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^[1]	2018^[2]	2017^[2]	2016^[3]	2015^[4]	2014^[5]	2013^[6]	2012^[7]	2011^[8]	2010^[9]	2009^[10]	2008^[11]	2007^[12]
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

Notes

^ "2019 Finals Program" (PDF). UVA Major Events. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b University of Virginia Finals Program 2018
^ "University of Virginia Finals Program, 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
^ "University of Virginia Finals Program, 2015" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
^ "University of Virginia Finals Program, 2014" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-12-10.
^ "University of Virginia Finals Program, 2013" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-12-10.
^ "University of Virginia Finals Program, 2012" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-03-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.virginia.edu/majorevents/finals/archives/2010/http://www.virginia.edu/majorevents/finals/images/Finals_Program_2010.pdf ^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2012-03-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-20. Retrieved 2012-03-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-20. Retrieved 2012-03-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Sources

[1] "2019 Finals Program" (PDF). UVA Major Events. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

[:0-2] University of Virginia Finals Program 2018

[3] "University of Virginia Finals Program, 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2016-07-03.

[4] "University of Virginia Finals Program, 2015" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2016-07-03.

[5] "University of Virginia Finals Program, 2014" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-12-10.

[6] "University of Virginia Finals Program, 2013" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-12-10.

[7] "University of Virginia Finals Program, 2012" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2013-12-10.

[8] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-03-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[9] ttp://www.virginia.edu/majorevents/finals/archives/2010/http://www.virginia.edu/majorevents/finals/images/Finals_Program_2010.pdf ^{[dead link‍]}

[10] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2012-03-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[11] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-20. Retrieved 2012-03-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[12] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-20. Retrieved 2012-03-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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