Penn State Abington honored students at its annual Awards and Leadership Reception with families, friends, and other supporters in the audience.
The Freshman Award is given to students who have achieved a 4.0 cumulative grade point average in their first semester at Penn State: Moshe Adika, Ahmad Ali, Michael Armstrong, Nicholas Bakker, Taylor Campbell, Ying Cheng, Jielin Deng, Paige Eberly, Marcel Espinal Vicioso, Alyssa Garbin, Samantha Goetz, Alyssa Herman, Phillip Ho, Joseph Koestler, Emily Lanzetta, Jacky Lin, Michael Litz, Yuzhen Liu, Xueyi Luo, Natalie Martino, Rashmi Naik, Liliya Sadykova, Elizabeth Shkodnik, Kevin Sykes Floriana Tulli, Conger Wang, Yongkang Wang, Runyuan Wu and Xiaoling Zhu.
The Sparks Award is given to sophomores who have maintained a 4.0 cumulative grade point average at the end of their third semester: Cassidy Adams, Kathryn Fennessey, Rachel Katz, Matthew Koval-Kalokoh, Jamie Madison, and Bridget Welsh.
Evan Pugh Scholars: Juniors and seniors who are in the upper 0.5 percent of their respective classes at the end of their fifth semester and beyond: Jennifer A’Harrah, Andrew Chudnovsky, Kathryn Coppola, Jeffrey Heilman, Qiaoyi Hou, Jacqueline Lanning, Hyunseung Lee, Jaein Lee, Kateryna Popluzhna, Mathew Shetler, Nancy Venter and Kristen Wolfgang.
Penn State Abington Honors Program: Students who have maintained a 3.3 cumulative average in a curriculum over four semesters while enrolled in honors courses, participating in research and leadership activities, and working with professors on independent study: Ryan Brooks, Andrew Chudnovsky, Nicollete DiPasquale, Simone Fisher, Megan Glanz, Kaitlyn Hunt, Benjamin Jennings, Sara Jennings, Rachel Katz, Angela Kelly, Faye Ko, Igor Kobzarenko, James Link, Ming Sheng Lu, Jamie Madison, Lauren Mazur, Zachary Michaels, Samuel Milz, Rashmika Molligoda, Allison Musial, Dylan Palm, Maksim Pecherskiy, Andrew Pohl, Alexandra Ryan, Madison Stromswold, James Templeton, Carolyn Ton, Nancy Venter, Bridget Welsh and Kristen Wolfgang.