{"id":654,"date":"2022-04-27T17:33:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T17:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/?page_id=654"},"modified":"2026-09-01T14:03:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:03:52","slug":"undergraduate-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/undergraduate-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#e1e1e1&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset2&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; 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Rosalie Degenhart<\/li>\n<li>2025 &#8211; Lauren Evanseck<\/li>\n<li>2024 &#8211; Alex Brophy<\/li>\n<li>2023 &#8211; Marcus Truscio<\/li>\n<li>2022 &#8211; Anna Szolwinski<span style=\"color: #000000\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2021 &#8211; Anya Welborn<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2020 &#8211; Katelyn Milligan<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2019 &#8211; Caroline Shanley<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2018 &#8211; Mackenzie Breneman<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2017 -Jessica Peine<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2016 &#8211; Brenda Ramirez<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2015 &#8211; Autumn Brown<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2014 &#8211; Chelsea Spring<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2013 &#8211; Scott Oliver<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2012 &#8211; Jaclyn Gross<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2011 &#8211;\u00a0Stephanie Grebe<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2010 &#8211; Natalie Palmer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2009 &#8211; Elizabeth O&#8217;Connor<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2008 &#8211; Shannon Daiber<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2007 &#8211; Ashley Eiler<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2006 &#8211; Julie Truesdell<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2005 &#8211; Stephanie Mathes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2004 &#8211; Amanda Brettnacher<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2003 &#8211; Monika Jedrzejek<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2002 &#8211; Linda Bogan<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2001 &#8211; Julie Klish<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a class=\"anchorGlyph\" id=\"excellence\" name=\"excellence\" style=\"color: #000000\"><\/a>Bruce Kendall Award for Excellence in Communication<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.1875rem\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2026 &#8211; Lauren Driver and Grace Wright<\/li>\n<li>2025 &#8211; Kevin Huang and Uyen Ngo<\/li>\n<li>2024 &#8211; Lane Bradley and Alexis Denham<\/li>\n<li>2023 &#8211; John Henry Henson and Alyssa White<span style=\"color: #000000\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2022 &#8211; Will Obendorfer and Natalie Fedor<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2021 &#8211; Siddharth Sinha and Ramisa Reza<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2020 &#8211; Sara Cunningham<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2019\u2014Lindsey Wurz and Laura Boodt<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2018\u2014Gabby Gary, Katie Market, and Frank Vandeputte<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2017\u2014Madeleine Holmes, Jared Kassebaum<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2016 &#8211; Paige Pope and Sutton Roach<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2015 &#8211; Kourtney Freiburger &amp; Allison Tucker<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2014 &#8211; Jonathan Bruce &amp; Mingjian Cui<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2013 &#8211; Meghan Grady &amp; Rebekah Pastor<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2012 &#8211; Sharyl Pels<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2011 &#8211; Katie Beck<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2010 &#8211; Lauren East<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2009 &#8211; Megan Jahrling<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2008 &#8211; Abrar El-Abiad<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2007 &#8211; Christina Jones<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2006 &#8211; Claire McCormick<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2005 &#8211; Emily R. Freed<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2004 &#8211; Jessica Shepherd<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2003 &#8211; Emily Baldauf<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2002 &#8211; Kelly Mackus<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2001 &#8211; Amy Southwood<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000\">Communication Service Award<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1.1875rem\">2026 &#8211; Sophia Hua<\/span><\/li>\n<li>2025 &#8211; Bella-Rose Kozy<span style=\"color: #000000\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li>2024 &#8211; Hannah Semler<\/li>\n<li>2023 &#8211; Karly Wolfcale<span style=\"color: #000000\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2022 &#8211; Kirsten Burke<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2021 &#8211; Darci Truman<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2020 &#8211; Sapphire Lai<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2019 &#8211; Ben McGuire<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2018\u2014Anissa Orozco<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2017\u2014Caroline Shanley<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2016 &#8211; Christa Szalach<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2015 &#8211; Lewis Day<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2014 &#8211; Emily Lake<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a id=\"lambscholarship\" style=\"color: #000000\"><\/a>Lamb Scholarship Award<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2026 &#8211; Aubrey Capehart, Eva Rose, Sophia Choi<\/li>\n<li>2025 &#8211; Sophia Choi and Brooke Weinrich<span style=\"color: #000000\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li>2024 &#8211; Glaribel Ayon, Ian Scruton, Grace Nolan, Brook Weinrich<\/li>\n<li>2023 &#8211; Madeline Brod, Erin Brown, Arika Gidson, Maggie O&#8217;Conner, Hope Olson<span style=\"color: #000000\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2022 &#8211; Cassandra Evans and Matthew Stachler<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2021 &#8211; Jenna Davis, Jill Reabe, Katherine Jacobson, Abigail Myers, Samanthi Obeyesekera<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2020 &#8211; William Oberndorfer, Jared Huber, Morgan Pierce<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2019 &#8211; Kelsey Cochran, Kaleigh Karageorge, Hannah Puckett<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2018 &#8211; Amelia Kramer, J.D. Arland, Caroline Shanley<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2017 &#8211; Amelia Kramer, Katie Market, Sarah Faulkner, Allison Hemingway, Frank Vandeputte<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2016 &#8211; Claire Andrews, Trevor Peters, Abigail Wilson, Katelyn Market, Alejandra Duran Trinidad<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2015 &#8211; Kelsey Eversole, Claire Andrews, Sutton Roach, Kaylee Parks, Kelsey Johnson, Katalina Valle, Paige Annee, Paige Pope, Hannah Compton, Kaleigh Spencer, Trevor Peters, Audrey Peters, Jessica Peine<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2014 &#8211; Autumn Brown, Amanda Green, Austin Jewell, Natascha Perez-Rios, Paige Pope, Mariah Rodriguez<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a name=\"distnewmajor\" style=\"color: #000000\"><\/a>Distinguished New Major<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2026 &#8211; Madison Prine<\/li>\n<li>2025 &#8211; Mylie Roberts<\/li>\n<li>2024 &#8211; Jeshua Aponte<\/li>\n<li>2023 &#8211; Hannah Semler<span style=\"color: #000000\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2022 &#8211; Divya Nittur<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2021 &#8211; Lindsay Porter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2020 &#8211; Anna Szolwinski<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2019 &#8211; Jackie Ham<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2018 &#8211; Faith Hoffman, Katelyn Milligan, Lindsey Wurz<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2017 &#8211; Mackenzie Breneman<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2016 &#8211; Erika Yohn<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2015 &#8211; Kelsey Johnson<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2014 &#8211; Autumn Brown<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2013 &#8211; Jessica Walters<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2012 &#8211; Molly Longest<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2011 &#8211;\u00a0Scott Oliver<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">2010 &#8211; Sharyl Pels<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undergraduate Student Awards Outstanding Seniors Bruce Kendall Award for Excellence in Communication Lamb Scholarship Award Communication Service Award Distinguished New Major Outstanding Seniors 2026 &#8211; Rosalie Degenhart 2025 &#8211; Lauren Evanseck 2024 &#8211; Alex Brophy 2023 &#8211; Marcus Truscio 2022 &#8211; Anna Szolwinski 2021 &#8211; Anya Welborn 2020 &#8211; Katelyn Milligan 2019 &#8211; Caroline Shanley [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-654","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12495,"href":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/654\/revisions\/12495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}