2018 HONORS RECIPIENTS
(click here for a description of the awards)
(click here for ceremony slideshow)
*note that students with Latin Honors listed (Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude and Summa Cum Laude) final decisions are made after Spring quarter, this list reflects winter grades
| Alla Samir Ahmad (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Campuswide Honors, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude |
| Mary Ann Angadol (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Honors in Chemistry, American Chemical Society Division of Inorganic Chemistry Award, Campuswide Honors, Cum Laude |
| Christopher Franco Tamase Aquino (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Phillip Simon Arroyo Long (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Khalil Bassam (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Summa Cum Laude |
| Mario Miguel Jr. Brenes (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Kimberly Michal Ann Buck (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Honors in Chemistry, Outstanding Senior in Chemistry, Campuswide Honors, Summa Cum Laude |
| Qi Cai (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Hanson Quoc Cao (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Cum Laude |
| Patrick Maximillian Carnevale (N) | Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Mike Chen (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Qing Chen (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa |
| Xiyu Cheng (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Alyssa Columbus (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Chancellor's Award of Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa |
| Derek Robert DuBois (C) | Undergraduate Research/Departmental Service Award, Pitts Undergraduate Award |
| Phung Hue Duong (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Maria Rebecca Bellettini Award (2017) |
| Alfredo Nicholas Effendy (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics |
| Ragiah Medhat Ismail El Shantaly (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Cum Laude |
| Aaron S. Ellis (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Dingyi Fang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Alanna M. Felts (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Honors in Chemistry, Robert Doedens Undergraduate Achievement Award (2017), Campuswide Honors, Cum Laude |
| Xingbo Fu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Xin Gao (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Andrew Bijan Ghorbani (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Wyeth Stevie Gibson (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Honors in Chemistry, American Chemical Society Division of Inorganic Chemistry Award (2017), Michael E. Gebel Award (2017), Orange County American Chemical Society Award |
| Harmeet Singh Gill (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Honors in Physics |
| Dylan Andrew Green (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| William Joseph Guenther (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude |
| Luis Felipe Gutierrez Zagazeta (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Honors in Physics, Summa Cum Laude |
| Ruixian Han (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Honors in Chemistry |
| Tara Breanna Harder (N) | Outstanding Senior in Environmental Science, Magna Cum Laude |
| Cordell James Heckel (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Cum Laude |
| Wei Huang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Luis E. Juarez Ortiz (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Beta Kappa |
| Corey Brett Katz (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Howard Tucker Award, Cum Laude |
| Zepyoor Khechadoorian (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Honors in Physics, Cum Laude |
| Elle Kim (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Physical Sciences Undergraduate Achievement Award (2017) |
| Jonathan Richard Koo (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Hal Krylov (P) | Maria Rebecca Bellettini Award (2016) |
| Yushang Lai (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics |
| Bryan Gene Lam (N) | Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Kelly Tram Le (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Christopher Francis Lee (E) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Honors in Earth System Science, Undergraduate Research/Departmental Service Award, Campuswide Honors, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Jenna Alyson Lee (E) | Honors in Earth System Science, Outstanding Senior in Earth System Science, Phi Beta Kappa (2017), Magna Cum Laude |
| Lillian Lee (E) | Honors in Earth System Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Jennifer Lauren Leong (E) | Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Guoying Li (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Mingrui Li (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa (2017), Magna Cum Laude |
| Susanna Liang (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Honors in Chemistry, American Chemical Society Division of Organic Chemistry Award, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Melissa Anne Licari (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Zhilin Liu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude |
| Zane Gregory Long (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, American Chemical Society Polymer Education Award, American Institute of Chemists Foundation, Summa Cum Laude |
| Martin Lopez (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Leanne Mae Lupone (C) | U.S. Fulbright Fellowship, Campuswide Honors |
| Alfredo Cervantes Macias (AP) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Candela Martinez Mirat (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Melanie Gabrielle Martinez (N) | Honors in Earth System Science, Phi Beta Kappa |
| Christopher Michael Mcguire (E) | Honors in Earth System Science |
| Brandon Christopher Alexand Metcalf (AP) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Jacob Dean Mikesell (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Honors in Physics, Campuswide Honors, Phi Beta Kappa |
| Christina Genev Mitilian (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Hoang My Nguyen (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Vien Xuan Truc Nguyen (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Min Ni (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Charlotte Louise Oliver (E) | Cum Laude |
| Krishna Rajanikant Patel (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Maria Rebecca Bellettini Award (2016), Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Reid Wang Pattis (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics |
| Kevin Virgil Payumo (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Cum Laude |
| Jon Pham (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics, Howard Tucker, Award, Maria Rebecca Bellettini Award (2016), Phi Beta Kappa (2017), Summa Cum Laude |
| Andrew Quy Phan (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude |
| Matthew Taylor Powell (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics, Undergraduate Research/Departmental Service Award, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, Campuswide Honors, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude |
| Chang Qu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics, Phi Beta Kappa (2017), Magna Cum Laude |
| Devin William Ratliff (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Cum Laude |
| Brandon Louis Rawson (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Honors in Physics, Chancellor's Award of Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Alan Aldahir Renteria (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Laura Robledo (N) | Honors in Earth System Science, Undergraduate Research/Departmental Service Award, Chancellor's Award of Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Paola Inga Santibanez (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Reo Sato (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Campuswide Honors, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Thomas Schmidt (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Honors in Physics, Physical Sciences Undergraduate Achievement Award (2017), Outstanding Senior in Physics, Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude |
| Qi Shen (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Tianxiang Shen (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Summa Cum Laude |
| Yuxin Shen (E) | Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude |
| Jinyu Shi (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Savannah Rose Shively (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Undergraduate Research/Departmental Service Award |
| Jorge Silva Guzman (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics, Cum Laude |
| Lily K. Sloan (C) | Pfizer Undergraduate Research Award in Organic Chemistry |
| Elena Thomas (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, Cum Laude |
| Chantel Nguyen Tran (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Cum Laude |
| Matthew Cao-Nghi Tran (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude |
| Donald Trinh (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Honors in Physics |
| Jeffrey Aaron Trytten (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude |
| Alex Valle (N) | Phi Beta Kappa |
| Carlos Anthony Vasquez (C) | Honors in Chemistry, Associate Member in Sigma Xi Research Honor Society, National Institutes of Health Undergraduate Scholarship |
| Armond Jessie Vicencio (C) | Michael E. Gebel Award |
| Ricardo Villasenor (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Victor Hugo Viveros (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Cum Laude |
| Dai Vo (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Cum Laude |
| Jessica Mylinh Vo (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Jonathan Hieu Vo (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics, Campuswide Honors |
| Bao G. Vu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Adrian Wang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Crystal Wang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa (2017), Cum Laude |
| Meng Wang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Yixuan Wang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Edison James Weik (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Cum Laude |
| Benjamin Adam Wells (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Honors in Chemistry, Magna Cum Laude |
| Beatrix Wen (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics |
| Rachel Jingyi Wu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Xuan Wu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Jiayue Xing (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Qianxun Xu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics, Chancellor's Award of Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa (2016), Magna Cum Laude |
| Kevin Yang (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Zhenni Ye (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude |
| Yuanyuan Yi (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Peter Alexander Young (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Abdullah Issam Younis (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Magna Cum Laude |
| Nicole Zhang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics, Howard Tucker Award, Chancellor's Award of Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa (2016), Cum Laude |
| Yi Zhang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Xinrui Zhao (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa (2017), Magna Cum Laude |
| Xinyi Zhou (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Wanting Zhu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Maksym Zubkov (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics, Outstanding Senior in Mathematics, Magna Cum Laude |
AP= Applied Physics, C=Chemistry, E=Earth System Science, M=Mathematics, N=Environmental Science, P=Physics
(students who wish to have their name removed from this list should contact Student Affairs in Rowland Hall 134, or at 949-824-6507.)