Iota Book Awards for Outstanding First Year Students
Past Recipients
The Iota Book Award is co-sponsored by the Iota Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and The College at the ÂÒÂ×Ç¿¼é. The award was first conceived and presented in 2003, as a way of recognizing excellence at the very beginning of a student's college experience. Awardees are selected for their scholarly achievement, humanistic values, co-curricular activity, and leadership potential.
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2022 Suzanne J. O'Brien Book Award RecipientsGeorge Ashji Ilaria Benciolini Jingyuan Chen Anjeli Estrada Victor Gu Meg Hansen Lulian Kang Daniel Kesler
| Leen Khankan Sarah Mammen Isabella Rocha Anna Roy Lillian Stolberg Annabelle Shanks Sunahra Tanvir
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2021 Suzanne J. O'Brien Book Award RecipientsAdrija Bhattacharjee Garrett Briggs Calista Courtney Carlson Fields Anthony Iannacci Maddy Lachance Santino Lupica-Tondo | Mia McGinty Clarice McKee Nguyen Ha Megan Perucca Charles Shanks Hannah Witkin Ruihan Xu |
2020 Suzanne J. O'Brien Book Award RecipientsNicholas Achuthan Valerie Battista Brett Behrend Sarah Broas Katherine Broun Jason Cobert Rachel Dennis Blaine Doyle Alexander Evert | Fiona Gaffney Elizabeth Garijo-Garde Jennifer Jordahl Matthew Kiel Humfrey Kimanya Shitong Liu Cole Okuno Samuel Streicher |
2019 Suzanne J. O'Brien Book Award RecipientsOgnjen Bosic Jonah Davis Jack Dippolito Olivia Gay Molly Griston Phuc Lam Sangwu Lee Isabel Murphy
| Zachary Mustin Gabriella Novak Luke Polson Anne Rosenow Helena Schreder Navya Uberoi Kendra Watson Benjamin Weinberg |
2018 Suzanne J. O'Brien Book Award RecipientsKyle Ang Olivia Banc Larissa Daruge Sofia Guarnieri Dominick Harasimiuk Lionel Imena-Kirenga Paul Irving | Karen Leap Alydia Meinecke Nathan Morse Anh-Tho Antoinette Thi Nguyen Mary Panepento Alexander Pavlicin Emma Strawderman |
2017 Suzanne J. O'Brien Book Award RecipientsKamel Awayda Emma Cho Brandon Courteau Seth Dalton Myles Duval Rafal Mazur Aaron Max Goldin Rachel Goodman | Wenbo (Glendon) Guo Ruolan (Leslie) Li Shaopeiwen Luo Marcos Nascimento Dos Santos Noah Meyers Anthony Pericolo Abigail Reinhart Yunke (Claudia) Ren |
2016 Suzanne J. O'Brien Book Award RecipientsKavya Bana Stephen Burgay Elise Catania Forrest Hangen Alexander Johnson Julianne Kapner Benjamin Martell | Viet Duy Nguyen Ena Oreskovic Charlotte Pillow Varsha Deepak Sabhnani Haley Wohlever Boguang Yang |
2015 Iota Book Award RecipientsBechir Ayachi Ryan Bowen Brian Caputo Mattison Flakus Janson Ho Apolline Jungels Haberly Kahn Unni Kurumbail | Akihiro Minami Meghan Patrick Merjema Purak Meredith Reese Theodore Rycroft Gabrielle Scullard Margaret Thurston Clara Wolfe |
2014 Iota Book Award RecipientsSayaka Abe Joseph Allen Michael Alex Cross Elizabeth Fox Abbey Frances Hoteling Liangwei Huang Maria K. Janczak Mishael Liaquat Khan | Miriam Shifra Kohn Nicholas Morgante Rosa Park Jamie E. Rudd Justin Scott Schumacher Emily F. Simon Scott Trufan Joyce Qiushuang Zhu |
2013 Iota Book Award RecipientsKate Cowie-Haskell Luke Cybulski Christopher J. Dean Gabrielle DiAngelo William E. Green Jeremy D. Hassett Dan Hassin Elizabeth C. Hotvedt | Jeffrey D. Hrebenach Anya T. Joynt Angel Morales Angela R. Remus Ephraim Shimko Steven B. Torrisi Pedro Vallejo Ramirez Madalina O. Vlasceanu |
2012 Iota Book Award RecipientsLauren Bailey Fatima Rauf Bawany Nikole Blowers Vanessa Kesten Cedarbaum Changchen Chen Andrew Harris Dublin Yanyi Jiang Mehr Kashyap | Elizabeth Kilbridge Benjamim Edmund Landwersiek Bonnie Nortz Chen Peng Alex Swanger Shyam Venkateswaran Madeline Marie Wolfs Kailee Anne Zornow |
2011 Iota Book Award RecipientsOranich Aimcharoen Amanda Do Chang Amelia Engel Chris Fredrickson Paul Gabrys Daniel James Gorman, Jr. Kelly Nicole Guerrieri Zachariah Edward Hale Jamie Philip Hospers | Peihong Jiang Rory Clifford Keating Deborah Lynn Korzun Laura Ann Lyons Karen Marie Meess Nathaniel Louis Mulberg Xiao Yang Rebecca Jae Young |
2010 Iota Book Award RecipientsAsad Hussain Arastu Joshua William Bradt Micah Daniel Brown Kelsey Ann Burritt Benjamin Jorgensen Covell Meredith Ann Doubleday Joshua Thomas Geiger Shelby Leanne Hall Yo-el Joe Kim | Scott Arthur Lucchini Justin Logan Roncaioli Ulascan Sarica Erin Michelle Schnellinger Samuel Mark Stewart Jaclyn Barbour Walker Sarah Eileen Walters Shouling Zhang |
2009 Iota Book Award RecipientsLeah Barish Aaron Bentzel Julieta Gruszko Weiqing Gu Layla Hatem Chad Hunter Neha Jain Audrey Kelly Elizabeth Landzberg Mark Daniel Levin | Ethan Lobenstine Ceylon Mitchell Maryam Mohammed Pauline Muto Halley Orshan Matej Penclak Emily Redman Joseph Shapiro Noah Wilson |
2008 Iota Book Award RecipientsPaul Alperin Gregory Bentsen Jacqueline Cinella Heather Dell Maya Dukmasova Francis Ferraro Yaneve Fonge Alexander Hunstad Brittany Hylen | Stephen Keeley Donald Polaski Sarah Potter Aaron Roth Maruf Sarwar Patrick Sheehan Marek Slipski Benjamin Yezer Yayi Zhang |
2007 Iota Book Award RecipientsLindsay Bronnenkant Jeffrey Cohen Kimberly Etingoff Ellen Frohning Tara Gelb Suzanne Giunta John Golden Dennis Huo | Aleksy Mankowski Zach Noyes James Regan Benjamin Sabari Melissa Squires Tyle Stelzig Martin Wegman Peipei Zhou |
2006 Iota Book Award RecipientsBen R. Abrahamsen Kristin M. Beck Adam R. Biesenbach David C. Borrelli Kate E. Cieply Kali A. Cohn Sara A. Goico | Tyler D. Kieft Gregory R. Lavoie Chelsea M. McGuire Lee A. Reis Michael A. Sugarman Erica J. Wellington |
2005 Iota Book Award RecipientsSteven T. Cybulski Trevor Z. DiMarco Jonathan H. Elkin Jennifer L. Fichter Oscar O. Figueredo Caitlan M. Ganley David P. Griffin Julia Gurariy Lauren Z. Hageman Eric D. Hansen | Heidi K. Knoblauch Andrew Lee James R. Mack Helen H. Park Andrew D. Rape Allison B. Sail Katie M. Schwertz Aadhavi Sridharan Adam R. Williamson |
2004 Iota Book Award RecipientsCarl C. Adair Ferhina S. Ali Annie Laurie Allan Alexandra L. Bilow Mallory F. Bucell Ryan W. Circh Nicholas D. Gabriele Alena Janda Leslianne E. Lavallee | Sandeep Madhur Amanda M. Michaud Patrick M. O'Brien Robert F. Penna Luke C. Scholl David J. Soson Brian T. Tuohy Emily A. Urbanczyk Nicholas J. Zappia |
2003 Iota Book Award recipientsBrittany T. Akins Michelle B. Bass Samuel D. Boyer Colleen A. Coburn Arnab K. Datta Jaymi E. Della William S. Fassett Jeremy Goico Keith A. Gorgos Michael A. Guerra | Christopher M. Lee Keith D. MacLean Patricia E. McHale Siddharth G. A. Parameswaran Ashley L. Poelma Catherine E. Prueitt Michael S. Rothberg Kelly A. Townsend David C. Walker |