Distinguished Student Award
Awarded three times a year since 1980, the Distinguished Student Award seeks to honor those graduating students who have displayed high standards throughout their law school careers.
Recipients (2000-present)
YEAR AWARDED |
CLASS NAME |
AWARD RECIPIENTS |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Woods | Comfort Aduwa - LN Michael William Faulkner - TB Melissa Heinz - GR Sarah Roberge - TB Ashley Shultz - AH |
| 2020 | Hunt |
Brittany Armstrong - TB |
| 2020 | Strong |
Kyle DeCloux - GR |
| 2020 | Field | Cameron Liljestrand - GR Jalitza Serrano - TB Daria Solomon - AH |
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2019 |
David Davis | Arturo Alfaro - AH Amia Banks - LAN Derek Grisard - TB Alexis Morris - TB Arthur Ried - LAN |
| 2019 | Samuel Freeman Miller |
Laila Malki - AH |
| 2019 | Noah Haynes Swayne | Ayana CLark - TB Clarissa Kewin - LAN Kristyna Nunzio - GR Tami Salzbrenner - AH |
| 2018 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis | Joshua Bemis - AH Geofrey Bilabaye - LAN Alison Brajdich - AH Kris Johnson - GR Mary Anne Simmering - GR Shelika Tate - AH |
| 2018 | Samuel Nelson | Sara Marin - TB Mayra Puerta - TB |
| 2017 | Patricia Boyle | Robert Johnson - TB Daniela Mendez - TB Andrea Murato Bilabaye - LAN I. Eric Nordan - AH |
| 2017 | Warren Earl Burger | Sheila Lake - TB Luciana Viramontes - LAN |
| 2017 | Earl Warren Class | Julie Lawler-Hoyle - LAN Peter Mancini - AH Dr. Ryan McKennon - AH Wendi M. Price - GR Sierra Whitaker-Davis - TB |
| 2016 | Fred Moore Vinson Class | KeiErica Baker - TB Lori Montgomery - LAN Sam Warren - AH |
| 2016 | Harlan Fiske Stone Class | Monique Merritt - AH |
| 2016 | Charles Evans Hughes Class | Elizabeth Devolder - TB Dalton Carty - LAN Sarah Colling - AH Zeno Toscas - GR Kirstyn Wildey - GR |
| 2015 | William Howard Taft Class | Porscha Brown - LAN Sara Graber - AH Michael Ruso - AH |
| 2015 | John McLean Class | Joseph Muha - GR Alison Center - TB |
| 2015 | Robert Trimble Class | Matthew Elzinga - GR Sara Husseini - AA James Klinedinst - TB Taneashia Morrell - LAN Scott Sawyer - AH Rebecca Siegel - LAN |
| Joseph Story Class | Michael Taylor - AA Hope Campbell - AH Callana Davis- AH Ogenna Iweajunwa - GR |
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| 2014 | Gabriel Duvall Class | Christopher Schaedig - AA Nathan Chan - AH Yousef Farraj - LAN |
| Thomas Todd Class | Stephen Madej - AH Zaneta Adams - GR |
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| Henry Brockholst Livingston Class | Sandy Boisrond - AH Meredith Beidler - GR Kathryn Burkhart - AA |
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| 2013 | William Johnson Class | Robert Hamor - AH Nicole Hughes - LAN Shane Hilyard - LAN |
| John Marshall Class | Wil Thomas - AA Joseph Hogue - GR Aylysh Gallagher - AH |
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| Alfred Moore Class | Ashley A. Londy - AA Joni L. Bibler - LAN Amy Marino - AH |
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| 2012 | Bushrod Washington Class | Rita Marie Jackman - LAN Jessica Anne Walker - LAN |
| Oliver Ellsworth Class | Evan J. Balmer - LAN LaToya M. Palmer - AH Alena Vackova - AH |
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| Marion M. Hilligan Class | Elias J. Fanous - LAN Richard D. Jackson - AA |
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| 2011 | Solomon Sibley Class | Amanda P. Narvaes – GR Emery McClendon – AH Luc El-Art T. Severe – LAN |
| Henry C. Chipman Class | Dewnya Bazzi - AH Steven Fantetti - LAN Jessica Sutton - GR |
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| Ross Wilkins Class | Victor Flores - LAN Ryan James - LAN Choi Portis - AH Ray Sumpter - LAN |
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| 2010 | Augustus B. Woodward Class | Brianne Myers Anthony Vitucci |
| James Witherell Class | Robin Cerka - AH Jason William Pearson - LAN |
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| William D. Woodbridge | Dennis McCloud | |
| 2009 | Mary Stallings Coleman Class | Barry Malone Polli Pollem |
| Dorothy Comstock Riley Class | Daniel Reaume | |
| Theodore Souris Class | Erica Matthews Courtney Shipp |
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| 2008 | Edward M. Sharpe Class | John J. Stockdale, Jr. |
| Clark J. Adams Class | Robert R. Beaupre Laura Garlinghouse |
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| Thomas Giles Kavanagh Class | Jihan T. Bahhur | |
| 2007 | Robert A. Fisher Class | Terry Angle Rick Frank |
| Gerald W. Boston Class | LeeAnn Ford Krystal Johnson Hayley Silverberg |
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| James H. Brickley Class | Anisha Desai Sarah Wilkinson John G. Zevalking |
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| 2006 | Neil R. Reid Class | Sara Lynn Rickson Evelyn Williams |
| George Edwards Class | Joanna S. Smith Jaime M. Wallace |
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| John W. Fitzgerald Class | Lisa Esser Diea Kroulik |
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| 2005 | Thomas F. McAllister Class | Ayiteh Sowah Trisha M. Werder |
| Emerson R. Boyles Class | Steven Shelton | |
| Raymond W. Starr Class | Ryan Friebele | |
| 2004 | John E. Cross Class | Marc D. Amos Tedd Nesbit J. Kevin Wright |
| Roger A. Needham Class | Dana Cilla | |
| Theodore W. Swift Class | Kristen Heyse Caryl Williams |
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| 2003 | Otis M. Smith Class | Mark D. Altenhof Reza Yazdian |
| John B. Swainson Class | Stephen R. Boehringer Christina T. Catipay |
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| Harry S. Toy Class | Kelly J. McDoniel | |
| 2002 | Samuel Chase Class | Natalie Alane Cassandra McCrary |
| William Paterson Class | Brad F. Hubbell Shemia M. Francisco |
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| Thomas Johnson Class | Mary Chartier-Mittendorf Blair T. Lachman |
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| 2001 | James Iredell Class | Trieu Chung Ha |
| John Blair, Jr. Class | Iman R. Soliman | |
| James Wilson Class | Staci Stoddard Maria Socor Templo |
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| 2000 | William Cushing Class | Andrea M. Cooley Scott J. Sachs |
| John Rutledge Class | Paul Bonaventure Ferrara, III Donna C. Hellman Jody D. Moroz |
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| John Jay Class | Stacey L. Dinser Phoenix Jane Hummel Ronald D. Richards, Jr. |
RECIPIENTS: 1990-1999
| YEAR AWARDED | CLASS NAME | AWARD RECIPIENTS |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Richard H. Flannigan Class | Elisha V. Fink Daniel J. McCarthy Michelle Ritter Murphy Matthew A. Romashko |
| Louis H. Fead Class | Steven Black Lisa A. Hanson Jody E. Jernigan |
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| Thomas A. E. Weadock Class | Bruce M. Familant Michael T. Taylor |
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| 1998 | Nelson Sharpe Class | Michael P. Gannon Paul S. Murphy |
| John S. McDonald Class | Julie A. Clement Stacey R. Walters Heather Weiss Marie L. Wolfe |
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| Ernest A. Snow Class | Darlene D. Brideau Linda K. Mullins |
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| 1997 | Paul L. Adams Class | Holly E. Glazer Jeffrey R. Jablonski Brenda Popplewell |
| John D. Voelker Class | Jeanne Huey Erickson Megan M. Wallace |
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| Grant Fellows Class | Thaddeus W. Cook Nonye-Jude Menes Philip Carter Strother |
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| 1996 | John W. Stone Class | Lon E. Dobbs Kathleen M. Lind |
| Blair Moody, Jr. Class | Khalid Ahmad Kahloon Ann Konold Patricia Ann Malloy |
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| Eugene F. Black Class | Mo N. El Deiry Marcia L. Hebb Anne E. Lawter Kirsten K. Quanbeck |
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| 1995 | John E. Bird Class | Suzanne Sirotna John M. Smith Christina Corl |
| Joseph H. Steere Class | Christopher Jude Anderson Anthony L. Dowling Jonathan M. Zajac |
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| Franz C. Kuhn Class | Dana Elizabeth Brown Dean J. Buono David H. Elibol |
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| 1994 | Russell C. Ostrander Class | Arthur Borja Janet Muller |
| G. Mennen Williams Class | Eugene Gaudette Brenda Sanford |
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| Rollin H. Person Class | James T. Clark Richard J. Lydecker Joseph F. Shaffer |
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| 1993 | Frank A. Hooker Class | Anne Albers Claurisse Campanale Michael Vallangingham |
| Joseph B. Moore Class | Tammy Brown Ann Doyle Deeley |
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| William L. Carpenter Class | Sloan Kristen Banfield Jonathan Peter Maxwell Matzkin |
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| 1992 | John W. McGrath Class | Harvey Black C. Douglas Moran Manolita Marmol |
| Robert M. Montgomery Class | Cynthia Ambrose Colleen Hughes Kelly Hunsaker |
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| George H. Durand Class | Monique Cirelli-Seely Scot McCraken |
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| 1991 | Josiah Turner Class | Catherine Schindler Charlotte Allen Mary Jean Campbell Keith Manson |
| Edwin Lawrence Class | Deborah Cameron Evelyn Knauerhas |
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| Robert E. Krinock Class | Stephen Pottinger Jon Kreucher Elizabeth Paczesny Godson Anyanwu |
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| 1990 | Nathaniel Bacon Class | Joseph Prokop Glenn Hogan Sidney Worthington Scott Doggett |
| Edward H. C. Wilson Class | Lori Ann Button Deborah J. Cummings-Curr Mary Joan Loeffler James L. Welsh III |
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| Benjamin F. H. Witherell Class | Bill Cox Howard Bunch Reinhard Stephan |
RECIPIENTS: 1980-1989
| YEAR AWARDED | CLASS NAME | AWARD RECIPIENTS |
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| 1989 | Joseph T. Copeland Class | Lynn Michelle Brown Frederick DeShon Doherty Brian Gary Goodenough |
| Samuel T. Douglass Class | Brian C. Draper Kathryn Louise Kraus |
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| David Johnson Class | Charles Blount Judy L. Walton |
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| 1988 | Sanford M. Green Class | Jeffrey L. Bauman Kathleen Mary Coleman Cheryl Gore Follette Charles Edward Ford Sandra Oliver Marvin |
| Abner Pratt Class | Wayne Allen Harrison Ellen M. House-Harvath Keldon Kent Scott Amy Timmer |
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| George Martin Class | Charles Restrepo Keith Allen Schroeder |
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| 1987 | John W. Champlin Class | Brian Patrick Craig Traci Ann Dill John E. Nolan |
| Allen B. Morse Class | Neil Arthur MacVicar Thomas Christopher Rombach |
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| Claudius B. Grant Class | Donna J. Stafford Elizabeth Joy Fossel Eileen Wynne Wicklund |
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| 1986 | Edward Mundy Class | Kerry Michael Cole Judith Anne Frank Howard Glenn McMahon Larry Steven Royster Sandra Marie Pope Thompkins |
| George Miles Class | Barbara A. Confer Laura Ann Frawley John Carl Lange Elizabeth Luberto Peters |
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| Thomas R. Sherwood Class | Mary Anne MacKenzie Rex Anthony Ziebarth |
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| 1985 | Talbot Smith Class | Brian J. Bridson Kathleen Patricia Fochtman Stephen James Lowney John Joseph Smith |
| George Morell Class | Terrence A. Bertram Melissa S. Evans Jane L. Leenhouts Cathlyn S. Murphy |
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| Charles W. Whipple Class | Elizabeth Ann Courtenay James R. Hilbert, Jr. Judy C. Malmquist |
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| 1984 | Aaron V. McAlvay Class | Marshall T. Bower Gordon W. Brennan Frederick D. Johnson, Jr. Michael D. McCulloch |
| Leland W. Carr Class | Debra Ann Spicer Richard Kinsel Grover, Jr. Francis Peter Nisi, Jr. Candace L. Wilson Hans Andrew Buehler |
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| Randolph Manning Class | William Steven Pearson William David Smith Marilyn Foley Stephen |
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| 1983 | Michael D. O'Hara Class | Lois Jean Dunnegan Kathryn Ann Engman Jeffry H. Hall Allen Schlossberg |
| Bert D. Chandler Class | Mark J. Bellotti Stephen Craig Dean Charles F. Justian Thomas L. King Marjorie P. Russell |
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| Charles A. Blair Class | Deborah L. Bruce Ruben M. Garcia Marilyn Kay Hall Stephen Mark Pascarella Lynn Marie Perry |
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| 1982 | Warner Wing Class | Rachel Jaslove Asbury Marina Utgoff Braswell Randall Lee Brown John Peter Marinelli |
| Daniel Goodwin Class | Kay Ann Abramsohn Bruce Eric Davidson Donna Kay Hasenauer Mary Patricia Jaracz Elaine J. Kraucunas Cheryl Lynn Schmittdiel |
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| Flavius L. Brooke Class | Leanne Barnes Deuman Glenda Simpkins Hanslovsky Steven Michael Wills Denise Kim Young |
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| 1981 | John R. Dethmers Class | George Barr Paul W. Crowley III M. J. Stephen Fox Laura J. Hess |
| Thomas Kavanaugh Class | Carole Dianne Bos Gary Robert Chopp Brent David Clark Barabara V. Crozier Cynthia Stoddard Novosad Charles Robert Toy |
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| Charles D. Long Class | Linda Mahoney Hendershot Robert Graham Menzies Daniel H. Psycher Peter Wheaton Strom |
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| 1980 | Walter H. North Class | Stephen Patrick Clifton Howard H. Kahne Margaret Cailen Lewis |