2020 Undergraduate Student Awards

The Weatherhead School of Management is pleased to recognize the following undergraduate students for their excellent work at Weatherhead.

The Weatherhead School of Management Award is given to a senior for outstanding achievement in the Weatherhead School of Management. This year's recipient is Peter Abou Haidar.

The recipients of the Roulston Performance Award are Brian Woo and Shelby Shvorob for outstanding performance in management.

The Nellie Chittenden Carlton Prize is awarded to a senior in management whose outstanding work in the general field of economics shows the greater promise of leadership. This year's recipient is Adam Zybko.

The Matthew Leskiewicz Award is given to a senior in the Weatherhead School of Management for outstanding leadership and service. This year's recipient is Melissa Cuellar.

The Robert O. Berger, Jr. Award is given to a junior who demonstrates overall achievement in scholarship, as well as notable community participation and leadership. This year's recipient is Sam Chaffee.

The recipients of The Kevin J. Semelsberger Prize are Travis Johnston, John Fissel, Sam Nalli & Zineb Benkiraine for excellence management.


The Wolstein Family Award for Excellence in Business Venture Plan Development is given to a student enrolled as a major or minor in Weatherhead undergraduate programs whose business venture development plan is considered to have the highest promise to be successfully initiated. This year's recipient is Jeremy Karr.

The Iris Wolstein Award for Excellence in Business Venture History is given to a student whose work on projects and/or coursework related to the study of Cleveland business venture history is determined to have made a significant contribution to the understanding of the business development in Northeast Ohio and related environs. This year's recipient is Mihir Nilkanth.

The Outstanding Business Management Student Award recipients are Alexandr Bokatch & Adrian Hattan.

The recipients of the Excellence in Business Management Award are Lauren Fitzpatrick, Anel Mattar Brett & Raymon Malone.

This year's Outstanding Finance Student Award recipients are Ethan Glickstein, Rishi Maheswari & Kayele Silue.

The recipients of the Excellence in Finance Award are Florence Bian, David (Dee) Gose, Kyle Lewis & Brian Woo.

The Outstanding Marketing Student Award recipient is Serena Juchnowski.

The recipients of the Excellence in Marketing Award are Morgan Beaver, Brendan Bendena, Talius Chickering & Adrian Hattan.

The recipient of the Department of Organizational Behavior Award is Adrian Hattan. The finalists for this award are Raymon Malone & Anel Brett.

The Weatherhead School of Management Dean's Achievement Award for excellence in scholarship and leadership in accountancy/management is given to Daniel Nguyen, Michelle Handoko, Rosemary Klausmeyer, Aleksandra Lach, Zheng Lin, Connor Nally, Madison Piccirillo, Michael Rowland & Douglas Spizarny.

The Weatherhead School of Management Award given to the most outstanding senior in accounting. This year's recipient is Tatum Naylor.

The Andrew D. Braden Award for Excellence in Auditing and Financial Reporting Studies is given to a student whose achievement as an undergraduate in auditing and financial reporting subjects is recognized as demonstrating attributes consistent with professionalism and leadership. This year's recipient is Igor Tutelman.

The recipients of the Cashy Family Scholarship Award are Himica Kalra & Lilyana Wolberg.

The Thomas Dickerson Award for Excellence in Professional Accountancy Studies is given to a student whose high academic achievement and leadership in the integrated studies program in accountancy is recognized as exemplary. This year’s recipient is Marissa Muth.

The Beta Alpha Psi Leadership Award recipient is Marissa Muth.

The Beta Alpha Psi Scholars Recognition Award recipient is Jacob Berg.

The Dean’s Award in Accounting (Cohen & Company Award) recipient is Samantha Dunbar.

The Dean’s Award in Accounting (Deloitte Award) recipient is Aletheia Uechi.

The Dean’s Award in Accounting (EY Award) recipient is Antonio Ionadi.

The Dean’s Award in Accounting (KPMG Award) recipient is Jacob Berg.

The Dean’s Award in Accounting (Marcum Award) recipients are Han Nguyen and Natalie Walton.

The Dean’s Award in Accounting (Meaden & Moore Award) recipient is Wendy You.

The Dean’s Award in Accounting (Plante Moran Award) recipients are Jordan Gross & J’Niah Johnston.

The Dean’s Award in Accounting (PwC Award) recipient is Seldon Magruder.

The Wallach-Lee Families Scholarship Award recipients are Shannon McGarry & Alexander Stasko.

The CMA Scholarship recipients are Kathleen Beck, Mengfei Sun, Lauren Flannery, Natalie Walton, Marissa Muth, Jinny Xie, Jose Palomares, Haoran Xu & Yujie Zhao.

The Apple Growth Partners Scholars Award recipient is Sarah Hamilton.

The Academic Excellence Award in Accounting recipients are Peter Abou Haidar, Emily Ahlstrom, Jake Bumgarner, Kiyla Cooper, Lauren Flannery, Dee Gose, Luke Hamilton, Sam Jenkins, Andrew Lease, Kyle Lewis, Peyton Russoniello & Zi Wang.

The Cheryl A. Casper Economics Prize is awarded to a senior for academic excellence in economics. This year’s recipient is Elizabeth Lee Radics.

The H.W. Kniesner Prize is awarded to an outstanding senior in economics. This year's recipient is Marcus Daly.

The Marvin J. Barloon Award is given for outstanding performance in economics. This year's recipients are Jad Daw, Miranda Deppisch, Naomi Kane, Marisa Katz, Max Liu, Claire Nordt, Reese Puntus, Trey Razanauskas, Nicholas Rowe, Mark Swiler & Kasey Vangelov.

The Robert N. Baird Award is given for academic excellence and leadership in extracurricular activities. This year's recipient is Alec Hoover.

The James Dysart Magee Award is awarded to an outstanding student in economics for the senior year. This year's recipient is Kieran Gallagher.

The Howard T. McMyler Award is awarded to an outstanding junior majoring in economics. This year's recipient is Andrew Ford.

The Gardiner Scholarship is awarded to a junior majoring in economics who is interested in finance. This year's recipient is Eli Abboud.

The Economics Department Achievement Award recipients are Ryan Alexander, Ethan Glickstein, Andrew Hoover, Nicolas Leberer, Anastasia Petropoulos, Ruiqi John Wen & Adam Zybko.

The Economics Department Award for Service recipients are Beth Canel, Jason Guo, Claire Jeffress, Shivalika Keni, Steven Nyeo & Aayush Parikh