# Edgar F. Shannon Awards

Since 1974, the University of Virginia’s Z Society has presented Edgar F. Shannon Awards to the "best" graduating students from each of the university’s schools.
In the notification letter to the winners each year, the Z Society writes, "The definition of best student is intentionally left ambiguous because each of us pursues greatness in very different ways; however, the best student is an individual who has pursued academic greatness with fervent ardor and keen insight while never forgetting the importance of those priorities aside from school." Winners are determined based upon the recommendations of deans and students.
The awards are named for the University of Virginia’s fourth president Edgar F. Shannon.

## Recent Winners

| School | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
| School of Architecture | Hannah Nicole Glatt | Cory Joseph Paradis | Brittany Anne Duguay | Love Paulina Jonson | Claudia Franziska Elzey | Anna Eberle Rhees | Isaac Min Kim | William Rousselet Canup | Sara Allen Harper | Sarah Katherine Rovang | Jared Eldridge Knicley | Malindi Rasangi Lankatilleke | Tamar Shafrir |
| College of Arts & Sciences | Sarah Virginia Wells | Benjamin Daniel Groff | Adam Thomas Antoszewski | Taylor Nicole Wingo | Edward Charles Schrom II | Robert Lundell Richards | Joseph Weje Riley | Reedy Charles Swanson | Ruffin Eley Evans | Jason Harold Shore | Kendall Lee Wallace | Christopher Ross Walters | Lynsey Ann Bates |
| Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy | Jack DiMatteo | Margaret Nancy Gratz | Cara Grace Mumford | Ebob-Tabi Besong, Michelle Hye-Sun Cho | | Ian William Van der Hoven | Anna Katherine Rorem | Borna Kazerooni | Anna A. Draganova | Sarah Rothgeb Pinsky | | | |
| Graduate School of Arts & Sciences | Eric Ralph Hupe | Matthew Robert Adams | Ariel Frances Kahrl | Julie Elisabeth Starr | Thomas A Talhelm | Joanna Elizabeth Swafford | | | | Kristine Grayson Dattelbaum | Charles William Tanksley | | |
| Curry School of Education | Samuel David Stephenson | Mark Vincent Beltran Yu | Keaton Matthew Wadzinski | Shanna Eisner Hirsch | Hilary Gail Dack | Andrea Kathryn Chernau | Kathryn Highley Norbo | Amanda Frances Sovik-Johnston | Jessica Ann Hockett | Adam Robert Hoppe | Jennifer Kara Fier | Kevin Patrick Haddix | Danielle Elise Fallon |
| School of Engineering & Applied Science | Mary-Michael Robertson | Frances Lerae Morales | Daniel Naveed Tavakol | Nicholas Richard Lee Katzman | Rishi Raj Gupta | Davis Whitaker Blalock | Joshua Michael Raymond | Gregory Eugene Troyer | Ryan William Engels | William Monroe Jacobs | Jason Anthony Pan | Eliah Ruth Shamir | Daniel Joseph Glanz Jr. |
| School of Law | William N. Hall | Daniel J. Richardson | Andrew Manns | Jared Michael Kelson | Samuel Matthew Strongin | Benjamin Charles Wood | Galen Bundy Bascom | Katherine Grace Mims Crocker | Emily Rebecca Gantt | John Savage Moran | Matthew Brian Nicholson | Katherine Ireland Twomey | Ajeet Pundalika Pai |
| McIntire School of Commerce | Calvin Ralph Yeh | Matthew Jerome D'Agati | Jacob Aaron Zodikoff | Douglas Wang-Lun Chan | Alexandra Mayne Griswold | Ryan William Whitney | Joshua Kane Bressler | Robert Michael Kolosieke | Sieglinde Berit Hindrichs | Ke Ma | John B. Messamore Jr. | Jennifer Renee Clifton | Terry Edward Schnuck Jr., Graham Edmunds Tucker |
| School of Medicine | Franck Herve Azobou Tonleu | Elizabeth Thai-An Hoang | Sarah Elizabeth Podwika | Lauren Elise Evers | Julia Vivian Loewenthal | Pranay Sinha | Irina Vladimirovna Kryzhanovskaya | | Paul David Hiles | Andrew Neil Pfeffer | Jason Michael Franasiak | David Benjamin Bumpass | Mok-chung Jennifer Chow |
| School of Nursing | Katherine Lindsey Young | Nicole Jefferson | Carolyn Joan Saunders | Emily Lauren Winchester | Cynthia Anne Quarles | Sarah Jeanne Haas | Brooke Elizabeth Atkinson | Sarah Beth Borchelt | Madeline Ann Matthews | Carolyn Elizabeth Lawson | Alicia Marie Dean | Sarah Morris Boschung | Kelly Marie Wood |