2026 Medallion

Program Highlights

The ceremony’s events will proceed as follows:

Welcome — Ms. Skylar Thurston, President, Honors College Student Council
Dean’s Remarks — Dr. Todd Fraley, Dean, Honors College
Presentation of the Faculty Mentor Award — Dr. Katie Ford, Associate Dean/Director of Brinkley-Lane Scholars
- Recipients: Dr. Leah Grubb & Dr. Kathrin Rothermich
Presentation of the Michael Bassman Thesis Award — Mr. Mark Sanders, Assistant Director of Public Services, Joyner Library
- Recipient: Ms. Lacie Allen
Presentation of the Eakin Alumni Award — Ms. Kasey Perkins, Outreach and Engagement Coordinator
- Recipient: Ms. Sarah Kautz
Conferral of Medallions and Cords
Closing — Ms. Alexandra Puckett, President, Brinkley-Lane Round Table
Dismissal for photo on lawn — Dr. Diane Majewski, Director of Programming & Special Projects and Ms. Kristen Martin, Director of Communications & Marketing

List of 2025-2026 Graduates

Name	Graduation Semester	Distinctions
Acacia, Amelia R.	spring
Acevedo, Nidia	spring
Ali, Noor E.	spring
Alkins, Scott D.	fall	Honors College Student Council
Allen, Jeffrey R.	spring	Honors Ambassador
Allen, Lacie J.	spring
Almond, Emily G.	spring
Andrews, Jessica A.	spring
Antinore, Jamie N.	spring
Antinore, Jennette M.	spring
Arensman, Miriam H.	spring
Arruza, Sophie M.	spring
Ashmore, Kooper J.	spring
Bain, Riley K.	spring
Baldwin, Laila M.	spring
Barbee, Lawson B.	spring
Barclay, Kieran T.	spring
Barclay, Savannah M.	fall
Bass, Coleman B.	spring
Bickley, Charlotte M.	spring
Bijarapu, Sree Sahasra	spring	Honors Mentor
Blackwelder, Jay	spring	Honors Mentor
Brannin, Michael J.	fall
Brooks-Farrar, Savannah S.	spring
Bryan, Jaden D.	spring
Burnette, Koy L.	fall	Honors Mentor
Burnette, Kylie E.	spring
Byrum, Mason S.	spring
Byrum, Trent M.	spring
Cannon, Chloe W.	spring
Carter, Benson R.	fall
Carter, Nicolas T.	spring
Cavanaugh, Julia K.	spring	Brinkley-Lane Scholar
Chambers, Sarah E.	spring
Chavis, Kaya A.	spring
Chenna, Laasya S.	spring
Cherry, Georgia B.	spring
Chessock, Rachel E.	spring
Childs, John E.	spring
Clark, Cassidy R.	spring
Clinefelter, Ashley T.	spring
Clinkscales, Carson R.	spring
Cohen, Stuart	spring
Cole, Ryan F.	spring
Coll, Sydney P.	spring
Corbett, Emma S.	fall	Honors College Student Council
Corey, Megan D.	spring
Corona-Rodriguez, Emily	fall
Costner, Ryan L.	spring
Council, Katie B.	fall	Brinkley-Lane Scholar, BLS Roundtable
Cowin, Peyton A.	fall
Darrohn, Annaleise B.	spring	Brinkley-Lane Scholar
Daughtry, Matthew A.	spring
Davis, Grayson C.	spring
De La Rosa, Fabiana	spring
Dewar, Samuel L.	spring
Diamond, Grace E.	fall
Diaz, Marissa R.	spring	Brinkley-Lane Scholar
Dixon, Shea C.	spring
Dover, Leanna M.	spring
Dubois, Kara M.	spring
Duffy, Anya M.	spring	Brinkley-Lane Scholar
Dunn, Kathryn E.	spring
Earl, Lindsey R.	spring
East, Christopher S.	spring
Edge, Melanie G.	spring
Eidson, Lorna K.	spring
Eisenzimmer, Morgan L.	spring
Embree, Viletta J.	spring
Ervin, Mallory A.	spring
Estigoy, Isabela	fall
Evans, Deniya	spring	Honors Ambassador
Faulk, Graycen L.	fall
Feliksdal, Kiran V.	spring
Fisher, Ellisa M.	spring
Fletcher, Abigail G.	spring
Ford, Parker C.	spring
Francis, Rachel M.	fall
Franco-Gonzalez, Arhemy	fall
Frazier, Reagan V.	spring
Gervasio, Gabriela J.	spring	Brinkley-Lane Scholar
Gibbs, Madalyn L.	spring
Grubbs, Kailee A.	spring	Brinkley-Lane Scholar, Makers
Hada, Dhwaniben D.	spring	Brinkley-Lane Scholar
Hall, Ryan J.	fall
Hampton, Chloe N.	spring
Hardee, Seth A.	spring
Hayes, Annabel E.	fall
Head, Mary C.	spring
Hewitt, Ryder W.	spring
Ingram, Lauren E.	spring
Insignares, Sophia G.	spring
Ipock, Madison G.	fall
Irvine-Smith, Caitlin S.	fall
Jackson, Ella H.	spring
Johnson, Kevin P.	spring
Jones, Megan A.	spring
Jordan, Kaleigh A.	spring
Kalawska, Sara M.	fall
Kannajoshyula, Sruthi	spring
Kasinski, Davis M.	spring
Kellogg, Holly M.	spring
Klaker, Josefine A.	fall
Klein, Lana S.	spring
Koch, Rosslyn E.	spring
Krakover, Jacob H.	spring
Kruger, Kaeleigh L.	spring	Brinkley-Lane Scholar, Honors Ambassador, Honors Mentor, Makers, BLS Roundtable
Lamb, Trinity J.	spring
Landis, Caramia P.	spring	Brinkley-Lane Scholar, BLS Roundtable
Lantz, Abigail M.	fall
Lasure, Molly J.	spring
Lawler, Aydan M.	spring	Brinkley-Lane Scholar, Makers (Curator)
Lawler, McKenna M.	spring	Brinkley-Lane Scholar
Layton, Elizabeth A.	spring
Le, Debbie	spring
Lisk, Kaylin E.	spring
May, Caleb P.	spring
Maynor, Nehemiah C.	spring
McCoy, Whitley L.	spring	Honors Mentor (Chair), Honors Ambassador (Chair)
McCunney, Nora C.	spring	Brinkley-Lane Scholar
McLean, Rachel H.	spring
Mcpherson, Joshua T.	spring
Meer, Kaylee R.	spring
Miller, James P.	spring
Miller, Mason A.	spring
Mitchell, Dawson H.	spring
Moore, Amelia C.	fall
Moore, Lindsey H.	fall
Moore, Madeline L.	spring
Moore, Mallorie E.	spring	Honors Ambassador, Honors Mentor
Moore, Zoey G.	spring
Morales Rodriguez, Yasmin	fall
Mott, Caroline S.	spring
Mulkey, Aaron L.	spring
Murdock, Madeline K.	spring
Murray, Kylie W.	spring
Ngandi, Majoie	spring	Honors Mentor, Makers
O'Quinn, Isabelle G.	spring
Omabu Okafor, Marcus N.	spring
Owens, Hannah J.	spring
Packard, Joshua W.	spring
Panayiotou, Stefany	spring
Parker, Chris	spring
Parker, Kyle S.	spring
Parson, Tessa R.	spring
Patel, Benita B.	spring
Patrick, Cassidy A.	spring
Peele, Christopher D.	spring
Perry, Savanah F.	spring
Perry, Sydney G.	spring
Phillips, Olivia R.	spring	Honors Mentor
Piner, Emma G.	spring
Pixley, Kendall R.	spring	Brinkley-Lane Scholar, BLS Roundtable (Vice President)
Porter, Mary E.	spring
Puckett, Alexandra E.	spring	Brinkley-Lane Scholar, BLS Roundtable (President)
Rambert, Alyssa C.	spring
Rangaraju, Trisha	spring	Brinkley-Lane Scholar
Ranson, Parker E.	spring
Rosado, Rolando	fall
Rose, Allison E.	spring
Ruffin, Maddox J.	fall
Schachte, Lillian C.	spring
Schuetz, Leah C.	spring
Schweitzer, Abrielle M.	spring	Honors Ambassador
Scoutelas, Lillian A.	spring
Shanti, Melissa L.	spring
Slaughter, Maya A.	fall
Smith, Baylee M.	fall
Sondergard, Emily F.	fall
Sossoman, Nathan W.	spring
Stady, Oliver R.	spring	Honors Mentor
Stauffer, David P.	spring
Stinagle, Nora J.	spring	Honors Ambassador
Stroud, Virginia C.	fall
Taylor, Emma G.	spring
Teele, Jeremiah M.	spring
Thackston, Kara F.	spring
Thomas, Robin	spring
Thurston, Skylar M.	spring	Honors College Student Council (President), Honors Mentor
Tinsley, Zoey J.	spring
Townsend, Caitlyn J.	spring
Tribbe, Savanah F.	fall
Trueblood, Riley T.	spring	Honors Mentor
Tucker, McKinzie	fall
Umphlett, Olivia J.	spring
Van Apeldoorn, Caleb A.	spring
Van Benthuysen, Avery G.	fall
Vierno, Katherine A.	spring
Wallace, Rylie E.	spring
Walsh, Evan P.	spring
Walston, Matthew T.	fall
Ward, Isabel P.	spring
Watkins, James W.	spring
Watson, Calissa B.	fall
Watts, Chloe B.	spring	Honors Mentor
Weber, Michaela J.	spring
Weems, Logan P.	spring
Williams, Haley M.	spring
Williford, Kelly N.	spring
Windsor, Sara L.	spring
Winsett, Brianna M.	spring
Wooten, Lauren T.	spring
Wozniak, Megan C.	fall