Past Recipients

See the past Outstanding First-Year Student Advocates.

Year	Name	Institute
2023	Terry Wayne Casey	Jacksonville State University
2023	Mathew Chetnik	Salem State University
2023	Adebimpe “Addie” Dare	Providence College
2023	Renee Forsyth	Pima Community College
2023	Leslie Holman-Brooks	Denmark Technical College
2023	Linda Krzykowski	University at Albany
2023	Dody Pelts	University of the Ozarks
2023	Eboni Pringle	Kent State University
2023	Julie Tetley	The United States Air Force Academy
2023	Arlene Velez	Albizu University
2022	Liz Castillo	St. Philip’s College
2022	Heidi Croatt	Anoka-Ramsey Community College
2022	Matthew Holsapple	Husson University
2022	Andrea “Annie” Keith	Randolph-Macon College
2022	Patricia Moran Micks	University of Texas at Austin
2022	Shannon O’Neill	Albion College
2022	Nicholas Petty	Cleveland State University
2022	Kateryna Schray	Marshall University
2022	Starr Wentzel	Eastern Kentucky University
2022	Erin Weston	Georgia College
2021	Nicole Carr	University of South Alabama
2021	Lorenzo Eduvala	University of Guam
2021	Tracey Glaessgen	Missouri State University
2021	Peter Higgins	Gordon State College
2021	Allison Hoffmann	Northwest Missouri State University
2021	Renique Kersh	Northern Illinois University
2021	Nicholas Koberstein	Keuka College
2021	Damon Kraft	Kansas Wesleyan University
2021	Crystal Pitrois	Greenville Technical College
2021	Asif Wilson	Harold Washington College
2020	Amy Baldwin	University of Central Arkansas
2020	DeOnte Brown	Clemson University
2020	Carol Dochen	Texas State University in San Marcos
2020	Julie McLaughlin	Cincinnati State
2020	Katherine Powell	Berry College
2020	Rebecca Royal	Union County College
2020	Gregory Singleton	Austin Peay State University
2020	Heather Thrush	Wabash College
2020	Mary Ellen Wade	Loyola University
2020	Annette Walstad	Carroll College
2019	Crystal Benedicks	Wabash College
2019	Katie Chartier	College of the Desert
2019	Anneke Chy	University of Texas at Austin
2019	Robin Cunningham	Seton Hall University
2019	Brigitte Lahme	Sonoma State University
2019	Don Nix	University of Arkansas
2019	René Sawyer	Greenville Technical College
2019	Calley Stevens-Taylor	Ceder Crest College
2019	Lorett Swank	Southeastern Louisiana University
2019	John Wegner	Angelo State University
2018	Courtney Bringley	Paul Smith's College
2018	Tim Cairy	Widener University
2018	Christopher Francisco	Oklahoma State University
2018	Lynn Gillette	Nicholls State University
2018	Ernest Jefferies	Davidson College
2018	Amber Morgan	Greenville Technical College
2018	Paz Oliverez	California State University, Dominquez Hills
2018	Joanne Pederson	California State University, San Marcos
2018	David Rizzo	University of California, Davis
2018	Jennie Towner	Hartford Community College
2017	Alan Bearman	Washburn University
2017	Lauren Bell	Randolph-Macon College
2017	Gary Bowling	Northwest Vista College
2017	Herbert Bruce	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2017	Jodi Calvert	Three Rivers Community College
2017	Deirdre Heistad	University of Northern Iowa
2017	Marisel Herrera	Arizona State University
2017	Beverly Kahn	Farmingdale State College
2017	Michael Puma	Loyola University Maryland
2017	Jennifer Young	Calumet College of St. Joseph
2016	Dante Cantú	State University of New York at New Paltz
2016	Chris Caplinger	Georgia Southern University
2016	Jenn Daniels	Lyon College
2016	Brenda Dede	Clarion University
2016	Patsy Fischer	Seward County Community College/Area Technical School
2016	Sonia Maria	University of New Mexico
2016	Erin Kimura-Walsh	Santa Clara University
2016	Nacy KingSander	Texas A&M University – Kingsville
2016	Gerald Poe	Wilberforce University
2016	Marnelle Alexis Stephens	MacCormac College
2015	Gregory Budzban	Southern Illinois University
2015	Michele Campagna	Montclair State University
2015	Frank Collins	University of New Brunswick
2015	Richard Gebauer	Cabrini College
2015	Christy Henry	Wesleyan College
2015	Vincent J. Kloskowski III	Saint Joseph's College
2015	Shannon McCasland	Aims Community College
2015	Ann Seavey	Gordon College
2015	Jill Simons	Arkansas State University
2015	Maria Villaseñor	California State University, Monterey Bay
2014	Barbara Boyette	Guilford College (undergraduate institution: Washington University)
2014	Peter Ellard	Siena College (undergraduate institution: Fordham University)
2014	Tracy Gottlieb	Seton Hall University (undergraduate institution: Seton Hall University)
2014	April Heaney	University of Wyoming (Undergraduate institution: Casper College)
2014	April Mann	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (undergraduate institution: Mississippi State University)
2014	Colin J. Morris	Manhattanville College (undergraduate institution: University of Manchester (UK))
2014	Cynthia Mosqueda	El Camino College (undergraduate institution: University of California, Los Angeles)
2014	David T. Ouimette	University of Connecticut (undergraduate institution: Gettysburg College)
2014	Shelagh Rose	Pasadena City College (undergraduate institution: Pasadena City College)
2014	Phyllis Simpson	Our Lady of the Lake College (undergraduate institution: Louisiana State University)
2013	Darian Burwell	Gallaudet University
2013	Tamara Clunis	Amarillo College
2013	Keisha L. Hoerrner	Kennesaw State University
2013	Brad E. Hollingshead	Medaille College
2013	Virginia McAleese	Paul Smith’s College
2013	Sally K. Murphy	California State University, East Bay
2013	Gregory D. Robinson	Olive-Harvey College
2013	Michael Salmon	Marymount Manhattan College
2013	Cheryl Spector	California State University, Northridge
2013	Jayme Millsap Stone	University of Central Arkansas
2012	Margaret Garroway	Howard Community College
2012	Andrew Grant	Walsh University
2012	Nicole Hendersen	Southern Connecticut State University
2012	John Lanning	University of Colorado Denver
2012	Katherine Lehman	Otterbein University
2012	Amybeth Maurer	Elgin Community College
2012	Christine M. Nowik	Cedar Crest College
2012	Karen Palmunen	Saint Joseph College
2012	Andrew Person	Mercy College
2012	Karen Weathermon	Washington State University
2011	Julie Amon	Case Western Reserve University
2011	Michelle Bandla	SUNY Oswego
2011	Fabania DesRosiers	Dominican College of Blauvelt
2011	Lizabeth Doherty	Mohawk Valley Community College
2011	Rachel Duff Anderson	Siena Heights University
2011	Marsha Fralick	Cuyamaca Community College
2011	Keldon Henley	Ouachita Baptist University
2011	Marilyn Kurata	University of Alabama at Birmingham
2011	Kia Kuresman	Goucher College
2011	Denise Rode	Northern Illinois University
2010	Christine Benson	Madonna University
2010	Dale B. Billingsley	University of Louisville
2010	Harvest Collier	Missouri University of Science and Technology
2010	Christa D. Fye	Hampden-Sydney College
2010	Stacy Gilbert	Louisiana Tech University
2010	Richard Reid	South Dakota State University
2010	Sarah K. Shutt	J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College
2010	Stanley D. Singleton	Paine College
2010	Tonya Strickland	Bainbridge College
2010	Nancy Walburn	University of Alabama at Birmingham
2009	Debra K. Borden	Corning Community College
2009	Lisa Harris Bortman	Whittier College
2009	Felicia L. Ganther	College of Lake County
2009	Jennifer Griggs	Butler University
2009	Steven Higgins	Ohio State University at Lima
2009	Christy Price	Dalton State College
2009	Ralph J. Rascati	Kennesaw State University
2009	Michele Rasmussen	Duke University
2009	D. Kim Sawrey	University of North Carolina, Wilmington
2009	Gayle A. Williams	Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
2008	Carrie Brimhall	Minnesota State Community and Technical College – Fergus Falls Campus
2008	Nannette Commander	Georgia State University
2008	Lynita Cooksey	Arkansas State University
2008	James Diedrick	Agnes Scott College
2008	Robert H. Garvey	College of the Holy Cross
2008	Russell Lowery-Hart	West Texas A&M University
2008	Steady H. Moono	Montgomery County Community College
2008	DeLaine Priest	University of Central Florida
2008	Alison Ridley	Hollins University
2008	George Roundy	University of Puget Sound
2007	Rebecca Ament	Zane State College
2007	Robert J. Anderson	The College of New Jersey
2007	Paul Arcario	LaGuardia Community College, The City University of New York
2007	Tim Boatmun	Southeastern Oklahoma State University
2007	Leanna Fenneberg	Saint Louis University
2007	Mariana J. Lebron	Syracuse University
2007	Pamela M. Milloy	Grand View College
2007	Pamela Person	University of Cincinnati
2007	Maria C. Bennett Rose	Fairmont State University
2007	William J. Tenbrunsel	Roanoke College
2006	Dolores Bertoti	Alvernia College
2006	Aaron M. Brower	University of Wisconsin – Madison
2006	Dorothy Harris	Trinity University (Washington)
2006	Laurie Lynn Hazard	Bryant University
2006	Jennifer Ounjian-Auque	Contra Costa College
2006	Adele Pittendrigh	Montana State University
2006	Zaide Pixley	Kalamazoo College
2006	Adrian Rodriguez	Butler Community College
2006	Joni Webb Petschauer	Appalachian State University
2006	Peter White	University of New Mexico
2005	Dennis Cook	Gloucester County College
2005	Phyllis Cremer	Woodbury University
2005	Marcella H. Esler	SUNY College at Brockport
2005	Lois Fennelly	Bethune-Cookman College
2005	Mabel G. Freeman	The Ohio State University
2005	Carole L. Isaak	Elizabethtown College
2005	Richard Kirk	Texas State Technical College – Harlingen
2005	Cheryl A. Rice	State University of West Georgia
2005	Philip Shahbaz	Azusa Pacific University
2005	Maggy Smith	University of Texas at El Paso
2004	Earl G. Bagley	Columbus State University
2004	Rosemary King Carr	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
2004	Kathleen S. Evans	State University of New York College at Oswego
2004	Jason Finkelstein	Bronx Community College
2004	Jeffrey L. Hale	Southeastern Oklahoma State University
2004	Patricia Maestro	Mount San Antonio College
2004	Eric L. Newhall	Occidental College
2004	Janice Odom	North Carolina State University
2004	Robert M. Smith	Slippery Rock University
2004	Dorothy P. Ward	University of Texas at El Paso
2003	Cassandre Giguere Alvarado	University of Texas at Austin
2003	Valery Y.R. Bates-Brown	Virginia State University
2003	Kay Dean Bethea	Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College – Jefferson Davis Campus
2003	Glenn Blalock	Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
2003	Emily F. Cutrer	Arizona State University West
2003	Michael A. Dunn	Radford University
2003	Vivia L. Fowler	Columbia College
2003	Joel Nossoff	University of New Mexico
2003	David Rehm	Mount Saint Mary’s College
2003	Laurel Williamson	Lower Columbia College
2002	Sarah J. Bumgarner	University of North Carolina at Asheville
2002	Mona J. Casady	Southwest Missouri State University
2002	Andrew Dunham	Albion College
2002	Kathleen Ann Gover	Brooklyn College, The City University of New York
2002	Robert E. Hawkinson	Willamette University
2002	Loann King	Kennedy-King College
2002	Rhonda Mandel	Oswego State University
2002	Francine G. McNairy	Millersville University
2002	Valdrie Walker	Sweet Briar College
2002	Katie Watkins	Dean College
2001	Theresa P. Ammirati	Connecticut College
2001	Eija Ayravainen	CUNY, Hunter College
2001	Ingrid M. Blood	Pennsylvania State University
2001	Joseph B. Cuseo	Marymount College
2001	Duncan S. Harris	University of Wyoming
2001	Gail H. McKee	Roanoke College
2001	Ruth Ann Policella	State University of New York at Potsdam
2001	Chris Staub	William Rainey Harper College
2001	Margaret Moore Willen	Eastern New Mexico University
2001	Fran Zaniello	Northern Kentucky University
2000	John Back	Biola University
2000	John Burney	Loras College
2000	Luther Hughes	Western Kentucky University
2000	Patricia Kowal	Blackburn College
2000	Jerry Pattengale	Indiana Wesleyan University
2000	Candace Ready	Piedmont Technical College
2000	Judith Smith	University of California, Los Angeles
2000	Kurt Spellmeyer	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2000	David Whitman	University of Wyoming
2000	Allen Zimmerman	Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute
1999	Susanne Adams	Sandhills Community College
1999	Eugene Bales	Bethany College
1999	James Brink	Texas Tech University
1999	Mildred Church Dandridge	The Sage Colleges
1999	Lisa Donato	Essex County College
1999	Douglas Gaffin	University of Oklahoma
1999	Vivian Garcia Conover	State University of New York at Fredonia
1999	Becky Houck	University of Portland
1999	Nancy King	Kennesaw State University
1999	Arthur Mori	Chaminade University of Honolulu
1999	Joseph O’Sullivan	Bronx Community College
1999	Susan Schapiro	State University of New York at Buffalo
1999	Raymond Schwarz	State University of New York at New Paltz
1998	Debra Bell Baker	Aims Community College
1998	Andrew Bushko	Widener University
1998	Linda Carter	Cumberland College
1998	David DeFrain	Central Missouri State University
1998	Scott Evenbeck	Indiana University – Purdue University at Indianapolis
1998	Kathy Fish	Cumberland College
1998	Sally Roden	University of Central Arkansas
1998	LaVell Saunders	Utah State University
1998	Adrian Schiess	Xavier University
1998	Deborah Shaw Conner	Auburn University
1998	Kathleen Skubikowski	Middlebury College
1998	JoAnn Vicks	Mary Holmes College
1998	Arthur Wheeler	University of Portland
1997	Catherine Andersen	Gallaudet University
1997	Patricia Bayer Richard	Ohio University
1997	Rennie Brantz	Appalachian State University
1997	Dan Fredricks	Saint Francis College
1997	Fred Hinson	Western Carolina University
1997	Michael Kerman	Adirondack Community College
1997	Michael Moore	Georgia Southern University
1997	John Slade	Forsyth Technical Community College
1997	Morris Wray	High Point University
1997	W. C. Burriss Young	Harvard College
1996	Jeanne Block Goodan	Midway College
1996	Jay Chaskes	Rowan College of New Jersey
1996	Alan Dillingham	Illinois State University
1996	John Gillen	Castleton State College
1996	Sandra Gregerman	University of Michigan
1996	Audrey Harrigan-Lamont	LaGuardia Community College
1996	William Potter	Alma College
1996	Bill Ramage	Castleton State College
1996	Judith Rizzi	University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
1996	Mary Seeger	Grand Valley State University
1996	Beverly Slaughter	Brevard Community College
1996	Amanda Yale	Slippery Rock University
1995	Grant Cornwell	St. Lawrence University
1995	Nancy Dishner	East Tennessee State University
1995	Joan Ehren	Saint Xavier University
1995	David Gilbert	Linfield College
1995	William Hartel	Marietta College
1995	Connie Hood	Tennessee Technological University
1995	Judith Hooper	Mission College
1995	Sung Bok Kim	State University of New York University at Albany
1995	Margaret Maguire	State University of New York College of Oneonta
1995	Nancy Mergler	University of Oklahoma
1995	Richard Wallace	College of Alameda
1994	Claudia Barrett	Kent State University at Salem
1994	Thomas Carskadon	Mississippi State University
1994	Glenda Crippen	Purdue University
1994	David Eggebrecht	Concordia University, Wisconsin
1994	Gretchen Gall	Marian College of Fond du Lac
1994	Dee Allen Goedeke	High Point University
1994	Jane Kennedy	Brevard Community College
1994	Neil Rudin	State University College at Buffalo
1994	Timothy Walter	University of Tulsa
1994	Christine Wolf	University of Texas at San Antonio
1993	Lorene (Sallie) Brown	El Camino College
1993	MaryKaye Cochran	Longwood College
1993	Asa Eldh	Wheaton College
1993	Bruce Janasiewicz	Florida State University
1993	Sandra Powers	University of Charleston
1993	Stuart Rubner	University of Wisconsin – Parkside
1993	Kathleen Schur	Inver Hills Community College
1993	Eleanor Terry	William Jewell College
1993	Myron Umerski	St. Cloud State University
1993	Jerry Warner	Northern Kentucky University
1992	Carson Carr	University of Albany, State University of New York
1992	Thomas Flynn	Mount Saint Mary’s College
1992	M. Cecile Forté	Suffolk Community College
1992	Karen Greenberg	Hunter College of The City University of New York
1992	Carol Henley	Howard University
1992	Gary Kramer	Brigham Young University
1992	Natalie Krawitz	Stephens College
1992	Robert McKelvain	Abilene Christian University
1992	Meryl Sussman	LaGuardia Community College
1992	Ana Maria Torres Aybar	Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
1992	Carl Wahlstrom	Genesse Community College
1992	Neari Warner	Southern University
1991	Ralph Anttonen	Millersville University
1991	Dena Beeghly	Cecil Community College
1991	Betty Ruth Cully	Enterprise State Junior College
1991	Joyce Donatelli	Wilson College
1991	Richard Guarasci	St. Lawrence University
1991	Jay Mechling	University of California, Davis
1991	W. Laurance Quane	Illinois State University
1991	Cynthia Sellers	Fort Valley State College
1991	O. Kenneth Webb	Appalachian State University
1991	David Woodyard	Denison University
1990	Ann Ferren	American University
1990	Peter Gold	State University of New York at Buffalo
1990	James Iaccino	Illinois Benedictine College
1990	Douglas Kenny	Westchester Community College
1990	Mary McMann	Onondaga Community College
1990	Jack Meiland	University of Michigan
1990	Mary Oestereicher	Brooklyn College of the City University of New York
1990	Brenda Rust-O’Beirne	University of Wisconsin – Whitewater
1990	Lois Sculco	Seton Hill College
1990	Maria Vallejo	Bergen Community College