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Departmental Award Winners

The department makes the following awards each year.  Each comes with a check due to the generosity of alumni and friends of the department.

  1. Outstanding Performance Award (at least $200). For best overall performance in economics.
  2. Keith and Kevin Davis Research Award (at least $200). For best paper in Economics 480. Funds for this award are complements of Keith and Kevin Davis (1997).
  3. Dana Zimmerman Service Award (at least $200).  For the economics major who best exemplifies service to the school and the community.  Funds for this award are complements of Cynthia Roberts (class of 1991).
  4. David Reiner Awards (2 of at least $200). Two awards for students who excelled in economics and were employed while in college. Preference given to students from the WNC area.  Funds for this award are complements of David Reiner (1983).
  5. Morgan Stanley Award for Excellence in Finance ($200). For an understanding of financial concepts and the ability to use these concepts to solve real-world financial problems.  Funds for this award are complements of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.

A list of past award winners is shown below.  Please contact Chris Bell if you believe the list is incorrect in any way (misspelled name, wrong year, you were left off the list, etc.).  

Outstanding Performance Award

Claire Claxton (1988) Christopher Rice (1989)
Patrick Masterson (1989) Debra Rhodes (1989)
Patrick Masterson (1990) Cynthia Roberts (1991)
Tony Rollman (1991) William Brown (1992)
Jennifer Ward-Batts (1993) Mark Ely (1994)
Catherine Newman (1995) Travis Swafford (1996)
Adam Snyder (1997) Trina Hufstader (1998)
John Snyder (1999) James Villegas (2000)
Nathan Mann (2001)  Adam McGlashan (2002)
Laura Simpson (2003) Lisa Vaughn (2004)
Kate Fuller (2005) Alejandro Jurek Montero (2006)
Alicia Tegan Love (2007)

 

Outstanding Research Award

Ann Wells (1989) Giuseppe Pozzoni (1991)
Cynthia Roberts (1991) James Ruth (1992)
Gina Holt (1993) Yngvild Sagberg (1994)
Terry Price (1996) Melanie Tarver (1997)
Kevin Davis (1998) Katherine Parker (1999)

 

Keith and Kevin Davis Research Award

Stacey Hice (2000) David Black (2001)
Bradley Branham (2001) Waleed El-Sayed Nour (2002)
Matt Raker (2003) John Taylor (2004)
David Obrien-Gamble (2005) Alicia Tegan Love (2006)
Hillary Marie Hunter (2007)  

 

Outstanding Service Award

Laura Osborne (1988) Gwendolyn Jones (1989)
Cynthia Roberts (1990) William Brown (1991)
Tony Rollman (1991) William Brown (1992)
Sara Jenkins (1993) Tracy Sheppard (1994)
Julie Hatfield McCoy (1996) Adam Snyder (1997)
Melanie Tarver (1997) Mandy Stockinger (1998)
Mandy Stockinger (1999) Michelle Lassiter (2000)

 

Dana Zimmerman Service Award

Nathan Mann (2001) Corey Taylor (2002)
Laura Simpson (2003) Shiley Hagen (2004)
Michelle Lennon (2004) Jason Holland (2005)
Andrea Marie Pollock (2005) Andrea Marie Pollock (2006)
David Noor (2007)  

 

David Reiner Award in Economics

Linda Flanagan (1983) Rudy Martinez (1984)
Aytekin Yildiz (1985) Michelle Canfield (1986)
Anna Smathers (1987) Paul Firnschild (1987)
Charles Gentry (1988) Gerald Brendle (1988)
Christine Barry (1989) Margaret Corwin (1989)
Gwendolyn Jones (1990) Cynthia Roberts (1991)
Milissa Reed (1991) Milissa Reed (1992)
Charlene Rumfelt (1992) Christopher Dillingham (1993)
Patrick Casserly (1993) Mark Ely (1994)
Frances Forbes (1994) Charles Towe (1995)
Joselyn Carreras (1995) Julie Hatfield McCoy (1996)
Jason Rhymer (1996) Michael Dorsey (1997)
Chris Silvers (1997) Keith Davis (1998)
Audrey Martens (1998) Matthew Reeder (1998)
Steven Hensley (1999) Christian Nimsch (1999)
Rebecca Dodd (2000) Meredith Bagley (2000)
Paul Cathey (2001) James Lackey, Jr. (2001)
James Lackey,Jr. (2002) Sally Pinckney (2002)
Sally Pinckney (2003) Ray Gutierrez (2003)
Shiley Hagen (2004) David Yelmini (2004)
Lindsay Benedict (2005) Elizabeth Dews (2005)
Sara Jo Caya (2006) Amber Elizabeth Baird (2006)
Elif Unlu (2007) Emily Elizabeth Renfroe (2007)

 

The Morgan Stanley Award for Excellence in Finance

John Snyder (1998) Hugh Kelly (1999)
Jay Pratt (2000) Tracie Dowd (2001)
Laura Simpson (2003) Tammy Austin (2004)
Taylor Ricketts (2005) Irene Valerio-Navarrete (2006)
Hillary Marie Hunter (2007)  
 

Alumni and friends of the Economics Department who wish to contribute to these awards, or to create new ones, should contact Joe Sulock.

 


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