For the senior, junior, or sophomore whose original expository or persuasive speech exhibits the highest excellence in content, organization, style, and delivery.
1st Place - Eric M. Meyer; Claire Adele Maggio
2nd Place - Emily Allyn Breeding
3rd Place - Ross Edward Brenneman; Wuwei Chen; Chenxi Li; Rona Yang
1st Place - Vijay Kasschau
2nd Place - Wendy Cheng; Frances Wang
3rd Place - Natalie Scott; Andrew Pope
4th Place - Kevin Schmitt; Emily Breeding
5th Place - Anupa Gewali; Sarah Hulbert
To the freshman public speaker who best embodies McCrea Hazlett's qualities of intellect, character, and persuasive rhetoric.
Shreyas Nitin Kataria; Alyssa Danielle Schwartz
Rohini Rege
To the graduating senior whose work while at the University has displayed steadfast dedication to the highest standards of creativity and accomplishment in this performing art.
Jeffrey Englander
Douglas Zeppenfeld
To the graduating senior who has shown significant promise for directing in theater at the University of Rochester.
Phillip Witte
For excellence in dramatic or theatrical research.
John Amir-Fazli
To the freshman or sophomore who displays significant dedication, promise, talent, and achievement.
Cassandra Mia Donatelli; William Spencer Klubben III
Kelsey Burritt; Lydia Jimenez
To the actor whose outstanding performances and/or dedication have enriched the Theater Program over the course of his/her undergraduate career.
Erica Greenbaum; David H. Moiseev; Macie McGowan
Alexandra Rozansky; Camber Hansen-Karr; Bruce Stockton
For the most outstanding performances by an actor over the course of the academic year.
John Amir-Fazli
Christine Rose
1st Place - Phillip Witte
2nd Place - Julia Beth Winer
3rd Place - Rachel Carstens
Honorable Mention - Marissa Dubin; Calle Fitzgerald
1st Place - Kirk Chilas
2nd Place - Tyler Scowcroft
3rd Place - Samantha Miller
1st Place - Leigha Alexandra MacNeill
2nd Place - Rachel Maria Greene
3rd Place - Brittany Marie Lewis
Honorable Mention - Patrick Knowles Daubert; Kevin Rosario
1st Place - Rachel Greene
2nd Place - William Eells
3rd Place - Patrick Daubert; Kelsey Burritt
Honorable Mention - Caitlin Farmer
Jeremy Philip Fishman
Sarah Young
For the best piece of writing by an undergraduate in fiction, poetry, or nonfiction.
Tyler Graham Goldman
Tananaugh Espinoza
For the best poem or group of poems submitted by an undergraduate.
Tyler Graham Goldman
Noah Friedman
For the best original essay submitted during the academic year by an undergraduate as part of a course in English.
Sarah Townsend
Emily Fogel
To an undergraduate student for an essay in English literature or the classics.
Justin Valentine Gilbert; Adam Biesenbach
Noelle Miller; Eleni Palis
In memory of Kate Hollister, English, Class of 1990; an award given to that member of the senior class who has contributed most to the undergraduate life of the Department of English.
Jenna Furman
John Amir-Fazli
To the members of the senior class who in their college work have shown the greatest proficiency in English.
Laurel Emily Stewart; Tyler Graham Goldman
Jennifer Hoffmann; Chelsea Shaffer; Catherine Steele
To the man of the senior class who has done the best work in English composition.
Phillip Witte
Nicolas Quijano
To the woman of the senior class who has done the best work in the Department of English.
Ellie Adair
Lily Beaumont
To a woman in the senior class who has shown marked ability in English literature, in classical languages and literature, or in archaeology.
Sarah Townsend
Ellie Adair
To a member of the senior class who has shown the most competence in the use of the English language, as exemplified by excellence in composition, public speaking, in work on University publications, in participation in student government, or otherwise.
Phillip Witte
To that undergraduate woman who shall have demonstrated the greatest promise in creative writing.
Carley Marie Parsons
To a deserving student (or students) who is already majoring in English, in the form of a scholarship, grant, or student loan.
Brittany Crowley; Emily Elizabeth Balzano; Kelsey Ann Burritt; Annalise Marie Baird; Emily Fogel; Douglas Marc Zeppenfeld
Lily Beaumont; Karen Elterman; Raymond Liang; Melissa Martin
