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Undergraduate Student Awards
During the final weeks of the academic year, the University will recognize members of the Class of 2023 who have made an impact during their four years at Fairfield University. We are asking for your help in identifying our outstanding seniors.
Nominated students from the Class of 2023 will be awarded the St. Ignatius Loyola Medal, the William J. Kramer ’60 Humanitarian Award, and the Student Achievement Awards.
Graduate Student Service Awards
During the final weeks of the academic year, the University will have the opportunity to recognize one graduate student within each academic school and within Graduate Student Life who made an impact during their time at Fairfield University. Graduate students can be recognized for their exceptional dedication to, and enhancement of, a specific program, activity, organization, or project (or group of activities or projects) within the Fairfield University and/or greater community. The graduate student’s commitment to this activity must have resulted in the activity attaining a new level of achievement (a) not possible without the student’s participation and (b) above and beyond any work completed to satisfy a specific course or program requirement. The student should have clearly maximized opportunities for emotional, social, and intellectual growth throughout the duration of their program and best exemplifies the true spirit of a Jesuit education.
Past Student Achievement Awards Recipients
Instituted in 1952, the St. Ignatius Loyola Medal recognizes one senior who has committed her/himself to the ideals of maintaining high academic standards and substantial involvement in community service and/or extracurricular activities. The student maximized opportunities for emotional, social, and intellectual growth throughout all four years on campus and best exemplifies the true spirit of a Jesuit education.
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Nwachukwu Ibekwe |
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Seamus Digan Jessica Castillo |
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Courtney Krechel |
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Elisa Castelli |
| 2018 | Zavon Billups |
| 2017 | Brendan McNamara |
| 2016 | Jacqueline Aquino |
| 2015 | Nicole Davidow |
| 2014 | Eric Lynch |
| 2013 | Daniel Jones |
| 2012 | Gregory Burke |
| 2011 | Eric Clayton |
| 2010 | Sarah Gatti |
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Ahna Johnson - Undergraduate Maryann LaBella - Graduate |
| 2008 | Timothy Dee |
| 2007 | Ashley Toombs |
| 2006 | John Gallagher III |
| 2005 | Meghan Flanagan |
| 2004 | Robert D. Keder |
| 2003 | Karen Donoghue |
| 2002 | Aimee V. Wagner |
| 2001 | Kevin C. Hayes |
| 2000 | Gregory E. Newman |
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Christine Kelleher |
| 1998 | Robert Harrison, III |
| 1997 | Melissa J. Conroy |
| 1996 | Mark C. Reed |
| 1995 | James A. Sulzer |
| 1994 | James P. McDonnell |
| 1993 | Stephen C. Shannon |
| 1992 | Edward Hardiman |
| 1991 | Robert McCann Julie Ruggiero |
| 1990 | Laura Keenan |
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 1989 | Christopher Chiodo |
| 1988 | Karen O'Rourke |
| 1987 | Honora Willcutts |
| 1986 | John Mancini |
| 1985 | Fran Kenneally |
| 1984 | Mary-Margaret Walsh |
| 1983 | Karen Hill Elizabeth Kramer |
| 1982 | Janet Canepa |
| 1981 | Valerie Johnson |
| 1980 | Stephen Chessare Carolen Fette |
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 1979 | Thomas McLarney |
| 1978 | Geraldine Morrissey |
| 1977 | Patrick Cleary James Johnson |
| 1976 | Clare Carney |
| 1975 | Richard Canel Sean Harrigan |
| 1974 | Gary Dittrich |
| 1973 | Timothy Grace |
| 1972 | Richard Umbdenstock |
| 1971 | John Fallon Robert Murphy |
| 1970 | J. Peter Notch |
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 1969 | Thomas Josefiak |
| 1968 | James DeFronzo |
| 1967 | Gerard Smyth |
| 1966 | William McCarthy |
| 1965 | Frederick Lorensen |
| 1964 | Charles Bialowas |
| 1963 | William Reidy |
| 1962 | Michael Kiernan |
| 1961 | Louis Parent |
| 1960 | Joseph Annunziata |
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 1959 | Randolph Harper |
| 1958 | Paul Nagy |
| 1957 | David McCarthy James Rourke |
| 1956 | Peter DeMarco |
| 1955 | William Prendergast |
| 1954 | Joseph Macary Jr. |
| 1953 | Thomas Bepko |
| 1952 | John Relihan Jr. |
William J. Kramer '60 Humanitarian Award
The William J. Kramer '60 Humanitarian Award recognizes one senior and is based solely on the senior's commitment to volunteerism and service to an external community activity that best exemplifies the Ignatian tradition of being men and women for others. This award is sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. James J. Daly, P '85, '92, '93 in memory of their dear friend William J. Kramer '60, the first Fairfield University alumnus who served as the chairman of the Fairfield University Board of Trustees.
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Jasmine Nguy |
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Luckario Alcide |
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Christina Bogacz |
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Eunsun "Sunny" Hong |
| 2018 | Camille Giacovas |
| 2017 | Alexandra Weiss |
| 2016 | Claretta Mills |
| 2015 | Katherine Pitz |
| 2014 | Astrid Quinones |
| 2013 | Sarah Joseph |
| 2012 | Julianne Whittaker |
| 2011 | Janet Latuga |
| 2010 | Steven Parker |
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Colleen Gibson |
| 2008 | Megan Steel |
| 2007 | Marco Ambrosio Jennifer Miller |
| 2006 | Mikaela Conley |
| 2005 | Jill Macari |
| 2004 | Todd J. Pelletier |
| 2003 | Reesa Antony |
| 2002 | Kathryn M. O'Connell |
| 2001 | Kerry E. Schardien |
| 2000 | Gregory E. Newman |
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Aileen Ryder |
| 1998 | Angelica Fontanez |
| 1997 | Robbie L. Bleggi |
| 1996 | Maria Joy Santomauro |
| 1995 | Christopher M. Pilkerton |
| 1994 | Michael E. McCormack |
| 1993 | Lauren A. Nowicki |
The Student Achievement Awards recognize seniors who have shown exceptional dedication to, and enhancement of, a specific Fairfield University program, activity, organization, or project. The senior's commitment to this activity must have resulted in the activity attaining a new level of achievement not possible without the student's participation.
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Gabriel Rodrigues Lou Lopez Sénéchal Mahfouz Soumare Tobenna Ugwu |
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Erin Curtis Holly McGarrigle Phuc Nguyen |
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Shawn Hall Pablo Idrovo Domenick Laperuta Claire Monahan Fallon Sullivan |
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Kathleen Curry Lauren Hart Brian Daley Sydney Williams |
| 2018 |
Aura Cristina Agudelo Rivera |
| 2017 | Napali Bridgelall Marc Lee Kayla Valente Kasey McNamara |
| 2016 | Blanca Aca-Tecuanhuehue Erin Connors Daniel Horstmann Allison Scheetz |
| 2015 | Lindsey Hanley Storm Miller Alan Pelaez Lopez Danielle Tullo |
| 2014 | Bayan Abunar Spencer Colpitts Alex Long Cody Reinold Vincent Romano Laura Stakey |
| 2013 | Michael O'Keeffe Courtney Onofrio Alexandra Tarabour Morgan Zachary |
| 2012 | Alicia Bissonnette Kelley Brady Jasmine Fernandez Ivey Speight |
| 2011 | Dana August Joseph Calvaruso Lauren Johnson Shawne Lomauro |
| 2010 | Megan Hallissy Magarita Jules Jeffrey Seiser Christoper Staysniak |
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Anne Krane Jessica Vigliotti Galen Vinter |
| 2008 | Frank Fraioli Erin Hickey Hutchinson Williams |
| 2007 | Kevin Donohue Jared Mezzocchi James Scholl |
| 2006 | Jacqueline Leclair Alejandro Martinez |
| 2005 | Jillian Grant Alison Hildenbrand Kevin Neubauer |
| 2004 | Michael A. Ciavaglia Gregory S. Iorio Jessica R. Michael |
| 2003 | Sarah Courtney Christopher Dill Edward Seavers Jordan Schibler Jeffrey Stone |
| 2002 | Kevin M. Horne Amy L. Hurford Emily A. Sciascia Kristen A. Yochum |
| 2001 | Courtney A. Darts Timothy P. Healy Felipe J. Polanco Sheniqua V. Rowe Stephen G. Winkel |
| 2000 | Karen M. Affinito Lynda D. Jackson-Sealy Jennifer L. Mazzo |
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Mary Conk Michael Franz Kimberly Holmes Brian Mello |
| 1998 | Christopher Cipriano Robert Parmach Elizabeth Slimmon Bethany Walcott |
| 1997 | Christopher C. Deis Emi Kondo Elena M. Pienkowski Alyssa E. Serino Gregory Vierheilig |
| 1996 | Stephen A. Borla Mark R. Mahoney Mark W. Potter Frank J. Riccio |
| 1995 | Lyra O. Espineli Erica Lyn French |
| 1994 | Johnnie Jones Edith M. Navia Patricia M. Sullivan Kirstin P. Wadewitz |
| 1993 | Valery Dufka John Fink Susan Jacavanco Kathleen Latek RoseAnn Ponticello |
| 1992 | Camille Banks Matthew Hart Christina Hennessy Mark Justin Colleen Leavitt Kevin Talz John Tedesco |
| 1991 | Kelly Anne Conlisk Matthew Gallagher Andrea Ottaviano John Schratwieser |
| 1990 | Scott Arnold Carrie Dodge Heidi Donahue Frank Jefferson Deborah Leibold Sean Leyden Brenda McGowan Louise Moon Ann Perez |
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 1989 | Karen Beedenbender Anne Betchkal Anne Petrides |
| 1988 | John Cardinali John Courtmanche Dana Pellegrino Christopher Ritchie |
| 1987 | Thomas Hulseman Timothy Martin |
| 1986 | Tony George John Habetz Stephen Humes Brian Sutton Barbara Valentine Gina Zarlengo |
| 1985 | Marybeth Curtis Anne Dezendorf Catherine Mulry Delia Smith |
| 1984 | Kerrie Boyhan Jane Conover Ellen Gallagher Bryan LeClerc Joan Watt |
| 1983 | Cynthia Imbro Kevin Keegan Mary Kay Wysocki |
| 1982 | Michael Bentivegna Kenneth Daniels Carl Gustafson John Ricci |
| 1981 | D'Arcy Ann Clark James Haley Gregory Mathis |
| 1980 | Bernadette Curry Patrick McCabe Michael Navarro John Smith Joseph Timpone |
| Year | Full Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 1979 | R. Michael Dougherty James J. O'Shaughnessy Stephen T. Paulone Anthony J. Pucillo |