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Outstanding Student Award | Louise Johnson Award | Outstanding Researcher Award | Outstanding Student Commitment Award | Outstanding Scholar Award
For more information, review the guidelines for each of the following awards.
Congratulations to our 2025-26 Psychology Senior Award Winners!
Morgan Baxter (Outstanding Student), Melissa Trejo Villa (Outstanding Researcher), Samantha Willis (Louise Johnson Award), and Peyton Kidd Burgess (Outstanding Commitment)
More information about the awards and names of past winners is listed below.
Outstanding Student Award
This award is given to a student who excels in all areas- research, service, engagement,
and scholarship. This award will go to the most well-rounded candidate.
Recipients
Louise Johnson Award
This award is given to a student who contributes significantly to the department through
activities such as peer advising, active service through Psi Chi/Psyc Club, participation
on the SOS committee or other leadership/service roles in the department.
Recipients
Outstanding Researcher Award
This award is given to a student who is strong in many areas, but demonstrates exceptional
research skills (independent work, work with multiple mentors, conference presentations,
etc).
Recipients
Outstanding Student Commitment Award
This award is given to a student who has shown a high level of enthusiasm for their
own learning and for the field of psychology. The selection committee may consider
obstacles that the student has overcome when deciding on a winner.
Recipients
Outstanding Scholar Award
This award is given to the psychology major with the highest overall grade point average
who completed at least 65 hours of coursework (i.e.- the majority of their coursework)
at Winthrop University. If more than one student shares the highest GPA, the student
with the greatest number of credit hours at Winthrop would receive the award.
Recipients
2022-23 Awardees: Autumn Hennis, Iassac Abraham-Staton, Kylie Zangla, and Nastajia Hamilton
2021-22 Awardees: Tanna Morrion, Lydia Rodriguez, Thomas Fletcher, Melanie Palacios, and Stephanie Bennett
2019-20 Awardees:Veronica Worthington, Alanah Visbeck, Erin Streetman, Emma Harris,
Kiara Brown, Derek Velez and Hannah Hough
2018-19 Awardees: Marissa McNeace, Isabel Delduarte, Ta'Niss Robinson, Jasmine Goode, and Jayma Goodwin
2017-18 Awardees: Michael Szeman, Douglas Johnson, and Scott D'Amico (not pictured: Stephanie Copeland)
2016-17 Awardees: Claudia Salazar, Savannah Pewett, Lindsay Gaynor, and Tollie Schultz (not pictured: Rachel Broadway).
2015-16 Awardees from left to right: Melissa Snodgrass, Tori Horn, Malyn Pope, Emily Hokett, and Sara Tennant
2014-15 Award Winners from left to right: Leah Brown, Kelsey Doucette, Amber Grant, and Holli Ryan
2012-13 Award Winners from left to Right: Vitta Clawson, Katharine Lindberg, Chauntice Buck, and Brittney Black
2011-12 Award Winners from left to right: Jamie Low, Erin Sim, and Jordan McElroy
2010-2011 Award Winners from left to right: Brittany Brock, Meagan Burns, Krysten Sobus, Amy Rivers, and Muri Mata
2009-2010 Award winners from left to right: Award Winners Lilah Campbell, Maria Schmelzer, Jamal Phillips, Sara Mallett, and Aimee West
2008-2009 Award Winners from left to right: Chelli Lowe, Jennifer Ludwig, and Lea
Queener
2007-2008 Award Winners from left to right: Brooke Walters, Justine Rossi, Brittany
Martin, and Brooke Currie
