At the end of each academic year, Knox faculty, staff, and students traditionally gather to recognize the achievements of students with a variety of academic awards. The recognition of student achievements covers three main categories: honor societies, awards and prizes for special accomplishments, and awards and prizes from academic departments.

All awards and recipients are listed below.

Honor Societies

Phi Beta Kappa: Founded in 1776, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious scholastic honorary society, Phi Beta Kappa, recognizes “the principles of freedom of inquiry and liberty of thought and expression” that are the foundation of liberal learning. Only ten percent of the nation’s colleges and universities have a PBK chapter. The Delta Chapter of Illinois was founded at Knox College in 1916, the first chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in a liberal arts college in Illinois. Seniors and a small number of juniors distinguished for high academic achievement are elected annually.

Seniors (*Elected as a junior)

Bishakha Awale
Caleb Isaac Baird
Claudia April Virginia Basile
Katherine Elizabeth Bleyle
Tristan Garrett Blus
Kaitlyn McKenzie Cashdollar*
Carlos Miguel Claudio
Hannah Helaine Dixon
Charles Michael Ericksen
Hannah Marie Froming
Geneva Frances Gage
Hala M. Halabi
Ngoc Minh Bao Ho
Camryn Hidemi Hutchins
Caitlin Marie Johnson
Makenna Roye Kuecks
My Ho Huyen Le
Thao Qui Luong
Rose Ellen Marshall
Sarah Frances Nathan
Phan Ly Vy Nguyen
Anh Minh Phung
Omar Ishrat Qureshi
Sokcheatra Samrith
Leo Mars Schrater
Casimir Lawrence Stopa
Mia Ye
Lily Ann Zofkie

Elected

Claire Meier Dietz
Marin Grace Hart
Sarah Hoffmann-Weitsman
Alexis Taylor Riggs
Brandon Denman Roberts 
Sage Josephine Yoerger

Psi Chi - National Honor Society in Psychology: Students are selected on the basis of academic achievement and interest in psychology as a science.

Rebecca Grace Baird
Siena Rose Adwere-Boamah
Audrey Grace Radford

Pi Sigma Alpha: the National Political Science Honor Society was founded in 1920 for the purpose of bringing together students and faculty interested in the study of government and politics. 

New Inductees

Seniors

Katsuhiko Kishi
Beau Nelson

Elected

Rand B. Al Baka
Emma Elizabeth Curry
Harini Gunasekaran 
Ashlynn Rayme Lenertz
Jenna Elizabeth Schweikert
Kasey Elaine Snyder

Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Society: Membership in Sigma Xi is by invitation. The most promising young scientists and students with demonstrated research potential are invited to join as associate members.

Seniors

Rebecca Grace Baird
Hala Halabi
My Ho Huyen Le (Myrissa)
Roman Jakob Liedtke
Anh Kieu Tran (Kaitlyn)

Elected

Justin Douty
Finnegan Hautau
Shawn Lam

Awards and Prizes for Special Accomplishments

Bookfellow Library Prize: Marion Margarita Schweitzer

College Marshal: Amira Liaan Siddique

Dean Deborah Wing Award: Addison Anderson

Inman Fox Prize: Eric Eduardo Espinoza

John C. Weigel Prize: Jia Yi Self

Lincoln Laureate: Kayla Marina Hope

Outstanding Senior Award: Eeman Mushtaq Mahar

Pearl Harris Award: Amira Liaan Siddique

Philip Haring & John Houston Award: Mouhcine Oubih

James and Helen Huntington Johnson Prize: Eleanor Scout Lindenmayer

Anthropology & Sociology

Howell Atwood Award: Hannah Froming, Abigail Spengler, Lua Powers, Sarah Nathan 

Art

Beverly Bender Scholar in Art: Wilder Julian Myslivy

Blick Art Materials Prize in Ceramics: Eli James Adamson 

Blick Art Materials Prize in Drawing: Jori Alexandria Pilcher

Blick Art Materials Prize in Graphic Design: Zo Beju Evelyn Peterson

Beverly Bender Scholar in Sculpture: Ellen Simone Miller Garrett

Blick Art Materials Prize in Non-Traditional Media: Sydney Westreich

Blick Art Materials Prize in Painting: Leo Gene Dunn

Blick Art Materials Prize in Photography: Sydney Westreich

Blick Art Materials Senior Prize: Sydney Westreich

Elda Crichton Campbell Print Prize: Isabella Brennan

Isaac O. Peterson Studio Award: Eli James Adamson

Asian Studies

Mikiso Hane Asian Studies Prize: Katherine Bleyle, Julia Maron

Biology

Alvah Peterson Biology Prize: Autumn Crow

Inn-Siang Ooi Prize: Chloe Rodeffer

Biochemistry and Chemistry

Russell P. Sutton Prize in Organic Chemistry: Frances Ruth Hilliard, Jack Kennison Lubbs

Leland Harris Award in Chemistry: Laurelee Boon

ACS Illinois Heartland Local Section Collegiate Scholastic Award: Laurelee Boon, Garrett Trimble

ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award: Carlotta Jacinta Horvath

ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Undergraduate Award in Inorganic Chemistry: Mark Thomas Frenster

ACS Division of Organic Chemistry: Laurelee Boon

ACS Division of Physical Chemistry: Laurelee Boon

General Chemistry Achievement Award: Emme Lynn Patton, Precious Mofiyinfoluwa Odejimi, Lance Jacob Miller, Ryudo Kawanami, Zoe Araceli Pav 

Glenn M. Nagel Undergraduate Research Fund in Chemistry and Biochemistry: Maureen Schmid, Sahana V. Giri, Eileen Sheetz

Classics

Lawrence Prize in Greek: Kaitlyn Cashdollar, Jean Lux Patton

Lawrence Prize in Latin: Jia Self, Annika Jorgen Vagle

Computer Science

Paul’s Prize in Computer Science: Michael Fisher

Dance

John Hofsas Prize in Dance: Aicha Chehmani

Economics

Sylvia & Irwin Jaffe Memorial Prize: Lia Teresa Villanueva Mena

Vinton C. Johnson Prize: Mouhcine Oubih

Education

Dr. Diana Beck Senior Honors Award: Myla Boyd, Katsuhiko Kishi, Evelyn Martinez 

English and Creative Writing

Nina Marie Edwards Memorial Award: Archi Nokrek

William E. Brady Fund in English Literature: Eva Fuller, Evelyn Martinez

Eugene & Ella Stewart Davenport Literary Award in Fiction: Claire Meier Dietz (1), Nathan Brenner Hill (2), Lila Siering (3)

Eugene & Ella Stewart Davenport Literary Award in Non-Fiction: Erin Kathleen Cosgrove (1), Marli Ann Messener (2), Claire Meier Dietz (3)

Eugene & Ella Stewart Davenport Literary Award in Poetry: Eleanor Wilhelmi (1), Jia Self (2), Avery Claire O'Brien (3), Marli Ann Messner, Jed Howard Bothe, Maya Lisa Gomez (Honorable Mentions)

Eugene & Ella Stewart Davenport Literary Award in Playwriting: Amarachukwu Agupugo (1), Josephine Silkowski Ludington & Natalie Rose Ivaniszek (2), Abigail Mary King (Honorable Mention)

Elizabeth Haywood English Award: Ezra Duma Alpasan

The Scripps Prize: Caitlin Johnson

Lorraine Smith Prize in English: Jed Howard Bothe

Beverly K. White & Friends Creative Writing Prize: Jed Howard Bothe

Howard A. Wilson Prize: Eva Fuller (1), Marli Ann Messner (2), Sage Lundquist (3)

Audrey Collet-Conard Prize: Jed Howard Bothe

Proctor Fenn Sherwin Short Story Award: Caitlin Johnson

Environmental Studies

Desmond Fortes Environmental Studies Prize: Leo Schrater, Cadence Irene Eischens

Lawrence L. DeMott Prize: Jacqueline Pavlovsky, Harvey Marlena Taylor

Health Professions Advising

Sylvia and Erwin Jaffe Memorial Prize (Medical Sciences): Ashley Pearson

History

Dennis E. Donham Prize in History: Brandon Denman Roberts

Dorothy Inness Stanford Award: Sarah A. Borchert

Szold Prize in History: William David Gatesman

International Relations & Comparative Politics

Robert F. Seibert Prize: Omar Qureshi

Journalism

Theodore Hazen Kimble Memorial Award in Journalism: Ellen Simone Miller Garrett, Natalie Ivaniszek 

Ida M. Tarbell Memorial Prize: Eleanor Scout Lindenmayer

Mathematics

Clark Mills Carr Prize in Mathematics: Dustin Cates, Alexis Taylor Riggs

Modern Language

Lorraine Smith Prize in French: Meridian Kamele'okekai Lattig

Lilly Lindahl Prize in German: Alex Lords

Sally Coleman Prize in Spanish Literature: Marina Hope

Music

Don C. M. Bracker Award in Music: Corgan Blaise Ball

Clarence Hubert Johnson Award: Amira Liaan Siddique

Ruth Lockwood Goodsill Prize: Casey Blu Foubert

Lucile Sudbury Prize: Brandon Denman Roberts, Carlos Claudio

David Lowry Jazz Award: Garrett Raiden Sprinkle, Chieko Robin Ogiwara Dunham

Eric Martin Berg Memorial: Ian David Smith, Anne Kashiwagi, Chieko Robin Ogiwara Dunham, Jack Kennison Lubbs, Hannah L. Tannas, Ian Joseph Catanzaro

George Morel Memorial in Music: Amira Liaan Siddique

Janet Greig Post Prize in Music: Jasper Morgan

Peace and Justice

Peace and Justice Studies Student Prize: Markesha Jackson

Philosophy

Merritt H. Moore Prize in Philosophy: Athko Ehrnstein

Physics

Donald L. Benedict Student Research Award: Naysha Jain

Robert R. Mariner Family Research Award: Morgan Marie Hopkins

Smith Prize in Physics: Dustin Michael Cates, Matthew Troy Durdle

Political Science and International Relations

Dean Acheson Prize: Josie Spence

John W. Burgess Prize in Political Science: Caleb Baird

Preceptorial Writing

Proctor Fenn Sherwin Prize in First-Year Writing: Michaela-Ann Moorea Mueller

Psychology

Robert Stevens Harper Prize for Graduate Study in Psychology: Juan Ramirez, Miranda Zuckerman

Robert Stevens Harper Prize for Outstanding Psychology Senior Research Poster: Hailey Bauchman, Goichi Suganuma

Edith Powers Van Dyke Memorial Award in Psychology: Rebecca Baird

Theatre

Colton Prize for Excellence in Public Performance: Zion Quincy Clarke

Linda Elizabeth Karger Award in the Theatre Arts: Tristan Blus

Van Clute Prize: Amelia Walz

Jean Bloomquist McBath Memorial Production Award in Studio Theatre: Natalie Ivaniszek

Research Awards

David R. Arnold Research Award: Nellie Mae Mueller

William Fern Prize in Honor of Jeanne Zemek Bohn, Class of 1950, as part of the Artists, Scholars, Scientists, and Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow (ASSET) Program: Luna Solange Perkins

Steve Floyd Memorial Award as part of the Artists, Scholars, Scientists, and Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow (ASSET) Program: Archi Nokrek

Laszlo J. Nemeth Memorial Research Award as part of the Artists, Scholars, Scientists, and Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow (ASSET) Program: Amira Liaan Siddique

Charles & Arvilla Timme Fellowship Award: Abhyudaya Rajbhandari, Areesha Saif

Lizzy Warner Fund for Women in STEM as part of the Artists, Scholars, Scientists, and Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow (ASSET) Program: Sarah Hoffman-Weitsman

Mogbo Sustainability Fund as part of the Artists, Scholars, Scientists, and Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow (ASSET) Program: Teagan Elizabeth Springer

General ASSET Award, supported by the Richter Memorial Trust: Audrey Grace Radford