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Award Winners

Deans’ Distinguished Essay Award Winners

The Deans’ Distinguished Essay Awards are presented each year to graduate and undergraduate authors. Winning entries are selected through a blind review process by the Dean and Associate Dean of the MTSU Honors College.

2026 Recipients

Elizabeth Kowalczyk and Shelby Mills, and Ethan Estes

2025 Recipients

Miles Wine, Rashieq Cockerham, Matthew Hutton, and Angela Benninghoff

MTSU student Miles Wine with Distinguished Essay certificate

MTSU student Rashieq Cockerham with Distinguished Essay certificate

MTSU student Matthew Hutton with Distinguished Essay certificate

MTSU student Angela Benninghoff with Distinguished Essay certificate

2024 Recipients

Matthew Hutton and Hunter Brady

2023 Recipients

Sav Buist and Caroline LaPlue

two students awarded Distnguished Essay awards holding their certificates

2022 Recipients

Percy Verret, Alfred Holman, Jordyn Ewing-Roush, and Christal Goines

2021 Recipients

Dara Zwemer and Percy Verret

2020 Recipients

Micah Hallman and Jenna Campbell Field

2019 Recipient

Hanan Beyene

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