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 2026[1] 2025[2] 2019[3] 2018[4] 2017[4] 2016[5] 2015[6] 2014[7] 2013[8] 2012[9] 2011[10] 2010[11] 2009[12] 2008[13] 2007[14]
School of Architecture Isabella KochWilliam Anderson PackwoodHannah Nicole GlattCory Joseph ParadisBrittany Anne DuguayLove Paulina JonsonClaudia Franziska ElzeyAnna Eberle RheesIsaac Min KimWilliam Rousselet CanupSara Allen HarperSarah Katherine RovangJared Eldridge KnicleyMalindi Rasangi LankatillekeTamar Shafrir
College of Arts & Sciences Kimora BryantSkylar Ann GaySarah Virginia WellsBenjamin Daniel GroffAdam Thomas AntoszewskiTaylor Nicole WingoEdward Charles Schrom IIRobert Lundell RichardsJoseph Weje RileyReedy Charles SwansonRuffin Eley EvansJason Harold ShoreKendall Lee WallaceChristopher Ross WaltersLynsey Ann Bates
Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy Brianna SchindlerEmily Elizbaeth PittsJack DiMatteoMargaret Nancy GratzCara Grace MumfordEbob-Tabi Besong, Michelle Hye-Sun ChoIan William Van der HovenAnna Katherine RoremBorna KazerooniAnna A. DraganovaSarah Rothgeb Pinsky
Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Alex Michael GarciaAustin J BensonEric Ralph HupeMatthew Robert AdamsAriel Frances KahrlJulie Elisabeth StarrThomas A TalhelmJoanna Elizabeth SwaffordKristine Grayson DattelbaumCharles William Tanksley
School of Education and Human Development (formerly Curry School of Education) Vadella Ellis-PopeMaya Renee JohnsonSamuel David StephensonMark Vincent Beltran YuKeaton Matthew WadzinskiShanna Eisner HirschHilary Gail DackAndrea Kathryn ChernauKathryn Highley NorboAmanda Frances Sovik-JohnstonJessica Ann HockettAdam Robert HoppeJennifer Kara FierKevin Patrick HaddixDanielle Elise Fallon
School of Engineering & Applied Science Shriya DaleLukas Milo LehmanMary-Michael RobertsonFrances Lerae MoralesDaniel Naveed TavakolNicholas Richard Lee KatzmanRishi Raj GuptaDavis Whitaker BlalockJoshua Michael RaymondGregory Eugene TroyerRyan William EngelsWilliam Monroe JacobsJason Anthony PanEliah Ruth ShamirDaniel Joseph Glanz Jr.
School of Law Brian C. CurtisKevin HoangWilliam N. HallDaniel J. RichardsonAndrew MannsJared Michael KelsonSamuel Matthew StronginBenjamin Charles WoodGalen Bundy BascomKatherine Grace Mims CrockerEmily Rebecca GanttJohn Savage MoranMatthew Brian NicholsonKatherine Ireland TwomeyAjeet Pundalika Pai
McIntire School of Commerce Michael EdwardsAlexandra Belt PentimontiCalvin Ralph YehMatthew Jerome D'AgatiJacob Aaron ZodikoffDouglas Wang-Lun ChanAlexandra Mayne GriswoldRyan William WhitneyJoshua Kane BresslerRobert Michael KolosiekeSieglinde Berit HindrichsKe MaJohn B. Messamore Jr.Jennifer Renee CliftonTerry Edward Schnuck Jr., Graham Edmunds Tucker
School of Medicine Kelly Anne DenhardJoseph Dan Khoa NguyenFranck Herve Azobou TonleuElizabeth Thai-An HoangSarah Elizabeth PodwikaLauren Elise EversJulia Vivian LoewenthalPranay SinhaIrina Vladimirovna KryzhanovskayaPaul David HilesAndrew Neil PfefferJason Michael FranasiakDavid Benjamin BumpassMok-chung Jennifer Chow
School of Nursing Emily MontemuroNakayla Renae FigginsKatherine Lindsey YoungNicole JeffersonCarolyn Joan SaundersEmily Lauren WinchesterCynthia Anne QuarlesSarah Jeanne HaasBrooke Elizabeth AtkinsonSarah Beth BorcheltMadeline Ann MatthewsCarolyn Elizabeth LawsonAlicia Marie DeanSarah Morris BoschungKelly Marie Wood

Notes

  1. ↑ "2026 Finals Program" (PDF). UVA Major Events.
  2. ↑ "2025 Finals Program". UVA Major Events. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "2019 Finals Program" (PDF). UVA Major Events. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  4. 1 2 "University of Virginia Finals Program 2018" (PDF). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.
  5. ↑ "University of Virginia Finals Program, 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
  6. ↑ "University of Virginia Finals Program, 2015" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
  7. ↑ "University of Virginia Finals Program, 2014" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-12-10.
  8. ↑ "University of Virginia Finals Program, 2013" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-12-10.
  9. ↑ "University of Virginia Finals Program, 2012" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
  10. ↑ "One Hundred and Eighty-Second - Final exercises" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  11. ↑
  12. ↑ "One Hundred and Eightieth - Final exercises" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  13. ↑ "Graduates and Degree Candidates" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-20. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  14. ↑ "Graduates and Degree Candidates" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-20. Retrieved 2012-03-09.

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