VOD winners are listed below by academic college or nominating program. To locate a specific honoree, please search under the student’s academic college or nominating program. Students are featured in alphabetical order by last name.
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College of Architecture & Design
Hannah Bowman Landscape Architecture Natalie Broyles Graphic Design Addison Cate Interior Architecture Michelle Chen Interior Architecture Ella Chipley Interior Architecture Jordan Cleek Architecture Danielle Clement Graphic Design Sidanni DiFranco Architecture Emma Fingeret Graphic Design Tala Ghezawi Graphic Design Anthony Gonzalez-Martinez Architecture Katie Hutt Architecture Autumn Jackson Interior Architecture Sofie Johnson Architecture Delaney Kohlstedt Graphic Design Emily Lavoll Architecture Kathleen Lopykinski Architecture Kacy Lyvers Architecture Muhammad Mahtab Landscape Architecture Margaret Marando Landscape Architecture Maya Markowicz Interior Architecture Abigail Miller Interior Architecture Bryce Napier Landscape Architecture Elijah Oliver Architecture Dustin Touchet Architecture Kathryn Webb Architecture
College of Arts and Sciences
Nicolette Abate Mathematics L. Nathaniel Adams English Kaitlyn Adkins Biological Sciences Samantha Altman Psychology Chathuddasie Amarasinghe Physics Erik Anningson Physics Anna Atzori Interdisciplinary Programs Anabelle Ballard Political Science Sydney Barney English Aisling Barrett Political Science Stacie Beach History Emily Beaird Biological Sciences Aastha Bhatt Biological Sciences Ali Nazar Bhimani Neuroscience Ella Blair History & Political Science Jacob Booher Interdisciplinary Programs Jonie Brooks Interdisciplinary Programs Hannah Buchanan English Jake Buller-Young English Ashley Burger Mathematics Eliana Busch-Hebert Anthropology Sara Caoile Studio Art Miranda Carlton Political Science Marius Charles Geology and Environmental Studies Carrie Cheng English Ashleigh Clark Mathematics Jordan Clorina Biological Sciences Nyssa Collins Art Avery Combs Political Science Katherine Cook Psychology Anna Crosby Psychology Conner Daniel Political Science Melissa Davis Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures Robert Dawson Psychology Morgan Delashmitt Pre-Professional Programs Elsie Denton Ecology/Evolutionary Biology Margaret Dobson Psychology Rebecca Duhamel History Garrett Dunn Psychology Katie Emler Anthropology Andrew Ertzberger Philosophy Brandon Estrem Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology Elena Faust English Shannon Ferguson Art Fabiane Fiamoncini Schmidt World Languages and Cultures Kristen Filippetti Psychology Jody (Morgan) Fleming Ecology/Evolutionary Biology Erin Fletcher Psychology & Neuroscience Dinesh Gangavarapu Physics Venkata Gangavarapu Physics Zachary Garman Physics Kimberly Gonzalez Sociology Samantha Graff English Parker Holt English Hayley Horton Religious Studies Brandon Hubbard Philosophy Kevin Hunter Political Science Julia Jakic Biological Sciences Rorie Jay Psychology Zoey Johnson Anthropology Zachary Johnson Psychology Will Kelner Psychology Kydin Keylock Geology and Environmental Studies Zuha Khan Neuroscience Sydnie Kingman Economics – Arts & Sciences Riley Long History Iris Love Studio ArtStudio Art Maryam Malik English, Creative Writing Joseph Martin Neuroscience Margaret Martz History & Interdisciplinary Programs Chris Mayer English Tori McCall History Gwyneth McClelland Geographic Information Science and Technology Sarah McDaniel Biological Sciences Caleb McNeil Cinema Studies Daniel Metcalf Physics Layla Moore Political Science Hanna Mullan Anthropology Devin Naredo Biological Sciences Thomas Nguyen Biological Sciences Presley Nichols Neuroscience Morris Oyelowo Chemistry Shrey Patel Biological Sciences Emma Patterson History Quincey Pawlikouski Psychology Jack Peltier Mathematics & Physics Drew Piper Biological Sciences Arshaan Radman Biological Sciences Joswrany Ramos Interdisciplinary Programs Eli Renner Biological Sciences Michael Rice Mathematics Everett Rich Classics Gisele Rodriguez Neuroscience Preston Roe Political Science Sarah Sanders Geology and Environmental Studies Anja Shull Philosophy Owen Singleton Geology and Environmental Studies Kendall Smith Anthropology Eliana Smith Sociology Tamara Smith Biological Sciences Caley Sosnowski Sociology Dylan Stewart Physics Hayden Swanner Political Science Rayyan Syed Biological Sciences & Neuroscience Elizabeth Tarulis Anthropology Elora Toth Psychology Kyle Vratarich History Harrison Wade Neuroscience Clark Walden English Kate Webinger Geology and Environmental Studies Sierra Wendland Biological Sciences Chase Williamson Art Maya Yatziv English Eric Youngberg College Scholars Program Zhao Zhang English Caroline Znachko Anthropology
Baker School of Public Policy & Public Affairs
Sydnie Klingman Economics – Arts & Sciences Madison Lackey Public Policy
Bredesen Center
Isidora Fletcher Data Science and Engineering Emma Foley Data Science and Engineering Jacob Forbes Data Science and Engineering Emily Gee (Smith) Life Sciences: Genome Science & Technology Ark Ifeanyi Energy Science and Engineering Amy Kurr Energy Science and Engineering Kyra Owensby Energy Science and Engineering Jennifer Rybak Life Sciences: Genome Science & Technology Steven Tavis Life Sciences: Genome Science & Technology
College of Communication & Information
Sophia Aiello Journalism & Media Kate Barber Journalism & Media Kylia Berry Journalism & Media Matthew Billings Communication Studies Sana Boghani Communication Studies Alexius Brunson Journalism & Media Alexandra Campbell Journalism & Media Chloe Carmichael Journalism & Media Alex Carpenter Journalism & Media Olivia Cathey Journalism & Media Christopher Childers Strategic and Digital Communications Burke Codemo Information Sciences Ellison Colorassi Strategic and Digital Communications Alexandria Cowan Journalism & Media Sarah Devereaux Communication Studies Siobhan Dodds Strategic and Digital Communications Grace Donoho Journalism & Media Abigail Doperak Journalism & Media Shiyi Du Public Relations Alexa Durben Journalism & Media Sydney Eyerly Communication Studies Alexa Fitch Communication Studies Gabel Gawthorpe Public Relations Audrey Gillespie Journalism & Media Cambree Gliessner Journalism & Media Mateo Gorrondona Information Sciences Yonas Haile Strategic and Digital Communications Jonah Hall Strategic and Digital Communications Jamie Hamm Journalism & Media Samantha Ho Information Sciences Mackenzy Hoag Journalism & Media Karsten Hoglund Journalism & Media Aurora Jacalone Journalism & Media Zachary Jaeger Strategic and Digital Communications Emerson Kidd-Benthall Communication Studies Emma Kohstall Journalism & Media Ava Livingston Journalism & Media Macaira Midgley Strategic and Digital Communications Aman Misra Journalism & Media Emma Murphy Journalism & Media Victoria Nguyen Information Sciences Elizabeth Noell Journalism & Media Mikayla Poteet Journalism & Media Flynn Prengaman Journalism & Media Ethan Price Journalism & Media Shreenandan Rajarathnam Information Sciences Tucker Riley Communication Studies Erik Ruff Strategic and Digital Communications Trinity Sankey Journalism & Media Julia Sciortino Communication Studies Sophia Scully Advertising Jaci Sievers Journalism & Media Matthew Silitsky Journalism & Media Ashley Slimp Strategic and Digital Communications Logan Stacy Journalism & Media Philip Stalzer Journalism & Media Marreon Stokes Strategic and Digital Communications Olivia Tanner Public Relations Emily Terry Journalism & Media Eliza Thackston Journalism & Media Gracyn Thatcher Journalism & Media Gracia Tu Information Sciences Jenny Tudor Information Sciences Parker Valdez Strategic and Digital Communications Elliot Walker Journalism & Media Carla White Public Relations Krystal White Information Sciences Mark Willoughby Communication Studies Shelby Wilson Journalism & Media
College of Education, Health & Human Sciences
Kyla Alexander Sport Management Audrey Barton Sport Management Irina Berry Kinesiology & Sport Studies Candace Brown Human Development and Family Science Allison Buemi Kinesiology Daniel Burke Kinesiology Megan Cline Teacher Education Emma Dempsey Teacher Education Elizabeth Forder Kinesiology Lucinda Fox Child and Family Studies Hannah Freeman Special Education Ellsie Hamilton Sport Management Kellen Hansen Sport Management Sydney Harvey Audiology/Speech Pathology Ellie Hassell Special Education Anna Houchin Kinesiology Abigail Ipen Van Zeilen Kinesiology Anna Jackson Kinesiology Blake Johnson Sport Management Elisha Kee Education Emily Keeler Special Education Caroline Kirby Sport Management Tamale (TJ) Lane Sport Management Grace Mangan Sport Management Anna Mathis Sport Management Mollie Mayfield Audiology/Speech Pathology Sofia Meckel Kinesiology Taylor Mink Kinesiology Kenna Mullins Sport Management Caroline Peplow Child and Family Studies Leah Pruter Audiology/Speech Pathology Dani Rimbach-Jones Teacher Education Kaitlyn Roper Audiology/Speech Pathology Erin Schuh Kinesiology Meegan Sharp Sport Management Lila Shipp Child and Family Studies Kate Sittler Education Caroline Southall Retail & Merchandising Management Jenna Struck Therapeutic Recreation Madison Taggart Kinesiology Samuel Thatcher Sport Management Alexis Thaxton Education Madilyn Tipton Education Annie Wade Nutrition Annika Wahlen Special Education Hannah Watts Kinesiology Kiana Worobey Kinesiology & Psychology Kira Young Sport Management
College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies
Vu Mai Data Science Garrett Street Data Science Ethan Walker Innovative Transdisciplinary Studies
Haslam College of Business
Moe Abdalla MS Business Cybersecurity Kyla Alexander Marketing Leigh Anderson Marketing Anderson Baker Management Jutta Bangs MS Business Cybersecurity Cayle Beltran Finance Jacob Blankenship Business Analytics Joli Boggs Finance Nikki Bozarth MBA Joseph Brodrick Business Analytics Andrew Brown Finance Desirea Burke Marketing Michael Canonica Finance Caitlin Carroll Supply Chain Management Emily Cherrie Accounting Hannah Clark Supply Chain Management Julianna Miller Clark Accounting John (Jack) Cone Accounting Samantha Conjar Marketing Samuel Connell Marketing Casei Cottrell Marketing Don D’Arcangelo McDonald Economics Katelyn Davis Finance Devan Dimaria Finance Erin Dunn MS Business Cybersecurity Faith Ellickson Accounting Rachel Endsley Supply Chain Management Lorianne English Finance Hailey Evans Marketing Aaron Feick Business Analytics Connor Fox Finance & Accounting Noah Franklin Supply Chain Management Roman Funkhouser Business Analytics Paige Gatlin Accounting Braeden Grieb Accounting Samuel “Owen” Gunter Accounting Jordan Hamby Economics Jobe Hanneken Finance Hannah Haston Management Joseph “Luke” Hein Management Alex Hendl Marketing Brooklyn Henkle Management Kylie Henriksen Management Blake Hopkins Supply Chain Management Dana Horn Aerospace & Defense MBA Matthew Hyde Finance Hadiya Javed MS Management and Human Resources Katherine Klein Supply Chain Management Austin Koehler Business Analytics Brooke Lackey Accounting Evan Lane Finance & Supply Chain Management Jenna Lashuk Finance Cailyn Mackintosh Supply Chain Management Matthew Malone Business Analytics Elliott Mascena Business Analytics & Supply Chain Management Ashlynn Mathews Accounting Anthony Matz Finance Erin McCarty Marketing Jamie McLemore Finance Jason Michaels Management & Supply Chain Management Lauren Montes Marketing Riley Morris Accounting Aedyn Mullins Business Analytics Kennedy Nemechek Finance Sasha Norfleet MBA Emma Parson Marketing Dhwani Patel Accounting Kshama Patel Management Grace Paterick Marketing Valentina Pavon Marketing Tatiana Phelps Finance Kaelyn Pinkley Accounting William Pogue Finance Tyler Porter Business Analytics Chelsea Puncochar Marketing Reese Quinlan Finance Jake Reeves Marketing Jonathan Reznik Accounting Olivia Rhines Economics Maryn Rodgers Accounting Olivia Rose Accounting Karina Seebach Accounting Zoe Shockites Marketing Sara Snead Marketing Callie Spicer Economics Neal Steidle Marketing Brian Stubblefield MS Business Cybersecurity Charlie Sturgill Economics Avery Svoboda Marketing Caleb Tarwater Accounting Phan Thai Business Analytics Katherine Thurman Marketing Bennett Ungar Business Analytics Satchel Vaughn Supply Chain Management Eduardo Vega MS Business Cybersecurity Cade Wassenaar Accounting Madalyn Whedon Marketing Ethan Williams Supply Chain Management Kendall Willis Human Resource Management
Herbert College of Agriculture
Kriza Calumba Food Science Bingqi Chen Food Science Madeline Duncan Animal Science Aleksandr Fairbanks-Borne Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communications Jacob Friedrich Plant Sciences Axel Gonzalez Murillo Plant, Soil, & Environmental Science Mary Harrison Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communications Braylon Haubert Construction Science & Management Micah Herrera Food and Agricultural Business Abby Johnson Food Science Mackenzie Joye Animal Science Greetja Nestler Plant Sciences Ngan Nguyen Food Science Gracie Orrico Construction Science & Management Amanda Penicks Entomology & Plant Pathology Danielle Rinker Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communications Cassady Smith Food Science Duy Trinh Food Science Zoe Turner Natural Resource & Environmental Economics Devin Vitello Plant Sciences Melisa Zertuche Rodriguez Animal Science
Natalie L. Haslam College of Music
Joseph Ansary Piano Stephen Arthur Strings Jalen Baker Studio Music and Jazz Andrew Beiter Brass (Certificate) Annika Blackburn Percussion Tristan Boh Jazz (Master’s) Garrett Booth Music Composition (Master’s) Gerald “Christian” Carroll Instrumental Music Education Nicole Dayton Vocal Performance (Master’s) Caleb Delong Brass Siena Fulton Music Evan Gill Vocal Music Education Nick Horner Musicology (Master’s) Anna Hutchinson Instrumental Music Education Parnian Khalafrezaei Heidari Piano Performance (Master’s) Freddy Morales Percussion Performance (Master’s) Sherleen Mwaura Music Business Administration Emma Poppert Vocal Music Education Natalie Rundbale Instrumental Music Education, Music & Culture Alex Singleton Performance (Master’s) / Theory Pedagogy (Certificate) Emily Wankerl Music
College of Nursing
Moorea Artaza Nursing Madeline Baldwin Nursing Abby Bible Nursing Allie Brown Doctor of Nursing Practice Grayson Bryant Nursing Rebecca Burrow Nursing (PhD) Elizabeth Goncalves Doctor of Nursing Practice Samantha Gradilla Nursing Jiro Greenberg-Oster Nursing Chelsea Horn Nursing (PhD) Ashley Keough Nursing Christian Ketel Nursing (PhD) Lauren McGuirk Doctor of Nursing Practice Carla Orsburn Nursing (PhD) Eddie Petrie Nursing (PhD) Rebekah Phillips Doctor of Nursing Practice Courtney Pitts Nursing (PhD) Brittany Powell Doctor of Nursing Practice Chelsie Raby Doctor of Nursing Practice Miana Rankin Nursing Vivienne Roark Nursing Taylar Rothfuss Doctor of Nursing Practice Isabella Sacchetti Nursing Megan Slattery Nursing Rylee Webster Nursing Lily Whitworth Nursing Joseph Wicker Nursing Bethany Yocum Doctor of Nursing Practice
College of Social Work
Jordyn Adkins Ella Alldridge Zaenab Al-Rabiey Gracalynn Berg Sarah Bowden-Ferguson Michaela Buckhannon Claire Burdick Zachary Butler Theresa Collins Sarita Colvin Eric Davis Jesse Deeds Cecily Edmonds McKayla Gallaher Eliza Galvez Kenyette Garrett Emily Giacini Avery Haney Brycen Hazelip Caitriona Hobart Elizabeth (Lizzy) Jensen Ishita Kapur Sara Ketchens Mackenzie Kilgore Karley Lenoir-Warren Andrew McDonnell Kristen Moran April Overholt Christopher Russell Jessica Sanford Christopher Sarrazin Julieth Alonzo Serrano Jonathan Stokes Allie Tackett Erin Teigen Laura Virden Lauren Wetherell Paula Winger Mackenzie Wright
Tennessee Tailored
Catherine Aulia Kinesiology Ally Brown Finance Reese Chapman Sport Management Brooklyn Douthwright Biomedical Engineering Martin Espernberger Electrical Engineering Meg Flanagan Nutrition Caroline Kerr Sport Management Karlyn Pickens Sport Management Nathan Robinson Kinesiology Jon Wetzel Computer Science
Tickle College of Engineering
Marlena Alexander Materials Science & Engineering Jacob Arbogast Mechanical Engineering Kaylee Bae Computer Science Lauren Bailey Nuclear Engineering Neela Baker Computer Engineering Jackson Banks Mechanical Engineering Andie-Marie Benton Jones Nuclear Engineering Carson Bogue Industrial Engineering Hannah Boyd Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Sicilia Christadore Nuclear Engineering Henry Coatney Mechanical Engineering Hannah Cox Mechanical Engineering Jack Davis Mechanical Engineering John Dawson Biomedical Engineering Sabrullah Deniz Mechanical Engineering David Dooley Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Davis Freeman Nuclear Engineering Richard Gaggley Civil Engineering William Gardner Nuclear Engineering Megan Gillespie Materials Science & Engineering Tyler Hall Computer Science Levi Hansen Civil Engineering Frederic Harris Nuclear Engineering Tyler Herren Computer Science Jocelyn Hess Materials Science & Engineering Andie Jones Nuclear Engineering Christian Andrew Kocak Materials Science & Engineering Katherine Koester Industrial Engineering Amy Kurr Energy Science & Engineering Kevin Lam Computer Science Daniel Leoni Materials Science & Engineering Daniel Mallett Computer Science John Murphy Chemical Engineering Rudra Patel Computer Science Deep Patel Computer Science Fabriana Prawiranata Materials Science & Engineering Emily Proehl Materials Science & Engineering Zehui Qi Nuclear Engineering Zachary Ross Mechanical Engineering Anant Sahoo Computer Science Logan Searfoss Aerospace Engineering William Sessoms Computer Science Madison Smith Biomedical Engineering Harper Thompson Mechanical Engineering Madison Vandergriff Nuclear Engineering Braeden Watkins Computer Science
University Honors
Samantha Altman Psychology Moorea Artaza Nursing Benjamin Baker Aerospace Engineering Anabelle Ballard Political Science & Hispanic Studies Alice Grace Beavers Food Science Maddie Bell Journalism and Media Aastha Bhatt Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology Margaret Bibb Supply Chain Management Sophia Campbell Modern Foreign Languages/Literature Keegan Collins Accounting & Finance Noah Cook Finance Caleb DeLong Music Omayah El-Salim Environmental & Soil Sciences Jessica Goddard Environmental & Soil Sciences Christopher Grill Business Analytics Addie Heehs Finance & Accounting Sydnie Kingman Economics Elliott (Ellie) Mascena Business Analytics & Supply Chain Management Caleb McNeil Cinema Studies Ryan Mesler Biological Sciences & English Taylor Mink Kinesiology Lillian O’Brien Psychology & Philosophy Monserrat Pacheco Chemistry Lisa Patel Biomedical Engineering Gabby Pence Biological Sciences – Global Health Tyler Porter Business Analytics Devereaux Ringger Public Health Cameron Sanchez Marketing Kiley Shumpert Psychology Elijah Smith Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology Eliana Smith Sociology Dylan Stewart Physics & Asian Studies (Chinese) Julia Stovall Supply Chain Management Kelly Su Economics & Global Studies Satchel Vaughn Supply Chain Management Jahneulie Weste Computer Science
College of Veterinary Medicine
Allison Blanton Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Chessa Brown Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Sydney Craig Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Nirmalendu Deb Nath Comparative and Experimental Medicine Tatiana Delecave Dias Comparative and Experimental Medicine Kehinde Fasae Comparative and Experimental Medicine Caroline Griffin Comparative and Experimental Medicine Lydia Hall Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Kellie Holden Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Anna King Comparative and Experimental Medicine Kaitlyn Linney Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Grace Malla Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Micah Roberts Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Caroline Souleyrette Comparative and Experimental Medicine Leo Spadafino Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Leandrie Swanapoel Comparative and Experimental Medicine Heather Thomasovitch Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
Winston College of Law
Erin Brennan Mariel Cuellar Jordyn Dickey Saylar Epperson Justin Franklin Ethan Glover Carter Graves Megan McQueen Tia Nickens Margaret “Meg” Parent Samuel “Elijah” Parkhurst Maia Poulos Jaleigh Rogan Zachary Schmidt Austin Selz Seth Sloan Tylor Storey Elizabeth Thornton Christina Williams Hannah Young
