
Louis Varriano being named a Torchbearer by Vice Chancellor for Student Life, Vincent Carilli
Each year, current scholars and alumni of the Haslam Scholars Program receive numerous awards to recognize their outstanding academic, leadership, and service achievements. This year one scholar, Louis Varriano (2013 Cohort), received the university’s highest student honor, the Torchbearer award. Join us in congratulating Louis and all of the scholars on their hard work and great accomplishments.
2010 COHORT
Blake Palles
Chancellor’s Award for Extraordinary Professional Promise
2011 COHORT
Emma Hollmann
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Kenna Rewcastle
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
2012 COHORT
Sahba Seddighi
Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Elizabeth Stanfield
National Panhellenic Council President’s Choice Award
2013 COHORT
Alex Brito
Chancellor’s Award for Extraordinary Campus Leadership and Service
Top Graduate in College Scholars Program
Fulbright semifinalist
Esther Choo
Fulbright Open Study/Research Award to South Korea
Abby Durick
Chancellor’s Award for Extraordinary Academic Achievement
Chancellor’s Award for Extraordinary Professional Promise
Ian Francis
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Trinity Studentship in Mathematics at Cambridge University
Bryson Lype
John W. Green Scholarship at UT College of Law
Patrick McKenzie
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Caitlin Pinkard
Seaton Fellowship at UT Haslam College of Business
Colleen Ryan
Fulbright Postgraduate Award to the United Kingdom
Louis Varriano
Torchbearer
Chancellor’s Award for Undergraduate Researcher of the Year
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
2014 COHORT
Kimberly Bress
Barry Goldwater Scholarship
Hera Jay Brown
Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Scholarship, national finalist
Internship with Middle East Collective magazine
Alex Crockett
Truman Scholarship, national finalist
Elle Johnson
Internship with Cancer Council, New South Wales, Australia
David Marsh
Research Associate at Space Hardware/Robotics Academy at Marshall Space Flight Center
Internship with Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Cody Sain
Vanderbilt Undergraduate Clinical Research Internship
Minority in Health International Research Program finalist
Gus White
Internship with Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
2015 COHORT
Ainsley Ellington
Leadership Knoxville Scholar inductee
Jack Larimer
Leadership Knoxville Scholar inductee
National Campaign for Political and Civic Engagement at Harvard University, participant
Avery Morgan
Global Leadership Scholar Internship with Member of Parliament
Mark Field and Conservative Party Association of London and Westminster
Grant Rigney
Congressional internship with Representative Jim Cooper
Julia Scott
Leadership Knoxville Scholar inductee
2016 COHORT
Oumar Souleymane-Diallo
Internship with Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ben Cruz
Internship with Oak Ridge National Laboratory
If you have an accomplishment you’d like to see featured in the next newsletter, email Kevin Webster at kwebste9@utk.edu or fill out the “Share Your News” form on the Honors & Scholars Programs website, honors.utk.edu.