Academic Honors
Academic Honors
At the George Washington University, each school with undergraduate students selects at least one Distinguished Scholar (the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences selects up to four Distinguished Scholars).
GW also recognizes dedication to excellence in learning with its highest undergraduate academic recognition, the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award. It is presented to students who are approximately the top two percent of their schools, by grade point average, that have earned at least 60 credits by the fall 2025 semester, at least 30 of which were earned at GW.
** indicates this is the second year the student has been recognized as an OAAA
^^^ indicates this is the third year the student has been recognized as an OAAA
++ indicates this is the fourth year the student has been recognized as an OAAA
2026 Distinguished Scholars
College of Professional Studies
Aaron Rumble, B.P.S. ’26
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
Grayson Lewis, B.A. ’25
Olivia Nippe-Jeakins, B.S. ’26
John Parel, B.A. ’26
Carsyn Parmelee, B.S. ‘26
Elliott School of International Affairs
Benjamin Wiesner, B.A. ’26
Milken Institute School of Public Health
Rhea Turner, B.S. ’25, M.P.H. ‘26
School of Business
Elliott Ping Shih Lo, B.S. ’26
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Marc-Andre Berthin, B.S. ’26
School of Nursing
Caroline Hammonds, B.S. ’26
2026 Outstanding Academic Achievement Awardees
College of Professional Studies
Sara Djebbari
Nicholas Guzman
Andy Heppeard
Aaron Rumble
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
Arushi Agarwal
Mohib Ahmed
Gannon Albertsen
Robert Anderson
Ora Arnold**
Angelina Baker
Amy Ballif**
Alexander Baradzin
Avery Bentley
Gabrianna Berry
Madison Bird^^
Sarah Boside**
Zachary Brody**
Milica Bulatovic
Jocelyn Conder
Aidan Cullers^^
Skyler Davenport
Ava Dean**
Natalie Delavan**
Sarina Dharmapuri**
Riley Didion^^
Michaela Eley**
Joseph Eng
Tanishka Enugu
Annika Eriksen**
Sara Falluji**
Lucas Farhat
Martin Fomin
Katelyn Gehrman^^
Mia Gengler
Carmen Hall
Caitlin Harding**
Eliza Harnden
Naomi Hemstreet
Shaw Hu**
Ryan Hustedt
Tess Iosepovici
Nicole Johnson
Sandhra Jose
Leana Kahwash**
Arjun Kamineni
Oliver Kemper
Urooj Khattak
Alana Khona**
Andrew Kozlevcar
Theodora Lawson**
Jamie Lederman**
Claire Lee^^
Caroline Lester**
Tina Li
Keanu Longboy
Violet Lopaze
Cristian Marchesi**
Audrey Mathay
Alexander Mattei
Olivia Mcdowell**
Mercy Mcgehee^^
Nour Mokbel
Antonio Money**
Nicole Morris
Lily Nelson**
Holly Norton**
Samantha Novitski
Ciara Olexa
John Parel
Catherine Porter**
Jacob Rashap**
Zainab Rentia**
Madeleine Roberts
Malia Robinson
Ananya Rohatgi**
Matias Romero**
Milo Rosenzweig
Lydia Ryan
Kaya Schappelle
Sarah Scherkenbach^^
Scott Schlackman**
Julia Schnittker
Emily Schoen**
Martin Semenzato^^
Cate Shadid
Sania Shahane**
Jessica Shapiro**
Michael Sher**
Bar Shir
Camille Smith**
Ceva Stanley
Abigail Teich
Tejas Telkar**
Alexander Torzewski
Anusha Trivedi**
Grant Walker**
Madeline Waters
Samantha Weiner
Alexander White^^
Carter Willis
Zoe Wise^^
Yuxin Yang**
Abigail Zurasky**
Elliott School of International Affairs
Lilly Bakhit
Samuel Beltran
Joshua Blaustein++
Rohan Chatterjee
Andrew Chen
Kelly Chen
Lauren Connelly
Breanna Crossman**
Harry Crowley
Eveleen Danishevsky
Sofia Deangelus**
Adelae Froula**
Bryson Handy**
Michael Hoffman
Allison Jacobs**
Linda Katsiyiannis
Samantha Knister
Soren Koh**
Jasmin Kumar**
Sophie Lhert**
Moses Mann
Alexia Massoud**
Bronwyn Metz^^
Liana Moldovanu**
Olivia Nolan**
Reyna Patel
Corinne Porada**
Anirudh Prasanna**
Rylie Shaw**
Roane Smith
Benjamin Sosnowski**
Fiona Stokes**
Nika Tarkian
Maya-David Teittinen^^
Jiayu Wang**
Aspen Weizer**
Milken Institute School of Public Health
Lily Da Ponte
Annabel Gold
Kylie Kazmierski
Urja Mehta
Julia Nasisi
Amina Pasha
Nikita Roy
Aanya Sachdeva**
Humay Sadig
Lilly Shaw
Jenna Xavier
Kira Young
School of Business
Rea Abujrab
Sarah Ahmad^^
Patrick Anthony
Camille Bauer**
Julia Camporeale**
Hawa Equiza Gasco
Micah Goldstein
Connor Ha**
Cole Hadar^^
Murad Hassan**
Erik Jedlicka**
Caitlynna Jian
Delina Kahsay
Aapthi Kavuri**
Ayla Klein
Andrew Kotrides
Aaron Liu
Elliott Ping Shih Lo^^
Morgan Lu
Danielle Lucero**
Katherine Lydzinski
Nathalia Martinez
Krishna Mehta
Malik Moore**
Catherine O'Rourke
Gabriel Pinsker**
Kira Ronaghan
Vedika Srivastava
Olivia Stevo**
May Telenko
Eva Trotter**
Melody Vadnais
Paula Wasik**
Kelsey Welby
Maya Welch
Mohammad Yousuf
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Aditya Arjun**
Fiona Berg**
Kiran Gill
Yeana Kim
Hailey Kopp
Ciaran Krabak**
Kenzie Macgillivray
Brian Martinez-Orellana
Ivan Mejia**
Lydia Miller
Ian Nappi**
Nicholas Pepple
Matthew Roberts**
Joshua Shapo**
Joseph Staller**
Carley Taylor
Kelsey Wolf
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Kevin Gooch
Tracey Heil
Salvatore Migliore
School of Nursing
Kaden Jeffery
Thea Ledbetter
Rianne Sanchez
Francesca Schmecko
Samantha Truzzi
Eliana Marcus-Tyler
Jameshia Waller
Gabriela Walters