Penn State Fayette celebrates 59th annual Student Awards Banquet

Bryce Landman poses with family by the fountain after receiving the Student of the Year award in Business at Penn State Fayette.

Bryce Landman poses with family by the fountain after receiving the Student of the Year award in Business at Penn State Fayette.

Credit: Joshua Ryan Simon
May 5, 2025

LEMONT FURNACE, Pa. — Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus hosted its 59th annual Student Awards Banquet to celebrate outstanding student achievements.

University Awards

President Walker Academic Award

This award is presented to undergraduate degree candidates who have earned a 4.00 cumulative grade-point average based on at least 12 graded credits completed during their first semester.

  • Alexander Arshen
  • Faith Bachinski
  • Margaret Brace
  • Dustin Dran
  • Jocelyn Ellsworth
  • Kate Grove
  • Noah Maceiko
  • Madison Nicklow
  • Kennedy Orndorff
  • Abby Peden
  • Jacob Pickron
  • Mackenzie Wade

President Sparks Academic Award

This award is presented to undergraduate degree candidates who have earned a 4.00 cumulative grade-point average based on at least 36 graded credits completed by the end of the fall semester.

  • John Rudman

President Pugh Junior Academic Award

This award is presented annually to juniors and seniors who are in the upper 0.5 percent of their respective classes and have completed at least 48 graded credits completed by at the end of the fall semester.

  • Lucas Beddick
  • Lukas Joseph
  • Paulette Irwin
Two Penn State Fayette students stand smiling in front of the campus fountain following the Student Awards Banquet.
Credit: Joshua Ryan Simon

Campus Merit Awards

Dennis Hippo Memorial Award

This award recognizes two students who exemplify the attributes of Dennis Hippo in the areas of leadership, campus and community involvement, academic persistence, service, and altruism.

  • Emma Eckert
  • Joshua Krause

Drozd Family Humanitarian Assistance and Community Service Award

This award recognizes outstanding achievement by undergraduate students who have unselfishly given of themselves by performing community service and/or providing humanitarian assistance to their community, state, or country, or have provided aid to individuals in the United States and/or other nations who have been involved in catastrophic natural events.

  • Fiona Hughes

Eric A. and Josephine S. Walker Award

This award recognizes students whose outstanding qualities of character, scholarship leadership, and citizenship have been directed into programs and services that have positively influenced fellow students and have contributed to the prestige and well-being of their campuses and, therefore, to the University.

  • Lauren Nedrow

Port Family Public Service Award

This award recognizes a student who has volunteered or assisted in public service programs within the community or within programs or activities at Penn State Fayette which have impacted the community at large.

  • Ashley Ringer
A presenter holds up Emily Kimmel’s award-winning drawing on stage during the Student Awards Banquet, where Kimmel received the Jerome Joseph Guzy Memorial Award in Art.
Credit: Joshua Ryan Simon

Campus Academic Awards

Bachelor of Science in Business Student of the Year Award 

  • Bryce Landman 

Corporate Communication Student of the Year Award 

  • Sophie Machesky 

Criminal Justice Student of the Year Award 

  • Lukas Joseph 

Engineering Student of the Year Award 

  • Scott Marks

Engineering Technology Student of the Year Award 

  • Jacob Elias 

Human Development and Family Studies Student of the Year Award 

  • Ashley Ringer 

Humanities Student of the Year

  • Bianca Stupka 

James E. Work Memorial Award in Agriculture 

  • Sutton Boriack 

Jerome Joseph Guzy Memorial Award in Art

  • Anna Elko (in Painting)
  • Emily Kimmel (in Drawing)

Life Sciences Student of the Year Award

  • Sophia Zalar
  • Elijah Manning 

Math Student of the Year 

  • Aidan Schnurer 

Mining Student of the Year 

  • John Rudman 

Physical Sciences Student of the Year Award 

  • Noah Maceiko 

Physical Therapy Assistant Student of the Year Award 

  • Madisyn Williams 

Project & Supply Chain Management Student of the Year Award 

  • Joshua Krause 

Psychology Student of the Year Award

  • Lucas Beddick

Student Excellence Award

  • Lucas Beddick
  • Karli Myers
  • Bianca Stupka

Campus Student Organization Awards

Club of the Year Award

  • Student Nurses Association of Pennsylvania (SNAP)

Student Government Association 2024-25 Executive Board

  • President Jake DeOre; Madison Nicklow
  • Vice President Madison Nicklow; Christian Miller
  • Secretary-Treasurer Gianna Krofcheck; Justin Byers

Student Government Association 2025-26 Executive Board

  • President Christian Miller
  • Vice President Madison Nicklow
Dasilas Jones smiles while walking off stage after receiving the All-Time Leading Scorer award for Men’s Basketball at Penn State Fayette.
Credit: Joshua Ryan Simon

Intercollegiate Athletic Awards

All Time Leading Scorer: Men’s Basketball 

  • Dasilas Jones

All Time Leading Hits: Baseball 

  • Andrew Despot 

Fayette Student Athlete of the Year (Male) 

  • Dylan Pawlak

Fayette Student Athlete of the Year (Female) 

  • Sophia Zalar

USCAA All Americans 

  • Tyannah Eddings
  • Adela Blough 

PSUAC All Conference 

  • Dasilas Jones
  • Amiah DeShields
  • Adela Blough
  • Sophia Zalar
  • Tyannah Eddings
  • Emma Eckert
  • Jesse Lawson
  • Heaven Grumm

USCAA Academic Award 

  • Adela Blough
  • Kamden Miller
  • Emma Eckert
  • Hannah Cramer
  • Sophia Zalar
  • Samuel Leonard
  • Dylan Pawlak
  • Heaven Grumm
  • Julie Cooper
  • Taryn Stewart
  • Kylie Stevenson
  • Jessica Dhountal
  • Remington Lessman
  • Noah Matthews
  • Jennifer Zelenick

PSUAC Academic Award 

  • Adela Blough
  • Kamden Miller
  • Emma Eckert
  • Hannah Cramer
  • Sophia Zalar
  • Samuel Leonard
  • Dylan Pawlak
  • Heaven Grumm
  • Jay Thompson
  • Joel Chambers
  • Colin Hayes
  • Aiden Newmeyer
  • Dylan Holmes
  • Jazmin Parrill
  • Mackenzie Wade