All the recipients are members of the graduating class.
Prizes and awards given in previous years are noted.
President’s Medal
- Ragnar Thorisson
Andrew W. Archibald Prize for Highest Scholarship
- Pengjun Shen
Phi Beta Kappa Beta Chapter of Iowa
Elected in 2010 as Juniors
- Benjamin Carl Greenberg
- Hannah Katherine Jones
- Hanna Martel Key
- Laura Anna Mertens
- Daniel Wayne Loers Prentice
- David Isaac Satzer
- Pengjun Shen
- Kathryn Marie Matson Vanney
Elected in 2011 as Seniors
- Solomon Amanzulley Akesseh
- Allison Dressel Brinkhorst
- Jessica Bazzarre Byerly
- Laura Catherine Cesa
- Shuming Chen
- Hilary Alexandra Clark
- Liting Cong
- Shyam Jayant Deshpande
- Aniko Drlik-Muehleck
- Megan Johnson Fitzpatrick
- Charles C.K. Frantz
- Rong Gao
- Sarah Catherine Goff
- Ulfur Rajan Grant
- Tyrone Jackson Greenfield
- Colin Michael Grove
- Kristina Allyse Cook Hellmich
- Davis Hermann
- Xin Hu
- Susan Elizabeth Kikuchi
- Lupeng Liu
- Kate Rethlake Moening
- Kelsey Leeann Montgomery
- Kari Megan Ogrodowski
- Rebecca Ana Pred-Sosa
- Ahsan Rahim
- Alexander Hallowell Reich
- Jordan Rose Shkolnick
- Alexis Nora Smith
- Julie Wolfe Turner
- Gwendolyn Grace Varley
- Kristin Rae Watson
- Yanwen Xu
- Yingda Yu
Neal Klausner Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards for Sophomores
- Hannah Katherine Jones
- David Isaac Satzer
Mortar Board
- Aaron Christopher Barker
- Jessica Bazzarre Byerly
- Stephanie Cheung
- Liting Cong
- Malory Jane Dreasler
- Jacquelyn Marie Ernst
- Megan Johnson Fitzpatrick
- Anna Shaffer Ford
- Perri Julia Grabow
- Grant Shigeto Hisao
- Kelsey Ann Holkesvik
- Maia Elizabeth Larson
- Elizabeth Stix Lurie
- Brenton Alexander Maisel
- Kelsey Leeann Montgomery
- Elissa Randi Mopper
- Kari Megan Ogrodowski
- Chelsea Ann Awakea Pestana
- Ahsan Rahim
- David Isaac Satzer
- Aki Shibuya
- Jordan Rose Shkolnick
- Alexis Nora Smith
- Julie Wolfe Turner
- Kristin Rae Watson
ACS Polymer Chemistry Award
- Hanna Martel Key (2009)
Alumni Association Senior Awards
- Rebecca Hannah Heller
- Benjamin Myers Offenberg
H. George Apostle Prize in Physics
- Joseph Herzog Wendel
- Forrest QL Friesen
Rachel M. Asrelsky ’89 Memorial Prize in Anthropology
- Claire Cassidy Thompson
Award in Analytical Chemistry
- Laura Anna Mertens (2009)
- Kenji Michael Yoshino (2010)
Biological Chemistry Alumni Prize
- David Isaac Satzer
Sarah Boyer ’09 Community Service Fellowship
- Kenji Michael Yoshino
Jeanne Burkle Award in Women’s Studies
- Allison Dressel Brinkhorst
Chemistry Alumni Prize
- Hanna Martel Key
- Laura Anna Mertens
Curd Award for Outstanding Instrumental Music Performance
- Matthew Brandon Imber (2009)
- Kathleen Elizabeth Murphy-Geiss (2010)
First Year Chemistry Achievement Award
- Laura Anna Mertens (2008)
Kathryn Wasserman Davis 100 Projects for Peace Grant
- Liting Cong (2009)
Gilbert DeBartolo ’69 Memorial Prize in Economics
- Samuel Dorsey Redlitz
Luther Erickson Summer Research Fellowship Award
- Laura Anna Mertens (2010)
Award for Excellence in Service to Students and Student Affairs
- Patrick Joseph Mahaffey
Pamela Ferguson Endowed Prize in Mathematics
- Nicole Marie Bridgland (2010)
- Benjamin Carl Greenberg (2010)
Harold A. Fletcher Honor Scholarship
- Aaron Christopher Barker
- Kelsey Leeann Montgomery
- Herbert Reynold Lynn
- Katerina Rose Suchor
United States Fulbright Student Grant
- Juan Carlos Garcia
- Herbert Reynold Lynn
- Elisabeth Iris Masback
- Aki Shibuya
- Carolyn Elizabeth Wright
- Nicole Marie Bridgland
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
- Stephanie Cheung (2010)
- Laura Anna Mertens (Honorable Mention 2010)
Grinnell Corps: Desert Research Foundation of Namibia Fellows
- Christine Anderson Grummon
- Laura Jean McElroy
Grinnell Corps: Lesotho Teaching Fellows
- Gayatri Jayal
- Gwendolyn Grace Varley
Grinnell Corps: Grinnell (Mid-Iowa Community Action) Fellow
- Allison Dressel Brinkhorst
Grinnell Corps: Nanjing Teaching Fellows
- Carolyn Loraine Booth
- Dylan Marie O’Donoghue
Grinnell Corps: Thailand Teaching Fellows
- Aki Shibuya
- Alison Diane Weck
Grinnell Corps: New Orleans Fellow
- Ellen Patricia Deal
Millicient Haines Leadership in Education Prize
- April Elizabeth Mohler
James Norman Hall 1910 Aspiring Writer Award
- Mario Macias Arellano (2009)
Anne K. Hanson ’86 Memorial Award
- Juan Carlos Garcia (2010)
Inez Henely 1914 Memorial Prizes in Art
- Esther Stillman Howe (merit 2009)
- Lindsey Walter (merit 2010)
Hill Distinguished Award in Music
- Nicole Marie Bridgland
- Sarah Catherine Goff
- Graciela Geraldine Guzman
- Kathleen Elizabeth Murphy-Geiss (2009 2011)
Class of 1951 Horn-Theophilus Memorial Award
- Anuraag Bhadana
- Gayatri Jayal
Frances Collins James ’34 Award for Outstanding Vocal Music Performance
- Graciela Geraldine Guzman (2009 2010 2011)
- Jacquelyn Marie Ernst (2007)
Gus/Elsie Kallfass Prize for Excellence in German
- Ulfur Rajan Grant
Young W. Kihl ’59 Political Science Prize
- Philip Joseph Sletten
Kenneth G. Kingston ’55 Prize in Christian Student Development
- Kodi Lawrence Thompson-Moore
Ladies Education Society Awards
- Asha Yoder Holsopple
- Lara Anna Meyer
- Jessica Nicole Rippel
- Rosalie Mae Tamayo Russell
- Kristin Rae Watson
Harold and Antonia Garst Lee ’54 Fellowship
- Liting Cong (2009)
- Malory Jane Dreasler (2009)
- Samuel Gerard Fairfield (2009)
Lilly Endowment Post-graduate Fellowship
- Jake Miles Joseph
Beulah Bennett Loring 1887 Prize for Excellence in English
- Kate Rethlake Moening
Ralph A. Luebben Anthropology Prize
- Hannah Pauline Krieger Ney
John M. Mohan Russian Study Award
- Juan Carlos Garcia (2010 2011)
- Catherine Bigbee Scott
Kathryn Mohrman ’67 MAP Fellowship
- William James von Geldern (2010)
Maria Okey Prize
- Elizabeth Prince Martin
Charles E. Payne Prize in History
- April Elizabeth Mohler (2010)
Helena Percas De Ponseti Senior Prize in Spanish
- Benjamin Joseph Galina
Dennis Perri Spanish Award
- Victoria Anne Diedrichs
Psychology Excellence Prize
- Scott Martin Phillips
Lorabel Richardson 1919—Academy of American Poets Prize
- Jessica Nicole Rippel (Honorable Mention 2010)
- Jakob Ethan Gowell
Lori Ann Schwab ’95 Prize for Community Service
- Hanna Martel Key
Seneca Prize in Classics
- Lupeng Liu
Senior Award in Studio Art
- Gregory Uyeda
Linn Smith ’20 Prize for Excellence in Mathematics
- Benjamin Carl Greenberg
Smith Family Prize for Outstanding Senior in Biology
- Gregory Douglas Dudzik
- Kristina Allyse Cook Hellmich
Smith Family Prize for Outstanding Senior in Biological Chemistry
- Laura Jean McElroy
Smith Family Prize for Outstanding Senior in Chemistry
- Shyam Jayant Deshpande (2010)
Henry-York Steiner Prize in Art History
- Caitlin Alice Hawley
Henry-York Steiner Prize for Fiction
- Benjamin Gregory Flebbe (second)
- Jessica Nicole Rippel (second)
Elsie Stouffer ’24 Fellowship
- Bianca Mercedes Silva
SGA Purchase Prize
- Courtney Harvier Moore (2010)
- Anna Shaffer Ford (2010)
- Que’Nique Mykte’ Newbill
Adam M. Thornton ’81 Memorial Prize
- Elissa Randi Mopper
- Jessica Bazzarre Byerly
Mo Udall Scholarship
- Alexander Hallowell Reich (Honorable Mention 2009 and 2010)
Joseph F. Wall ’41 Phi Beta Kappa Scholar’s Award
- Alexander Hallowell Reich
Joseph F. Wall ’41 Scholarship
- Aaron Christopher Barker (2010)
- Stephanie Cheung (2010)
- Liting Cong (2010)
- Shyam Jayant Deshpande (2010)
- Hanna Martel Key (2010)
- Alexander Hallowell Reich (2010)
Thomas J. Watson Fellowship
- Natalie Ngoc-My Truong
- Alexander Hallowell Reich
- Courtney Kay Sheehan
Ida Pilling Welch ’30 Book Award in History
- Aki Shibuya
Selden Lincoln Whitcomb 1887 Prize in Poetry
- Kelly Marie Musselman (first)
John H. Worley Endowed Prize in Philosophy
- Daniel Burdette Miles
- Elissa Randi Mopper
Louis Glenn Zirkle Memorial Prize in Sculpture
- Ingrid Anna Wennerberg (2010)
Tammy J. Zywicki ’93 Memorial Prize in Photography
- Courtney Harvier Moore (2010)
Tammy J. Zywicki ’93 Memorial Scholarship
- Gregory Michael Suryn (2009)
- Emily Ann Bail (2009)
- Benjamin Kenneth Matthias Brewer (2009)
Awards in Men’s Intercollegiate Athletics
David Theophilus ’51 Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior Athlete in More Than One Sport Representing an Individual Sport
- Alexander Hallowell Reich
David Theophilus ’51 Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior Athlete in More Than One Sport Representing a Team Sport
- Ryan James Fletcher
Morgan Taylor ’26 Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior Athlete in a Single Sport Representing an Individual Sport
- Juan Carlos Perez Borja
Morgan Taylor ’26 Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior Athlete in a Single Sport Representing a Team Sport
- Mark Gilbert Rosenberg
Honor G Scholastic Award
- Alexander Hallowell Reich
George B. Critchett ’25 Service Award
- Shyam Jayant Deshpande
- Christopher John Wilson
G. Lester Duke ’25 Award for the Freshman Athlete Representing an Individual Sport
- Juan Carlos Perez Borja (2008)
- Cyrus Bomi Mistry (2008)
Most Valuable in Swimming and Diving (Robert Ross ’53 Award)
- Cyrus Bomi Mistry (2008)
Awards in Women’s Intercollegiate Athletics
Grace McIlrath Parker ’11 Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior Athlete in a Single Sport Representing an Individual Sport
- Morgan Lee Horton
Grace McIlrath Parker ’11 Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior Athlete in a Single Sport Representing a Team Sport
- Clarissa Anne Reeder
Joyce Buck ’56 Award for Outstanding Senior Athlete in More than One Sport Representing a Team Sport
- Brianna Christine Gallo
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Honor G Scholastic Award for Women
Kelsey Leeann Montgomery
Honor G Service Award for Women
- Lilah Diane Melzer
- Maia Caryn Olsen
- Leah Shannon Russell
G. Lester Duke ’25 Award for the Freshman Athlete Representing a Team Sport
- Clarissa Anne Reeder (2008)
Most Valuable in Swimming and Diving
- Morgan Lee Horton (2008)
Most Valuable in Volleyball
- Clarissa Anne Reeder (2008)





