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Student Awards


The department awards several awards each year to a set of outstanding students. Below is a list of all awards followed by previous winners.

  • Yarbrough Award: For a senior graduating in the current or previous semester
  • Johnson Award: For a 3rd year student (junior or non-graduating senior)
  • Fruit of the Loom Undergraduate Award: For an outstanding undergraduate with an interest in applied/industrial mathematics
  • Bueker Award: For a 1st year student
  • Pi Mu Epsilon Award: For a 2nd year student
  • Lowman Award: For a graduating senior with a focus in secondary mathematics education
  • Middle Grades Award: For a graduating senior with a focus in middle grades mathematics education
  • Outstanding MA Graduate Student Award: For an outstanding graduate student in the MA program
  • Outstanding MS Graduate Student Award: For an outstanding graduate student in the MS program
  • Fruit of the Loom Graduate Award: For an outstanding graduate student with an interest in applied/industrial mathematics

2022 Winners

  • Yarbrough Award: Mia Sword
  • Johnson Award: Lars Hebenstiel
  • Fruit of the Loom Undergraduate Award: Matthew Poynter
  • Bueker Award: Trey Crouch
  • Pi Mu Epsilon Award: Isaiah L. Alvarez
  • Lowman Award: Samantha Caldwell
  • Middle Grades Award: Kristen Boone
  • Outstanding MA Graduate Student Award: Paige Goldstein
  • Outstanding MS Graduate Student Award: Ahmet Kaan Aydin
  • Fruit of the Loom Graduate Award: Ian B. Ray

2021 Winners

  • Yarbrough Award: Emma Moore
  • Johnson Award: Brooklyn Holder
  • Fruit of the Loom Award: Lars Hebenstiel and Donald Price
  • Bueker Award: Jamie Lawless
  • Pi Mu Epsilon Award: Briley Barron
  • Lowman Award: Matthew Brewer
  • Middle Grades Award: Amanda Maceyko and Kelsay Marcum
  • Outstanding Graduate Student Award: Wilson Horner


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 Last Modified 3/16/22