The following students were recognized for academic excellence in honors and awards events leading up to Sunday’s Commencement ceremonies at St. Bonaventure University.

GRADUATE ACADEMIC AWARDS

The Eleanor and Joseph English Graduate Award in Education
Winner: Madison Byer

Outstanding Academic Achievement Award for Excellence 
in the Graduate Inclusive Special Education Curriculum
Winner: Mary K. Miller
Honorable Mention: Alison M. Garlock

Outstanding Academic Achievement Award for Excellence 
in the Graduate Literacy Curriculum
Winner: Alisha M. Hackett
Honorable Mention: Alana L. Rundell

The J. Francis O’Malley General Excellence Award
Winner: Taylor Szatko
Honorable Mention: Erin Parish

The Al Nothem Student Teaching Graduate Award in Adolescence Education 
Winner: Hayley Fry
Honorable Mention: Stone Wilson

The New York State Society of CPAs Graduate Award of Honor
Winner: Talia H. Maloney
Honorable Mention: Lia K. Rohr

The Fra. Luca Pacioli Award for Excellence 
in Accounting in the Five-Year Program
Winner: Chandler Poczciwinski
Honorable Mention: Caitlin L. Flaherty

The Eugene F. Kirk Memorial Award for an Outstanding 
Finance Student in the MBA Program
Winner: Abhisri Ramish
Honorable Mention: Jack N. Geise

The Master of Business Administration General Excellence Award
Winner: Rhett K. Sullivan
Honorable Mention: Joelle M. Scharf

The Master of Business Administration General Excellence Award
for the Online Program
Winner: Sean K. Meyer
Honorable Mention: Charles F. Coyle

The Master of Science Analytics General Excellence
Graduate Award
Winner: Shayla L. Brock
Honorable Mention: Patricia L. Curtis

The Deborah A. Henretta Award for Outstanding Achievement
in Integrated Marketing Communications
Winner: Leah M. McCluskey
Honorable Mention: Abigail E. Hollister

UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC AWARDS

The Ideal Bonaventure Students
Winners: Meghan Hall and John “Jack” Steger
Honorable Mentions: Zayba Chauhdry and Sonal Mahindroo

General Excellence in the Arts Curriculum
Winner: Alexander Jodush
Honorable Mention: Willow Baginski

General Excellence in the Science Curriculum
Co-Winners: Adam Odolil and Claire Schaef

General Excellence in the Business Curriculum
Winner: Thomas Neufeglise
Honorable Mention: James P. Johnson

General Excellence in the Education Curriculum
Winner: Whesley Carey
Honorable Mention: Kristen Talty

General Excellence in the Communication Curriculum
Winner: Meghan Hall
Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Pantano

General Excellence in the Health Professions
Winner: Kayla Radzyminski
Honorable Mention: Jordyn Washington

General Excellence Award for a Transfer Student
Winner: Theodore Bishop
Honorable Mention: Erin Martin

The John J. McNamee Award for General Excellence
in the Elementary Education Curriculum
Winner: Victoria G. Cleary
Honorable Mention: Kelsey E. Collver

The John J. McNamee Award for General Excellence
in the Physical Education Curriculum
Winner: Hayley Tasselmyer
Honorable Mention: Chelsey Vincent

The Al Nothem Student Teaching Award in Elementary Education
Winner: Patrick Meisenzahl
Honorable Mention: Grace A. Weber
 
The Al Nothem Student Teaching Award in Physical Education
Winner: Hayley Tasselmyer
Honorable Mention: Chelsey Vincent

The Al Nothem Student Teaching Award in Adolescence Education
Winner: Cody Shimp
Honorable Mention: Andrew Kruska

The Overall Excellence in Sport Studies Award
Winner: Branden H. Myers
Honorable Mention: Joshua Miles

The Sister Margaret Flynn, O.S.F. Award
Winner: Erin Martin
Honorable Mention: Kelsey E. Collver

The Boyd Litzinger Award for Excellence in the English Curriculum
Winner: John A. Durr
Honorable Mention: Kaitlin H. Sinclair

The International Studies Award
Winner: Selena M. Vazquez
Honorable Mention: Asianae N. Johnson

The Sister Mary Anthony Brown Philosophy Award
Winner: Adam S. Odolil

The S.C. Cornelio Award
Winner: Maxwell R. McAuliff

The John M. Orland Philosophy Pre-Law Award
Winner: Alex C. Chura

The Malcolm V.T. Wallace Award for Latin
Co-winners: Anastasia Smith and James M. Villanueva

The Father Roderick Wheeler Award
Winner: Alexander Jodush
Honorable Mention: Whesley Carey

The Military Science Award
Winner: Benjamin M. Heilig
Honorable Mention: Hayden S. Miller

The Instrumental Music Award
Winner: Emma K. Fox

The Choral Music Award
Winner: Malaunah A. Jones

The Biology Award
Winner: Claire S. Schaef
Honorable Mention: Sonal Mahindroo
 
The John L. and Leone E. Worden Memorial Award
Winner: Claire S. Schaef

The Myra J. Reed Mathematics Award
Co-winners: Theodore W. Bishop, Erica M. Low and Benjamin D. MacConnell

The Computer Science Achievement Award
Winner: Anthony T. Napoli
Honorable Mention: Harry Romesburg

The Computer Science Service Award
Winner: Jonathan Groth
Honorable Mention: Camille Spurlock

The Cybersecurity Achievement Award
Winner: Benjamin M. Heilig
Honorable Mention: Anthony T. Napoli

Sigma Pi Sigma Award
Winner: Benjamin D. MacConnell

Modern Language Award in Spanish
Winner: Bryce Murphy
Honorable Mention: Addison O. Gremli

Sigma Delta Pi Award – Spanish Honor Society
Winner: Alby Alex
Honorable Mention: Addison O. Gremli

The Alpha Gamma Psi Award
Winner: Caroline Paterno
Honorable Mention: Alison Wilkowski

The Political Science Award
Winner: Kurt R. Stitzel II
Honorable Mention: Amberlee R. Robertson

The Thomas A. Augustine Award
Co-winners: Jason LeMere and Mary Sabatell

The American Institute of Chemists Award
Winner: Michael A. Larock

The American Chemical Society Penn-York Section 
Excellence in Chemistry Award
Winner: Katharina E. Heitzman

Margaret T. Bryner HEOP Award
Winner: Dwight M. Coleman
Honorable Mention: Belinda D. Landou-Lingoupou

The Dr. Pierre Bretey Award
Winner: James P. Johnson
Honorable Mention: Sean M. Westley

John G. Watson Award for Business Leadership
Winner: Nathaniel G. Parish
Honorable Mention: John R. Steger

The S. John Guson Award
Winner: Charles A. DiPasquale
Honorable Mention: Matthew D. Binkowski

The Accounting Excellence Award
Winner: Alyssa E. Allenbaugh
Honorable Mention: Dylan Conaghen

The New York State Society of CPAs Senior Award of Honor
Winner: Thomas J. Neufeglise
Honorable Mention: William C. Piazza

The Outstanding Transfer Student in Accounting
Winner: Alyssa E. Allenbaugh
Honorable Mention: Chloe E. Manikowski

The Y.S. Pandit Award
Winner: Thomas J. Neufeglise

The Austin Finan Award in Finance
Winner: Elias J. Kott
Honorable Mention: Joshua M. Metz

The Dr. John H. Burns Award for Excellence in Finance 
Winner: Madison P. Mundenar
Honorable Mention: Jacob L. Jashinski

The Award for Overall Excellence in Marketing
Winner: Charles Randall
Honorable Mention: Kathy Williams

The Award for Overall Excellence in Management    
Winner: Nathaniel G. Parish 
Honorable Mention: Cecilia Lauciello

The Father Cornelius Welch Award for Achievement in Photography
Winner: Erica A. Gustafson
Honorable Mention: Benjamin J. Garcia

The Mary A. Hamilton Woman of Promise Award
Winner: Hannah K. Roesch

The Mosser Award for Outstanding Achievement
in the Strategic Communication Curriculum
Winner: Ciara M. McGrane
Honorable Mention: Sarah M. Orcel

The Koop Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Broadcast Curriculum
Winner: Jaren J. Holmes
Honorable Mention: Kurt D. Martone

The Jandoli Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Journalism Curriculum
Winner: John J. Pullano
Honorable Mention: Hannah K. Roesch

The Mark Hellinger Award
Winner: Meghan L. Hall
Honorable Mention: Sarah M. Orcel

The Paul Wieland Award for Outstanding Achievement
in the Sports Media Curriculum
Winner: Christopher D. Roy
Honorable Mention: John J. Pullano

The Excellence in Public Health Award
Winner: Kacie R. Filian
Honorable Mention: Krysten G. Sisson

The Excellence in Health Science Award
Winner: Andrew Hershey
Honorable Mention: Allyson Haskell


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