Student-Athletes Among Honorees During Convocation
HAMILTON – Colgate University student-athletes were well recognized among the honorees during the 2024-25 Convocation Awards last Friday.
Students and staff members gathered in the Memorial Chapel, where the awards ceremony recognized scholars, leaders, and those of outstanding character who have enriched Colgate University and the Colgate community.
Men's Rowing and Women's Lacrosse garnered the Team Academic Excellence Awards, while Josh Israel and Nelle Kniffin earned the Director of Athletics Award.
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Award for Excellence in Anthropology
- Kara Shepard (Women's Track and Field)
Award for Excellence in Childhood Education
- Brooke Garretson (Women's Swimming and Diving)
Baldwin Greek Prize
- MG King (Women's Swimming & Diving)
Bernard and Sydell Citron Pre-Medical Scholastic Prize
- Josh Israel (Men's Tennis)
Dr. Leo H. Speno Award
- Averill McCorkle (Women's Hockey)
Director of Athletics Award
- Josh Israel (Men's Tennis)
- Nelle Kniffin (Women's Lacrosse)
Edwin Foster Kingsbury Prize – Chemistry
- Adrienne Hagins (Women's Swimming & Diving)
Edwin Foster Kingsbury Prize – Chemistry
- Leo Li (Golf)
- Melinda Haagensen (Women's Track and Field)
Edwin Foster Kingsbury Prize - Physics and Astronomy
- Georgia Deep (Women's Track and Field)
Gottesman Award for Excellence in the Sciences and Athletics
- Sophia Diehl (Women's Basketball)
Harriette Wagner Memorial Award
- Cara Schmidlein (Women's Soccer)
John T. (Jack) Mitchell Memorial Award
- Averill McCorkle (Women's Hockey)
Joseph Huther Prize Fund
- Lilly Saleeby (Volleyball)
Kevin Carlsmith Prize
- Chloe Sakowski (Women's Rowing)
M. Holmes Hartshorne Memorial Award for Excellence in Philosophy
- Peyton Wray (Men's Swimming & Diving)
Marshall-Keynes Award for Excellence in Economics
- Hristina Georgieva (Volleyball)
Oswald T. Avery Award
- Josh Israel (Men's Tennis)
Psychological and Brain Sciences Citizenship Award
- Gwen Eichfeld (Women's Hockey)
Robert L. Murray Award in Russian and Eurasian Studies
- Hristina Georgieva (Volleyball)
Sisson Mathematics Prizes
- Leo Li (Golf)
Thomas M. Wilson '67 Memorial Endowed Leadership Award
- John Hartman (Football)
Thomas M. Wilson '67 Memorial Endowed Leadership Award
- Hannah Murphy (Women's Hockey)
Women's Studies Award for Academic Excellence
- Haley June Southwick (Women's Rowing)
Players Mentioned
Players Mentioned
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