ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ will honor 56 exceptional students at Foundersβ Day on Wednesday for excellence in scholarship, leadership and service across various disciplines.
Our students are groundbreaking national and global scholarship winners, researchers, athletes, teaching assistants, residence assistants and leaders in campus organizations, including Student Government, LEAD Scholars and the Presidentβs Leadership Council. The honorees include transfer students, those from first-generation and international backgrounds and members of the Burnett Honors College.
Aside from focusing on academics and campus causes, many of the student honorees volunteered at hospitals, schools, parks, food banks, shelters, clinics, youth clubs and with many community service organizations β at times as organizers and coordinators for support drives and campaigns.
βWhen you look at this group, you see trajectory.β β John Buckwalter, ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½’s provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs
βThe students we recognize at our Foundersβ Day Student Honors Celebration are extraordinary not just for what theyβve achieved, but for how theyβve shaped their time at ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½. Theyβve pursued opportunities, challenged themselves and lifted others along the way,β says John Buckwalter, ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½’s provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs. βWhen you look at this group, you see trajectory β students whose experiences here are opening doors in meaningful ways and changing the direction of their futures, the trajectories of their families and the communities they inhabit.β
Student award categories highlight new inductees of the Order of Pegasus, ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½βs highest student honor; graduate awards for outstanding masterβs thesis and outstanding dissertation; undergraduate awards for honors thesis; and individual college awardees as chosen by the respective college deans. All honorees earned financial awards.
This yearβs 37 inductees into the Order of Pegasus mark the 25th anniversary class of top-achieving Knights. The average GPA of the 2026 class is 3.912.
The campus community is invited to attend the Student Honors Celebration on Wednesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Student Unionβs Pegasus Ballroom. A brief reception will follow.
Here are the students to be recognized.
Order of Pegasus Inductees
- Fatima Alziyad, College of Health Professions and Sciences and Burnett Honors College
- Andy Ayup, College of Sciences
- Megan Bailey, College of Engineering and Computer Science and Burnett Honors College
- Stacie Becker β23, College of Arts and Humanities
- Akash Hari Bharath β25MS, College of Engineering and Computer Science
- Swati Bhargava β25MS, College of Optics and Photonics
- Sanjana Bhatt, College of Medicine and Burnett Honors College
- Griffon Binkowski β24, College of Sciences and Burnett Honors College
- Ossyris Bury, College of Engineering and Computer Science and Burnett Honors College
- Nico Chen, College of Arts and Humanities and Burnett Honors College
- Kyle Coutray, College of Medicine, College of Engineering and Computer Science and Burnett Honors College
- Allyson Crighton, College of Nursing and Burnett Honors College
- Nyauni Crowelle-Feggins, College of Health Professions and Sciences and Burnett Honors College
- Cameron Cummins, College of Arts and Humanities and Burnett Honors College
- Andrew βDrewβ Hansen β25, College of Medicine and Burnett Honors College
- Andrea Hernandez Gomez, College of Sciences
- Lindsey Hildebrand, College of Health Professions and Sciences
- Ariana Johnson, College of Medicine
- Sanjan Kumar β23, College of Medicine
- Kworweinski Lafontant, College of Health Professions and Sciences
- Meera Lakshmanan, College of Medicine and Burnett Honors College
- Abrianna Lalle, College of Nursing
- Ilana Logvinov, College of Nursing
- Hannah Lovejoy, College of Business
- Taiel Lucile, College of Health Professions and Sciences and Burnett Honors College
- Robin Marquez, College of Sciences
- Shanel Moya Aguero, College of Community Innovation and Education and Burnett Honors College
- Gabrielle βGabbyβ Murison, College of Sciences
- Varun Nannuri, College of Medicine and Burnett Honors College
- Natalie Otero, College of Business and Burnett Honors College
- Om Pathak, College of Medicine, College of Arts and Humanities and Burnett Honors College
- Pritha Sarkar β24, College of Engineering and Computer Science
- Jacob Vierling, College of Community Innovation and Education
- Janapriya Vijayakumar, College of Medicine and Burnett Honors College
- Ornella Vintimilla, College of Medicine and Burnett Honors College
- Om Vishanagra, College of Medicine, College of Engineering and Computer Science and Burnett Honors College
Undergraduate Student Awards
College Foundersβ Award
- Liam Pivnichny, Burnett Honors College
- Antonella Bisbal Hernandez, College of Arts and Humanities
- Jordan Nell, College of Business
- Jude Hagan, College of Community Innovation and Education
- Ossyris Bury, College of Engineering and Computer Science
- Timothy Horanic, College of Health Professions and Sciences
- Sun Latt, College of Medicine
- Abrianna Lalle, College of Nursing
- Jacob Silver, College of Optics and Photonics
- Emily Willis, College of Sciences
- Fabian Rodriguez Gomez, Rosen College of Hospitality Management
Outstanding Honors Undergraduate Thesis
- Edwin Garcia β25, College of Arts and Humanities, Outstanding Honors Thesis in Arts, Humanities and Creative Inquiry
- Eric Haseman β25, College of Sciences, Outstanding Honors Undergraduate Thesis in Social Sciences
- Shreya S. Pawar β25, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Outstanding Honors Undergraduate Thesis in Natural Sciences
- Andrea C. Molero Perez β25, College of Medicine, Outstanding Honors Undergraduate Thesis in Health Sciences
- Nicholas Rose β25, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Outstanding Honors Thesis in Engineering and Technology
Graduate Student Awards
Outstanding Dissertation
- Jessica Moon β25PhD, College of Health Professions and Sciences
- Michael Pierro β20 β23MS β25PhD, College of Engineering and Computer Science
