Business Analytics - Maggie Matthjis
- Senior Award for Excellence in Business Analytics - Emily Heon
- Weinstein Award for Excellence in Accounting - Krystal Parent
- Gallagher Flynn Award for Excellence in Accounting (Senior) - Collin P. Mitchell
- Stephen Penwell Award for Excellence in Finance - Kyle Ehler-Vock, Owen Grant & Maria Pitari
- Senior Award for Excellence in Marketing - Monika Nedeljkovic
- Award for Excellence in the Global Business Theme - Maria Chaney & Chapin Cheney
- Award for Excellence in the Sustainable Business Theme - Michael Chan & Connor Herbruck
- Award for Excellence in the Entrepreneurship Theme – Cole Green
- Outstanding Graduate Award in the MAcc Program – Snow Li
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